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 […]
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[scuttleslops] Adyen, JHX, FICO, UPWK, AMD, AI buildout
August 21, 2026
What are scuttleslops? Adyen, H1 ‘26 Earnings Call, August 13, 2026 Growth is still being [...]
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CCC is in the Middle of the Wreckage
August 20, 2026
Upcoming posts (in no particular order): Gartner, Tractor Supply, Transdigm, Waystar, Fortive, and Veralto [CCC [...]
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[scuttleslops] ZTS, APO, FISV, TTD, RELY
August 13, 2026
What are scuttleslops? Zoetis, Q2 ‘26 Earnings Call, August 06, 2026 Zoetis’s second quarter exposed [...]
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[V, MA] The more things change, the more they stay the same
August 10, 2026
Upcoming posts (in no particular order): Gartner, Tractor Supply, Transdigm, Waystar, CCC, Fortive, and Veralto [...]
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[scuttleslops] BKNG, ABNB, SHOP, LPX, TREX, XYZ
August 7, 2026
What are scuttleslops? Booking Holdings, Q2 ‘26 Earnings Call, August 04, 2026 Room nights grew [...]
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