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· Premarket Alpha · by Buzzberg Research
Unverified public Reddit DD supplied three testable ideas: META capex opacity, RDDT advertising leverage and GRND growth economics.
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by score · day changeGrindr DD claims high growth and EBITDA margins
An unverified WSB post claims GRND grew first-quarter revenue 38% year over year with a 45% adjusted EBITDA margin.
vertical integration. Valuation Grindr reported 38% year-over-year revenue growth and 45% adjusted EBITDA margins in the first quarter of 2026.
If the figures hold, the setup is a fundamental growth thesis with squeeze optionality rather than only a meme trade.
Watch Reported revenue growth, adjusted EBITDA margin and execution against 2026 guidance.
Source →Meta's ad strength is colliding with capex cash demands
An unverified Reddit filing review says operating margin fell from 43% to 31% and quarterly free cash flow fell to $784 million from $12.4 billion.
Operating margin went from 43% to 31% in a year. FCF was $784M against $12.4B last quarter.
The core question is no longer whether AI helps ads, but whether the return clears the fixed spending burden.
Watch Meta's 2027 capex guidance, free cash flow and AI-driven ad conversion.
Source →The Reddit bull case rests on ads, not data licenses
An unverified Reddit post argues that long-term RDDT performance will not be bailed out by a data-licensing contract.
bailed out by a data licensing contract. I say all this as a Reddit bull.
The thesis is testable through logged-in conversion, international users, time spent and ad conversion rather than speculative licensing multiples.
Watch Logged-in conversion, international user growth and ad-conversion rates.
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