Today in Focus: INOD, AKAM

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Market Condition: Extended Runaway Market, Pullback Likely

Commentary:

Copy and Paste from yesterday and the day before😀 . Huge moves in many leading names including the market. Extreme caution on new positions here. A pullback is highly likely. I am sticking to rules on holdings but I’m not looking to pile on risk. Especially on extended names the only issue is we keep getting good catalysts and good charts…

I continue to follow my rules on trims and sells religiously. Any time I try to get smart or scared or too confident I make mistakes.

Lot’s of movers today and these markets you have to just make your picks and focus on them. You’re going to miss names and that’s alright. Having a ton of names on your watchlist usually means you miss them all!

In Play

INOD:  Blowout Earnings Surprise on All Metrics

Key Metrics INOD: Industry Group: Information Technology Services, Market Cap: 1.49B, Float: 30.94M, Short Interest: 17.12%, Days to Cover: 5.35, Sales Y/Y TTM: 47.64%, EPS Y/Y TTM: 3.64%, Earnings: May 07 AMC, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst: Revenue beat of 17.8% and Adj. EBITDA beat of 139% The guidance raise to ~40%+ is explicitly characterized as conservative by management with undisclosed pipeline not included. Customer Acquisition Ramp. Genuinely huge beats across the board and huge guidance raise.

Chart is the let down for me but it’s good enough to trade. Big move pre market. Large short interest, low float. This one has big potential to rip peoples faces off.

"Revenue grew 54% year-over-year while Adjusted EBITDA grew approximately 96% — operating leverage by definition." CEO

"Twelve months ago, our revenue from this customer was zero; this year we expect it to become our second-largest customer." CFO

AKAM:  Large $1.8b Contract Win, Accelerating AI Story

Key Metrics AKAM: Industry Group: Software - Infrastructure, Market Cap: 21.39B, Float: 143.86M, Short Interest: 11.68%, Days to Cover: 3.29, Sales Y/Y TTM: 6.15%, EPS Y/Y TTM: -6.81%, Earnings: May 07 AMC, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst:

In-line headline numbers mask a strategically pivotal quarter. The $1.8B frontier AI model provider commitment is the largest contract in AKAM's history. I might be going too deep in a story driven market but the monthly and weekly charts on this are excellent. It looks to me to be a pivotal ramp for the company into a growth acceleration. This is an institutional name in the same sphere as Fastly and Cloudflare.

The graph below that I made shows that the headline numbers are an intentional dip as they build out the contract into a revenue ramp. This is not taking into account additional growth. Looks like a structural move to me and gives a potential rerate opportunity.

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_{Note: This is my methodology for identifying stocks in play. There are many valid approaches to trading catalysts—find the setups, timeframes, and risk parameters that align with your strategy.}