Holding a meaningful cash position due to buyouts, providing optionality and safety amidst macro uncertainty, with plans to invest opportunistically. Lifecore Biomedical shows promise with strengthened balance sheet, improved sales force, and potential sale within 3 years, offering significant upside. NextNav's GPS technology investment faces short-term stock weakness but has positive FCC developments and strategic refinancing, indicating long-term potential.
Armour Residential REIT (ARR) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.86 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.93 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.82 per share a year ago.
It's tempting to buy the dip in some of the battered REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and high-yield dividend stocks, while most others flee them due to Trump's tariff concerns.
I'm downgrading Progress Software to a neutral rating, as its relative valuation against the broader market is no longer as compelling. After the company's integration of its major ShareFile acquisition, its ARR has declined sequentially, while net revenue retention rates remain low. Despite Progress' low P/E ratio and recent guidance boost, its slow organic growth and elevated debt make other software stocks more attractive buys.
Nebius grew full-year 2024 revenue by 462% to $117.5M, with Q4 AI cloud revenue up 602% year-over-year. March 2025 annualized run-rate revenue (ARR) is expected to exceed $220M, targeting $750M–$1B ARR by year-end. Trading at just 2.9x forward EV/ARR, Nebius is significantly undervalued versus AI peers trading at 20–25x multiples.
Nebius Group N.V., a leading AI infrastructure company in Europe, is attractively priced after a nearly 50% stock slump amid booming ARR growth projections. The company is well-positioned for a European boost, with significant investments in data centers across Europe and expansion plans in the U.S. Despite missing Q4 targets, Nebius reported 466% revenue growth and has ambitious ARR goals, aiming for up to $1 billion by December 2025.
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ARMOUR Residential REIT gets a hold rating today, agreeing with the consensus from SA analysts and Wall St. Although trading near 5-year lows and undervalued vs peers, it struggles with profit margin and growing dividends. This REIT has a diverse portfolio of mortgage securities, but also is exposed to fluctuations in interest rates and market values of those securities.
Nebius Group N.V. reported Q4 earnings with a 466% YOY revenue increase, driving the stock up over 50% in under a month. The core business could be worth over $11 billion, but that's only half the story. Nebius has interesting side bets which could already be adding billions more to this valuation.
I maintain a buy rating for OneStream, citing strong 4Q24 earnings, despite ARR growth slowing to 23% y/y due to FX headwinds and deal delays. OneStream's 4Q24 revenue grew 29.1% y/y to $132.5 million, with SaaS ARR up 39% y/y, reflecting robust demand and customer retention. AI solutions, especially SensibleML, are driving significant growth, with Finance AI bookings quadrupling y/y, enhancing forecast accuracy and productivity.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 13, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Scott Ulm - Chief Executive Officer Gordon Harper - Chief Financial Officer Desmond Macauley - Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head-Risk Management Sergey Losyev - Co-Chief Investment Officer Conference Call Participants Doug Harter - UBS Jason Weaver - Jones Trading Jason Stewart - Janney Montgomery Scott Mikhail Goberman - Citizens JMP Christopher Nolan - Ladenburg Thalmann Eric Hagen - BTIG Operator Good morning and welcome to ARMOUR Residential REIT Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen only mode.
Armour Residential REIT (ARR) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.78 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.07 per share a year ago.