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- SiriusXM (SIRI) has experienced a significant price increase recently, despite no apparent news catalysts. The author speculates potential drivers include institutional buying interest, possibly fueled by leaked information or a reassessment of its value proposition based on cash flow, buybacks, and dividends. The stock was previously considered a value play due to subscriber losses offset by strong financials.
SIRI hit its 52-week-high on no news (from what I can tell). I'm wondering if the hive mind here may have any idea what's going on?
For context, SIRI has been a value play for a while due to losing subscribers year-over-year but with low churn and retaining massive cash flow, fueling cannibalization (buybacks) and a large dividend. This has all been helped by lower capex due to where they are in their satellite launch cycle.
SIRI was on my radar starting around a year ago with Ted Weschler's high-conviction bet. I'd been a bag holder for a while and (unfortunately for me) had actually started trimming the position because I was tired of good news being met with no market reaction (that's a lesson for me to reflect on another time).
Anyway, after a year of no/negative movement, it's up 24% this month and I can't figure out why. Maybe others have hypotheses on what might be driving institutional buyers to consider it now when they weren't before? Maybe there's leaked info somewhere that hasn't yet made it to the public? Appreciate your all's perspective!