Practical guides to reading financial statements, evaluating business quality, and estimating value.
Read company financials, compare a few businesses, and take your questions back to the original reports Disclosure: I use TradingView Premium and may earn a commission if you purchase a subscription through the affiliate link in this article. TradingView can help you study a company’s revenue, profit, cash flow, financial position, and valuation ratios. A … Read more
A company can win customers, grow its profits, and still leave someone who buys its stock disappointed. The purchase price helps determine the result. For a beginner, this is a useful starting point: research the business, then ask what expectations are built into its share price. You can practice both steps without opening a brokerage … Read more
A reproducible framework for analyzing semiconductor equipment stocks through process position, WFE, backlog, installed-base service, normalized FCF and ROIC.
A reproducible framework for analyzing semiconductor cycles, gross margins, capital expenditure, normalized free cash flow, and through-cycle ROIC.
How do Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta compare on AI-related capital spending? Start with the table below, which keeps each company’s reported period and spending definition visible. The figures cover company-wide infrastructure and do not isolate every AI dollar. Use the analysis that follows to connect investment with cash flow, margins and evidence of returns. … Read more
Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are the two defining companies in the modern incretin market. Both have powerful franchises in diabetes and obesity, both are spending heavily to expand supply, and both have late-stage candidates intended to extend their leadership. Yet their latest results describe very different operating trajectories. Lilly entered 2026 with accelerating tirzepatide … Read more
Deere combines an iconic machinery franchise with precision technology, connected equipment, aftermarket support, and customer financing. This analysis examines its latest results, recurring-revenue ambitions, competitive advantages, cycle risks, and valuation framework.
Intuit is combining QuickBooks, TurboTax, Credit Karma, Mailchimp, proprietary data, AI agents, and human experts into a financial platform. We examine fiscal 2026 results, competitive advantages, growth risks, and a valuation framework.
A fundamentals-first analysis of Exxon Mobil (XOM), covering upstream production, product solutions, low-carbon businesses, cash flow, capital allocation, commodity exposure, valuation, and principal risks.
A fundamentals-first analysis of Adobe (ADBE), including its subscription model, Creative Cloud and Acrobat moat, AI strategy, recurring revenue, cash flow, valuation, and risks.