$RBRK Rubrik Tape Reports
Per Ticker.id: $RBRK Rubrik Tape Reports — 5 podcast mentions across 2 podcasts (30 days), latest 2026-08-25 21:26 UTC.
Now, there aren't really pure-play companies with publicly traded stocks that you can use to play that angle yet. We're all familiar with the names out there, your CrowdStrike, Zscalers, Cloudflare, Rubrik, all of these things. And they all talk a good game on this. But those companies were all founded a long, long time before this new environment. So cybersecurity has already changed fundamentally. And so companies will come to market in the next year, 2 years, 3 years, that have never known a world that wasn't machine controlled. And I think that's where we're heading. So the whole playing field has changed. And again, this is, it will never go back. It's now always going to be machine versus machine. I mean, we are, you know, to all intents and purposes in cybersecurity, we do now live in a Matrix environment where humans have a peripheral involvement, but only peripheral. Machines now, rule the day on this, on this, on the cybersecurity surface.
Alex King — Investing Experts · Don't sleep on software · 2026-08-25What is it trying to do in the end? And if it gets passed, what real impact will it have on the sector as a whole? We have other topics on the docket as well. One is in regards to private credit, and there's a way to look into the private credit industry, and it is through public companies that invest in the same type of businesses these private private equity and private credit companies do. And those are the BDCs. So we're going to look at the, in aggregate, what kind of trends are happening underneath the surface within that part of the credit markets, because ultimately that is extremely important these days. It's not just what the big banks are doing. They're not really taking the, the, the, the risk. Even the corporate bond market is much safer than it had been in the past because Most of these companies are just finding capital in private markets or through BDCs. So it's going to be interesting to see what they're saying about that slice of— large slice now— of the credit markets. And then brands. We're talking about brands everybody knows, like Heinz ketchup, like Prego, like Smucker's. General Mills, et cetera. There are a million brands that were big in an era where if you just did some TV commercials, you could get a lot of brand recognition. Now the media environment's so dispersed and people care less about brands. They care more about, you know, is it organic or what is the price? Uh, is it, you know, have a certain flavor that I want? Etc., that these major brands are losing their shine. And what does that mean for the packaged food market in general long term? So we'll look at that. We also have voice bank questions on investment loss and then Rubrik Incorporated, RBRK, and of course questions that came in via the comment section on the Invest Talk, Invest Talk YouTube channel. But we're going to head into a quick break. You can call me anytime 24/7, 365 on the InvestTalk Voice Bank. Or if you're listening live on our website, our livestream there, or possibly on AM 1220 in the Bay Area, you can call right now at 888-99-CHART. Hang on because I plan to talk about today's market activity in the next segment.
Justin Klein — InvestTalk · Regulation catches up to digital assets · 2026-08-25Hey, Luke and Justin, Bill from Philadelphia here calling about Rubrik, RBRK. It's a cybersecurity, uh, cloud-based, uh, business that has run up quite nicely. I'm up roughly a little over 100% on it and wanted to get your thoughts on if it's at a fair value now. I know I should probably be trimming a little, but at the same time, I think it could run up a little more. I wanted to see what you guys thought about holding for a little longer and maybe taking profits as it climbs a little more. Love what you guys do. As always, looking forward to hearing your answer on the show.
Speaker C — InvestTalk · Regulation catches up to digital assets · 2026-08-25All right, looking at Rubrik. They provide cloud-based data security solutions. The business was losing money consistently year after year after year until really this year. They lost a penny last year, so basically breakeven. Now, so let's make 31 cents this year and 64 cents next year. The problem is it's a $98 stock. Now, these cybersecurity names in general traded a pretty high premium. So with that in mind, it's not that dramatically overvalued compared to most in, in, in the industry. My question really more is how is this better than the others? There are a lot of different cybersecurity companies out there that are trading at more reasonable valuations. This has good growth, but mainly on the top line because you're coming off of a low base— sorry, bottom line, because you're coming off of a low base. The top line, uh, growing 25% this year, 22% next year. For a small name, that's That's good, but that's not amazing. If I'm being honest with you. I mean, we use SentinelOne, for example, for a KPP. They're also trading at a pretty hefty premium, but not as high as Rubrik. So that's my question. I would have to be very confident that Rubrik has something special that's different than these other cybersecurity names. It's going to keep their growth above average compared to the rest of the industry. And I'm just— I haven't seen— I've done research in the space. I haven't seen Rubrik come out on top for any of those reasons. Maybe you're a cybersecurity expert, you have something, you know, we don't know at KPP. But unless that's the case, I would rather own some of the bigger names that have just better profitability, better cash flow, and aren't trading at quite the premium. Let's go answer a YouTube comment question. It says— Corey Durbin says, what are your thoughts on EnerSys, ENS is the symbol. I'm looking for another way to invest in the increased power demand in the coming years aside from investing in the utility provider, uranium, natural gas. ENS has experienced stellar earnings growth and appears to still be trading at a reasonable valuation. Do you think this is a company that has more upside, or is it worth investing at this price? Looking at EnerSys, this is a about $7 billion market cap.
Justin Klein — InvestTalk · Regulation catches up to digital assets · 2026-08-25Pull it up on a couple systems here. One of my main red flags is it's kind of in a downtrend, right? The last caller, Rubrik, that was a nice uptrend. Technicals are fine, there's more evaluation thing. But now ENS is topped back in— what was this, May— at about $2.45. Now we're at $1.87, already on 23% from its 52-week high. So let's turn to 1437 next year. What do they do? Manufacture and markets industrial batteries. Ah, so they're doing well because these data centers, uh, some of them might run on solar, they need backup, so they need battery systems, etc. And earnings have gone from $4.47 in 2021 all the way to $13.37 this year, then $14 $1.37 next year. Analysts are upgrading those earnings. I like that. Hmm, it is at the 200-day moving average, so it's at decent support. Let me give you even better support numbers. Yeah, look at the valuation here. So good balance sheet, that's good. Enterprise value, you get around 10. I like that. Here's my issue. Why I like it: I like the valuation's decent, the return on equity is solid, 18.5%, the cash flow is good, the balance sheet's good. I like all those things. My problem is the whole sector is getting a bit of, you know, it's going through a down cycle. Now that might only last for another month or two, who knows. But, you know, near term, I, I have issues with it. But I do think that this is one of those names that you want to probably be buying on dips, because if the demand for this type of product continues with AI data center buildouts, this will be consistent, right? They'll be servicing on these power systems, there'll be new ones that need to be installed, etc. So I like this, I like the valuation, I like the profitability. I just don't love the chart near term. I would love it down around $140. That would be, uh, screaming buy down there. It's at $187 now. Let's go answer one more caller question now.
Justin Klein — InvestTalk · Regulation catches up to digital assets · 2026-08-25