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️Business Overview Total: 7/17 +1 ✅ Projected Operating Margin: 16.15% +1 ✅ Projected 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 10.89% +1 ✅ Last 5-Year ROIC: 10.00% +1 ✅ Estimated Cost of Capital: 9.26% (lower than ROIC) -1 ❌ Last 5-Year Shares Outstanding CAGR: +1.26% +1 ✅ Projected 5-Year EPS CAGR: 16.89% +0 ⚠️ Projected 5-Year Dividend CAGR: N/A +1 ✅ Moody's Debt Rating: A1 +2 ✅✅ Morningstar Moat: Wide +0 ⚠️ Morningstar Uncertainty: Medium Amazon transformed retail. Its solid operating margins (above ~10%) reflect more the other growing higher margin segments (cloud - AWS) rather than the lower margin business that is retail.Read more

GameStop’s Q1 2025 financials, combined with an amazing shareholder community, just showed its takes-money-to-buy-whiskey strategy at work, demonstrating its status as a compelling investment as the retail investors have been saying for years while fighting a corrupt legacy media, bots, social media manipulation and hedge funds. Gamestop delivered a stellar adjusted EPS of $0.17, beating estimates by 325%, and achieved a $44.8 million net profit, reversing last year’s $32 million loss.Read more

Amazon (AMZN) enters 2026 materially misunderstood by the market. My valuation of $450 per share implies the stock is approximately 48% undervalued, not because Amazon is executing poorly, but because the market is mispricing intentional margin compression driven by some of the most strategically sound investments in the company’s history.Read more

Catalysts Strong Growth Momentum GigaCloud’s marketplace GMV has grown rapidly, now surpassing US$10B annually, with revenue maintaining double-digit growth. 2024 revenue was about US$1.16B , up ~65% YoY.Read more

Bull Macy’s owns significant real estate that can be sold to provide liquidity, pay down debt, and finance new investments. The firm intends to raise about $600 million-$750 million from real estate sales over the next three years.Read more

MINISO Investment Thesis This analysis is based on the MINISO 2024 Q4 and 2025 Q1 earnings call presentations and the provided transcript. # Catalysts MINISO has several key growth drivers that could meaningfully impact sales and earnings: Global Store Network Expansion: The primary catalyst is the aggressive and ongoing expansion of its store network, both in China and, more significantly, in overseas markets.Read more

Alibaba delivered solid FY2025 results with revenue growing 6% to RMB 996.3 billion ($137.3B). Key highlights include core e-commerce (Taobao/Tmall) customer management revenue growing 12%, Cloud Intelligence revenue accelerating to 18% growth, and AI-related products achieving triple-digit growth for the seventh consecutive quarter.Read more

Bull - Growth in miles driven increases the wear and tear on vehicles, requiring more maintenance and repair work to keep them on the road, benefiting LKQ. LKQ’s collision business could see rising demand from increasing auto claims as more drivers return to the road following the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more

Alibaba’s Outlook Brightens Amid Attractive Valuation Metrics Alibaba Group’s future is increasingly promising, supported by strong fundamentals and a compelling valuation relative to risk-free benchmarks. Using a forward earnings-based approach, the company’s fair value is estimated at $318 per share.Read more