Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty Images Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LTH) operates approximately 160 fitness centers across the United States serving more than 800k members. The company has found success through a wellness lifestyle approach incorporating premium amenities at resort-like destinations. The attraction here is an impressive growth outlook with firming profitability in recent quarters….
mysticenergy Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) is a primarily natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company currently trades with a market cap of $7 Billion. The company was started all the way back in July 1929, just as the Great Depression was about to get underway. Over the years, the company plodded…
passion4nature/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Investment Thesis Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), a conglomerate with interests in various sectors such as aviation, industrial, and defense, shows promising financial growth in Q2 2023. Most notably, the company’s Aviation and Industrial segments are flourishing, registering significant revenue upticks. Also, as of July 1, 2023, the company is sitting on…
Shidlovski Writing about Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) a month ago, ahead of a panel meeting on the company’s application to market Onpattro for cardiomyopathy from transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (or ATTR-CM), I said I expected to see pointed questions about the efficacy metrics that Alnylam used for its APOLLO-B study and 10% to 20% downside risk if the…
metamorworks Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist. Equities have been under pressure, and so have closed-end fund (“CEF”) discounts. The last time we covered Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund (NYSE:IGA), it was trading at a deep discount, and that’s where it remains today, which still makes it a tempting offering in…
ALEXIUZ Whenever conflict occurs in the world, travel stocks like Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) dip. The cruise line stock has now fallen over $20 from the highs, while the prospects for cruise travel hasn’t changed one bit. My investment thesis remains ultra Bullish on the cruise line stock, though the industry is headed into…
FredFroese /iStock via Getty Images We reiterate our buy rating on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) aka TSMC. While the slower-than-expected Chinese recovery and macro headwinds pressuring end demand momentum continue, we think the TSMC stock has now priced in the negatives; the stock has underperformed the S&P 500 (SP500) slightly since our cautious…
.shock Company Snapshot Ultralife Corporation (NASDAQ:ULBI) is a designer and manufacturer of portable power solutions, and communication and electronic systems, which are primarily used by the government, defense, and commercial industries. The company reports under two segments- a) Battery and Energy Products (85% of group revenue), and b) Communication Systems (15% of group revenue). Whilst…
Philip Rozenski/iStock via Getty Images The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. Today, we take a deeper look at a manufacturer that dominates its market and is seeing somewhat of a turnaround. The stock has a healthy dividend yield and has seen some recent insider buying as…
alvarez DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) is a small-cap natural gas infrastructure firm structured as a C-Corp., so no dreaded K-1s. DTM’s focus is on the Marcellus/Utica and Haynesville dry gas fields, which combined account for approximately 50% of total US dry gas production. DTM operates both unregulated gathering pipelines and FERC- and state-regulated interstate and intrastate…
Kobus Louw Dividends have been a lousy equity factor in 2023. Notice in the graph below from WisdomTree that the “high dividend” slice of the stock market is underperforming every other category popular with smart-beta investors. This year’s gains have been focused within the growth style and among high-quality companies that have been able to…
Wirestock Introduction Marine Products Corporation (NYSE:MPX) is a leading manufacturer of recreational fiberglass powerboats in the sport and fishing boat markets. The company has two brands: Chaparral and Robalo. Chaparral offers sterndrive and outboard pleasure boats, while Robalo offers outboard sport fishing boats. Even if the company keeps experiencing a solid momentum in revenue growth,…
The emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) has ignited widespread interest, sparking enthusiasm among central bankers, generating curiosity within financial media, and fueling spirited debates in the Bitcoin community. Among cryptocurrency enthusiasts, opinions on CBDCs vary widely, ranging from viewing them as powerful tools for government surveillance and control to seeing them as desperate…
Juanmonino It’s been a little over two months since I sold my shares in United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) at a small profit, and in that time the shares are down about 14.4% against a loss of about 3.5% for the S&P 500. Obviously, a stock that’s trading at $154 is a safer investment than…
Treasury yields fell in the US as the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, with several thousand dead and wounded. Treasury yields fell in the US on Tuesday as investors consider the economic and geopolitical effects of the ongoing war between Israel and Palestinian militant movement Hamas. Early Tuesday morning, the 10-year Treasury fell…
AzmanJaka/E+ via Getty Images Analysis Summary Today I’ll be covering Alcon (NYSE:ALC), in the healthcare sector, subsector of healthcare supplies. According to its Seeking Alpha profile, it trades on the NYSE, is based in Switzerland, and is a company that researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products for eye care professionals and their…
Beyond Binance’s own commitment, the IRI garnered an additional $100 million in contributions from 18 organizations by February 2023. A recent report from Bloomberg suggests that the $1 billion Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), launched by Binance has fallen short of expectations, with only 2.7% of the committed funds deployed. The Industry Recovery Initiative was first…
Adam Gault The U.S. economy is currently experiencing a rare event that hasn’t been witnessed since 1949: a shrinking money supply. M2 has declined by a whopping ~$700 billion since the hiking cycle began. This phenomenon is sparking discussions and debates about its causes, implications, and effects on various financial instruments, including the SPDR® S&P…
In a bid to showcase how serious the Neutron project has become, more than 190 million ATOM tokens have been staked through the CosmWasm platform. Leading cryptocurrency exchange by Bitcoin balance and registered global users with KYC, Binance, has announced that Neutron (NTRN), a cross-chain smart-contracting platform, will be available for spot and margin trading…
Arkadiusz Warguła Summary Last week the Mexican airport regulator surprised the market with a unilateral change to the formula by which Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (NYSE:ASR) charges for regulated services i.e., passenger and airline fees. The stock sold down sharply on the news, at one point off 26% to US$177. In my view, there are…
Subsquid’s integration with Flare paves the way for greater innovation and collaboration in the blockchain ecosystem. Flare Network, an EVM smart contract platform, has announced its collaboration with Subsquid, a full-stack blockchain indexing solution to make historical data stored on the Flare blockchain readily available to developers utilizing the Subsquid network. Subsquid: A Game-Changer for…
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images Later this month, the management team at telecommunications infrastructure giant Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) is expected to announce financial results covering the third quarter of its 2023 fiscal year. Leading up to that time, it seems as though investors are not terribly optimistic about what the future holds. Due in part…
Saudi Arabia and Chinese universities to work on AceGPT, an Arabic-focused AI system based on Meta’s LlaMA2, designed as an AI assistant for Arabic speakers. Every big country on the planet has been spearheading efforts to build new artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has joined forces…
VPanteon/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. – Wikipedia While I don’t really like quoting Wikipedia, it does make sense here, as we’re discussing…
Everyone has heard about the 4-year cycle that Bitcoin is going through, but have you ever thought of the idea that Bitcoin might be going through a bigger cycle? And could this bigger cycle reflect the way humans adopt new technologies? And is it possible we have seen something similar before with another technology like…
Justin Paget Thesis Richardson Electronics (NASDAQ:RELL) is a distributor that provides engineering solutions through systems integration, prototype design, and manufacturing. It is a distributor that acts as an extension of both a company’s salesforce and engineering force. In the last couple of years, RELL has seen rapid success with its new Green Energy solutions with…
Julian Assange holds up a copy of the Guardian newspaper during a press conference in London on July 26, 2010. Andrew Winning / Reuters file What’s started with a mysterious inscription on October 7 may end up turning into the latest global protest in support of journalist and activist Julian Assange. As revealed by Bitcoin…
Joe Raedle/Getty Images News American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) is expected to report FQ3 2023’s earnings pre-market on Thursday, October 19th. Analysts expect the company to report earnings of 26 cents per share on the back of $13.54 billion in revenue. Should American Airlines meet these numbers, it’d represent a massive EPS decline of 62%…
Following the earnings report, the shares of PepsiCo saw a price increase. Yesterday, PepsiCo stock closed the trading session at $161.36 per share. In the pre-market trade today, PepsiCo shares are 0.84% up, or at $162.71 per share. PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) has released its earnings report for the third quarter of 2023. One of the world’s…
istanbulimage Investment Thesis Opera’s (NASDAQ:OPRA) share price plummeted around 60% since its highs when it surged over 600% from October ’22 lows. I wanted to take a look at the company’s financials to see if, fundamentally, the company is sound, which it looks like it is. Some improvements would be needed, however, at this price,…
The police confirm that all 11 victims, so far, have reported combined losses to the excess of $446,000. The Hong Kong police force has cautioned about a new phishing scam technique that bad actors are using to target Binance users in the region. According to a Monday post, no less than 11 users of the…
NicolasMcComber/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Back in April, I wrote that GameStop (NYSE:GME) was facing numerous headwinds and that the valuation didn’t make much sense, placing a “Sell” rating on the name. With the stock down over -20% since then and down -35% since I reiterated my “Sell” rating, let’s catch-up on the video game…
Despite the selling pressure, Bitcoin has outperformed the broader crypto market with its market share crossing over 50%. Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market have come under selling pressure amid rising geopolitical uncertainties and a recent war eruption between Israel and Palestine. The developments led to more than $100 million in bull call liquidations in…
David Aughenbaugh/iStock via Getty Images When covering the aerospace industry, probably the last company I would have expected to cover is a company active in aerial firefighting and surveillance, but here we are. When looking at new aerospace names, I found Bridger Aerospace (NASDAQ:BAER) and the name of the company already is somewhat of a…
CCS Insight predicts that the EU will indeed be the first to introduce specific regulations for AI. CCS Insight, a leading technology research firm has made a bold prediction that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in for a reality check in 2024, as the hype surrounding this transformative technology gives way to the practical challenges…
BlackJack3D Thesis Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD) is an undercovered artificial intelligence (AI) data engineering company that is trading significantly below the valuations of comparable private AI companies like ScaleAI. Now down ~40% from its post-earnings highs, the company’s current valuation and forward-expected parabolic growth trajectory present an opportunity for investors to become a part of this company…
The reason for the surprise was that the average sale price for CrypToadz is typically under $1,000, making the sudden hundredfold increase in value in a short period of time seem questionable to experts. On October 9th, an anonymous crypto user bought a CrypToadz NFT on the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea for a shocking price…
Kameleon007 Overview The market continues to monitor developments in Israel and the Middle East. The economic calendar is light today, and the market is showing a strong appetite for risk. Except for China and South Korea, large bourses in the Asia-Pacific rallied. Japan’s indices jumped more than 2% and Australia by 1% to lead the…
In 2024, the prices are expected to further go up. According to a Wall Street analyst Brandt Montour, the rise in ticket prices for 2024 sailings will be set 20% to 30% higher than 2019 levels. The 2023 cruise industry is booming, it has significantly surpassed pre-pandemic 2019 levels and broken sales records in a rapid…
Julio Tamayo LendingTree, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TREE) stock chart and trend looks like something straight out of a horror movie about stock market. The stock is down 52.34% in the last 10 years 93.73% in the last 5 years 44.66% in the last year 36.90% YTD 45.74% in the last 6 months 23.12% in the last month…
Google Play accounted for 9 million ChatGPT downloads in September, while the other 6.6 million were recorded by the App Store. The total number of ChatGPT downloads has hit 52.2 million. OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT has seen a record growth in downloads in September, which brought the revenue generated by its mobile app to $4.58 million….
Pavel Muravev Introduction One of the most debated topics concerning investing recently is whether Environmental, Social, and Governance, known as ESG, is a good investment strategy to follow. Even if results say yes, one could ask legitimately whether that is due to the ESG screening or just the massive inflows into ESG funds. This article…
WM Motor’s struggle highlights the challenges smaller companies and new startups face in China’s fiercely competitive EV market. China’s electric vehicle (EV) landscape is witnessing a significant development as WM Motor, a notable player in the industry, officially filed for bankruptcy protection in a Shanghai court. The announcement came through a notice published on China’s…
kynny ECARX Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ECX) is having some trouble getting out of the China starting gate, despite a recent string of announcements designed to show its autonomous driving technology is gaining momentum from a growing customer base that includes many global names. But a closer look at that list shows that most of the names…
Collectibles sold on the platform may also be bridged to mainstream platforms such as OpenSea and Rarible. Chinese government-owned newspaper China Daily has plans to create a metaverse and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) platform. The English-language publication – owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party – has offered 2.813 million yuan ($390,000) to…
woraput Introduction US school chair and desk producer Virco Mfg. Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRC) is on my watchlist and I’ve written two articles about the company on SA so far. The latest of them was in June, when I said that I expected the strong backlog and high inventory levels to enable Virco to book operating income…
Crypto safekeeping specialist firm Fireblocks will be leading this initiative and has stepped in to manage the crypto assets. On Monday, October 9, the cryptocurrency and Web3 community of Israel announced that they have established Crypto Aid Israel in order to raise funds for Israeli citizens. This new fundraiser seeks to help all the displaced…
da-kuk Last time I wrote about Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) was back in May at $102 per share. I issued a BUY rating because the stock could provide a double-digit return from the dividend and FFO growth alone, with no need for multiple expansion. Since the original article, the stock has returned about 15% and…
While it is unclear if Campbell’s departure is related to the continued battle between Ripple and the United States, there are no indications of such. Ripple CFO Kristina Campbell has departed from the company to become the CFO at the virtual healthcare provider Maven Clinic, marking a significant shift in her career. Campbell expressed her…
Pla2na/iStock via Getty Images Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:NGS) recently delivered double digit net sales growth, and management expects even more improvement coming. I believe that further diversification of its compressors, geographical expansion, outside the Permian Basin, and lower net leverage could bring further stock price increases. There are a number of risks coming…