Radke called the bond market math the biggest issue this week, citing headlines that put CoreWeave's chance of bankruptcy over the next few years at roughly a coin flip.
When asked who will win and lose five years out, Radke pointed to scale as the deciding factor. He pointed to large neo-clouds such as CoreWeave and Oracle, which have gigawatts of capacity.
He does not expect hundreds of such neo-cloud providers. If the cost of capital rises, that will hurt smaller players and benefit the large, scaled firms he covers.
Clients keep asking whether AI is a competitor or an ally for software, and the answer has split the market into two camps that became clear in the second half of this year.
Consolidation is picking up, with strategic buyers and private equity firms both bidding for pressured application companies.
A Salesforce deal to buy Praise was among the day's headlines, and the firm covers both the acquirers and the targets.
You're seeing a lot more consolidation, both strategic as well as some private equity bids out there.
Salesforce sits among the most debated names in Radke's coverage. The stock has outperformed many software peers and rose about 20% after its last quarterly report.
The company has also completed a string of acquisitions, so the open question is whether it can accelerate growth organically.
On Microsoft's long-term picture, the company still holds some of the most underappreciated pricing power in the market. Office, with cybersecurity and AI through Copilot, costs under $100 a month, while other software companies charge hundreds of dollars.
He sees room to monetize further as Copilot agents are built out. In a recent CIO survey, Microsoft's in-house models were rated right up there with the leading labs.
He sees the Office franchise and Azure accelerating over a multi-year period, and expects revenue and earnings growth north of 20%, perhaps 30%.
Radke picked MongoDB as his top idea right now, arguing that software creation is growing. MongoDB is a database company, and agents and applications need databases to be built.
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