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One stock that I think is at particular risk of crumbling further is Beyond Meat (BYND), one of the first purveyors of the faux-meat trend and one of the most recognizable brands in the space.</p>\n<p>Despite the growing appeal of plant-based meats, I continue to see huge fundamental flaws in this stock. The market seems to agree, as Beyond Meat shares have slid by roughly half relative to all-time highs around ~$200 notched last October.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9414d1f0d7b86d62d6febcd8fcfae596\" tg-width=\"635\" tg-height=\"417\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Data by YCharts</span></p>\n<p>In my view, Beyond Meat shares have even more downside left. I continue to cite that there's a \"story\" risk to Beyond Meat: plant-based meats are popular now, but are they a passing dietary fad? The list of diet fads is a long one, ranging from keto diets and paleo diets to complete-nutrient drinks like Huel. 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It's a small wonder that the stock has landed in investors' \"penalty box\" - in a time when a reliable \"beat and raise\" cadence has become expected for growth stocks, Beyond Meat's earnings gaffes are a huge sore spot.</p>\n<p>In Beyond Meat's most recent quarter (Q1), the company saw relatively tepid 11% y/y growth to $108.2 million in revenue, missing Wall Street's expectations of $113.3 million (+17% y/y) by a huge six-point margin. As shown below, that's an even wider miss than the $2 million gap to expectations in Q4:</p>\n<p>Figure 1. Beyond Meat earnings vs. expectations</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/16650777bf67af7d8aa78be81ba77793\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"220\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Source: Seeking Alpha</span></p>\n<p>At a channel level, in Q1, Beyond Meat its U.S. retail sales grow by 28% y/y, but foodservice sales domestically saw a -26% y/y decline. This is concerning because throughout the March quarter, most areas and restaurants around the country had already lifted lockdown restrictions. We note that the kinds of chain locations that Beyond Meat is typically sold at, from Carls' Jr. to Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN), largely remained open during the pandemic anyway. So Beyond Meat can't really say that lockdowns and the pandemic were to blame for weaker foodservice sales: perhaps the pandemic had ended up ultimately changing consumers' menu preferences toward \"real\" meat, which is often also substantially cheaper than Beyond Meat.</p>\n<p>On the retail side, we note that Beyond Meat's velocity is dropping (a measure of how quickly inventory is selling through on store shelves). Beyond Meat argued that during the pandemic, retail sell-through was constrained by limited supply - but now, what you can see in the chart below is that retail velocity has dramatically dropped over the past four weeks. The company noted that on a year over year basis, velocity is down -18% y/y in Q1.</p>\n<p>Figure 2. Beyond Meat retail velocity</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b0b42961dd5d7be04ea3206e5988ff31\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"487\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Source: Beyond Meat Q1 investor presentation</span></p>\n<p>We note as well that Beyond Meat's market share growth in the retail space has slowed as well. The past four weeks only saw Beyond Meat expanding its market share by 127bps, versus 319bps over the past year.</p>\n<p><b>Margin decay</b></p>\n<p>Slowing growth isn't the only troubling indicator for Beyond Meat. The company's gross margin profile, already thin to begin with, is at risk as well. We note that in Beyond Meat's most recent quarter, gross margin slipped to 30.2%, a huge 860bps reduction from 38.8% in the year-ago quarter.</p>\n<p>Figure 3. Beyond Meat margin trends</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/60a3d0d52497e6120e460f59dc453255\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"403\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Source: Beyond Meat Q1 investor presentation</span></p>\n<p>The company cited a myriad of reasons behind the decay. The company blamed the decay on rising storage/warehousing and transportation costs, which is similar to what many other consumer products companies are citing. Even more concerning, however, the company has cited rising fixed overhead costs at its production facilities. And perhaps riskiest of all is the fact that Beyond Meat notes that unfavorable product mix and higher trade discounts have also worked to push margins down.<b>In spite of the fact that Beyond Meat leaned in more heavily on trade discounts to grow sales, the company still saw tepid revenue growth and thinning market share gains.</b></p>\n<p>We note as well that Beyond Meat's adjusted EBITDA gains of $13.9 million from last Q1 turned into a -$10.8 million loss in the most recent Q1, indicating a 24-point decay in adjusted EBITDA margins. We have to wonder: is Beyond Meat structurally set up to be a profitable business?</p>\n<p>The company likes to tout the fact that it spends ~8% of its revenue on R&amp;D as a positive signal of the brand's innovation. But the other brands shown on the company's below slide are also innovators. Food brands like Kellogg and Kraft Heinz are constantly coming up with new cereal types and new flavors of their existing foods. Beyond Meat doesn't have a sole claim to innovation in the food space - yet it's spending considerably more than its peers on R&amp;D. When we note the fact that Beyond Meat's gross margin is only ~30% to begin with, spending a further 8% of revenue on R&amp;D is a steep ask.</p>\n<p>Figure 4. Beyond Meat R&amp;D spend</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/be6034dec9a6fb17f07f983fc301eb96\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"437\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Source: Beyond Meat Q1 investor presentation</span></p>\n<p><b>Valuation and key takeaways</b></p>\n<p>Analysts aren't really expecting Beyond Meat to generate significant profits until years down the road. As shown in the chart below, the company is only expected to pass breakeven in 2023.</p>\n<p>Figure 5. Beyond Meat earnings estimates</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b43ec61762ea332f9fcc74cabd299bb8\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"220\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Source: Seeking Alpha</span></p>\n<p>And even against 2026 earnings expectations of $5.30 per share, and even after Beyond Meat's correction from all-time highs above $200, the stock's current price at ~$125 sits at a steep&nbsp;<b>23.6x P/E ratio against earnings five years down the line.</b></p>\n<p>With the risks of Beyond Meat's slowing growth and unsteady gross margins, I think the chances of Beyond Meat justifying its current share price (let alone rallying substantially from current levels) are slim.</p>\n<p>Continue to avoid this stock.</p>","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>Beyond Meat: This Stock Is A Really Raw Deal</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; 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One stock that I think is at particular risk of crumbling further is Beyond Meat (BYND), one of the first purveyors of the faux-meat trend and one of the most recognizable brands in the space.\nDespite the growing appeal of plant-based meats, I continue to see huge fundamental flaws in this stock. The market seems to agree, as Beyond Meat shares have slid by roughly half relative to all-time highs around ~$200 notched last October.\nData by YCharts\nIn my view, Beyond Meat shares have even more downside left. I continue to cite that there's a \"story\" risk to Beyond Meat: plant-based meats are popular now, but are they a passing dietary fad? The list of diet fads is a long one, ranging from keto diets and paleo diets to complete-nutrient drinks like Huel. While Beyond Meat may find itself a core customer base, I view the category's growth to be limited especially with concerns that plant-based meats are unhealthy from a sodium angle.\nYet there are shorter-term risks here, too. In particular, investors should be aware that Beyond Meat's growth and demand indicators have weakened in recent quarters. Profit margin slippage is another big concern, especially when the stock is still trading so expensively as a multiple of outer-year profits.\nThe bottom line here: Beyond Meat is a spoiling stock, and I think there's little the company can do to get back on the right track.\nSlowing growth, decaying velocity\nThe first thing investors should note is that Beyond Meat has missed Wall Street's expectations for three quarters in a row. It's a small wonder that the stock has landed in investors' \"penalty box\" - in a time when a reliable \"beat and raise\" cadence has become expected for growth stocks, Beyond Meat's earnings gaffes are a huge sore spot.\nIn Beyond Meat's most recent quarter (Q1), the company saw relatively tepid 11% y/y growth to $108.2 million in revenue, missing Wall Street's expectations of $113.3 million (+17% y/y) by a huge six-point margin. As shown below, that's an even wider miss than the $2 million gap to expectations in Q4:\nFigure 1. Beyond Meat earnings vs. expectations\nSource: Seeking Alpha\nAt a channel level, in Q1, Beyond Meat its U.S. retail sales grow by 28% y/y, but foodservice sales domestically saw a -26% y/y decline. This is concerning because throughout the March quarter, most areas and restaurants around the country had already lifted lockdown restrictions. We note that the kinds of chain locations that Beyond Meat is typically sold at, from Carls' Jr. to Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN), largely remained open during the pandemic anyway. So Beyond Meat can't really say that lockdowns and the pandemic were to blame for weaker foodservice sales: perhaps the pandemic had ended up ultimately changing consumers' menu preferences toward \"real\" meat, which is often also substantially cheaper than Beyond Meat.\nOn the retail side, we note that Beyond Meat's velocity is dropping (a measure of how quickly inventory is selling through on store shelves). Beyond Meat argued that during the pandemic, retail sell-through was constrained by limited supply - but now, what you can see in the chart below is that retail velocity has dramatically dropped over the past four weeks. The company noted that on a year over year basis, velocity is down -18% y/y in Q1.\nFigure 2. Beyond Meat retail velocity\nSource: Beyond Meat Q1 investor presentation\nWe note as well that Beyond Meat's market share growth in the retail space has slowed as well. The past four weeks only saw Beyond Meat expanding its market share by 127bps, versus 319bps over the past year.\nMargin decay\nSlowing growth isn't the only troubling indicator for Beyond Meat. The company's gross margin profile, already thin to begin with, is at risk as well. We note that in Beyond Meat's most recent quarter, gross margin slipped to 30.2%, a huge 860bps reduction from 38.8% in the year-ago quarter.\nFigure 3. Beyond Meat margin trends\nSource: Beyond Meat Q1 investor presentation\nThe company cited a myriad of reasons behind the decay. The company blamed the decay on rising storage/warehousing and transportation costs, which is similar to what many other consumer products companies are citing. Even more concerning, however, the company has cited rising fixed overhead costs at its production facilities. And perhaps riskiest of all is the fact that Beyond Meat notes that unfavorable product mix and higher trade discounts have also worked to push margins down.In spite of the fact that Beyond Meat leaned in more heavily on trade discounts to grow sales, the company still saw tepid revenue growth and thinning market share gains.\nWe note as well that Beyond Meat's adjusted EBITDA gains of $13.9 million from last Q1 turned into a -$10.8 million loss in the most recent Q1, indicating a 24-point decay in adjusted EBITDA margins. We have to wonder: is Beyond Meat structurally set up to be a profitable business?\nThe company likes to tout the fact that it spends ~8% of its revenue on R&D as a positive signal of the brand's innovation. But the other brands shown on the company's below slide are also innovators. Food brands like Kellogg and Kraft Heinz are constantly coming up with new cereal types and new flavors of their existing foods. Beyond Meat doesn't have a sole claim to innovation in the food space - yet it's spending considerably more than its peers on R&D. When we note the fact that Beyond Meat's gross margin is only ~30% to begin with, spending a further 8% of revenue on R&D is a steep ask.\nFigure 4. Beyond Meat R&D spend\nSource: Beyond Meat Q1 investor presentation\nValuation and key takeaways\nAnalysts aren't really expecting Beyond Meat to generate significant profits until years down the road. As shown in the chart below, the company is only expected to pass breakeven in 2023.\nFigure 5. Beyond Meat earnings estimates\nSource: Seeking Alpha\nAnd even against 2026 earnings expectations of $5.30 per share, and even after Beyond Meat's correction from all-time highs above $200, the stock's current price at ~$125 sits at a steep 23.6x P/E ratio against earnings five years down the line.\nWith the risks of Beyond Meat's slowing growth and unsteady gross margins, I think the chances of Beyond Meat justifying its current share price (let alone rallying substantially from current levels) are slim.\nContinue to avoid this stock.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":377,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":176159172,"gmtCreate":1626873568096,"gmtModify":1703479655135,"author":{"id":"3582630609450423","authorId":"3582630609450423","name":"KS1983","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3582630609450423","idStr":"3582630609450423"},"themes":[],"htmlText":":)&nbsp;","listText":":)&nbsp;","text":":)","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/176159172","repostId":"1175064507","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1175064507","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626872387,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1175064507?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-07-21 20:59","market":"sg","language":"en","title":"Singapore Court Favors Winding Up Hyflux in Sign Saga Ending By Ameya Karve","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1175064507","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Ruling comes after hearing was adjourned from July 12.\nHyflux judicial manager had applied to wind u","content":"<ul>\n <li>Ruling comes after hearing was adjourned from July 12.</li>\n <li>Hyflux judicial manager had applied to wind up company.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>A Singapore court on Wednesday ruled in favor of liquidatingHyflux Ltd., following a years-long saga in one of the city-state’s most high-profile distressed cases.</p>\n<p>The ruling came in a hearing that wasadjournedfrom July 12 afterUtico FZC, one of Hyflux’s suitors, asked to be heard on its application to intervene in the case. Hyflux said last month the judicial manager terminated discussions with United Arab Emirates-based Utico as it wasunableto meet the conditions required.</p>\n<p>The hearing comes after the court-appointed manager in charge of the troubled water-treatment company since November applied last month to wind up the firm. Judicial managerBorrelli Walsh Ltd.said in a statement in June that “the remaining value” of the Hyflux Group is best realized in a liquidation.</p>\n<p>The decision may cap a drawn-out saga around the company, which has left retail investors and creditors holding losses. Hyflux began a court-supervised debt restructuring process in May 2018 and faced about S$2.8 billion ($2.1 billion) of claims. It received multiple offers from several bidders along the way, none of which concluded.</p>\n<p>The court on Wednesday also asked Utico to pay S$5,000 to the judicial manager because it applied to be heard without having ownership of any Hyflux debt or tie-ups with any of its creditors. Even as the hearing sets Hyflux on the path to liquidation, the company still awaits probes from Borelli Walsh and several Singapore government agencies.</p>\n<p>Hyfluxsaidlast month that the judicial manager has gathered the information necessary to conduct thorough enquiries into the assets, business affairs and dealings of the group. In June 2020, Singapore authoritieslauncheda joint investigation into the firm and its directors that included suspected false and misleading statements and breaches of disclosure requirements.</p>\n<p>A piecemeal sale of Hyflux’s assets has already started, with the companyannouncingearlier this month thatKeppel Infrastructure Trustwill acquire from it the remaining 30% stake in a desalination plant for S$12 million. Bloomberg News had reported in June that sales in the liquidation process would likely bring in less than S$200 million, a fraction of the amount creditors are claiming.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","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>Singapore Court Favors Winding Up Hyflux in Sign Saga Ending By Ameya Karve</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\">\nSingapore Court Favors Winding Up Hyflux in Sign Saga Ending By Ameya Karve\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-21 20:59 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-21/singapore-court-rules-in-favor-of-liquidating-hyflux-in-hearing><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Ruling comes after hearing was adjourned from July 12.\nHyflux judicial manager had applied to wind up company.\n\nA Singapore court on Wednesday ruled in favor of liquidatingHyflux Ltd., following a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-21/singapore-court-rules-in-favor-of-liquidating-hyflux-in-hearing\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"600.SI":"凯发"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-21/singapore-court-rules-in-favor-of-liquidating-hyflux-in-hearing","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1175064507","content_text":"Ruling comes after hearing was adjourned from July 12.\nHyflux judicial manager had applied to wind up company.\n\nA Singapore court on Wednesday ruled in favor of liquidatingHyflux Ltd., following a years-long saga in one of the city-state’s most high-profile distressed cases.\nThe ruling came in a hearing that wasadjournedfrom July 12 afterUtico FZC, one of Hyflux’s suitors, asked to be heard on its application to intervene in the case. Hyflux said last month the judicial manager terminated discussions with United Arab Emirates-based Utico as it wasunableto meet the conditions required.\nThe hearing comes after the court-appointed manager in charge of the troubled water-treatment company since November applied last month to wind up the firm. Judicial managerBorrelli Walsh Ltd.said in a statement in June that “the remaining value” of the Hyflux Group is best realized in a liquidation.\nThe decision may cap a drawn-out saga around the company, which has left retail investors and creditors holding losses. Hyflux began a court-supervised debt restructuring process in May 2018 and faced about S$2.8 billion ($2.1 billion) of claims. It received multiple offers from several bidders along the way, none of which concluded.\nThe court on Wednesday also asked Utico to pay S$5,000 to the judicial manager because it applied to be heard without having ownership of any Hyflux debt or tie-ups with any of its creditors. Even as the hearing sets Hyflux on the path to liquidation, the company still awaits probes from Borelli Walsh and several Singapore government agencies.\nHyfluxsaidlast month that the judicial manager has gathered the information necessary to conduct thorough enquiries into the assets, business affairs and dealings of the group. In June 2020, Singapore authoritieslauncheda joint investigation into the firm and its directors that included suspected false and misleading statements and breaches of disclosure requirements.\nA piecemeal sale of Hyflux’s assets has already started, with the companyannouncingearlier this month thatKeppel Infrastructure Trustwill acquire from it the remaining 30% stake in a desalination plant for S$12 million. Bloomberg News had reported in June that sales in the liquidation process would likely bring in less than S$200 million, a fraction of the amount creditors are claiming.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":308,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":176150740,"gmtCreate":1626873532880,"gmtModify":1703479654311,"author":{"id":"3582630609450423","authorId":"3582630609450423","name":"KS1983","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3582630609450423","idStr":"3582630609450423"},"themes":[],"htmlText":":)&nbsp;","listText":":)&nbsp;","text":":)","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/176150740","repostId":"1175064507","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":224,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"defaultTab":"posts","isTTM":true}