Dean is a levered commodity processor sandwiched between fragmented but price-protected dairy producers and consolidated retailers, donating market share in a secularly declining market to undisciplined, subscale peers. Its stock trades for 16x management’s charitably adjusted EPS,[1] a full market multiple for a narrow-moat business. The environment in recent years beckons 2007-2010: 1) a period of rapidly […]
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[scuttleslops] ZTS, APO, FISV, TTD, RELY
August 13, 2026
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August 10, 2026
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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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[scuttleslops] UMG, SPOT, SAIA, XPO, ICE, CBOE
August 5, 2026
What are scuttleslops? Universal Music Group, Q2 ‘26 Earnings Call, July 30, 2026 Universal Music [...]
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[scuttleslops] BLDR, RYAN, APG, GFL, FND
August 3, 2026
What are scuttleslops? Builders FirstSource, Q2 ‘26 Earnings Call, July 30, 2026 Builders FirstSource described [...]
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