SMCI DD: the numbers behind the momentum question
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BA is -16.8% off its high. Is it broken or just cheap? (DD)
Boeing Company (The) (BA) It's red, so it's on my screen. Here's the checklist I run before buying anything that's down. THE SETUP BA trades at $209.89. Performance: -1.9% over a month, -8.5% over six, -10.6% over a ye…
COST DD: holding, but with eyes open
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) I get asked why I never sell this. This post is the answer, with numbers. THE SETUP COST trades at $934.66. Performance: -4.0% over a month, -5.0% over six, -0.3% over a year. Sits -…
Free cash flow down 91% on capex — Meta's ad machine is funding a spending war
$META Q2 2026: $60.8B revenue, +28% YoY, ad revenue $59.4B (+27%) on impressions +14% and price/ad +12% — the core business is fine. But total expenses jumped 55% YoY to $42B, quarterly capex hit $31.1B (~98% of operatin…
iPhone 17 carried Q3, but services missed — here's why I'm still holding
$AAPL just printed $109.4B revenue (+16% YoY) and $2.02 EPS (+29% YoY) for the June quarter. iPhone revenue was the story: $54.3B, up 22%, on iPhone 17 demand, and Mac grew 29% despite node constraints. The wart: Service…
Data center revenue just doubled — AMD's finally showing up in the AI compute race
$AMD Q2 2026: $11.5B revenue, +50% YoY. Data Center segment revenue was $6.7B, up 107% YoY, and — this is the real tell — Data Center operating income flipped from a $155M loss a year ago to $2.1B this quarter. MI350 Ins…
480k deliveries, 1.4% operating margin — the growth/margin trade-off is getting ugly
$TSLA Q2 2026: record 480,126 deliveries, +25% YoY, revenue $28.24B beating estimates. But adjusted EPS of $0.33 missed the $0.54 consensus by 38%, and GAAP operating margin fell to just 1.4% ($398M op income) on $28B+ o…
93% revenue growth, Rule of 40 score of 155%... at this multiple? 🚀🚀🚀
$PLTR Q2 2026: revenue $1.935B, +93% YoY, +19% QoQ. US commercial revenue +149% YoY to $764M. Raised FY26 guidance to $8.15-8.16B (80% growth) and lifted US commercial guidance to 134%+ growth. Rule of 40 score of 155%,…
Revenue missed by $30M, nobody will remember by Friday — the ads business is the real story
$NFLX Q2 2026: revenue $12.56B (+13% YoY), just barely missing the $12.59B estimate. Net income $3.40B (+9%), operating margin 33.4% (down 0.7pt YoY on higher tech/dev/marketing spend). Membership and pricing trends stay…
Azure's AI run-rate hit $37B, up 123% YoY — this is the number that matters
$MSFT Q2 FY26: $81.3B revenue, +17% YoY, beating the $80.3B consensus. Azure and other cloud services grew 39% YoY (38% cc), and the AI business specifically hit a $37B annualized run-rate, up 123% YoY. Intelligent Cloud…
AWS just posted its fastest growth in 18 quarters — the dip thesis is playing out
Bought more $AMZN on the last pullback and Q2 2026 is why. AWS revenue hit $42.2B, +36.7% YoY — the fastest growth rate in 18 quarters, accelerating for the fifth straight quarter in a row. AWS operating income jumped to…
Cloud grew 82%, but $45B of quarterly capex is the real headline
$GOOGL Q2 2026: revenue $119.8B (+24% YoY), and Google Cloud is the standout at $24.8B (+82%), with cloud operating income up to $8.8B from $2.8B a year ago. Consolidated operating margin expanded to 34%. Here's the part…
$96B quarter, Data Center now 92% of revenue — where does deceleration actually show up?
$NVDA Q2 FY27: $96.2B revenue, +106% YoY and +18% QoQ, beating consensus by 4.5% and their own guide by 5.7%. Data Center revenue alone was $89.0B, +117% YoY, and is now ~92% of total revenue — this is basically a data-c…
Agentforce ARR up 240% YoY — Salesforce's AI pivot is actually working
$CRM Q2 FY27: $11.35B revenue, +11% YoY, above the high end of cc guidance. Agentforce annualized revenue topped $1.5B, up 240% YoY, with 3.2B Agentforce Work Units processed (+97% QoQ). AI and data ARR is nearing $4B. N…
AI semis up 143% YoY, guiding >$100B for FY27 — Broadcom quietly became a Big 3 AI chip company
$AVGO: Q2 AI semiconductor revenue was $10.8B, +143% YoY, on custom AI accelerator and networking demand. Guidance for the current quarter is ~$16B in AI semis, +200%+, which if hit would push AI chips past 50% of total…