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- 🚂 How Canadian National Railway becomes reshoring’s backbone for North American freight.
- 🧪 How Agfa-Gevaert’s portfolio reset funds growth in digital imaging and materials.
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| | MicroVision will explode future revenue by 380.37% with a vision towards success | MicroVision’s shift into defense creates a potential base-load of higher-margin revenue that lowers reliance on long automotive cycles while positioning the company as a multi-vertical sensor supplier. If defense wins materialize and the automotive pipeline converts, the company could transition from a speculative LIDAR bet to a diversified operator with a clearer path toward scale and profitability. | |
| ~99% undervalued vs current price | Based on ~380% p.a. revenue growth for 3 years | | |
| 💡 Why we like it: This narrative reframes a crowded tech story with a sharp, multi-vertical lens, turning what’s usually hype-driven into a tightly argued, catalyst-focused transformation narrative. It’s a confident, well-structured read that makes the inflection point feel both plausible and worth exploring. | |
| | Canadian National Railway | |
| The Indispensable Artery for a New North American Economy | CN’s recent softness masks a powerful tailwind from North American reshoring, which should lift freight volumes across its tri-coastal network and revive revenue growth. Its entrenched moat and efficiency provide margin durability, positioning the company for steady EPS expansion with limited downside if the reshoring catalyst unfolds more slowly. | |
| ~1% overvalued vs current price | Based on ~3.5% p.a. revenue growth for 5 years | | |
| 💡 Why we like it: This thesis takes a familiar “boring railroad” story and reframes it with a sharp, secular lens, turning a slow-moving asset into a forward-leaning macro narrative. It’s a clean, confidence-driven argument that makes the reshoring catalyst feel both timely and genuinely investable. The various cases covered also give readers a range of scenarios and values to subscribe to depending on how different catalysts play out. | |
| Agfa-Gevaert is a digital and materials turnaround opportunity, with growth potential in ZIRFON, but carrying legacy risks. | Agfa-Gevaert’s shift toward digital imaging, industrial inkjet, and advanced materials positions it to replace declining film revenues with higher-margin, recurring income streams. Balance-sheet gains from divestments and legal resolutions support this transition, though restructuring pressures and legacy pension obligations remain key constraints on its recovery trajectory. | |
| ~87% undervalued vs current price | Based on ~26% p.a. revenue decline for 5 years | | |
| 💡 Why we like it: This narrative turns a complex, years-long restructuring into a surprisingly clear and compelling turnaround story, blending realism with forward-looking momentum. It highlights Agfa’s shift toward digital and specialty materials with a calm, confident tone that feels both grounded and worth diving into. |
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