🚗UBER: Its a Verb
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🚗UBER: Its a Verb

December 15, 2024
TLDR; From money loosing to free cash flow of $2.1B(+133% YoY) Good growth in existing mature markets. Expansion in new markets (Japan, Spain, Argentina, Germany, South Korea, Italy) Uber has smart strategic partnerships with its competitors. Uber owns a 27.5% stake in Grab (Southeast Asian Uber) If Waymo and Tesla dominate the US market, they ... Read more
📝Bonds Default Case Study
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📝Bonds Default Case Study

December 6, 2024
Lakshmi Vilas Bank Tier-2 bonds issue. Sequence of Events March 2014-June 2017: Lakshmi Vilas Bank issues three tranches of unsecured non-convertible redeemable fully paid-up Basel-III compliant Tier-2 subordinated bonds worth ₹318.20 crore. High coupon rate, ranging between 10.70% and 11.80% Quarter ended March 2018: The bank starts incurring continuous losses. September 30 2020: The bank's ... Read more
🥤Celsius Holdings: Specialized Drinks
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🥤Celsius Holdings: Specialized Drinks

December 1, 2024
TLDR; CELH Q3 FY24 Results: Revenue down 31% YoY, Net Income down 92% YoY, but International Sales up 37% YoY. Business Overview: Functional energy drink brand targeting fitness enthusiasts with low-calorie, no-sugar drinks. Competitors: CELH has 3% market share, vs. MNST (35%), Red Bull (25%), and Rockstar Energy (14%). Valuation: CELH's FCF margin is 16.5%, ... Read more
💊 Hims & Hers: Emerging Telehealth
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💊 Hims & Hers: Emerging Telehealth

November 24, 2024
TLDR; Subscribers: 1.9 million, up 43% YoY growth. Personalized subscribers: 42% of subscribers (up 19% YoY). Monthly revenue per subscriber: $67, up 24% YoY growth. D2C allows $HIMS to directly connect with its customers. Higher scale, lower the price $HIMS can offer. Current PE : 70 - Not justified. Wait and watch. HIMS Q3 FY24 ... Read more
SoFi
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🏦SoFi: Delivered, Once Again!

November 19, 2024
SoFi TLDR; $689M Revenue +30% $61M Net Income +123% Inflecting Profitability Supreme Financial Services Growth Amazing Member and Products Growth Reasonable Valuation SoFi Q3 FY24 Results: Membership Growth: 750,000 new members added, reaching 9.4M (35% YoY growth). Product Expansion: 1.1M new products added, totaling 13.7M (31% YoY growth). Tech Revenue: 14% YoY growth, contributing $30M ... Read more
JD.com: Navigating Growth Challenges!
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JD.com: Navigating Growth Challenges!

November 14, 2024
JD.com TLDR; Strong direct sales model ensuring product authenticity. Robust logistics network. Proven ability to expand margins. Strong performance in electronics and appliances categories. Recent weak revenue growth. Dependence on Chinese market conditions. Potential benefits from government consumption stimulus. Trade-in programs for consumer durable goods. Expansion into new product categories or services. JD.com Q3 FY24 ... Read more
🔍 Google: AI Tailwinds
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🔍 Google: AI Tailwinds

October 30, 2024
Google HQ TLDR; Advertising: $65.9 billion (+10%, down from +11% in Q2). Search: $49.4 billion (+12%). YouTube ads: $8.9 billion (+12%). Network: $7.5 billion (-2%). Subscriptions, platforms, and devices: $10.7 billion (+28%). Cloud: $11.4 billion (+35%, accelerating from +29% in Q2). Small Buyback Increase. Cheap Valuation. Google's Q3 FY24 Results: Revenue grew +15% Y/Y to ... Read more
🎬 Netflix: Sowing seeds for future
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🎬 Netflix: Sowing seeds for future

July 19, 2024
TLDR; Opening doors for Ad tier accounts. Password cracking is boosting subscription + revenue. Pre-ping to build ad tech platform to meet ads demand globally. Export of local content globally. Netflix to start on live sports (WWE, NFL), with Netflix buying deal of $5B for 10 year period. Licensed content is competitive moat to bring ... Read more
Bitcoin: Huge dump incoming 🤔?
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Bitcoin: Huge dump incoming 🤔?

July 8, 2024
TLDR; Dump due to many factors Mt. Gox, ETFs, halving, Germany, and interest rate cuts. Bitcoin has dropped from $71k to $57k, a decline of around 20%. If $57,800 levels are not sustained with good volume, then we would end up $45-55k zone. Social media 'buy the dip' calls on rise. As Trump being in ... Read more