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Dear Reader,
Institutions own approximately 88% of its shares.
BlackRock reportedly owns 32 million shares worth roughly $716 million. Vanguard owns another 48 million shares worth nearly $1.1 billion.
One major investor nearly doubled its position to 8.2 million shares. And management authorized the repurchase of 40 million shares.
That is not casual interest.
That is serious money surrounding one virtually unknown American company.
So what do they see?
This company generates approximately $3.2 billion in operating income while carrying a market value of only around $8 billion.
It controls a massive American oil and natural gas operation at a moment when AI data centers desperately need reliable electricity.
It has even signed a multi-year, multimillion-dollar agreement with Palantir to use AI to improve equipment reliability, well performance, raw-material use and distribution.
Wall Street knows the name.
Trump publicly defended the company when a major trading partner targeted its profits by raising their taxes.
But Main Street remains largely outside the room.
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P.S. Institutions control 88% of the shares. BlackRock and Vanguard own tens of millions.
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3 Stocks Facing New Pressure From Section 338 Tariffs on Canadian Goods
By Dan Schmidt. Published: 8/28/2026.
Key Points
- New Section 338 tariffs target Canadian-manufactured goods like apparel, plywood, cement, and textiles, sparing companies that merely headquarter in Canada.
- Canada Goose faces the steepest impact since it manufactures most apparel domestically, with its stock down nearly 40% in 2026 amid margin pressure.
- West Fraser Timber and Amrize also face compounding tariff and cost headwinds, with both stocks showing bearish technical trends and analyst downgrades.
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The bond market continues to flash warning signs as the Trump administration expands its trade war—and no, you haven’t entered a time machine and returned to April 2025. This time, it’s the Section 338 law being applied. However, the proclamation titled “Motor Vehicles” doesn’t apply to cars or other goods already targeted by Section 232 tariffs. Instead, these Section 338 levies target imports such as apparel, plywood, cement, textiles and sporting goods manufactured in Canada. Companies headquartered in Canada that don’t manufacture there aren’t subject to these levies, which is why stocks such as Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) and Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE: GIL) didn’t move following the announcement.
Canada Goose: The Clear Loser of the Latest Tariff Barrage
The biggest loser from the new tariffs is Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GOOS), which manufactures most of its apparel in Canada. While U.S. revenue accounts for only 25% of the total, this still represents a significant headwind for a company that lacks the ability to source from Asia, as Lululemon and Gildan do.
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See where Kaplan says to move your money before August 31stDuring its Q1 fiscal year 2027 earnings call in July, CEO Neil Bowden said the current tariff implementation, without mitigation, would reduce Canada Goose’s fiscal 2027 operating margin to less than 200 basis points (bps).
The stock is down more than 7% since the earnings announcement and has lost almost 40% of its value so far in 2026. However, management maintained its fiscal 2027 revenue projections, making guidance during the Nov. 5 conference call the key factor to watch moving forward.
The stock’s collapse will be difficult to reverse in the current environment, and the chart shows several technical headwinds putting additional pressure on buyers. Resistance at the 50-day moving average has been strong, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) continues to trade below 50 without reaching oversold territory, which could otherwise trigger a rebound.
West Fraser: Cumulative Tariff Effects Continue to Pressure the Bottom Line
According to management at West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (NYSE: WFG), the new tariffs affect approximately 3% of its plywood and 20% of its laminated veneer lumber (LVL), making the direct impact fairly immaterial to its bottom line.
However, the Section 338 tariffs are layered on top of the Section 232 tariffs, which have already begun affecting the company.
West Fraser missed both top- and bottom-line expectations in its Q2 2026 results released July 29, reporting a loss of 78 cents per share for the period.
Management maintained its guidance but noted that it was still measuring the impact of the new tariffs while dealing with rising costs.
WFG shares peaked above $100 shortly before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, but the incoming administration’s tariff plans caused investors to flee the stock. Those impacts are now beginning to appear in earnings. Recently, the stock has traded in a tight range between $72.50 and $62.50, but both the RSI and Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicators show that momentum is weakening again following the collapse of tariff negotiations.
Amrize: A Stock to Watch to Understand the Cement Mechanism
Before discussing the prospects of Amrize Inc. Ltd. (NYSE: AMRZ), it’s important to understand how imported cement moves through the U.S. market. The U.S. imported approximately 20% of its cement in 2025, but those imports aren’t evenly distributed. Cement imports—of which Canada, Turkey and Vietnam supply 70%—mostly move through coastal ports, while Canadian supply arrives by rail or through Great Lakes shipping.
Canadian cement represents only 7% of total U.S. consumption, but most of that consumption is concentrated in New York, Washington and New England. Across these states, Canadian cement accounts for more than one-third of total consumption, and domestic capacity hasn’t expanded in more than a decade. Unlike their Vietnamese and Turkish counterparts, Canadian suppliers have no rerouting options to blunt the impact of inland delivery costs.
Here’s where the tradable information comes in. Amrize operates plants in Alpena, Michigan; Joppa, Illinois; and Ravena, New York—the last cement plant in New York—which sit along shipping corridors most likely to be affected by tariff-induced disruption. However, it also owns plants in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec that would face 50% tariffs on shipments to the mainland U.S.
The company hopes to mitigate some tariffs with dual labels citing “Made in America” and “Product of Canada,” but it cited high material costs as a headwind during its Q2 2026 results released earlier this month. Management expected profitability to improve by fiscal Q4 but made that statement before Canada-U.S. negotiations fell apart. The development also failed to stop analyst downgrades and price-target reductions.
AMRZ shares are also stuck in a technical downtrend, highlighted by a Death Cross in June that created stiff resistance at the 50-day moving average. The RSI has also fallen below 50 into bearish territory but remains stubbornly above the oversold threshold.
AST SpaceMobile’s FCC Test Arrives as Investors Weigh a Costly Q2 Miss
By Jessica Mitacek. Published: 8/20/2026.
Key Points
- The FCC granted AST SpaceMobile a temporary 30-day permit to test its 800 MHz spectrum on unmodified devices, running through Sept. 12 and tied to its T-Mobile partnership.
- Investor enthusiasm cooled after AST SpaceMobile's Aug. 10 earnings showed a sixth consecutive EPS miss and a more than 137% jump in capital expenditures.
- Despite a $1.3 billion revenue backlog and rising institutional inflows, Wall Street keeps a consensus Hold rating on ASTS amid elevated short interest and volatility.
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Space-based cellular broadband network provider AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) is facing its next big test as the company continues building out its constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) BlueBird satellites.
On Friday, Aug. 14, the Midland, Texas-based company, which provides direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity, received a 30-day authorization from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to test its satellite connectivity using the 800 MHz spectrum and up to 100 commercially available, unmodified devices.
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See where Kaplan says to move your money before August 31stThe clearance comes at a critical time for the company and its investors, with shares of the SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) rival struggling to regain the year-to-date (YTD) and all-time high set on May 28. Since then, the stock is down nearly 50%.
AST SpaceMobile Aims to Take Advantage of Temporary FCC Authorization
AST SpaceMobile’s 30-day authorization, which runs through Sept. 12, includes testing the 817 MHz to 824 MHz Earth-to-space uplink bands. These are specific radio frequency ranges used by devices, including mobile phones, to transmit data to a central network, cell tower, or satellite.
The authorization also includes testing the 862 MHz to 869 MHz space-to-Earth downlink bands. These frequencies transmit data, voice, or video from a central network source, such as the company’s BlueBird satellites.
These spectrum bands are available for D2D services because their signals travel farther and penetrate buildings better than higher-frequency waves. That makes them particularly relevant to AST SpaceMobile’s objective of providing cellular connectivity to rural areas and so-called dead zones.
However, the testing currently permitted by the FCC is limited to noncommercial applications.
According to the FCC’s authorization, the agency also mandated that all AST SpaceMobile testing comply with the company’s existing agreement with communication services sector giant T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS).
That cooperative effort—along with AST SpaceMobile’s more than 60 other strategic partners—is essential to the company’s goal of putting 45 BlueBirds into LEO by early 2027.
It also builds on the joint venture between AT&T (NYSE: T), T-Mobile, and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), announced May 14, that aims to expand satellite-based D2D wireless coverage in the United States by pooling spectrum resources, improving D2D capacity, and creating a more unified platform for satellite providers. Currently, only T-Mobile uses Starlink to fill coverage gaps, while AT&T and Verizon have agreements in place with AST SpaceMobile.
Successful FCC Test Could Provide a Tailwind Following Q2 Earnings Miss
The 30-day authorization could not be better timed. Shares of ASTS are up nearly 17% over the past month and have been trying to regain momentum since late May, when a sell-off took hold. The stock hit its YTD low on July 29 after falling more than 60% from its May 28 all-time high.
But a subpar Q2 earnings report on Aug. 10 derailed that reversal. AST SpaceMobile reported earnings per share (EPS) of negative 77 cents, well below the analyst consensus estimate of negative 32 cents. Quarterly revenue of $31.52 million also missed the analyst forecast of $34.53 million.
The EPS miss was the company’s sixth consecutive miss and followed an equally disappointing Q1 miss. The Q2 report also shed light on other areas of concern. Specifically, capital expenditures (CapEx) ballooned from around $257 million to more than $610 million, an increase of over 137% for the rapidly scaling company.
Adjusted operating expenses also raised concerns. Engineering services costs increased more than 205% year over year (YOY), while adjusted operating expenses surged more than 130% YOY, from $51.7 million to more than $119 million.
Guidance was also worrisome. Q3 adjusted operating expenses are expected to increase to between $105 million and $115 million, while the company’s 2026 revenue plan remains highly dependent on successful satellite launches, gateway deliveries, and contract milestones. AST SpaceMobile has now beaten EPS expectations in just two of the past 10 quarters.
The report was not without highlights, though. AST SpaceMobile announced that it has approximately $1.3 billion in revenue backlog and more than $3.7 billion in pro forma cash, equivalents, and restricted cash. It also reported three U.S. government contract awards with more than $100 million in funded value expected in 2026–2027. The company said government revenue could become a recurring, multibillion-dollar annual opportunity beginning in 2027.
Wall Street Remains Wary
Despite a nearly $86 consensus price target, reflecting 30% potential upside, sentiment on ASTS is mixed.
Of the 12 analysts currently covering the stock, four have assigned it a Buy rating, while the stock carries a consensus Hold rating.
Insider buying has dried up over the past year, with just two purchases totaling around $187,000 versus seven sales totaling more than $451 million.
However, institutional ownership has been decidedly bullish. Over the past year, inflows of $2.29 billion from 378 buyers have easily surpassed outflows of just over $364 million from 107 sellers.
Current short interest remains elevated at 18.51% of the float. However, that isn’t atypical for a high-volatility stock that currently carries a beta of 2.76.
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