When asked about who among fintwit greats I've learned the most from, the answer is easy: @majgeoinvesting
If you're a retail investor, and have benefited from this incredible AI bull run, I can't think of a better way to upgrade your skillset and your process than to study what Maj is doing.
He'll show you that multibaggers sometimes come from unexpected places, market-beating returns can be sustained without hype, and that a thorough process will alert you to opportunities that almost nobody else knows exists.
Sooner or later this power trend will end, and when it does, you'll be glad for having a broader skillset.
$PPIH just announced $67M in new Q2 orders. Backlog trajectory tells the whole story: $121.6M (Jan) β $136.5M (Apr) β probably all-time high right now.
https://t.co/LeyTfUSQui
This was one of the first companies I bought when I started investing ~3 yrs agoβ¦ and the one that got me into @MicroCapClub. Still holding tho ππΌ
$HMM.A posted another record quarter.
Q2 sales +19% to C$85M, EPS C$0.64 vs C$0.34 last year, adjusted EBITDA C$13.5M.
The EBITDA margin ramp keeps going: 11.6% to 14.2% to 15.9% over the last three quarters.
https://t.co/wj5RVZ2Dz3
βThe perversity of riskβ β Howard Marks
Risk is highest when risk tolerance is most extreme.
Look at today: people defend AI and hot names like they canβt possibly lose. Zero fear. Pure conviction.
When nobody sees the riskβ¦ thatβs exactly where the risk is.
@majgeoinvesting@InfoArbMonitor I was waiting for that pullback too. Listened to the CCβ¦ $150M at a 30% op margin is definitely a $100 stock. I regret closing my position, it hurts my soul ππ
$PPIH is exactly the kind of small-cap selloff I try not to overreact to.
The headline Q1 looked ugly because EPS and net income were down hard, and the market treated it like a thesis break. I donβt think that is the right read.
This was a messy project-timing, mix, and ramp-cost quarter, not a demand problem.
The issues behind this lumpy quarter were specific and anticipated: MENA timing delays, product mix, Canada seasonality, Ohio/Qatar ramp costs, and higher SOX/professional expenses. Annoying, yes. But not the same as customers walking away or the market disappearing.
The key details I care about:
β Backlog increased to $136.5M
β Management said no projects were cancelled
β They still expect FY26 revenue and net income growth vs FY25
β Backlog includes contributions from AI/data center projects in North America
β Ohio facility ramp gives them better U.S. capacity at a time when data center, district energy, and engineered infrastructure demand is accelerating
That last point matters. $PPIH is not a generic pipe company. It makes engineered piping, leak detection, insulation, containment, anti-corrosion systems, and district energy infrastructure. Maybe boring but mission-critical stuff.
AI data centers are not just GPUs. They need power, cooling, thermal systems, water, redundancy, and infrastructure that actually works. $PPIH is one of the tiny public ways to get exposure to that physical layer.
The number Iβm actually watching now is gross margin.
It went from roughly 36% to 29% this quarter because of ramp costs and mix. If gross margin recovers next quarter, the timing and ramp-cost explanation holds. If it does not, then βtimingβ quietly becomes βstructural margin pressure,β and that, not demand, is what would change my mind.
Iβm not pretending this is a smooth quarterly compounder. It is a lumpy project business. You have to underwrite backlog, execution, and margin recovery, not just one quarterβs EPS.
For now, I am treating the selloff as a chance to be patient, not a reason to abandon the thesis.
Disclosure: I am long $PPIH and may add, reduce, or sell at any time without notice. Not investment advice. Do your own work. Small caps are volatile and can be illiquid.