For several years now we have argued that ESI needed to raise capital to position the company to meet its contingent liabilities related to guarantee payments on private student loan portfolios and...
READ MORE >Approximately two months ago we published a report backed by a review of more than 2,000 listings in 50+ markets on Zillow (“Z: Look at the Listings, the Zillow Ecosystem Might Not Be What You...
READ MORE >“We offer consumers a very different way to shop. Its a much better experience than they get in a store environment, I will take you through that today. But, what consumers are getting is a much...
READ MORE >Now it’s starting to make sense. Now we understand why Zillow agreed to pay $3.5B for a company which by almost every measure is 2nd or 3rd rate in the listings aggregation space. Now we are...
READ MORE >“In the process of taking his jacket off, the Artiste [Harry Zale] thrust his thick chest forward. Running down it were a pair of suspenders. They were broad and black, these suspenders, and even at the other end of...
READ MORE >When we think about the path in shares of WWE over the past 6-9 months, the perception of the company went from mature to explosive growth to mismanaged to what we think now is a compelling “free cash flow compounder” – all...
READ MORE >Tomorrow WWE will report its 2Q14 operating results. While the magnitude of operating losses in the quarter will be of some degree of importance, for now everyone will likely be focused on one thing – the total number of subscribers to the...
READ MORE >“The cheaters usually get caught--just never soon enough. Plenty more heads will roll.” Anonymous executive in the for-profit education space Given our longstanding bearish stance on...
READ MORE >We recognize that there are rumors in the market that Zillow could be in talks to acquire Trulia. We will have more extensive comments shortly, but we wanted to provide you with some insight on what the agent community...
READ MORE >“You can observe a lot by watching”- Yogi BerraAs Zillow shares climb to levels we previously never thought possible (amazingly in the absence of any material new news) we have spent...
READ MORE >In a surprise to no one at this point, ESI disclosed in an 8-K filing yesterday that the company’s Audit Committee in concert with the SEC Office of the Chief Accountant determined that the...
READ MORE >“Oracle is focused, focused like a laser on one goal over the next few years: becoming the number one company in Cloud computing's two most profitable segments: software-as-a-service, SaaS; and platform-as-a-service, PaaS.” · Larry...
READ MORE >It would be easy for us to simply dismiss PCLN’s proposed acquisition of OPEN for $103/share as an irrational bid and nothing more than another chilling sign of Internet bubble 2.0, but in no way would that approach improve our...
READ MORE >Rather than give you our usual initial diatribe, we’re going to present you with some quotes from ESI management over the past few years...
READ MORE >Yesterday we had the opportunity to tour the floor at the National Restaurant Association’s 2014 annual conference. We wanted to pass along some key observations from our time in the exhibit hall. As you might imagine given our...
READ MORE >“Just when they think they have the answers, I change the questions”Roddy PiperNo quote could better encapsulate the impact that the company’s press release on the renewal of its domestic TV rights fees...
READ MORE >“Well that escalated quickly…”Ron Burgundy, AnchormanIn what is likely to serve merely an appetizer for the main course of volatility that WWE shares are about to dole out over the next two trading days the stock witnessed a 10% intraday...
READ MORE >After the close today, ESI announced that the company has reached an agreement with College Portfolio Buyer LLC for a sale leaseback transaction. College Portfolio Buyer will purchase 24 ITT Tech locations for approximately...
READ MORE >Was it good enough? Time and time again that was the question we were attempting to answer in our conversations with investors after Zillow reported 1Q14 results and provided initial 2Q14 guidance yesterday. The trading action after hours...
READ MORE >In what surely has become an alarming trend for bulls on the stock, OPEN MISSED consensus revenue expectations for the fourth time in five quarters. We cannot think of another situation where a growth company so consistently fell...
READ MORE >For the past 6-9 months we’ve been screaming from the mountain tops (or this molehill depending on your perspective) that much of MCRS’s recent revenue growth has been largely a function of...
READ MORE >Make no mistake, TRLA is a stock that trades ENTIRELY off of operating metrics and relative valuation. For now, there are enough investors willing to value the company off price/revenue multiples so long as TRLA delivers...
READ MORE >Here we are on the eve of another earning season in the for-profit education space and it appears that all of the challenging trends the group faced for the Winter term still remained firmly entrenched during the Spring enrollment...
READ MORE >For more than a year now, we have been arguing that ESI might need to raise capital to shore up its liquidity position in light of the company’s deteriorating operating fundamentals and...
READ MORE >In the context of what has transpired in the broader Internet space over the past two weeks, Zillow shareholders have to be feeling pretty good about themselves, or at the very least quite fortunate. After all, the 8-10% sell-off in Z...
READ MORE >Heading into the release of initial subscriber numbers for the WWE Network our greatest fear was that the company would have a major technical issue with the video feed during Wrestlemania. That did not happen and for the most part, the event...
READ MORE >Was it really only 6-months ago that WWE shares were languishing at multi-year lows and trading 100-200,000 shares a day? My how things have changed. In a mere 180 days, WWE shares have now...
READ MORE >Earlier this week we had the opportunity to attend the Southeastern Acquirers Association annual conference. The event was largely attended by merchant acquirers, ISO’s, and hardware providers in the payment processing industry. While we...
READ MORE >It what has become standard practice for ESI, the company filed an 8-K last Friday after the market close which delivered more unfavorable news. If bulls are to be believed the latest development...
READ MORE >Stasis is MCRS’s best asset. That’s our grand takeaway from the company’s investor day. Otherwise, we can’t help but wonder how bulls on the stock feel about the company’s growth prospects and management team. Those who were...
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