Analysis of retailers, e-commerce businesses, home improvement, and companies linked to household spending.
McDonald’s converts a global restaurant system into high-margin rent, royalty, and cash-flow streams. We examine its latest sales, franchise economics, loyalty platform, expansion plans, risks, and valuation.
MercadoLibre is compounding commerce, payments, credit, advertising, and logistics across Latin America. We examine its growth, moat, credit exposure, valuation, and key risks.
Copart is a less-famous but unusually profitable marketplace connecting vehicle sellers with a global buyer base. This analysis examines its moat, cash generation, valuation framework, and risks.
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a high-quality retailer operating in an unusually rate-sensitive category. Its scale, brand, supplier relationships, stores, digital platform, and professional-contractor capabilities create durable advantages. Yet housing affordability and elevated borrowing costs continue to delay large remodeling projects. The central investment question is whether today’s earnings represent a cyclical floor—and how much … Read more
Walmart combines unmatched retail scale with faster-growing eCommerce, advertising, marketplace, and membership businesses. This analysis examines WMT’s growth, margins, cash generation, capital allocation, valuation framework, and key risks using fiscal 2026 and Q2 fiscal 2027 results.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is no longer just an online retailer. It is a collection of businesses with very different economics: a high-volume commerce network, a highly profitable cloud platform, a fast-growing advertising operation, and an increasingly capital-intensive artificial-intelligence infrastructure buildout. The investment case therefore depends less on headline revenue alone and more on the mix … Read more
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) has built one of retail’s most admired business models: sell a deliberately limited assortment at low markups, earn customer trust, and monetize that loyalty through recurring membership fees. The model is simple to describe but difficult to replicate at scale. Last reviewed: October 18, 2026. Financial data: fiscal 2026 ended … Read more