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December 9, 2025

GE Vernova (GEV, BUY) – Power goes SUPERSONIC as GEV updates 2028 floor ahead of buyside target – FLASH

By Austin Wang

We want to call out both the accelerative floor on long-term targets for ’28 and validation on our Power Services thesis. First, GEV guided ’28 EBITDA to $10.4bn vs. our $9.8bn (backing out Prolec) and…

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December 8, 2025

GLJ Solar Weekly – California Solar Initiative Data Dump for Oct ’25 + Fireside Chat w/ Large US Solar Distributor + Why the US ‘TPO’ Market May Disappoint in 2026E

By Gordon L. Johnson II

California Solar Initiative (“CSI”) Data Sheds Light on State of Affairs for Module Level Performance Electronic (“MLPE”) Bellwethers Enphase and SolarEdge, as well as U.S. Storage Market. In this note, we provide the key takeaways from…

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December 5, 2025

Argan (AGX, BUY) – Greater volumes + bullish contracting should shrug off lower pricing, 3Q Review: PT to $445

By Austin Wang

We spoke with management in the wake of Argan’s F3Q earnings update. We believe investors are missing the forest for the trees, and focusing on orders pricing as opposed to management’s emphasis on staffing capacity…

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December 4, 2025

Argan (AGX, BUY) – 3Q First take: Orders miss on pricing

By Austin Wang

Initial take: we back out reported F3Q revs of $251.2mm to get to ~$1.3bn in orders vs. our ~$1.5bn estimate given Basin Ranch and Permian Basin disclosures – backing out $40mm in non-Power Services orders,…

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December 4, 2025

Metals & Mining Weekly: U.S. Plate Market Celebrates Producer Price Increases & HRC “Price Hike Parade” Appears Set to Continue (bullish)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mostly Lower vs. Yesterday’s Close. Copper -1.15% to $5.19/lb; aluminum +0.72% to $1.41/lb; nickel +0.02% to $7.75/lb; zinc +0.42% to $1.46/lb; lead +0.07% to $1.10/lb; gold -0.11% to $4,198/oz; silver -1.66% to $57.53/oz;…

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December 3, 2025

Picks & Shovels: Amazon exits Arizona data center project

By Austin Wang

Amazon has communicated to local municipalities that it will no longer be the end-user for Arizona data center Project Blue. VRT (SELL, $177.31) – Amazon exits AZ data center (link)Amazon (AMZN, not rated) will no…

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December 3, 2025

3Q25 Results Disappointed on Sales Timing; Yet Strong Q4 Guide and the “Sprott Put” Keep us BUY Rated; PT Edges Higher to C$99.74/shr

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What Happened in Q3? CCJ served up a quarter that fell sharply short of expectations – Q3 adj. EBITDA missed our estimate by 8% – and the culprit isn’t exactly mysterious. Uranium and fuel-services sales…

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November 28, 2025

Picks & Shovels: PRIM client advances 200 MW solar project, VRT unveils CAT partnership

By Austin Wang

While we have yet to confirm Primoris’ involvement on the project, Primoris client DESRI received a green light from local regulators to proceed with 200 MW solar + BESS project Coyote Creek in Sacramento County,…

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November 26, 2025

Metals & Mining Weekly: Prices Likely Have Further Upside from Here on Lackluster Imports + Seasonal Maintenance (steel stocks likely to continue to outperform)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line Current Situation. Over the last two weeks, spot HRC has done exactly what the setup suggested – it’s drifted higher, up roughly 5%, with today’s +5.4% d/d surge to $900/st marking the strongest…

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November 26, 2025

ERATTUM: GEV Rating is Buy; earlier said Sell in error Picks & Shovels: AMZN announces $15bn Indiana expansion

By Austin Wang

Amazon announces an incremental $15bn investment in Northern Indiana, sponsoring another 3 GW of power generation capacity to support 2.4 GW of new data centers. GEV ($572.56, Buy) – AMZN to invest $15bn in Indiana…

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November 25, 2025

AGX – F3Q Preview: Focusing beyond the bookings, PT to $447

By Austin Wang

Argan will report F3Q’26 earnings next Thursday, Dec. 4th, after market close; we see the focus very much on Power Services order $’s for pricing read-thru but also on management’s commentary on a compelling opportunity…

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November 25, 2025

How Q4 Car Deliveries Shaping up with Nearly Two-Thirds of the Quarter Over & is Tesla’s GAAP Earnings at Risk of Turning Negative?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Just How ‘Good’ – or More Accurately, How Bad – Are Tesla’s Auto Sales Trending With Nearly Two Months of Q4 Now in the Rearview? When we strip out the optimism, the spin, and the…

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November 23, 2025

Argan (AGX, BUY) – CEO 1×1 takeaways + feedback on our upgrade, reit BUY

By Austin Wang

We sat down with Argan CEO David Watson to discuss our recent upgrade of Argan shares as intra-regional staffing demonstrates upside to management’s previously messaged ceiling on gas generation upside. Management validated our thesis, emphasizing…

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November 21, 2025

Picks & Shovels: GOOGL announces $40bn for 3 data centers in TX, GEV Onshore Wind

By Austin Wang

GOOGL announces $40bn for 3 data centers in TX. Argan begins construction on Basin Ranch. SunZia takes delivery of GEV Onshore Wind turbines. AGX ($353.30, BUY) – Google commit $40bn to Texas (link) Google (GOOGL,…

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November 21, 2025

Is the Set-Up for US Markets into Next Week’s Holiday-Shortened Period “Surreptitiously” Bearish

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Is the U.S. Stock Market at Risk of a More Accelerated Sell-Off Next Week (given just 3.5 trading days)? In this note, when looking at: (a) the correlation between Bitcoin (“XBTUSD”) and the Invesco QQQ…

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