The king of pricing power...
How Apple’s $AAPL iPhone pricing evolved over time (higher and across more price points), and versus Android (lower) by Eugene Ng
The e-commerce market is a winner-takes-almost-all industry in each country, with Amazon being the leader in terms of e-commerce revenue
JD follows Amazon in second place, generating significantly less e-commerce revenue. Source: Genuine Impact
The $VIX ended the day at 12.82, its lowest close since January 2020
Source: Charlie Bilello
Arm Holdings jumps 25% from IPO price in trading debut
Hotly-anticipated IPO was 12-times oversubscribed w/the top 10 clients taking half of the 95.5 million ADRs at $51 each, the top of a marketed range. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dumped another $27 million worth of $NVDA shares. He has now sold almost $100 million worth of shares over the last week. Source: Barchart
All S&P 500 gains this year came from the AI boom/mania, all other stocks are flat reflecting concerns about global economic slowdown
Source: Michael A. Arouet
The top 10 companies in the S&P 500 with outstanding credit ratings
Among them, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson stand out as the only two companies boasting the highest AAA rating. Source: Genuine Impact
Yesterday, the $LVMH-backed iconic sandal-maker Birkenstock filed for its NYSE IPO!
With a 250-year history and a product that has been cheaply imitated for decades, $BIRK's 20% revenue CAGR over the last eight years is very impressive. Looking at profitability, Birkenstock actually has 60% gross margins, and its EBIT margins reached as high as 29% in FY22. In 2021, Birkenstock was acquired by the private equity firm L Catterton for $4.3B. Together with Bernard Arnault's family holding company Groupe Arnault, LVMH owns 40% of the ~$30B firm. The rumored valuation of ~$8B would imply an EBIT multiple somewhere around 20x, using the company's FY22 numbers. Source: Quartr
