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The stock has 190,000 followers on its Seeking Alpha stock page, more than triple what the much larger Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has. For a more apples to apples comparison, contrast Palantir with Adobe (ADBE), which yields similar but less extreme results. Adobe, which has 8.8 times Palantir&#39;s market cap, has about 60,000 fewer followers.</p><p>The point is, Palantir has a devoted following. It has never been the biggest tech company, but it has some of the most dedicated fans. On any given day on Twitter (TWTR), you can find die-hards talking about the company&#39;s AI capabilities, industry use cases, and tendency to benefit in bad times.</p><p>Some of the points that Palantir fans make are valid. The company does, in fact, seem to benefit from tough times, as it is a military contractor. Additionally, it seems to be respected in AI, as it was invited to collaborate on Forrester&#39;s &#34;The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms&#34; report.</p><p>So Palantir bulls have some definite points when it comes to the company&#39;s capabilities. However, their takes have always struck me as overlooking business fundamentals. It seems that many people who hold PLTR are so enamored with the &#34;idea&#34; of the company that they ignore its business performance and valuation.</p><p>Of the two factors I just mentioned (performance and valuation), PLTR gives a mixed showing. Palantir is still growing the top line at 26%, which is impressive because a lot of big tech companies lost their previously fast growth with this year&#39;s economic slowdown. The company also has positive free cash flow, offset by dilution. So, Palantir has no shortage of factors going in its favor.</p><p>However, when we take a look at its valuation, it becomes clear that PLTR is exposed to some risk. Even after falling 72%, the stock still trades at 8.7 times sales while being unprofitable. This is definitely not a clear cut buy. On the other hand, Palantir is one of the few tech companies still putting out 2021-style growth numbers in 2022, so it deserves a richer valuation than most of its peers. Taking all of these factors together, the stock looks like a &#39;hold,&#39; as it may be suitable for some especially risk tolerant investors (provided they&#39;re willing to accept short term losses before seeing a recovery much later), but not others.</p><h3>Palantir: the Positives</h3><p>Before getting into why I still consider Palantir very expensive after its 72% year-to-date selloff, I should mention what the stock has going for it. PLTR is no bubble stock; it is an FCF-positive company that could be GAAP profitable if the company&#39;s executives really wanted it to be. So, the positives deserve a mention here.</p><p>First, the company is still growing pretty fast, which is worth mentioning because a lot of tech stocks lost their ultra-high growth streaks this year. For example:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a> delivered only 2% revenue growth in its most recent quarter.</li><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">Meta Platforms</a> delivered negative revenue growth.</li><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>(GOOGL) delivered positive revenue growth butnegative earnings growth</li></ul><p>By contrast, Palantir delivered 26% top-line growth and 71% growth in operating income. So, Palantir seems to be growing faster than other tech companies amid the 2022 tech slump.</p><p>A second thing Palantir has going for it is revenue stability. Palantir is a business-to-business (B2B) software company with long term contracts, it doesn&#39;t have to hustle people to buy its latest consumer gadget every year. According to its 2021 investor presentation, Palantir has a weighted average contract duration of 3.5 years. This means that investors don&#39;t have to worry about the company&#39;s sales abruptly crashing as happened with Meta last quarter.</p><p>Finally, Palantir is embedded within some of America&#39;s most stable and foundational institutions. Its single biggest client is the U.S. government, and within the government, defense is the largest department it does business with. The DoD is the single biggest use of government funds, and it&#39;s the definition of an essential service. So, Palantir&#39;s bread and butter isn&#39;t going anywhere.</p><h3>First Issue: Dilution</h3><p>Having established some positives about Palantir, it&#39;s time to get into our first negative:</p><h3>Equity dilution</h3><p>Palantir is constantly issuing new shares to employees and diluting existing shareholders&#39; ownership in the process. For example, Palantir had 2.05 billion weighted average shares outstanding in its most recent quarter, it had 1.894 billion in the prior year quarter. So, the number of shares increased 8.4%.</p><p>Dilution is a problem because it offsets growth and makes each shareholder&#39;s ownership percentage less. Let&#39;s say we had a company with $1,000 in earnings and 1,000 shares. That company would have $1 in earnings per share (&#34;EPS&#34;). Now, if earnings grew to $1,200, then it would have a 20% growth rate. However, if the number of shares increased to 1,084, the 20% growth would be reduced to 10.7% on a per share basis, because 1,200 divided by 1,084 is only 1.107. Had the number of shares stayed constant at 1,000, then shareholders would have enjoyed the full 20% growth in earnings.</p><p>Palantir executives have been saying in recent earnings calls that they intend to get the rate of dilution down. In fact, they have done so: the 8.4% dilution in the most recent quarter was way down from the 100% dilution observed over Palantir&#39;s first year as a public company. Still, there is quite a bit of dilution going on, and it&#39;s harming growth on a per share basis.</p><h3>Valuation</h3><p>The second negative with Palantir is the fact that it&#39;s still a very expensive stock. When an asset you like goes down in price, it&#39;s natural to start thinking about buying the dip, and Palantir is indeed a better buy now than it was at, say, $30. However, it&#39;s still basically an expensive asset compared to the underlying fundamentals. According to Seeking Alpha Quant, PLTR trades at:</p><ul><li>151 times earnings.</li><li>8.7 times sales.</li><li>6.6 times book value.</li><li>53 times operating cash flow</li></ul><p>These are all very high multiples. For comparison, the S&amp;P 500&#39;s P/E ratio is currently 18.43, and the long term average is 15. Palantir is far more expensive than the average stock. Of course, it&#39;s also growing faster than the average stock, but with all the dilution that&#39;s been happening, the growth per share is less than it looks.</p><p>I&#39;ve done a number of discounted cash flow (&#34;DCF&#34;) valuations on Palantir in past articles. These kinds of models are very sensitive to inputs; I&#39;ve gotten fair value estimates ranging from $5 to $14 depending on the discount rate used. Unfortunately, Palantir&#39;s performance has deteriorated a bit since I last wrote about it. EPS swung from a positive figure to a negative one, and six-month operating cash flow got cut by nearly a half. Based on the previous quarter, I wouldn&#39;t expect positive growth in earnings or cash flows any time soon. I&#39;m not going to build a DCF model that assumes negative earnings growth indefinitely, as we&#39;re in a recession that, if it&#39;s like most recessions, won&#39;t last forever. However, I can&#39;t come up with a plausible reason to think that earnings will grow perpetually either, so for now I will just say that past DCF models I ran on Palantir yielded fair value estimates as low as $5. This stock will really need interest rates to fall dramatically in order for it to become buyable.</p><h3>The Bottom Line</h3><p>The bottom line on Palantir is that you really need a lot of risk tolerance, a passion for the company, and an extraordinarily long time horizon in order to justify owning it. The current rising interest rate environment just doesn&#39;t incentivize buying assets this expensive. If, at some point in the future, the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates again, PLTR may be worth it for some investors outside of its core fan base. For now, though, it has to be said: this stock is not well suited to anyone but the most ardent believer.</p><p>That&#39;s not to say that the Palantir bulls are wrong. Their points about the company&#39;s &#34;sophisticated&#34; capabilities strike me as being fairly compelling. However, most of these points can&#39;t be captured mathematically and entered into a valuation model. Does Palantir have great AI capabilities? Does it have an ultra-dependable client base? Does it provide services that become more important in times of geopolitical instability? The answer to all these questions is &#34;yes.&#34; The soft factors that Palantir bulls like to point out are indeed real, but they&#39;re not quantifiable. On the other hand, the things about the company that are quantifiable - like the dilution and negative GAAP earnings - don&#39;t look so hot.</p><p>So, Palantir gets a &#34;hold&#34; from me. The soft factors that bulls point to could eventually work in their favor, so I&#39;m not going to say that they&#39;re wrong. If you are very emotionally attached to PLTR and you think that its U.S. military relationships will someday rain gold on shareholders, you have a non-zero chance of being right. But if you&#39;re somebody who doesn&#39;t really care about any of this and is just looking to invest some capital that&#39;s currently held in cash, you might want to look elsewhere. 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The stock has 190,000 followers on its Seeking Alpha stock page, more than triple what the much larger Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has. For a more apples to apples comparison, contrast Palantir with Adobe (ADBE), which yields similar but less extreme results. Adobe, which has 8.8 times Palantir's market cap, has about 60,000 fewer followers.The point is, Palantir has a devoted following. It has never been the biggest tech company, but it has some of the most dedicated fans. On any given day on Twitter (TWTR), you can find die-hards talking about the company's AI capabilities, industry use cases, and tendency to benefit in bad times.Some of the points that Palantir fans make are valid. The company does, in fact, seem to benefit from tough times, as it is a military contractor. Additionally, it seems to be respected in AI, as it was invited to collaborate on Forrester's \"The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms\" report.So Palantir bulls have some definite points when it comes to the company's capabilities. However, their takes have always struck me as overlooking business fundamentals. It seems that many people who hold PLTR are so enamored with the \"idea\" of the company that they ignore its business performance and valuation.Of the two factors I just mentioned (performance and valuation), PLTR gives a mixed showing. Palantir is still growing the top line at 26%, which is impressive because a lot of big tech companies lost their previously fast growth with this year's economic slowdown. The company also has positive free cash flow, offset by dilution. So, Palantir has no shortage of factors going in its favor.However, when we take a look at its valuation, it becomes clear that PLTR is exposed to some risk. Even after falling 72%, the stock still trades at 8.7 times sales while being unprofitable. This is definitely not a clear cut buy. On the other hand, Palantir is one of the few tech companies still putting out 2021-style growth numbers in 2022, so it deserves a richer valuation than most of its peers. Taking all of these factors together, the stock looks like a 'hold,' as it may be suitable for some especially risk tolerant investors (provided they're willing to accept short term losses before seeing a recovery much later), but not others.Palantir: the PositivesBefore getting into why I still consider Palantir very expensive after its 72% year-to-date selloff, I should mention what the stock has going for it. PLTR is no bubble stock; it is an FCF-positive company that could be GAAP profitable if the company's executives really wanted it to be. So, the positives deserve a mention here.First, the company is still growing pretty fast, which is worth mentioning because a lot of tech stocks lost their ultra-high growth streaks this year. For example:Apple delivered only 2% revenue growth in its most recent quarter.Meta Platforms delivered negative revenue growth.Alphabet(GOOGL) delivered positive revenue growth butnegative earnings growthBy contrast, Palantir delivered 26% top-line growth and 71% growth in operating income. So, Palantir seems to be growing faster than other tech companies amid the 2022 tech slump.A second thing Palantir has going for it is revenue stability. Palantir is a business-to-business (B2B) software company with long term contracts, it doesn't have to hustle people to buy its latest consumer gadget every year. According to its 2021 investor presentation, Palantir has a weighted average contract duration of 3.5 years. This means that investors don't have to worry about the company's sales abruptly crashing as happened with Meta last quarter.Finally, Palantir is embedded within some of America's most stable and foundational institutions. Its single biggest client is the U.S. government, and within the government, defense is the largest department it does business with. The DoD is the single biggest use of government funds, and it's the definition of an essential service. So, Palantir's bread and butter isn't going anywhere.First Issue: DilutionHaving established some positives about Palantir, it's time to get into our first negative:Equity dilutionPalantir is constantly issuing new shares to employees and diluting existing shareholders' ownership in the process. For example, Palantir had 2.05 billion weighted average shares outstanding in its most recent quarter, it had 1.894 billion in the prior year quarter. So, the number of shares increased 8.4%.Dilution is a problem because it offsets growth and makes each shareholder's ownership percentage less. Let's say we had a company with $1,000 in earnings and 1,000 shares. That company would have $1 in earnings per share (\"EPS\"). Now, if earnings grew to $1,200, then it would have a 20% growth rate. However, if the number of shares increased to 1,084, the 20% growth would be reduced to 10.7% on a per share basis, because 1,200 divided by 1,084 is only 1.107. Had the number of shares stayed constant at 1,000, then shareholders would have enjoyed the full 20% growth in earnings.Palantir executives have been saying in recent earnings calls that they intend to get the rate of dilution down. In fact, they have done so: the 8.4% dilution in the most recent quarter was way down from the 100% dilution observed over Palantir's first year as a public company. Still, there is quite a bit of dilution going on, and it's harming growth on a per share basis.ValuationThe second negative with Palantir is the fact that it's still a very expensive stock. When an asset you like goes down in price, it's natural to start thinking about buying the dip, and Palantir is indeed a better buy now than it was at, say, $30. However, it's still basically an expensive asset compared to the underlying fundamentals. According to Seeking Alpha Quant, PLTR trades at:151 times earnings.8.7 times sales.6.6 times book value.53 times operating cash flowThese are all very high multiples. For comparison, the S&P 500's P/E ratio is currently 18.43, and the long term average is 15. Palantir is far more expensive than the average stock. Of course, it's also growing faster than the average stock, but with all the dilution that's been happening, the growth per share is less than it looks.I've done a number of discounted cash flow (\"DCF\") valuations on Palantir in past articles. These kinds of models are very sensitive to inputs; I've gotten fair value estimates ranging from $5 to $14 depending on the discount rate used. Unfortunately, Palantir's performance has deteriorated a bit since I last wrote about it. EPS swung from a positive figure to a negative one, and six-month operating cash flow got cut by nearly a half. Based on the previous quarter, I wouldn't expect positive growth in earnings or cash flows any time soon. I'm not going to build a DCF model that assumes negative earnings growth indefinitely, as we're in a recession that, if it's like most recessions, won't last forever. However, I can't come up with a plausible reason to think that earnings will grow perpetually either, so for now I will just say that past DCF models I ran on Palantir yielded fair value estimates as low as $5. This stock will really need interest rates to fall dramatically in order for it to become buyable.The Bottom LineThe bottom line on Palantir is that you really need a lot of risk tolerance, a passion for the company, and an extraordinarily long time horizon in order to justify owning it. The current rising interest rate environment just doesn't incentivize buying assets this expensive. If, at some point in the future, the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates again, PLTR may be worth it for some investors outside of its core fan base. For now, though, it has to be said: this stock is not well suited to anyone but the most ardent believer.That's not to say that the Palantir bulls are wrong. Their points about the company's \"sophisticated\" capabilities strike me as being fairly compelling. However, most of these points can't be captured mathematically and entered into a valuation model. Does Palantir have great AI capabilities? Does it have an ultra-dependable client base? Does it provide services that become more important in times of geopolitical instability? The answer to all these questions is \"yes.\" The soft factors that Palantir bulls like to point out are indeed real, but they're not quantifiable. On the other hand, the things about the company that are quantifiable - like the dilution and negative GAAP earnings - don't look so hot.So, Palantir gets a \"hold\" from me. The soft factors that bulls point to could eventually work in their favor, so I'm not going to say that they're wrong. If you are very emotionally attached to PLTR and you think that its U.S. military relationships will someday rain gold on shareholders, you have a non-zero chance of being right. But if you're somebody who doesn't really care about any of this and is just looking to invest some capital that's currently held in cash, you might want to look elsewhere. 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But that&#39;s likely not why the stock tumbled today. Tesla stock closed down 4.6% on Friday.</p><h3>So what</h3><p>The stock market isn&#39;t always efficient, but simple math indicates that the recall isn&#39;t the reason Tesla shares have dropped for a second straight day. Tesla&#39;s market cap has dropped by $75 billion over just the last two trading sessions, and the recall isn&#39;t even going to require vehicles be returned to service centers.</p><p>So what has caused more than an 8% decline in Tesla shares over two days? It may have a more simple explanation.</p><h3>Now what</h3><p>The recall of almost 1.1 million Tesla EVs was to correct the automated window system from potentially failing to detect obstruction, causing a potential pinch hazard. It covers some Model 3s from as far back as 2017 and newer versions of Models X, S, and Y. Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to <b>Twitter</b> to add a little more color to what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published.</p><p>The company said it wasn&#39;t aware of any warranty claims, let alone injuries, from the problem. Musk noted the vehicles will all be fixed with what he called &#34;a tiny over-the-air software update,&#34; and questioned whether the terminology from the NHTSA should change for vehicle software updates. He didn&#39;t want to even use the term &#34;recall,&#34; calling it &#34;outdated &amp; inaccurate&#34; with a fix that doesn&#39;t require the car be physically serviced.</p><p>Though the recall had the headlines, Tesla shares are more likely lower over the past two days in line with the tech sector of the market in general. With the Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week, some investors see the risks of recession increasing. A stock like Tesla with a valuation representing a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 65 is a prime candidate to get hit the hardest.</p></body></html>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Why Tesla Dropped Over 4% Friday</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWhy Tesla Dropped Over 4% Friday\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-09-24 09:35 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/09/23/why-tesla-dropped-as-much-as-5-friday/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>KEY POINTSInvestors get excited about Tesla's future potential, but its high valuation still can't be ignored.The stock has a P/E above 60 based on expectations for 2022 earnings.The tech sector is ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/09/23/why-tesla-dropped-as-much-as-5-friday/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BK4550":"红杉资本持仓","BK4555":"新能源车","BK4533":"AQR资本管理(全球第二大对冲基金)","BK4099":"汽车制造商","BK4581":"高盛持仓","BK4511":"特斯拉概念","BK4548":"巴美列捷福持仓","BK4551":"寇图资本持仓","BK4574":"无人驾驶","BK4534":"瑞士信贷持仓","BK4527":"明星科技股","TSLA":"特斯拉"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/09/23/why-tesla-dropped-as-much-as-5-friday/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2269457821","content_text":"KEY POINTSInvestors get excited about Tesla's future potential, but its high valuation still can't be ignored.The stock has a P/E above 60 based on expectations for 2022 earnings.The tech sector is getting hit hard right now, and high-valuation stocks will likely be taken down the most.What happenedWord spread quickly yesterday that almost 1.1 million Tesla  vehicles were being recalled. But that's likely not why the stock tumbled today. Tesla stock closed down 4.6% on Friday.So whatThe stock market isn't always efficient, but simple math indicates that the recall isn't the reason Tesla shares have dropped for a second straight day. Tesla's market cap has dropped by $75 billion over just the last two trading sessions, and the recall isn't even going to require vehicles be returned to service centers.So what has caused more than an 8% decline in Tesla shares over two days? It may have a more simple explanation.Now whatThe recall of almost 1.1 million Tesla EVs was to correct the automated window system from potentially failing to detect obstruction, causing a potential pinch hazard. It covers some Model 3s from as far back as 2017 and newer versions of Models X, S, and Y. Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to add a little more color to what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published.The company said it wasn't aware of any warranty claims, let alone injuries, from the problem. Musk noted the vehicles will all be fixed with what he called \"a tiny over-the-air software update,\" and questioned whether the terminology from the NHTSA should change for vehicle software updates. He didn't want to even use the term \"recall,\" calling it \"outdated & inaccurate\" with a fix that doesn't require the car be physically serviced.Though the recall had the headlines, Tesla shares are more likely lower over the past two days in line with the tech sector of the market in general. With the Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week, some investors see the risks of recession increasing. 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He most recently transitioned to an adviser role while serving on the board of both Airbnb and Airbnb.org, the Austin, Texas-based company said in a blog post.</p><p>Mr. Gebbia and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk have had friendly exchanges in recent months on Twitter, the social-media company that Mr. Musk agreed to buy for $44 billion but is now seeking to abandon through a legal fight with the company&#39;s management.</p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Tesla Adds Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia to Board of Directors</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nTesla Adds Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia to Board of Directors\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<div class=\"head\" \">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Dow Jones </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2022-09-29 07:39</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<html><head></head><body><p>Tesla Inc. on Wednesday said it added Airbnb Inc. co-founder Joe Gebbia to its board, effective this past Sunday.</p><p>The electric-vehicle maker&#39;s board size had shrunk to seven seats from eight after Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison didn&#39;t stand for re-election.</p><p>Shareholders at Tesla&#39;s annual meeting in August backed the proposed re-election of directors Ira Ehrenpreis and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, who have served on the board since 2007 and 2018, respectively.</p><p>Mr. Gebbia waived any entitlement to cash compensation at the moment and joined the remainder of the board in waiving immediate equity compensation until July 2023, until the board makes such determinations, Tesla said in a securities filing. He most recently transitioned to an adviser role while serving on the board of both Airbnb and Airbnb.org, the Austin, Texas-based company said in a blog post.</p><p>Mr. Gebbia and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk have had friendly exchanges in recent months on Twitter, the social-media company that Mr. Musk agreed to buy for $44 billion but is now seeking to abandon through a legal fight with the company&#39;s management.</p></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BK4574":"无人驾驶","TSLA":"特斯拉","BK4551":"寇图资本持仓","BK4561":"索罗斯持仓","BK4505":"高瓴资本持仓","BK4581":"高盛持仓","BK4099":"汽车制造商","BK4511":"特斯拉概念","BK4142":"酒店、度假村与豪华游轮","BK4548":"巴美列捷福持仓","BK4534":"瑞士信贷持仓","ABNB":"爱彼迎","BK4555":"新能源车","BK4533":"AQR资本管理(全球第二大对冲基金)","00418":"方正控股","BK4566":"资本集团","BK4535":"淡马锡持仓","BK4527":"明星科技股","BK4550":"红杉资本持仓","BK1109":"应用软件"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2271753988","content_text":"Tesla Inc. on Wednesday said it added Airbnb Inc. co-founder Joe Gebbia to its board, effective this past Sunday.The electric-vehicle maker's board size had shrunk to seven seats from eight after Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison didn't stand for re-election.Shareholders at Tesla's annual meeting in August backed the proposed re-election of directors Ira Ehrenpreis and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, who have served on the board since 2007 and 2018, respectively.Mr. Gebbia waived any entitlement to cash compensation at the moment and joined the remainder of the board in waiving immediate equity compensation until July 2023, until the board makes such determinations, Tesla said in a securities filing. He most recently transitioned to an adviser role while serving on the board of both Airbnb and Airbnb.org, the Austin, Texas-based company said in a blog post.Mr. Gebbia and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk have had friendly exchanges in recent months on Twitter, the social-media company that Mr. Musk agreed to buy for $44 billion but is now seeking to abandon through a legal fight with the company's management.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":241,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9918274429,"gmtCreate":1664411097361,"gmtModify":1676537448820,"author":{"id":"4104561056137190","authorId":"4104561056137190","name":"Ummi Jee","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c92d013bf0bffdd8cbb244fd2f92819a","crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"4104561056137190","idStr":"4104561056137190"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Nice","listText":"Nice","text":"Nice","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9918274429","repostId":"1175227277","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1175227277","pubTimestamp":1664358183,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1175227277?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-09-28 17:43","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Palantir: Flying Higher Than Fair Value","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1175227277","media":"Seeking Alpha","summary":"SummaryPalantir stock has come down a lot in the tech bear market.Many investors believe that the st","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Summary</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PLTR\">Palantir</a> stock has come down a lot in the tech bear market.</li><li>Many investors believe that the stock has become a bargain because it has fallen a lot, but in fact, it&#39;s still very expensive compared to fundamentals.</li><li>Palantir&#39;s business niche is pretty well suited to today&#39;s unstable world, but that doesn&#39;t make it a buy at any price.</li><li>In this article I make the case that PLTR is still expensive based on multiples and discounted cash flows, even though its price in dollars is low.</li><li>I maintain a &#39;hold&#39; rating, though, because the stock could possibly work over an extremely long time horizon.</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PLTR\">Palantir</a> stock punches above its weight on the internet. The stock has 190,000 followers on its Seeking Alpha stock page, more than triple what the much larger Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has. For a more apples to apples comparison, contrast Palantir with Adobe (ADBE), which yields similar but less extreme results. Adobe, which has 8.8 times Palantir&#39;s market cap, has about 60,000 fewer followers.</p><p>The point is, Palantir has a devoted following. It has never been the biggest tech company, but it has some of the most dedicated fans. On any given day on Twitter (TWTR), you can find die-hards talking about the company&#39;s AI capabilities, industry use cases, and tendency to benefit in bad times.</p><p>Some of the points that Palantir fans make are valid. The company does, in fact, seem to benefit from tough times, as it is a military contractor. Additionally, it seems to be respected in AI, as it was invited to collaborate on Forrester&#39;s &#34;The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms&#34; report.</p><p>So Palantir bulls have some definite points when it comes to the company&#39;s capabilities. However, their takes have always struck me as overlooking business fundamentals. It seems that many people who hold PLTR are so enamored with the &#34;idea&#34; of the company that they ignore its business performance and valuation.</p><p>Of the two factors I just mentioned (performance and valuation), PLTR gives a mixed showing. Palantir is still growing the top line at 26%, which is impressive because a lot of big tech companies lost their previously fast growth with this year&#39;s economic slowdown. The company also has positive free cash flow, offset by dilution. So, Palantir has no shortage of factors going in its favor.</p><p>However, when we take a look at its valuation, it becomes clear that PLTR is exposed to some risk. Even after falling 72%, the stock still trades at 8.7 times sales while being unprofitable. This is definitely not a clear cut buy. On the other hand, Palantir is one of the few tech companies still putting out 2021-style growth numbers in 2022, so it deserves a richer valuation than most of its peers. Taking all of these factors together, the stock looks like a &#39;hold,&#39; as it may be suitable for some especially risk tolerant investors (provided they&#39;re willing to accept short term losses before seeing a recovery much later), but not others.</p><h3>Palantir: the Positives</h3><p>Before getting into why I still consider Palantir very expensive after its 72% year-to-date selloff, I should mention what the stock has going for it. PLTR is no bubble stock; it is an FCF-positive company that could be GAAP profitable if the company&#39;s executives really wanted it to be. So, the positives deserve a mention here.</p><p>First, the company is still growing pretty fast, which is worth mentioning because a lot of tech stocks lost their ultra-high growth streaks this year. For example:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a> delivered only 2% revenue growth in its most recent quarter.</li><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/META\">Meta Platforms</a> delivered negative revenue growth.</li><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>(GOOGL) delivered positive revenue growth butnegative earnings growth</li></ul><p>By contrast, Palantir delivered 26% top-line growth and 71% growth in operating income. So, Palantir seems to be growing faster than other tech companies amid the 2022 tech slump.</p><p>A second thing Palantir has going for it is revenue stability. Palantir is a business-to-business (B2B) software company with long term contracts, it doesn&#39;t have to hustle people to buy its latest consumer gadget every year. According to its 2021 investor presentation, Palantir has a weighted average contract duration of 3.5 years. This means that investors don&#39;t have to worry about the company&#39;s sales abruptly crashing as happened with Meta last quarter.</p><p>Finally, Palantir is embedded within some of America&#39;s most stable and foundational institutions. Its single biggest client is the U.S. government, and within the government, defense is the largest department it does business with. The DoD is the single biggest use of government funds, and it&#39;s the definition of an essential service. So, Palantir&#39;s bread and butter isn&#39;t going anywhere.</p><h3>First Issue: Dilution</h3><p>Having established some positives about Palantir, it&#39;s time to get into our first negative:</p><h3>Equity dilution</h3><p>Palantir is constantly issuing new shares to employees and diluting existing shareholders&#39; ownership in the process. For example, Palantir had 2.05 billion weighted average shares outstanding in its most recent quarter, it had 1.894 billion in the prior year quarter. So, the number of shares increased 8.4%.</p><p>Dilution is a problem because it offsets growth and makes each shareholder&#39;s ownership percentage less. Let&#39;s say we had a company with $1,000 in earnings and 1,000 shares. That company would have $1 in earnings per share (&#34;EPS&#34;). Now, if earnings grew to $1,200, then it would have a 20% growth rate. However, if the number of shares increased to 1,084, the 20% growth would be reduced to 10.7% on a per share basis, because 1,200 divided by 1,084 is only 1.107. Had the number of shares stayed constant at 1,000, then shareholders would have enjoyed the full 20% growth in earnings.</p><p>Palantir executives have been saying in recent earnings calls that they intend to get the rate of dilution down. In fact, they have done so: the 8.4% dilution in the most recent quarter was way down from the 100% dilution observed over Palantir&#39;s first year as a public company. Still, there is quite a bit of dilution going on, and it&#39;s harming growth on a per share basis.</p><h3>Valuation</h3><p>The second negative with Palantir is the fact that it&#39;s still a very expensive stock. When an asset you like goes down in price, it&#39;s natural to start thinking about buying the dip, and Palantir is indeed a better buy now than it was at, say, $30. However, it&#39;s still basically an expensive asset compared to the underlying fundamentals. According to Seeking Alpha Quant, PLTR trades at:</p><ul><li>151 times earnings.</li><li>8.7 times sales.</li><li>6.6 times book value.</li><li>53 times operating cash flow</li></ul><p>These are all very high multiples. For comparison, the S&amp;P 500&#39;s P/E ratio is currently 18.43, and the long term average is 15. Palantir is far more expensive than the average stock. Of course, it&#39;s also growing faster than the average stock, but with all the dilution that&#39;s been happening, the growth per share is less than it looks.</p><p>I&#39;ve done a number of discounted cash flow (&#34;DCF&#34;) valuations on Palantir in past articles. These kinds of models are very sensitive to inputs; I&#39;ve gotten fair value estimates ranging from $5 to $14 depending on the discount rate used. Unfortunately, Palantir&#39;s performance has deteriorated a bit since I last wrote about it. EPS swung from a positive figure to a negative one, and six-month operating cash flow got cut by nearly a half. Based on the previous quarter, I wouldn&#39;t expect positive growth in earnings or cash flows any time soon. I&#39;m not going to build a DCF model that assumes negative earnings growth indefinitely, as we&#39;re in a recession that, if it&#39;s like most recessions, won&#39;t last forever. However, I can&#39;t come up with a plausible reason to think that earnings will grow perpetually either, so for now I will just say that past DCF models I ran on Palantir yielded fair value estimates as low as $5. This stock will really need interest rates to fall dramatically in order for it to become buyable.</p><h3>The Bottom Line</h3><p>The bottom line on Palantir is that you really need a lot of risk tolerance, a passion for the company, and an extraordinarily long time horizon in order to justify owning it. The current rising interest rate environment just doesn&#39;t incentivize buying assets this expensive. If, at some point in the future, the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates again, PLTR may be worth it for some investors outside of its core fan base. For now, though, it has to be said: this stock is not well suited to anyone but the most ardent believer.</p><p>That&#39;s not to say that the Palantir bulls are wrong. Their points about the company&#39;s &#34;sophisticated&#34; capabilities strike me as being fairly compelling. However, most of these points can&#39;t be captured mathematically and entered into a valuation model. Does Palantir have great AI capabilities? Does it have an ultra-dependable client base? Does it provide services that become more important in times of geopolitical instability? The answer to all these questions is &#34;yes.&#34; The soft factors that Palantir bulls like to point out are indeed real, but they&#39;re not quantifiable. On the other hand, the things about the company that are quantifiable - like the dilution and negative GAAP earnings - don&#39;t look so hot.</p><p>So, Palantir gets a &#34;hold&#34; from me. The soft factors that bulls point to could eventually work in their favor, so I&#39;m not going to say that they&#39;re wrong. If you are very emotionally attached to PLTR and you think that its U.S. military relationships will someday rain gold on shareholders, you have a non-zero chance of being right. But if you&#39;re somebody who doesn&#39;t really care about any of this and is just looking to invest some capital that&#39;s currently held in cash, you might want to look elsewhere. 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The stock has 190,000 followers on its Seeking Alpha stock page, more than triple what the much larger Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has. For a more apples to apples comparison, contrast Palantir with Adobe (ADBE), which yields similar but less extreme results. Adobe, which has 8.8 times Palantir's market cap, has about 60,000 fewer followers.The point is, Palantir has a devoted following. It has never been the biggest tech company, but it has some of the most dedicated fans. On any given day on Twitter (TWTR), you can find die-hards talking about the company's AI capabilities, industry use cases, and tendency to benefit in bad times.Some of the points that Palantir fans make are valid. The company does, in fact, seem to benefit from tough times, as it is a military contractor. Additionally, it seems to be respected in AI, as it was invited to collaborate on Forrester's \"The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms\" report.So Palantir bulls have some definite points when it comes to the company's capabilities. However, their takes have always struck me as overlooking business fundamentals. It seems that many people who hold PLTR are so enamored with the \"idea\" of the company that they ignore its business performance and valuation.Of the two factors I just mentioned (performance and valuation), PLTR gives a mixed showing. Palantir is still growing the top line at 26%, which is impressive because a lot of big tech companies lost their previously fast growth with this year's economic slowdown. The company also has positive free cash flow, offset by dilution. So, Palantir has no shortage of factors going in its favor.However, when we take a look at its valuation, it becomes clear that PLTR is exposed to some risk. Even after falling 72%, the stock still trades at 8.7 times sales while being unprofitable. This is definitely not a clear cut buy. On the other hand, Palantir is one of the few tech companies still putting out 2021-style growth numbers in 2022, so it deserves a richer valuation than most of its peers. Taking all of these factors together, the stock looks like a 'hold,' as it may be suitable for some especially risk tolerant investors (provided they're willing to accept short term losses before seeing a recovery much later), but not others.Palantir: the PositivesBefore getting into why I still consider Palantir very expensive after its 72% year-to-date selloff, I should mention what the stock has going for it. PLTR is no bubble stock; it is an FCF-positive company that could be GAAP profitable if the company's executives really wanted it to be. So, the positives deserve a mention here.First, the company is still growing pretty fast, which is worth mentioning because a lot of tech stocks lost their ultra-high growth streaks this year. For example:Apple delivered only 2% revenue growth in its most recent quarter.Meta Platforms delivered negative revenue growth.Alphabet(GOOGL) delivered positive revenue growth butnegative earnings growthBy contrast, Palantir delivered 26% top-line growth and 71% growth in operating income. So, Palantir seems to be growing faster than other tech companies amid the 2022 tech slump.A second thing Palantir has going for it is revenue stability. Palantir is a business-to-business (B2B) software company with long term contracts, it doesn't have to hustle people to buy its latest consumer gadget every year. According to its 2021 investor presentation, Palantir has a weighted average contract duration of 3.5 years. This means that investors don't have to worry about the company's sales abruptly crashing as happened with Meta last quarter.Finally, Palantir is embedded within some of America's most stable and foundational institutions. Its single biggest client is the U.S. government, and within the government, defense is the largest department it does business with. The DoD is the single biggest use of government funds, and it's the definition of an essential service. So, Palantir's bread and butter isn't going anywhere.First Issue: DilutionHaving established some positives about Palantir, it's time to get into our first negative:Equity dilutionPalantir is constantly issuing new shares to employees and diluting existing shareholders' ownership in the process. For example, Palantir had 2.05 billion weighted average shares outstanding in its most recent quarter, it had 1.894 billion in the prior year quarter. So, the number of shares increased 8.4%.Dilution is a problem because it offsets growth and makes each shareholder's ownership percentage less. Let's say we had a company with $1,000 in earnings and 1,000 shares. That company would have $1 in earnings per share (\"EPS\"). Now, if earnings grew to $1,200, then it would have a 20% growth rate. However, if the number of shares increased to 1,084, the 20% growth would be reduced to 10.7% on a per share basis, because 1,200 divided by 1,084 is only 1.107. Had the number of shares stayed constant at 1,000, then shareholders would have enjoyed the full 20% growth in earnings.Palantir executives have been saying in recent earnings calls that they intend to get the rate of dilution down. In fact, they have done so: the 8.4% dilution in the most recent quarter was way down from the 100% dilution observed over Palantir's first year as a public company. Still, there is quite a bit of dilution going on, and it's harming growth on a per share basis.ValuationThe second negative with Palantir is the fact that it's still a very expensive stock. When an asset you like goes down in price, it's natural to start thinking about buying the dip, and Palantir is indeed a better buy now than it was at, say, $30. However, it's still basically an expensive asset compared to the underlying fundamentals. According to Seeking Alpha Quant, PLTR trades at:151 times earnings.8.7 times sales.6.6 times book value.53 times operating cash flowThese are all very high multiples. For comparison, the S&P 500's P/E ratio is currently 18.43, and the long term average is 15. Palantir is far more expensive than the average stock. Of course, it's also growing faster than the average stock, but with all the dilution that's been happening, the growth per share is less than it looks.I've done a number of discounted cash flow (\"DCF\") valuations on Palantir in past articles. These kinds of models are very sensitive to inputs; I've gotten fair value estimates ranging from $5 to $14 depending on the discount rate used. Unfortunately, Palantir's performance has deteriorated a bit since I last wrote about it. EPS swung from a positive figure to a negative one, and six-month operating cash flow got cut by nearly a half. Based on the previous quarter, I wouldn't expect positive growth in earnings or cash flows any time soon. I'm not going to build a DCF model that assumes negative earnings growth indefinitely, as we're in a recession that, if it's like most recessions, won't last forever. However, I can't come up with a plausible reason to think that earnings will grow perpetually either, so for now I will just say that past DCF models I ran on Palantir yielded fair value estimates as low as $5. This stock will really need interest rates to fall dramatically in order for it to become buyable.The Bottom LineThe bottom line on Palantir is that you really need a lot of risk tolerance, a passion for the company, and an extraordinarily long time horizon in order to justify owning it. The current rising interest rate environment just doesn't incentivize buying assets this expensive. If, at some point in the future, the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates again, PLTR may be worth it for some investors outside of its core fan base. For now, though, it has to be said: this stock is not well suited to anyone but the most ardent believer.That's not to say that the Palantir bulls are wrong. Their points about the company's \"sophisticated\" capabilities strike me as being fairly compelling. However, most of these points can't be captured mathematically and entered into a valuation model. Does Palantir have great AI capabilities? Does it have an ultra-dependable client base? Does it provide services that become more important in times of geopolitical instability? The answer to all these questions is \"yes.\" The soft factors that Palantir bulls like to point out are indeed real, but they're not quantifiable. On the other hand, the things about the company that are quantifiable - like the dilution and negative GAAP earnings - don't look so hot.So, Palantir gets a \"hold\" from me. The soft factors that bulls point to could eventually work in their favor, so I'm not going to say that they're wrong. If you are very emotionally attached to PLTR and you think that its U.S. military relationships will someday rain gold on shareholders, you have a non-zero chance of being right. But if you're somebody who doesn't really care about any of this and is just looking to invest some capital that's currently held in cash, you might want to look elsewhere. PLTR, the stock, is not really worth it unless you are already deeply committed to the idea of Palantir, the company.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":433,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9991567597,"gmtCreate":1660865739622,"gmtModify":1676536412178,"author":{"id":"4104561056137190","authorId":"4104561056137190","name":"Ummi Jee","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c92d013bf0bffdd8cbb244fd2f92819a","crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"4104561056137190","idStr":"4104561056137190"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9991567597","repostId":"2260293366","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2260293366","pubTimestamp":1660864410,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2260293366?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-08-19 07:13","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Bed Bath & Beyond Plunges 45% After RC Ventures Cuts Entire Stake","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2260293366","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"Bed Bath & Beyond  fell 45% in after hours trading after GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen’s RC Ventures ","content":"<html><head></head><body><p><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BBBY\">Bed Bath &amp; Beyond </a> fell 45% in after hours trading after GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen’s RC Ventures cut its entire stake in the retailer.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/95541f92f1f637e743850d4722895139\" tg-width=\"900\" tg-height=\"734\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>RC Ventures reduced its stake to zero, according to a regulatory filing. RC Ventures sold almost 8 million shares on Tuesday and Wednesday at prices ranging from $18.68 to $29.22.</p><p>The news comes after it was disclosed on Thursday that RC Ventures had filed for the right to sell its 9.45 million shares of Bed Bath &amp; Beyond (BBBY) through JP Morgan Securities.</p><p>Cohen had not purchased any new securities in Bed Bath &amp; Beyond since March, according to reporting by CNBC&#39;s Leslie Picker.</p><p>Earlier Thursday Wedbush cut Bed Bath &amp; Beyond to its lowest rating of underperform, saying that the outlook for the retailer is skewed to the downside.</p><p>Analyst Seth Basham downgraded the stock to underperform from neutral, keeping a $5 price target. The stock was up almost 390% in the past month through Wednesday and dropped 20% in regular trading on Thursday.</p><p>Bed Bath &amp; Beyond said in an SEC filing on Wednesday that it was &#34;pleased to have reached a constructive agreement with RC Ventures in March and are committed to maximizing value for all shareholders.&#34;</p><p>BBBY went on to note: &#34;Specifically, we have been working expeditiously over the past several weeks with external financial advisors and lenders on strengthening our balance sheet, and the Company will provide more information in an update at the end of this month.”</p><p>Bed Bath &amp; Beyond (BBBY) has short interest of 42%.</p><p>Cohen&#39;s RC Ventures disclosed a 9.8% stake in Bed Bath &amp; Beyond (BBBY) in early March. Cohen argued that the buybuy BABY could be worth several billion dollars as a separate company. BBBY could use a full or partial sale of buybuy BABY to pay off debt, put cash on the balance sheet and continue reducing its share count.</p></body></html>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Bed Bath & Beyond Plunges 45% After RC Ventures Cuts Entire Stake</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBed Bath & Beyond Plunges 45% After RC Ventures Cuts Entire Stake\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-08-19 07:13 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3874806-bed-bath-beyond-plunges-after-rc-ventures-cuts-entire-stake><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Bed Bath & Beyond  fell 45% in after hours trading after GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen’s RC Ventures cut its entire stake in the retailer.RC Ventures reduced its stake to zero, according to a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3874806-bed-bath-beyond-plunges-after-rc-ventures-cuts-entire-stake\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BBBY":"3B家居"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3874806-bed-bath-beyond-plunges-after-rc-ventures-cuts-entire-stake","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/5a36db9d73b4222bc376d24ccc48c8a4","article_id":"2260293366","content_text":"Bed Bath & Beyond  fell 45% in after hours trading after GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen’s RC Ventures cut its entire stake in the retailer.RC Ventures reduced its stake to zero, according to a regulatory filing. RC Ventures sold almost 8 million shares on Tuesday and Wednesday at prices ranging from $18.68 to $29.22.The news comes after it was disclosed on Thursday that RC Ventures had filed for the right to sell its 9.45 million shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) through JP Morgan Securities.Cohen had not purchased any new securities in Bed Bath & Beyond since March, according to reporting by CNBC's Leslie Picker.Earlier Thursday Wedbush cut Bed Bath & Beyond to its lowest rating of underperform, saying that the outlook for the retailer is skewed to the downside.Analyst Seth Basham downgraded the stock to underperform from neutral, keeping a $5 price target. The stock was up almost 390% in the past month through Wednesday and dropped 20% in regular trading on Thursday.Bed Bath & Beyond said in an SEC filing on Wednesday that it was \"pleased to have reached a constructive agreement with RC Ventures in March and are committed to maximizing value for all shareholders.\"BBBY went on to note: \"Specifically, we have been working expeditiously over the past several weeks with external financial advisors and lenders on strengthening our balance sheet, and the Company will provide more information in an update at the end of this month.”Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) has short interest of 42%.Cohen's RC Ventures disclosed a 9.8% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) in early March. Cohen argued that the buybuy BABY could be worth several billion dollars as a separate company. 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