As we near the end of another earnings season, our focus has been on those companies that benefited from the peak of COVID disruption a year ago, and the impact to their businesses as the world returns to some semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy.
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service (USPS) unveiled its ten-year plan, “Delivering For America,” to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence. Consistent with postal reform efforts in recent years, much of the plan hinges upon legislative actions and regulatory changes, including the elimination of mandates requiring the USPS to prefund retiree health benefits, full integration of Postal Service-specific health plans with Medicare, and increased pricing flexibility for market dominant products i.e. traditional mail.
Read MoreThe summer doldrums are around the corner, but there was still plenty of news across the software industry to digest this week. Although MicroStrategy (MSTR) had previously outlined a new strategic approach to its capital allocation policies, shares rose as the company began to execute against those plans.
Read MoreResilience is the word du jour in earnings calls thus far in the Q2 ’20 software earnings season and may prove to be an apt description considering many produced solid growth despite GDP contracting by a third in the U.S.
Read MoreThe United Postal Service’s (USPS) monthly data for April revealed a 54.7% Y/Y increase in PC Postage revenue, marking a significant acceleration from the 13.4% increase in March and the 13.7% increase in the same period last year. This comes as no surprise as management’s commentary during Stamps.com’s (STMP) Q1 earnings call highlighted double-digit growth in U.S. dollar volume processed across all carriers in March and growth north of 50% in April.
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