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Ecolab: 94% Buy Ratings, but EPS Growth Trails Sales
Ecolab trades at 36 times earnings while 16 analysts split 94% Buy. Revenue is growing faster than net income, and that …
News
Intuit Raised Its Dividend 15% While the Stock Fell 56%
Intuit's board just raised its dividend 15% to $1.38 while the stock sits 56% below its high. I dig into the segment mix…
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Monster Beverage at 41 Times Earnings, No Dividend Cushion
Monster Beverage trades at 41 times earnings with no dividend, after growth reaccelerated to 20%. I check what the multi…
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Snowflake’s Losses Are the Wrong Thing to Focus On
Snowflake lost $1.3 billion under GAAP and the stock jumped 16.6% anyway. Product revenue grew 37% and retention held at…
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How I Read an Earnings Call Transcript in Fifteen Minutes
An earnings call is not required by law, only the release before it is. Here is the fixed order I read a transcript in, …
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Palo Alto Networks: What the 240x Forward P/E Hides
Palo Alto Networks beat on every growth line and still fell 9.3% on results day. The headline P/E reads near 240x. Here …
ADP
ADP at 24.8 Times Earnings: What the Hold Rating Misses
ADP holds payroll cash for a few days before it lands in an account, and it earns interest on that float the whole time.…
CRWD
CrowdStrike (CRWD) at 45 Times Sales: What Net New ARR Justifies
CrowdStrike posted record net new ARR of $333 million, and the stock jumped 20.5% in a day. At about 45 times sales, I r…
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Position Size and a 40% Drop: What the Loss Really Costs
A stock that falls 40% costs a portfolio 2% at a 5% weight and 12% at a 30% weight. The table and the rules below show h…
UBER
Uber (UBER): $10 Billion Free Cash Flow and a Robotaxi Doubt
Uber generated more than $10 billion of free cash flow over twelve months, yet the stock sits about 31% below its 52-wee…
ROST
Ross Stores (ROST) Up After Five Straight Reports: Priced In?
Ross Stores has risen after five straight earnings reports, and sales growth hit 13% last quarter. At 27 times earnings …
HON
Honeywell (HON) After Two Spin-Offs: Valuing What Is Left
Data screens show Honeywell at 8 times earnings, which is an artifact of the breakup. On guided 2026 EPS the remainder t…