Call me a sucker, but I’m tentatively a believer. With both stocks priced at under 10x trailing earnings (and 11x forward earnings assuming 1%-2% guided margin compression in 2017 at DAL), the market is skeptical about margin sustainability. Given the industry’s ignominious legacy of undisciplined competition, where the dumbest competitor has historically set the price […]
Category Archives: [UAL] United Continental
[FOUR] Shift4
Shift4’s M&A Alchemy
March 17, 2025
It’s been just over two years since I first wrote up Shift4. With founder/CEO Jared [...]
Continue reading →[TECH] Bio-Techne
[TECH] Bio-Techne: part 2
February 25, 2025
Hi everyone, some things:1) Episode 3 of the Never Sell podcast (a monthly investment conversation [...]
Continue reading →[TECH] Bio-Techne
[TECH] Bio-Techne: part 1
February 12, 2025
This is the first part of a two-part post. I wanted to better understand the [...]
Continue reading →[MRVI] Maravai
[MRVI] Maravai Lifesciences
January 27, 2025
Hi everyone,My friend @LibertyRPF, who writes the eclectic newsletter, Liberty’s Highlights) recently interviewed me. Check [...]
Continue reading →[APPF] AppFolio
AppFolio and the business of property management software
January 6, 2025
(Note: Several weeks ago, MBI and I recorded a podcast conversation about AppFolio. You can [...]
Continue reading →