Several weeks ago, the stock of Ellie Mae, a SaaS that automates the grueling task of underwriting residential mortgages, got hammered when the company reported revenue weakness on lower than expected industry refinancing volumes and longer than expected ramp times for larger enterprise customers, prompting management to dramatically cut its full year revenue growth guidance […]
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[DHR] Danaher
[scuttlebit] Danaher update
It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote up Danaher and Thermo Fisher, so [...]
Continue reading →[RYAN] Ryan Specialty
[RYAN] Ryan Specialty – the middlemen have middlemen
This is a companion piece to the Kinsale writeup from a few weeks ago, where [...]
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Continue reading →[MCO] Moody's Corp
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 2
I briefly discussed credit ratings in my S&P write-up. It’s a great business, we all [...]
Continue reading →[WIX] Wix.com
[scuttlebit] Wix at the AI Crossroads
What are scuttlebits? Wix was conceived to democratize the creation of websites at a time [...]
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Continue reading →[SPGI] S&P Global
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 1
(Part 1 concerns S&P Global; Part 2 will be published next week and discusses Moody’s) [...]
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