In a quick blurb from last month, I flippantly wrote: “I don’t think 10x/1x EPS/BV for a moatless auto lender at or near the peak of the auto cycle is all that cheap.” Well, how about a sorta-moaty auto supplier trading at 7x? My sense is that auto stocks – their single digit earnings multiples […]
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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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