Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>GRAIL shares outperformed the market in 2025 with shares up ~168% year-to-date vs. a modest ~3% gain on the Nasdaq Composite.</li>
<li>Most notably, management disclosed that Quest Diagnostics and TRICARE Health Insurance expanded their relationships with GRAIL.</li>
<li>A fast-growing healthcare company reported FY24 revenues of ~$126M, up ~35% year-over-year, and ended 4Q’FY24 with ~$767M of cash and cash equivalents.</li>
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GRAIL shares outperformed the market in 2025 with shares up ~168% year-to-date vs. a modest ~3% gain on the Nasdaq Composite.
Most notably, management disclosed that Quest Diagnostics and TRICARE Health Insurance expanded their relationships with GRAIL.
A fast-growing healthcare company reported FY24 revenues of ~$126M, up ~35% year-over-year, and ended 4Q’FY24 with ~$767M of cash and cash equivalents.


GRAIL’s 4Q’FY24 Financial Results: The Company Is On Track To Complete FDA/PMA Submission In FY26

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Baptista Research

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<ul><li>Illumina, a leading genomic sequencing company, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024, marking a slight revenue increase of 1% year-over-year to $1.1 billion.</li><li>This growth was primarily driven by high throughput sequencing consumables as the company continues to shift its customer base towards its new NovaSeq X series of instruments.</li><li>The company placed 91 NovaSeq X instruments in the quarter, reaching an installed base of 630, and enjoyed a robust pull-through performance, averaging $1.3 million per system in 2024.</li></ul>

Illumina, a leading genomic sequencing company, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024, marking a slight revenue increase of 1% year-over-year to $1.1 billion.This growth was primarily driven by high throughput sequencing consumables as the company continues to shift its customer base towards its new NovaSeq X series of instruments.The company placed 91 NovaSeq X instruments in the quarter, reaching an installed base of 630, and enjoyed a robust pull-through performance, averaging $1.3 million per system in 2024.

Illumina Inc.: Is its Transition to NovaSeq X Series Noteworthy?

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Dimitris Ioannidis

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ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coinbase-global-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32227:1" rel="noopener">Coinbase Global (COIN US)</a> can be the unexpected addition by transition because of a high liquidity score and a close distance below the estimated transition threshold.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lennox-international-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16420:1" rel="noopener">Lennox International (LII US)</a> is the main candidate for addition by migration due to having the highest average mcap score and passing eligibility metrics.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/illumina-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8015:1" rel="noopener">Illumina Inc (ILMN US)</a> has a muted conviction for addition because of ineligible earnings and a recent deletion from the index.</li>
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Coinbase Global (COIN US) can be the unexpected addition by transition because of a high liquidity score and a close distance below the estimated transition threshold.

Lennox International (LII US) is the main candidate for addition by migration due to having the highest average mcap score and passing eligibility metrics.

Illumina Inc (ILMN US) has a muted conviction for addition because of ineligible earnings and a recent deletion from the index.


S&P500 December 2024 Forecast (Final): Flipping the COIN

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

Apollo Global Management  / Index Rebalance

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<li>The S&amp;P 500 index tracks the 500 largest names listed in the US and it is one of the most highly-tracked indices in the world.</li>
<li>The rankings used for the December 2024 index rebal event will be based on yesterday's (4th December 2024) opening prices. Announcement date will be 6 December after the close.</li>
<li>Inside we take a final look at the potential ADDs and DELs leading the rankings for the upcoming review. </li>
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The S&amp;P 500 index tracks the 500 largest names listed in the US and it is one of the most highly-tracked indices in the world.
The rankings used for the December 2024 index rebal event will be based on yesterday's (4th December 2024) opening prices. Announcement date will be 6 December after the close.
Inside we take a final look at the potential ADDs and DELs leading the rankings for the upcoming review. 


Quiddity Leaderboard S&P 500 Dec 24 Rebal - Final Predictions

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/applovin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32989:1" rel="noopener">AppLovin (APP US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apollo-global-management-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28770:1" rel="noopener">Apollo Global Management (APO US)</a> are the main candidates for addition by transition as they are passing the estimated transition threshold and have strong eligibility metrics.  </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/texas-pacific-land-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28693:1" rel="noopener">Texas Pacific Land (TPL US)</a> is the main candidate for addition by migration - despite failing eligibility - due to its significant distance above the minimum S&amp;P500 mcap threshold. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/emcor-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20703:1" rel="noopener">Emcor Group (EME US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lennox-international-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16420:1" rel="noopener">Lennox International (LII US)</a> are the next candidates for addition by migration with both passing eligibility and adequate distance above the mcap threshold. </li>
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AppLovin (APP US) and Apollo Global Management (APO US) are the main candidates for addition by transition as they are passing the estimated transition threshold and have strong eligibility metrics.  

Texas Pacific Land (TPL US) is the main candidate for addition by migration - despite failing eligibility - due to its significant distance above the minimum S&amp;P500 mcap threshold. 

Emcor Group (EME US) and Lennox International (LII US) are the next candidates for addition by migration with both passing eligibility and adequate distance above the mcap threshold. 


S&P500 December 2024 Forecasts: APP, APO and TPL Leading the Pack

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Illumina, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets integrated systems for the large scale analysis of genetic variation and biological function. The Company provides a comprehensive line of products and services that currently serve the sequencing, genotyping and gene expression markets for genomic research centers, pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and biotechnology companies.

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GRAIL’s 4Q’FY24 Financial Results: The Company Is On Track To Complete FDA/PMA Submission In FY26

In my insight, I discuss GRAIL’s 4Q’FY24 financial results, outline key revenue growth drivers and update my financial model.

Andrei Zakharov

Illumina Inc.: Is its Transition to NovaSeq X Series Noteworthy?

Illumina, a leading genomic sequencing company, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024, marking a slight revenue increase...

Baptista Research

S&P500 December 2024 Forecast (Final): Flipping the COIN

Lennox International (LII US) - the top migration candidate - was announced as an addition to the S&P 500 on 18 December, soon after the quarterly...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Quiddity Leaderboard S&P 500 Dec 24 Rebal - Final Predictions

The S&P500/400/600 rebal data "fixed" on 4 Dec open. The announcement will be made post-close 6 Dec. Applovin is up 900% in a year and is a top...

Travis Lundy

S&P500 December 2024 Forecasts: APP, APO and TPL Leading the Pack

Texas Pacific Land (TPL) - the top migration candidate - has been announced as an addition to S&P500 prior to the quarterly review as it is...

Dimitris Ioannidis

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