Earnings Call Insights: Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (ATEC) Q4 2025 Management View Patrick Miles, Executive Chairman, CEO & President, highlighted that "we're benefiting significantly from 100% spine focus," citing leadership in lateral, advancing complex procedures, and deformity leadership as key business drivers. Miles emphasized the company's infrastructure for long-term profitable sales growth an...
Earnings Call Insights: Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (ATEC) Q4 2025 Management View Patrick Miles, Executive Chairman, CEO & President, highlighted that "we're benefiting significantly from 100% spine focus," citing leadership in lateral, advancing complex procedures, and deformity leadership as key business drivers. Miles emphasized the company's infrastructure for long-term profitable sales growth and noted, "Q4 2025 highlights are $213 million in revenue, which is a 20% revenue growth, 21% surgical revenue growth in Q4, 20% revenue growth in Established Territories... 23% new surgeons, $33 million in adjusted EBITDA and $8 million in free cash flow." Miles detailed 2025 product advancements, including the release of a bone mineral density test out of EOS, new EOS Insight pediatric tools, cervical segment innovations, a full line of 3D-printed implants, a corpectomy device, and additional biologics. CFO J. Koning reported, “Total revenue in the fourth quarter was $213 million, up $36 million or 20% year-over-year and up $16 million sequentially from the third quarter. Revenue was comprised of $190 million in surgical revenue and $23 million in EOS revenue.” Koning also noted, “Procedural volume growth of 21% was driven by continued surgeon adoption with net new surgeon users increasing 23% in the quarter.” Koning further stated, “Our fourth quarter exit rate of 16% adjusted EBITDA margin reinforces confidence in our 2026 guidance and long-range plan commitments.” Miles announced an exclusive distribution partnership with Theradaptive, aiming to bring a next-generation BNP to market, citing, “It will have 2x to 3x faster bone formation than the gold standard, 325% higher mower Osteoinductivity than the current alternative and projected to have the highest safety margin of any BNP on the market.” Outlook The company projects 2026 revenue growth of 17% to approximately $890 million, with surgical revenue of about $805 million supported by mid-teens volume growth and low s...
One thing I have learnt as an investor is that patience pays. And Michael Saylor just reminded us of the same, especially when it comes to investing in crypto. Bitcoin’s latest pullback has rattled traders. At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $64,497.36, after briefly sliding below ...
One thing I have learnt as an investor is that patience pays. And Michael Saylor just reminded us of the same, especially when it comes to investing in crypto. Bitcoin’s latest pullback has rattled traders. At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $64,497.36, after briefly sliding below ...
Healthcare stocks have underperformed broader equities in recent years. But plenty of companies in the sector still look like good long-term bets. Take Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) , a biotech leader. Although it's faced its share of headwinds of late, the drugmaker could outperform the market through the next decade. Here are two potential reasons why. Image source: Getty Images. Cont...
Healthcare stocks have underperformed broader equities in recent years. But plenty of companies in the sector still look like good long-term bets. Take Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) , a biotech leader. Although it's faced its share of headwinds of late, the drugmaker could outperform the market through the next decade. Here are two potential reasons why. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
BlackJack3D/E+ via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the Harding Loevner Emerging Markets Equity Composite Q4 2025 Commentary. Of the 10 largest contributors to the MSCI EM Index return in 2025, seven were AI-related and accounted for more than 40% of the index's 34% return. The surge in AI-related stocks reflects the sharply accelerating capital investment into the physical in...
BlackJack3D/E+ via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the Harding Loevner Emerging Markets Equity Composite Q4 2025 Commentary. Of the 10 largest contributors to the MSCI EM Index return in 2025, seven were AI-related and accounted for more than 40% of the index's 34% return. The surge in AI-related stocks reflects the sharply accelerating capital investment into the physical infrastructure that enables AI development. Hyperscalers, such as Amazon ( AMZN ) and Meta ( META ), and other Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), which are leading the large-scale build-out of AI data centers, have repeatedly increased capital expenditure plans. Alliance Bernstein ( AB ) estimates that CSP capex could grow at a 36% annual growth rate from 2024 to 2027, reaching approximately US$630 billion. EMs have been a standout beneficiary of this investment wave because a significant portion of the AI physical infrastructure is sourced from EM companies, especially Asia-based global enterprises such as the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC ( TSM ) in Taiwan. These businesses sit at the technological frontier across several industries that are critical to AI development, including leading-edge foundry services, advanced chip packaging, high-bandwidth memory manufacturing, server and rack integration, and power and cooling system design and production. The current AI computing buildout would not be happening without EM companies. The surge in AI-related investment and the resulting uplift in valuations across the supply chain do not come without risk. While real-world AI applications are expanding rapidly, it remains uncertain whether the profits generated from AI will eventually be large enough, and expand quickly enough, to justify the scale of capital being deployed. Concerns around an AI bubble have intensified. We therefore continue to focus on identifying where AI investment is leading to genuine structural improvement in companies' competitive positions within the...
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is creating a second equities unit, focusing on Asia-Pacific markets, becoming the latest multistrategy hedge fund to operate multiple stock-picking businesses. The New York-based firm is launching Triwood Asset Management, which will pursue a long-short equity strategy in Asia and be led by veteran portfolio manager Yasuhiro Tamaki , according to an internal memo seen...
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is creating a second equities unit, focusing on Asia-Pacific markets, becoming the latest multistrategy hedge fund to operate multiple stock-picking businesses. The New York-based firm is launching Triwood Asset Management, which will pursue a long-short equity strategy in Asia and be led by veteran portfolio manager Yasuhiro Tamaki , according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg. Triwood will start with Tamaki and around 30 staff who already report to him, plus new hires, Schonfield Chief Executive Officer Ryan Tolkin said in the note. Tamaki, who is based in Hong Kong, will continue to run his Japan-focused book while taking on his new responsibilities. Triwood’s operations will be spread across Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and New York, according to the memo. Both Triwood and the Global Equities business, which will operate independently in the Asia-Pacific region, will report to Tolkin. A Schonfeld representative declined to comment. Multistrategy, multimanager hedge fund firms have grown assets rapidly in recent years and are expanding their equities operations into multiple units. Point72 Asset Management began its Valist Asset Management unit at the beginning of this year . Citadel has several stock-picking businesses, including Surveyor Capital and Ashler Capital . Balyasny Asset Management has an equities unit named Corbets Capital and another called Longaeva Partners. Schonfeld, which manages around $17.5 billion, made its first foray into Asia-Pacific in 2016 with an investment in Folger Hill Asset Management, which it later took over in 2018. Schonfeld has around 200 employees in the region, with its largest office in Hong Kong. The move to focus on Asia equities comes as several markets in the region stage a comeback. Japanese stocks are hovering at a record as deflation ends and corporate governance reforms take hold, while benchmark indexes in South Korea and Taiwan have outperformed the S&P 500 in the past year. Volatili...
"Anathema In The University Mission": Bari Weiss Canceled At UCLA Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was supposed to give the UCLA Burkle Center’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial guest lecture on “The Future of Journalism.” It was a wonderful opportunity for students to hear from one of the impactful voices in the media. However, they will not be able to do so...
"Anathema In The University Mission": Bari Weiss Canceled At UCLA Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was supposed to give the UCLA Burkle Center’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial guest lecture on “The Future of Journalism.” It was a wonderful opportunity for students to hear from one of the impactful voices in the media. However, they will not be able to do so after a successful cancel campaign supported by faculty members. The College Fix reports that roughly 11,000 people signed a petition demanding the university cancel the event , and a leader at the center hosting her talk threatened to resign if the journalist spoke. One of the most outspoken critics was Margaret Peters, associate director of the Burkle Center, who suggested that she would resign even if Weiss were allowed to speak virtually, according to The Daily Bruin. The LA Times reported that UCLA was turning to the common excuse of security concerns to effectively yield to the heckler’s veto. Peters told The Daily Bruin: “that she believes Weiss has used the guise of free speech to attack people on the left whose opinions she does not agree with – and having her speak at a signatory lecture would legitimize these actions... To invite somebody who is working against that mission in highly powerful places just seems like anathema in the university mission. ” This statement is an example of the culture that is inculcated into students who become intolerant in college. It explains why students feel righteous in shouting down or interrupting speakers. What is “anathema” to the academic mission is the viewpoint intolerance and orthodoxy shown by Peters and the faculty and students at UCLA. In accusing Weiss of attacking those with “opinions she does not agree with,” Peters demanded that Weiss be silenced as someone with opinions that she does not agree with. The lack of self-awareness is a common element among many in higher education who claim to support free speech and ...
Nippon Steel Corp. shares slumped after the company said it planned to sell almost $4 billion of bonds to help fund the acquisition of United States Steel Corp. Shares of Japan’s biggest steelmaker fell as much as 5.3% after the open in Tokyo. The company is seeking 600 billion yen ($3.9 billion) from an upsized sale of convertible bonds to help repay bridge loans it took out for the US Steel purc...
Nippon Steel Corp. shares slumped after the company said it planned to sell almost $4 billion of bonds to help fund the acquisition of United States Steel Corp. Shares of Japan’s biggest steelmaker fell as much as 5.3% after the open in Tokyo. The company is seeking 600 billion yen ($3.9 billion) from an upsized sale of convertible bonds to help repay bridge loans it took out for the US Steel purchase. The debt sale is the largest of its kind ever in Japanese corporate history, Jefferies Japan analysts including Thanh Ha Pham said in a note on Tuesday. “We’d expect potential dilution and debt servicing costs to weigh on the stock,” they said. Read More: Nippon Steel Upsizes Bond Sale for US Steel Loan to $3.8 Billion Nippon Steel’s bridging loan of about 2 trillion yen is approaching maturity in June. The firm finalized the takeover last year after 18 months of negotiations that became entangled in American politics, and has plans to build a major new steel plant in the US. The outstanding balance on the bridging loan has been reduced to around 1.3 trillion yen, Chief Financial Officer Takahiko Iwai said in an interview last week, with repayments made using funds raised through yen-denominated hybrid loans and other instruments. The company’s total interest-bearing debt doubled to 5.3 trillion yen in December 2025 from March the same year.
Explanatory Note: The press release issued on the morning of February 24, 2026 included language regarding changes in customer order patterns and an intention to suspend quarterly guidance. This language was included in error. The Company hereby clarifies that it has not experienced recent changes in customer order patterns in any material respect. The Company also confirms that it is not suspendi...
Explanatory Note: The press release issued on the morning of February 24, 2026 included language regarding changes in customer order patterns and an intention to suspend quarterly guidance. This language was included in error. The Company hereby clarifies that it has not experienced recent changes in customer order patterns in any material respect. The Company also confirms that it is not suspending quarterly guidance, and intends to continue providing quarterly guidance consistent with its current practice. There are no other changes to the Company’s reported financial results.