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@ParisAnalyst

An NYC-based PM who wrote an anonymous post while in Paris, and here we are. Searching for inflections.

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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
A few quick Sohn pitches. Longs: $IFX on AI rev from 5% to 25% of total by '29. Thinks 25x p/e on '28 revs = 94 EUR/sh by end '27, 58% upside. $PRM sees 30+% EBITDA cagr from here, mostly from value creating M&A. In-house talent for M&A underappreciated, e.g. ex-Extant guys re-running the Extant playbook. >10% operating margin improvement at each unit. Thinks 2x 3-4y. $AXON ex Coatue guy argues "AI agents for officers." AI plan charges $559/officer/mo vs old $99/officer/mo. $750m '25 AI plan bookings. Think revenue 2.5x in 3y, EBITDA nearly 3x in 3y. $APP 3y 25% revenue cagr as ecom vertical takes off & improved models drive improved ROAS. 20x '30e $50 EPS = $1,000 stock. Fastest L36M revenue growth and highest EBIT/employee in the S&P. $CVNA getting to MSD/HSD used auto share means north of 30% revenue growth for a long time. $VTRS rescheduling sleeping drug from EU to the US for wakefulness + another drug in SPV = 6x-8x upside. (Missed part of this one, sorry) Korean holdcos at discount to the parts, eg Samsung Life. Korean consumer exposure as SK Hynix & Samsung bonuses of 10% of operating profit spill over into consumption. $TTMI printed circuit board unit growth + increased complexity means topline growth at very high incremental margins. And defense segments in budget epicycle. $CPT sun belt multifamily REIT with improving supply picture driving pricing power. More of a low beta, MSD downside, 40% upside frame. Shorts: $OSIS Sedona contract recognized 80%, collected mid 30s % of cash. May need to revise recognized revenue down materially. $RZLV 4x revs for a promotional stock looter buying declining software assets. Significant related party cashouts. Online classifieds like $REA.AU if MSD pricing power breaks. (Didn't catch every pitch, but should give a sense)
Hiroo Onoda@OnodaCapital

Sohn pitches I've heard about so far are FLR, GLXY, NOK, TTMI, GOOG. Anyone heard about others?

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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@Noicewon11 Just generic. Kind of in the context of “what is low short interest now that is a decent short over next few years?”
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Crash@Noicewon11·
@ParisAnalyst Just a generic pitch, or any substance how GPTs links to the agents/intermediaries etc?
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@Noicewon11 It was the AI classifieds short thesis. Will eg Zillow lose incremental property searches to ChatGPT, and if so does that reduce advertising pricing power? Tough debate bc likely won’t hit the numbers for a few years
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Crash@Noicewon11·
@ParisAnalyst What was the substance to REA pp break?
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@Process_Cap 100%. Off of memory, I think they FOIA'd the 2024 $PRM contracts to get a sense of price ∆s by line. There was also an interesting comment: "Many of the board are talented short sellers. When smart short sellers go long, it's worth paying attention."
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Process Capital@Process_Cap·
@ParisAnalyst Been looking for those $PRM notes. Thank you very much! Hoping that they put out videos of the pitches in a few weeks like they did last year
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@astridwilde1 @vineelyalamarth Yeah I think that makes a ton of sense. Buddy of mine runs a top 10 gaming app in the Middle East. What's interesting is that game player demographics keep expanding. (And not to sound awful but if hantavirus becomes a thing...)
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Astrid Wilde 🌞@astridwilde1·
"We're still running under 30 day breakeven on the dollars we're spending. We're doing a mix of paid marketing and sponsorships." ...none of us own enough $APP
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@astridwilde1 @vineelyalamarth Late to reading this, but sure looks like a long runway to me: arxiv.org/abs/2402.17152 I haven't seen public disclosures on AppLovin's model vs Meta's. Think the longer runway function of newly unlocked ecommerce / self-serve / mediation views / smaller size / something else?
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@astridwilde1 @vineelyalamarth Been thinking a bit about this. Any strong thoughts on APP vs META as the bigger beneficiary of new models improving ad conversions?
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Astrid Wilde 🌞@astridwilde1·
@vineelyalamarth Every $1 spent in ads attracting new advertisers to the platform returns $1 in revenue in under 30 days A sign that it's still very very early for the platform
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@hump_bear @DannyDayan5 Latest chigirl note is excellent on this. Just thinking this market might be primed to look through PCE if Warsh messages this way. Thinking something like 'core PCE excl Hormuz is fine longer term, we still want to sell MBS and cut short-term rates'
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Danny Dayan
Danny Dayan@DannyDayan5·
I have updated my supply chain models that I built in the below note, and let me say it as clear as I can: It is going to be a disaster. On par with 2022. Check out what I built in the below note, and stay tuned for update in Sunday's weekly.
Danny Dayan@DannyDayan5

The Breaking Point. After oil, the second order consequence from the war is supply chain issues. I developed a new framework to analyze the supply chain issues that are building. They are much broader than most think. This story will last a long time. dannydayan.substack.com/p/the-breaking…

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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@DannyDayan5 @hump_bear Do you think the damage is already embedded or can a Hormuz re-opening be looked-through for 3-6 months? Interesting to me that CL1 is still $95, Dec '26 is $80, Dec '27 is $72. Those forward prices don't look *too* terrible to me?
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@matt_slotnick @midwit_capital Think it's just a mix of (1) FY revenue guide up a bit but EBIT guide down more w Statsig team + (2) a lot of fear that LLMs kill the business = few buyers If today's SaaS investors need to see FCF-SBC margins or serious revenue acceleration, AMPL just in a tough spot (for now)
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MidCurveCapital@midwit_capital·
Bigly beat. Crickets. $AMPL
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
$RELY Q1 Rev 25% YoY @ 22.4% EBITDA margin Sandbagging the FY EBITDA margin guide, again. Q4 '25 guided 12%, hit 20% Q1 '26 guided 18.9%, hit 22.4% Headcount down -4% YTD, SS modeling >10% cash opex growth, and the CEO commenting how "Remitly has all the headcount we need"...
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@thaAdamLittle "Data & Analytics... most bullish on AI impact" is the biggest narrative violation here! Virtually every investor I chat with worries that the existing analytics companies are dead in the water 2-3 years out...
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Adam @ RepVue
Adam @ RepVue@thaAdamLittle·
Couple of current thoughts on Software from the RepVue (Sales Rep) perspective... 1. % Team Quota Attainment is up 2. Sales Capacity is up 3. Sales Org attrition is down 4. Average Deal Sizes are up 5. Quotas are being raised 6. Rep sentiment around AI impact is bullish These trends are true across the whole sector - but there are some important cuts to pay attention to Enterprise / Strat Reps are seeing the most benefit Consumption plays are seeing the most benefit Data & Analytics, Hyperscalers, Cybersecurity, Vertical Software are most bullish on AI impact Productivity and Collaboration, Front Office-CX, HCM / Payroll are least bullish (still bullish though) on AI impact PE backed Software generally looks distressed The best late stage VC backs orgs are flipping even the best Public Orgs across most KPIs
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@InvestingTmr @BrokenMoats I hear you. If you're willing to look out to '28 growth, think not as much of valuation gap -- and I worry that (1) the cash remittance players will continue to churn more and more and (2) it's so hard to maintain compliance across physical locations that it's a political target
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Broken Moats@BrokenMoats·
Confused why the remittance companies would not respond to stripes announcement yesterday - that threat has weighed on these names but after a near 2x of $RELY in recent months I do not think its adequately reflected in the market currently. I see stand alone remittance companies as similar to point saas solutions. A big pitch and highlight by rely is the business side stripe.com/treasury
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
Great points - this was actually the chief RELY bear case last year. Here's how I'm thinking about it. Stablecoins compress correspondent banking costs but not pay-in, cash-out, FX spreads, or compliance in receiving country. Defi txn & exchange fees are often >3% all in today, worth noting. I think it's more likely that the majority of remittance volume paying 5%-7% shifts to the lower cost provider like RELY charging <2.25%. I agree that pricing compression on constant txn sizes is the #1 thing to track, and I am not seeing or hearing of material moves there from the digital money transfer services. My opinion is that Stripe Treasury is a death knell, but more for the correspondent bank / SWIFT players that overcharge during the multi-day correspondent settlement process. If you chat w/ the scaled remittances companies, they'll tell you that stablecoin liquidity pools can only handle a tiny fraction of their current volumes right now. If/when we hear adoption there accelerating, that's probably the time to push the short on those correspondent bank / SWIFT players. 2 bear cases I do worry about for RELY: 1. If we see mass consumer adoption of stablecoin wallets. In that world, the real casualties are probably the card issuing banks & possibly regional banks, as credit cards & debit cards & low yield checking accounts would be replaced by stablecoin wallets. And yes, payment players like RELY would also see margin compression too. If anything, I'm less optimistic about consumer stablecoin wallet adoption in the developed world in the next decade bc of bank lobbying to kill stablecoin yield (which I see as the chief consumer inducement to switch). 2. If WhatsApp decides to push subsidized remittances (i.e. not just offer but advertise aggressively, unlike that recent effort in India). Doing so would open Meta up to a huge amount of legal scrutiny for little incremental gain, but it would be a real concern for me. I see the RELY 2026-2027 story as significant send volume growth among very high senders (see attached image) + way tighter opex control than expected by consensus estimates. I actually think Remitly is undercutting Wise on pricing for many >$5k sends, which is a bit of a narrative violation. Curious to hear if you're seeing/hearing anything opposed to this line of thought (especially anything on like-for-like pricing pressure for the digital remittance players).
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Broken Moats@BrokenMoats·
Stripe document attached, they are lowering prices and offering service across 100 countries. Only a matter of time before they become more focused on the consumer piece or open the api to more downstream partners - the barriers to entry and moat of getting set up and managing the legal jurisdictions, banking laws, kyc etc has been eliminated by stripe. They can now either push the service themselves (increasingly doing) versus just offering the infrastructure rails. Rely may partner with Stripe on stable coins (old press release) but that pipe is open to anyone. The barriers to entry and thus pricing have been eroded. Marketing goes up and customer churn goes up too. I think if the market was not in melt up mode this news would be having a negative impact as it shrinks the terminal value. docs.stripe.com/treasury/stabl…
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Horos Asset Management@horosfunds·
Movimientos en #HorosValueIberia — 1T26 ❌ Salidas / ⬇️ Reducciones → Ercros ❌ → Zegona Communications ❌ ⚪ Entradas / ⬆️Incrementos → Acciona Energía ⬆️ → HBX Group ⬆️ → Meliá Hotels International ⬆️ Carta completa 👇 horosam.com/carta-a-los-in…
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Paris Analyst@ParisAnalyst·
@alvarogomezolea All in ~ 2% revenue hit @ relatively low margin? And if so, would wipe a few quarters of EBITDAaL progress?
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Alvaro Gomez de Olea@alvarogomezolea·
Setback regarding Zegona $ZEG.L absorption of Finetwork which has now been rejected by the Audiencia Provincial in Alicante. The fight will continue but with the integration already ongoing it is not the best news… amp.expansion.com/empresas/tecno…
Alvaro Gomez de Olea@alvarogomezolea

$ZEG.L Zegona absorption of Finetwork approved some days ago. +1M clients and no press release of course. Telefonica’s fiberco closing taking longer also weighing down share price. Looking forward to news on preferreds cancellation

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