In today’s briefing:
- Alibaba (BABA US): Selling at This Valuation Is Last Thing You Want
- Quiddity Leaderboard T50/100 Dec 23: Multiple Moves Could Affect TDIV Flows
- Morning Views Asia: Lippo Karawaci, Softbank Group, Xiaomi Corp
- Soluna Holdings, Inc. – 3Q Results Show Turnaround Is Complete
- ATNI: Changing from the Top
Alibaba (BABA US): Selling at This Valuation Is Last Thing You Want
- In-Line results were overshadowed by company’s pullback from March restructuring plan and Jack ma’s family trust selling shares.
- Worst sell-off in a year was over-reaction as abrupt changes unnerved investors who tended to interpret the events with excessive negative sentiments.
- Valuation almost priced in a scenario where company is overtaken by PDD in faltering Chinese economy. Selling amidst this extreme pessimism is the last thing investors want in our view.
Quiddity Leaderboard T50/100 Dec 23: Multiple Moves Could Affect TDIV Flows
- In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the T50 and T100 Indices for the December 2023 Rebalance.
- While I do not expect to see any changes to the T50 index, I expect four index changes for the T100 index.
- Some of the names involved in the T100 index changes could have significant influence on our TDIV index flow expectations for December 2023.
Morning Views Asia: Lippo Karawaci, Softbank Group, Xiaomi Corp
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Soluna Holdings, Inc. – 3Q Results Show Turnaround Is Complete
- Reports 3Q23 revenues of $5.8 million and positive adjusted EBITDA of $405K, up from $2.1 million and negative ~$2 million, respectively, in 2Q23.
- The improved results reflect additional contributions from new projects that began ramping up in 2Q23, along with lower SG&A that reflects the cost-cutting efforts enacted earlier in 2023.
- We note that comparisons to 3Q22 are not meaningful given the company’s pivot to mostly hosting contracts at its data centers rather than proprietary Bitcoin mining where it recognized both higher revenues and costs.
ATNI: Changing from the Top
- ATNI is getting set to undergo management change right when the Company was to begin harvesting cash flow from several years of capital expenditures
- In 2024, CEO would move to Executive Chairman and the CFO plans to retire. In their place, ATNI has named Brad Martin as CEO and Carlos Doglioli as CFO
- Current COO has overseen the investment in Alaska and other markets ATNI has been placing fiber lines in an attempt to thwart competition before there was a severe pricing pressure