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TDS After the Wireless Exit: Cheap, Cash-Heavy and Ready for Re-rate

TDS After the Wireless Exit: Cheap, Cash-Heavy and Ready for Re-rate

Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) is a post-sale telecom with a cleaner balance sheet, significant free cash flow and an under-appreciated valuation. We outline a long trade with precise entry, stop and target, driven by balance-sheet optionality and a plausible re-rating as management redeploys capital into fiber and tower leasing.

Carlisle Companies: A Quiet Roofing Compounder Ready to Rebound

Carlisle Companies: A Quiet Roofing Compounder Ready to Rebound

Carlisle (CSL) is a mature, cash-generative building-products play trading below its 50-day and 20-day averages after recent weakness. Strong free cash flow ($970.6M), a hefty ROE (41%), and an attractive EV/EBITDA (13.0) support a mid-term long. This trade idea proposes entry at $340.00, a stop at $312.00, and a target of $400.00 over a mid-term h…

SM Energy: Merger Scale and Cash Flow Make This a Compelling Long Trade

SM Energy: Merger Scale and Cash Flow Make This a Compelling Long Trade

SM Energy (SM) looks cheap on several measures after combining with Civitas Resources. The company now has scale in the Permian, an explicit plan to prioritize free cash flow, a raised dividend and targeted asset sales. With EV/EBITDA near 4.3 and free cash flow of roughly $539M, SM is a value play with a clear catalyst set. Here's a practical trad…

Herc Holdings: Buying the Dip While Watching the Balance Sheet

Herc Holdings: Buying the Dip While Watching the Balance Sheet

Herc Holdings (HRI) has sold off hard from its 52-week high after a deal-driven rerating and short-term technical weakness. The stock trades at an attractive EV/EBITDA of 6.6x and yields ~2.5%, and the H&E acquisition should lift scale and create $300M of synergies. The balance sheet and near-term free cash flow remain the main risks. We keep a Buy…

Clover Health: A Mispriced Growth Bet in Medicare Advantage

Clover Health: A Mispriced Growth Bet in Medicare Advantage

Clover Health is a physician-enablement and Medicare Advantage operator whose platform-driven approach and exposure to a fast-growing healthcare AI/insurtech market appear underappreciated by the market. At roughly $1.0B market capitalization and an EV/sales around 0.55, the stock looks mispriced relative to optionality from improved risk adjustmen…

QUBT: Upgrade to Buy After Q4 Inflection — Trade the Re-rating

QUBT: Upgrade to Buy After Q4 Inflection — Trade the Re-rating

Quantum Computing Inc. reported a clear Q4 inflection: Q4 revenues of $198,000 (up 219% YoY), a sharply reduced net loss of $1.6M, and a $750M private placement that leaves the company with sizable cash to execute. The market cap of roughly $1.6B already prices in a lot of future upside, but the balance sheet, recent acquisition, and signs of comme…