

Petar Petrov
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Petar Petrov has four years of direct investment experience. His main focus is on industry analysis and fundamental bottom-up equity research. Petar is familiar with US and Chinese stocks from across a wide range of industries, such as technology, e-commerce, consumer goods, logistics, and industrials.
Petar graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam.
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Figma (FIG): Beyond the Hype and the Flashy News Articles
TradingKey - There are certain aspects of Figma (FIG) that demonstrate the solid foundation they have – deep penetration of Fortune 500 clients, record-high gross margins, and still early stage of monetization. However, the competitive landscape is quite hard to predict with big incumbents
Mon, Aug 18

Pershing Square 2025Q2 13-F: Even Ackman got hooked into Mag-7
TradingKey - Bill Ackman is undoubtedly one of the household names on Wall Street. His bottom-up value investing style combined with a solid amount of activism within his holdings has always attracted a lot of attention from the rest of the investing community.
Fri, Aug 15

Sea Limited (SE) Earnings Comment: To the Moon and Back?
TradingKey - Sea Limited released its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on August 12th before the start of the trading session and the stock price simply skyrocketed, as it finished the day 19% higher.
Wed, Aug 13

MGM Resorts International (MGM): Huge Potential in Online Gaming
TradingKey - MGM seems undervalued, as the market does not appreciate the potential of the company’s online betting business, which has a very high growth at 25% and real possibility to have much higher profitability than the traditional on-ground casino business.
Mon, Aug 11

MP Materials 2Q25 Earnings Comment: Going up the Value Chain
TradingKey - MP Materials released its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on August 7th after the bell.The smaller loss and the better revenue were surely welcomed by investors, and the stock is up 8.50% in the post-bell session.
Fri, Aug 8

Uber 2Q25 Earnings Comment: Huge Share Buyback Plan
TradingKey - Uber released its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on August 6th before the bell.- 2Q25 Earnings per share: $0.63 vs $0.63 estimate (+34% y/y) - 2Q25 Revenue: $12.65bn vs $12.47bn estimate (+18% y/y)
Thu, Aug 7

Palantir 2Q25 Earnings Comment: Another Beat and the Rally Goes On
Palantir released its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on August 4th after the market closed:· 2Q25 Earnings per share: $0.16 vs $0.14 estimate (+78% y/y) · 2Q25 Revenue: $1.00bn vs $937.7mn estimate (+47% y/y)
Tue, Aug 5

FedEx Corp (FDX): Waiting for the Spin-off
TradingKey - Parcel delivery, the main business of FedEx, is a difficult industry with low margins and low bargaining power against larger e-commerce clients, thus the current low multiple.
Tue, Aug 5

Palantir 2Q25 Earnings Preview: What to Expect from this Meme Stock?
TradingKey - Palantir will release its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on August 4th.Palantir business can be divided into two parts based on the customers – government and commercial business, both facing rather different dynamics:
Fri, Aug 1

Microsoft 4Q25 Earnings Comment: Azure is Leading the Parade
TradingKey - Microsoft will release its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on July 30th after the market closed:- 4Q25 Earnings per share: $3.65 vs $3.37 estimate (+24% y/y) - 4Q25 Revenue: $76.44 vs $73.93bn estimate (+19% y/y)
Thu, Jul 31

Meta 2Q25 Earnings Comment: We are yet to See the Effects of the Hiring Bonanza
Meta currently trades at just 27x PE as its current state of ad business is solid. However, investors want to see whether the large spending on both infrastructure and talent actually moves the needle for the AI initiatives.
Thu, Jul 31

Visa 3Q25 Earnings Comment: Resilient Spending but Valuation is Already High
TradingKey - Visa once again beat the estimates for EPS and revenue, which is a good thing, as it shows certain resilience in macro spending. The volume of payments was also up 8% on a yearly basis. Even within the cross-border segment, we see solid results (12% increase in cross-border volume)...
Wed, Jul 30

Carnival Corp (CCL): Debt is still a Stone on the Neck
TradingKey - The huge debt of Carnival remains a stone on the neck, as this will prevent the company renewing its already old fleet (in contrast with competitors). However, the overall interest towards cruise trips, as well as the development of exclusive-port amenities, will bring modest top line..
Mon, Jul 28

Newmont 2Q25 Earnings Comment
TradingKey - Newmont Corp. released its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on July 24th after the bell.
Fri, Jul 25
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Alphabet 2Q25 Earnings Comment
TradingKey - Alphabet(GOOGL) will release its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on July 23rd after the bell.
Thu, Jul 24

CarMax (KMX) – The Future of the Used Car Business
TradingKey - We see more downsides than upsides for CarMax and the used-car retailers. Firstly, the competition is too intense, the market is very fragmented and there is no proper differentiation. Also, the strength of the used-car industry in terms of ASP is mostly due to the weakness of the...
Wed, Jul 23
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Match Group (MTCH): Cautiously Swiping Right on It
TradingKey - Currently the market dislikes dating app stocks like Match and Bumble, and for a reason. The user engagement has been declining for a while, and the stock has gone nowhere in the last two years.
Mon, Jul 21

American Express 2Q25 Earnings Comment
TradingKey - AmEx released its earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2025 on July 18th before the market bell. 2Q25 Earnings per share: $4.08 vs $3.87 estimate (+17% y/y).2Q25 Revenue: $17.86bn vs $17.70bn estimate (+9% y/y)
Mon, Jul 21

Netflix 2Q25 Earnings Comment
Netflix seems unstoppable at the moment, with great content, ability to boost prices and emerging advertising revenue. But the higher you climb, the harder you fall.
Fri, Jul 18

Wells Fargo 2Q25 Earnings Comment
TradingKey - Wells Fargo released its 2Q25 earnings on July 15th before the market opened. 2Q25 Earnings per share: $1.60 vs estimate of $1.33 (+20.3% y/y) . 2Q25 Revenue: $20.82 vs estimate of $20.76bn (+0.3% y/y)
Wed, Jul 16
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