All articles tagged with #valuation
The Seattle Seahawks are set to be sold with 100% equity on the open market; industry expectations put the final price between $9 billion and $11 billion, far above book value, driven by rising NFL franchise valuations and league-wide revenue. Past deals have shown valuations climbing, and the highest bidder will win in what could be a record-setting sale.
Palantir’s AI-powered growth helped lift 2025 results (Q4 revenue up ~70% YoY; US commercial sales +137%) and support bullish 2026 guidance (~60% growth), but a valuation north of $300B makes any slowdown costly. Stone Fox Capital warns that AI disruption could come from internal AI tools like Anthropic’s Claude Code, possibly dethroning Palantir’s platform, a scenario the investor calls “AI disrupting AI.” Despite the risk, Wall Street remains cautious but positive with a Moderate Buy consensus and about 44% upside to a ~$191 target over the next year.
Microsoft remains a high-quality business, but AI-driven change is pressuring cloud dynamics, Copilot traction, and mature markets. Key risks include cloud price/mix competition, uncertain payback on AI infrastructure capex, and potential erosion of productivity software value from new developer tools. Valuation suggests modest undervaluation (around $443.7 per share) with only about 56.8% odds of beating the current price, implying limited upside relative to risk. Overall, the article recommends holding Microsoft as an AI player that hasn’t shown a clear edge over peers, despite aggressive data-center expansion.
Wary signals are flashing: credit spreads on investment-grade bonds have narrowed to about 71 basis points—the tightest since 1998—raising the risk of a bond sell-off if economic conditions worsen, while the stock market's CAPE ratio sits at 40.1 in January 2026, the highest since the dot-com era. If history repeats, the S&P 500 could fall roughly 3% in 1 year, 19% in 2 years, and 30% in 3 years, with little chance of a positive return; though AI-driven earnings could mute the move, the current setup favors caution: trim risk, and limit stock purchases to high-conviction ideas.
S&P 500 software names trading near 52-week lows may offer selective, durable opportunities for long-term investors; a screen highlights large-cap SaaS names with strong ROA and improving valuation, with Adobe and FICO standing out under a modified framework, while AI disruption risks and ongoing volatility require patient, well-sized positioning.
Palantir's stock fell after an initial rally from strong Q4 results, as investors weigh the lofty valuation against continued growth and several price-target cuts, underscoring a valuation overhang even as fundamentals improve.
Alphabet’s Waymo has secured new financing that pushes its valuation to about $126 billion, signaling strong investor confidence as robotaxi services scale and likely accelerating development and deployment of autonomous-vehicle technology.
Palantir is 27% off its Nov. 2025 high, yet the article argues the stock faces a sharper decline as its sky-high P/S ratio (around 100) signals an unsustainable valuation amid AI optimism. Despite Gotham and Foundry providing a moat and a cash-rich, debt-free balance sheet, the piece warns that a lasting AI bubble burst and uncertain defense-spending tailwinds could push shares lower in 2026, making a longer downside move more likely than a rebound.
RBC’s Rishi Jaluria warns Palantir’s lofty valuation—trading well over 20x CY26E revenue—may be unsustainable without a strong Q4 beat, citing softness in government growth and ongoing churn in commercial deals amid rising competition; with Palantir set to report results after the close, the market is weighing whether the company can sustain AI-fueled growth given its bespoke, large-client model, while analysts remain mixed (one bear with a $50 target vs. a consensus suggesting upside).
Disney’s ESPN is valued at about $30 billion after a megadeal that gives Disney a majority stake in ESPN (roughly 72%) while the NFL holds a 10% stake and options to adjust ownership; Disney will fully own NFL Network and integrate RedZone into ESPN’s lineup, with rights and branding tied to ESPN streaming and fantasy products. The NFL can reacquire its stake after July 2034 and may buy up to an additional 4% later. Disney’s Q1 results show ESPN revenue of about $4.9 billion and operating income of $191 million, underscoring continued pay-TV headwinds highlighted by a recent blackout on YouTube TV.
Alphabet unit Waymo is seeking about $16 billion in a financing round that would value it at around $110 billion, with Alphabet contributing about $13 billion and other investors including Sequoia Capital, DST Global and Dragoneer Investment Group. The move follows reports of a $100+ billion valuation and highlights the race to commercialize autonomous robotaxi services, even as regulators open a safety investigation after a Waymo vehicle struck a child in Santa Monica.
AMD started 2026 on the upswing after a recent dip, with investor Keith Noonan arguing that accelerated AI demand could lift the stock even if Nvidia remains dominant in ultra-high-end GPUs. The storyline is bolstered by AMD’s Ryzen AI and Instinct GPU roadmap and a bullish Wall Street consensus, suggesting the shares could be attractively valued if AI infrastructure deals materialize.
A TipRanks-featured investor argues Palantir (PLTR) could rebound toward $200 after a tough period, driven by enterprise AI adoption and stronger-than-expected guidance. Despite a ~27% drop from a recent high and a rich forward multiple, Deep Value Investing believes a blowout Q4 guidance could re-rate the stock, while Wall Street’s consensus remains a Hold with roughly $190 target. The story hinges on upcoming earnings and the pace of AI adoption in Palantir’s enterprise software business.
Microsoft beat Q2 on EPS and revenue, but elevated capex and slower Azure growth pressured free cash flow and sparked a post-earnings drop; the stock is seen as attractively valued with a Buy rating thanks to solid cloud/AI momentum, though near-term technicals are bearish and risks include AI deployment pace, cloud competition, and capex trends.
Micron Technology is an undervalued AI memory enabler with strong early-2026 results: 57% revenue growth year over year in Q1 FY26 and near-tripling net income, plus a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 11.5 as peers trade higher. As memory storage is crucial for AI chips, Micron supplies memory solutions to Nvidia, AMD and others, boosting demand even when not the primary focus. With robust growth and a valuation that suggests significant upside, Micron could offer durable long-term returns beyond the current hype.