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In this episode, Dave and Andrew break down the latest earnings from top SaaS and discount retail companies—Snowflake, MongoDB, Salesforce, CrowdStrike, Dollar Tree, and Five Below. They dig into cloud migration trends, SaaS valuation metrics like the Rule of 40, stock-based compensation, and the impact of economic shifts on discount retailers.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: episode overview and earnings call focus
00:00:48 – SaaS breakdown: Snowflake, MongoDB, CrowdStrike, Salesforce
00:01:21 – Snowflake’s earnings and cloud migration
00:03:24 – Data growth and Snowflake’s niche
00:04:27 – Stock performance and IPO context
00:06:01 – Salesforce: revenue, margins, CRPO
00:07:04 – Rule of 40 explained
00:08:00 – Salesforce’s AI products
00:09:51 – Acquisitions to profitability
00:12:03 – Management credibility and strategy
00:13:45 – Stock-based compensation
00:15:01 – MongoDB’s cloud shift and AI
00:18:35 – Growth, profitability, sector momentum
00:20:07 – CrowdStrike earnings and ARR
00:22:03 – CrowdStrike’s modules and platform
00:24:37 – Retail: Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Five Below
00:26:09 – Discount retailer performance
00:29:41 – Dollar General, tariffs
00:31:35 – Five Below’s growth and strategy
00:36:01 – Comparing sectors and metrics
00:41:05 – Avoiding hot industry chasing
00:41:58 – Closing thoughts and sign-off
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