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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.</li><li>Over the last decade, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL have garnered outsized investor attention, in part due to their size, but equally due to each of their rapidly growing tech infrastructure businesses (AWS, Azure, and GCP, respectively).</li><li>Based on the capex commentary from all three exiting the December quarter, investors are hoping for early signs of business AI traction, but also bracing for greater clarity around the costs.</li></ul>

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.Over the last decade, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL have garnered outsized investor attention, in part due to their size, but equally due to each of their rapidly growing tech infrastructure businesses (AWS, Azure, and GCP, respectively).Based on the capex commentary from all three exiting the December quarter, investors are hoping for early signs of business AI traction, but also bracing for greater clarity around the costs.

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies, Shared Research Inc

Shared Research

Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies

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Pioneering research coverage of Japanese listed companies. Now customizable and interactive for global institutional investors. Corporate access reimagined.

Equity Bottom-Up

AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/az-com-maruwa-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17280:1" rel="noopener">AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP)</a> is a logistics company specializing in services for retailers.</li>
<li>In FY03/23, revenue was JPY177.8bn, operating profit was JPY11.4bn, recurring profit was JPY11.9bn, and net income attributable to owners of the parent was JPY7.8bn.</li>
<li>AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings Inc. announced that it has determined the number of shares to be issued  through a third-party allocation.</li>
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AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP) is a logistics company specializing in services for retailers.
In FY03/23, revenue was JPY177.8bn, operating profit was JPY11.4bn, recurring profit was JPY11.9bn, and net income attributable to owners of the parent was JPY7.8bn.
AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings Inc. announced that it has determined the number of shares to be issued  through a third-party allocation.


AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings (9090): 1H FY03/24 Update

<ul><li>After two years of working through the excessive growth witnessed in 2020, the $6 trillion e- commerce market is expected to accelerate modestly to ~11% in 2024.</li><li>Major secular trends such as mobile commerce (m-commerce) and buy now, pay later (BNPL) should help drive the market forward.</li><li>Digital advertising is expected to grow 9% to $719 billion, with a potential major boost from the fast- growing free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) as major players such as Netflix, Amazon, and Google introduced new content and services to draw increased consumer adoption.</li></ul>

After two years of working through the excessive growth witnessed in 2020, the $6 trillion e- commerce market is expected to accelerate modestly to ~11% in 2024.Major secular trends such as mobile commerce (m-commerce) and buy now, pay later (BNPL) should help drive the market forward.Digital advertising is expected to grow 9% to $719 billion, with a potential major boost from the fast- growing free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) as major players such as Netflix, Amazon, and Google introduced new content and services to draw increased consumer adoption.

Five Trends in Technology for 2024 - Outlook for Key Markets in Tech

<ul><li>Artificial intelligence (AI). AI is already having a major impact on the tech sector, and this is only going to accelerate in 2024.</li><li>With an estimated market size of $137 billion in 2022, AI is projected to grow significantly to $1.8 trillion by 2030, a CAGR of 38%.</li><li>We can expect to see more sophisticated AI applications and algorithms that can perform complex tasks and make decisions with human-like accuracy. </li></ul>

Artificial intelligence (AI). AI is already having a major impact on the tech sector, and this is only going to accelerate in 2024.With an estimated market size of $137 billion in 2022, AI is projected to grow significantly to $1.8 trillion by 2030, a CAGR of 38%.We can expect to see more sophisticated AI applications and algorithms that can perform complex tasks and make decisions with human-like accuracy. 

Top 10 Tech Trends in 2024 - What's Likely to Drive Tech Next Year

Managing Partner, VRS (Valuation & Research Specialists)

VRS (Valuation & Research Specialists)

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Valuation & Research Specialists (VRS) is a boutique financial advisor with more than 17 years of experience in Corporate Valuation and Finance, and a diversified client base including some of the largest Companies in Greece.

Since 2002, VRS has completed more than 200 engagements in the areas of business valuation and financial analysis for more than 100 clients in a wide range of industries.

VRS has been honored to work with small and large private and publicly traded companies in Europe and overseas.

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<ul><li>The re-emergence of AI as a topic of hype, caution and investment contains, in equal parts, the re-discovery of a pre-existing technology, but now on steroids, plus all the excitement of the race among the top 5 techs to invest enough in order to dominate the field .</li><li>The 2000 Dot.com boom involved hundreds of IPOs of start-ups, all with the word “internet” in their names, except now the AI boom involves mostly buying up existing startups by the big Techs.</li><li>The re emergence of AI will undoubtedly change a lot of the ways in which data are used and monetized, it will make Google search far more client-friendly and it will step up the capacity of software to program themselves. </li></ul>

The re-emergence of AI as a topic of hype, caution and investment contains, in equal parts, the re-discovery of a pre-existing technology, but now on steroids, plus all the excitement of the race among the top 5 techs to invest enough in order to dominate the field .The 2000 Dot.com boom involved hundreds of IPOs of start-ups, all with the word “internet” in their names, except now the AI boom involves mostly buying up existing startups by the big Techs.The re emergence of AI will undoubtedly change a lot of the ways in which data are used and monetized, it will make Google search far more client-friendly and it will step up the capacity of software to program themselves. 

The “ AI Revolution” : A Cautionary Tale and Its Investment Consequences

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Amazon.com, Inc. is an online retailer that offers a wide range of products. The Company's products include books, music, videotapes, computers, electronics, home and garden, and numerous other products.  Amazon offers personalized shopping services, Web-based credit card payment, and direct shipping to customers.

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Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.

Water Tower Research

AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings (9090): 1H FY03/24 Update

Logistics company AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP) specializes in services for retailers, with strong financial performance in FY03/23. They have...

Shared Research

Five Trends in Technology for 2024 - Outlook for Key Markets in Tech

After two years of working through the excessive growth witnessed in 2020, the $6 trillion e- commerce market is expected to accelerate modestly to...

Water Tower Research

Top 10 Tech Trends in 2024 - What's Likely to Drive Tech Next Year

Artificial intelligence (AI). AI is already having a major impact on the tech sector, and this is only going to accelerate in 2024.

Water Tower Research

The “ AI Revolution” : A Cautionary Tale and Its Investment Consequences

The re-emergence of AI as a topic of hype, caution and investment contains, in equal parts, the re-discovery of a pre-existing technology, but now...

VRS (Valuation & Research Specialists)

Cloud Infrastructure Monitor - Upcoming Earnings Season Marks a Crucial Point for Sector and AI

Setting up to be a crucial quarter for the major cloud infrastructure providers and broader tech as investors focus on the cost/benefits of AI.

Water Tower Research

AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings (9090): 1H FY03/24 Update

​Logistics company AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP) specializes in services for retailers, with strong financial performance in FY03/23. They have...

Shared Research

Five Trends in Technology for 2024 - Outlook for Key Markets in Tech

After two years of working through the excessive growth witnessed in 2020, the $6 trillion e- commerce market is expected to accelerate modestly to...

Water Tower Research

Top 10 Tech Trends in 2024 - What's Likely to Drive Tech Next Year

Artificial intelligence (AI). AI is already having a major impact on the tech sector, and this is only going to accelerate in 2024.

Water Tower Research

The “ AI Revolution” : A Cautionary Tale and Its Investment Consequences

The re-emergence of AI as a topic of hype, caution and investment contains, in equal parts, the re-discovery of a pre-existing technology, but now...

VRS (Valuation & Research Specialists)

Logistics company AZ-Com Maruwa Holdings (9090 JP) specializes in services for retailers, with strong financial performance in FY03/23. They have...