Ideas
AI fears overblown, strong results, undervalued
Microsoft is a beneficiary of AI usage, not a victim. Strong quarterly results showed 15% revenue growth and 20% EPS growth, with Office 365 licenses still growing despite AI fears. The company has pricing power and recurring revenue. The stock is undervalued at 23x earnings vs its 5-year average of 30x, offering further upside as earnings compound.
AWS accelerating, low valuation, AI beneficiary
Amazon benefits from AI across AWS, advertising, and logistics, and its businesses are growing strongly even without AI tailwinds. AWS revenue accelerated to 36% growth. The e-commerce segment is also accelerating. The stock trades at a historically low valuation of 26x earnings, well below its average of 50x, and free cash flow worries are overblown because capex can be scaled back if AI returns disappoint.
Nuclear utility benefits from AI power demand
Talen Energy is a nuclear power producer set to benefit from surging electricity demand driven by data centers, electric vehicles, and hydrogen production. Its valuation has dropped to only 12x earnings, half the US market multiple, while earnings are projected to grow from $30 to $38 per share, driving the multiple down to 11x. The stock historically traded at 20-25x earnings.
Power producer cheap with earnings growth
NRG Energy is an independent power producer that rallied on AI-driven electricity demand but has since stalled on doubts. David Tepper is a notable investor. Earnings are expected to inflect from $9 to $11-13 over the next two years, leaving the stock at only 10x forward earnings, well below the historical 20x average for electric utilities.
Data center cooling correction overdone, cheap
Vertiv provides data center cooling systems and posted a 60% earnings increase, raising guidance. High expectations and AI fears caused the stock to correct from $300 to $220, compressing the P/E from 50x to 30x current year. On forward earnings estimates, the multiple could fall to 15x, suggesting the selloff is overdone for a business still growing strongly, though it is more cyclical than chip manufacturers.
Memory tight supply, low earnings multiple
Memory chip demand is outpacing supply by about 8%, with industry executives expecting the tightness to persist until at least 2028. SK Hynix trades at only 4-5x peak cycle earnings; even if earnings later collapse, the stock would trade at a reasonable 18x on trough earnings while having generated nearly 50% of its market cap in cash, making the risk/reward attractive.
Exchange monopolies resilient to AI, undervalued
Stock exchange operators like TMX Group, London Stock Exchange, Euronext, ICE, and Nasdaq are natural monopolies with high margins, inflation protection, and counter-cyclical revenue streams. AI fears have compressed their valuations despite no real AI threat to their moats. They consistently grow earnings through organic growth, acquisitions, and buybacks, and currently trade at 16-20x earnings—cheap relative to history and the broader market.
This El Arte de Invertir video, published August 02, 2026,
features Alejandro Estebaranz
discussing MSFT, AMZN, TLN, NRG, VRT, 000660.KS, TMX, Euronext, NDAQ, ICE, LSEG.L.
7 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.
Speakers:
Alejandro Estebaranz
· Tickers:
MSFT,
AMZN,
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NRG,
VRT,
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ICE,
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