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Perfect Corp. (NYSE:PERF) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 29, 2024 8:00 PM ET Company Participants Jimmy Shu - Investor Relations Director Alice Chang - Founder, Chairwoman, and Chief Executive Officer Louis Chen - Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Conference Call Participants Aashi Shah - Sidoti & Co Lisa Thompson - Zacks Small Cap Research Pat McCann - NOBLE Capital Markets Operator Good morning and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. And welcome to th ...

Old man and the sea, in a rowboat or skiff paddling and fighting the waves of the ocean. getty I get it if you're a bit wary of this latest market rally: We've got a volatile (to say the least!) election now days away. And while the Fed says rates are headed lower, there's still a lingering uncertainty about where, exactly, they'll land. While a bit of anxiety is understandable, we do not want to make the same mistake many "vanilla" investors do at times like these: go all into cash. For one, humans are ter ...

Perfect Corp. Reports Unaudited Financial Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 and the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 • Gross profit was $13.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared with $11.8 million in the same period of 2023, an increase of 9.6%. • The Company's YouCam mobile beauty app active subscribers grew by 17.0% year-over-year, reaching a record high of over 977,000 active subscribers as of end of the third quarter of 2024. • Gross profit was $35.2 m ...

Following a period of sustained outperformance throughout 2024, has Booking Holdings BKNG become a major long-term investment opportunity within the travel and tourism landscape? The global tourism industry is recapturing form following a long period of disruption caused by the pandemic. This has seen flight reservations and accommodations grow steadily as digital transformation helped to leverage more efficiency in putting travelers in touch with bespoke holiday experiences. As a result, the online travel ...

Hochschild ( OTCQX:HCHDF ) has had to deal with its fair share of issues in the past few years, but the stars started to align again when the company secured a key permit to extend theHe is the leader of the investment group European Small Cap Ideas which offers exclusive access to actionable research on appealing Europe-focused investment opportunities not found elsewhere. The a focus is on high-quality ideas in the small-cap space, with emphasis on capital gains and dividend income for continuous cash flo ...

The recent release of OpenAI's o1 model just made it clear that frontier AI models will not hit a wall anytime soon. In fact, their new chain-of-thought models prove that the scaling laws are nowhere near its limits. This means that theAnalyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of FLNC either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha ...

AutoZone is up 4,000% in just the past two decades, yet its growth story could have many miles to go.With more than 6,400 stores in the United States, nearly 800 locations in Mexico, and 127 shops in Brazil, AutoZone (AZO 0.57%) is a leading retailer of automobile replacement parts and accessories across the Americas. Over the last 20 years, AutoZone has delivered total returns of roughly 4,000%, making it a 41-bagger in a relatively short period -- for true long-term investors, at least. These results are ...

I come from a family of long-term investors, and over the last several years I have immersed myself in the markets completely, trying to learn as much as possible. My brother, Adam Ebbinghouse, is also a contributor on Seeking Alpha. My approach to investing has been a mix of value and growth, with an emphasis on microcap companies recently.Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of AEBZY either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article mys ...