Andrii Dodonov By Tracy Chen, CFA, CAIA Convexity, which measures interest rate sensitivity and drives the risk and return profiles of fixed income products, is an important concept that investors can utilize to boost total return and manage risk. It can be particularly important and may increase sharply during periods in which interest rates move…
wavemovies Introduction & Investment Thesis I initiated a Buy rating on Wix (NASDAQ:WIX) on February 16. My bull thesis was predicated on my belief that the company continues to drive strategic growth in its Partners business by launching Wix Studio, as well as rapidly innovating on its AI product offerings while expanding profitability. Since then,…
cmannphoto We’re reviewing Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Q4 2023 earnings with a potential investment in mind, but we’re cautious given the current economic landscape. We find the current valuation attractive already but would like to see another dip before initiating a position. We anticipate MAA facing tougher challenges compared to other housing REITs due to…
NaaS Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAAS) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 7:00 AM ET Company Participants John Wang – Director, IRCathy Wang Yang – CEOWu Ye – Chief Strategy OfficerAlex Wu – CFO Conference Call Participants Kelly Zou – JefferiesWei Xiong – UBSEugene Hsiao – Macquarie CapitalYiran Liu – HSBCEthan Zhang – Nomura Operator…
JasonDoiy/iStock via Getty Images By Arthur Jones, Senior Director, Global Research and Strategy The U.S. multifamily housing sector faces challenges from both overdevelopment and capital market pressures, with ongoing issues anticipated through 2025. However, solid macroeconomic fundamentals and sustained demand, particularly from younger generations favoring rentals, offer potential opportunities in the medium term for well-capitalized…
AndreyPopov Introduction Rollins, Inc. (NYSE:ROL) sells pest control products and services to commercial and residential customers. The pest control market is surprisingly profitable and growing market, with the industry set to grow well-above GDP for the next decade. Benefitting from long-term tailwinds as well as a fragmented market, Rollins has emerged as a market leader…
Reed’s, Inc. (OTCQX:REED) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Joann Tinnelly – CFONorman Snyder – CEO Conference Call Participants Sean McGowan – ROTH MKM Operator Good afternoon. and welcome to Reed’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Earnings Conference Call for the Three and 12 months ended December…
IR_Stone Elevator Pitch I rate VNET Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNET) shares as a Hold. My prior article written on November 16, 2023 reviewed VNET’s results for the third quarter of the previous year. This update evaluates the company’s Q4 2023 financial performance, its refinancing risk, and fiscal 2024 guidance. VNET’s EBITDA grew at a slower pace…
Dyadic International, Inc. (NASDAQ:DYAI) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Mark Emalfarb – President, Chief Executive OfficerPing Rawson – Chief Financial OfficerJoseph Hazelton – Chief Operating Officer Conference Call Participants John Vandermosten – Zacks Operator Good evening, and welcome to the Dyadic International’s Fiscal Year 2023 Year-end Conference…
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAP) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants June Filingeri – President-Comm-Partners LLCChris Zimmer – President & Chief Executive OfficerSteve DiTommaso – Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Phil Gibbs – KeyBanc Capital Markets Operator Good day and thank you…
Michael M. Santiago Introduction Recently, I have been writing a lot about macroeconomics. This has always been an area of study for me, but shifting my attention away from exchange-traded products (“ETP/s”) has changed my outlook on products I have previously recommended, like the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:SGOV). For those who are…
Pulse Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:PLSE) Q4 2023 Results Conference Call March 28, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Philip Taylor – IRKevin Danahy – President & CEODarrin Uecker – CTO & DirectorMitch Levinson – Chief Strategy OfficerMike Koffler – Vice President of FinanceBob Duggan – Executive Chairman Conference Call Participants Brad Bowers – Mizuho Securities Operator…
INmune Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:INMB) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants RJ Tesi – Chief Executive OfficerDavid Moss – Chief Financial OfficerMark Lowdell – Chief Scientific Officer Conference Call Participants Joel Beatty – BairdDaniel Carlson – Tailwinds Research Operator Ladies and gentlemen, greetings and welcome to the INmune Bio…
Accelerate Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:AXDX) Q4 2023 Results Conference Call March 28, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Laura Pierson – Investor Relations OfficerJack Phillips – CEO, President and DirectorDavid Patience – CFO, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer Conference Call Participants Dustin Scaringe – William Blair Operator Hello, and welcome to the Accelerate Diagnostics…
ZargonDesign/E+ via Getty Images What Rocket is – a mortgage banker, not a fintech Rocket describes itself as follows in its 2023 10-K: “We are a Detroit-based fintech company including mortgage, real estate, and personal finance business. We are committed to delivering industry-best client experiences through our AI-fueled homeownership strategy. Our full suite of products…
Perimeter Medical Imaging AI, Inc. (OTCPK:PYNKF) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Jodi Regts – IRAdrian Mendes – Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Operator Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Perimeter Medical Q4 2023 Conference Call. At this time, all lines are in listen-only…
Bilanol Investment Thesis The American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK) is the largest publicly traded water utility in the United States. The utility provides water supply and wastewater management services to customers across the country through their regulated operations as well as servicing some military facilities too. AWK remains highly profitable and benefits from what…
AutumnSkyPhotography Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) has come roaring back after the stock was an easy buy around $105. The wireless chip company, pushing into artificial intelligence, or AI, chips, isn’t the same easy money now trading up at nearly $170, but Qualcomm isn’t priced like an AI play yet. My investment thesis remains ultra Bullish on…
georgeclerk Just as stocks took a big leap into February, they are hopping into the Easter weekend with strong March gains under their belt. Investors’ baskets are full of winners no matter where you look. Egg-celent returns were seen in U.S. large caps – the S&P 500 (SP500, SPX, SPY) rallied more than 3%, while…
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News As the market has embraced the risk-on trade in recent months and the odds of a recession in 2024 seem to have disappeared, consumer staples have become the second-worst performing sector after utilities. Seeking Alpha On top of the broader market pressure on low-risk areas of the equity market, Diageo plc…
Nikada Saratoga Investment Corp (NYSE:SAR) is a business development company or BDC with a rather conventional focus – i.e., investing and issuing loans to the lower end of the middle market companies that are already cash flow positive with annual sales between $8 and $250 million, and EBITDA north of $2 million. While this is…
Telesat Corporation (NASDAQ:TSAT) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 10:30 AM ET Company Participants Michael Bolitho – Senior Director of Treasury and Risk ManagementDaniel Goldberg – President and CEOAndrew Browne – CFO Conference Call Participants Chris Quilty – Quilty SpaceArun Seshadri – BNP ParibasMike Pace – JPMorganMarcello Chermisqui – AresJoe Ghergurovich – Sixth…
tadamichi Although the S&P 500 is ending the week little changed (as of this writing it is trading 7 bps higher today), yesterday’s gain came in at a more impressive 86 bps. Besides the size of the move higher was that the gain occurred on very strong breadth with the S&P 500 registering an “All…
Lithium Royalty Corp. (OTCQX:LITRF) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Jonida Zaganjori – Vice President-Investor RelationsErnie Ortiz – President and Chief Executive OfficerDominique Barker – Chief Financial Officer and Head-Sustainability Conference Call Participants Eric Zhang – CitiBen Isaacson – ScotiabankDavid Deckelbaum – TD CowenMac Whale – Cormar SecuritiesBrian…
IM Cannabis Corp. (NASDAQ:IMCC) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Anna Taranko – Director, Investor & Public RelationsOren Shuster – Chief Executive OfficerUri Birenberg – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Aaron Grey – Alliance Global Operator Good morning and welcome to IM Cannabis’ Fourth Quarter 2023 and…
JHVEPhoto Introduction & Investment Thesis ZoomInfo (NASDAQ:ZI) is a cloud-based sales and marketing platform that has underperformed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 YTD. The company released its Q4 FY23 earnings report last month, and while revenue and earnings met expectations, the company has guided revenue to grow just 2.4% in FY24 and non-GAAP…
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services Inc. (OTCPK:BREUF) Q4 2023 Results Conference Call March 28, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Phil Soper – President and CEOGlen McMillan – Chief Financial Officer Operator Good morning. My name is Joanna. And I would like to welcome everyone to the Bridgemarq Real Estate Services Inc. 2023 Fourth Quarter Results…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge in New York for orchestrating an $8 billion theft from FTX customers. 🚨 BREAKING: JUDGE SENTENCES SAM BANKMAN-FRIED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR FTX FRAUD pic.twitter.com/M9HotmBma2 — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) March 28, 2024…
Imunon, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMNN) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Kim Golodetz – Investor Relations, LHAMichael Tardugno – Executive ChairmanSebastien Hazard – Executive Vice President and Chief Medical OfficerKursheed Anwer – Executive Vice President and Chief Science OfficerJeffrey Church – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Laura Suriel –…
Affimed N.V. (NASDAQ:AFMD) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Alexander Fudukidis – Head-Investor RelationsAndreas Harstrick – Chief Medical Officer and Interim Acting Chief Executive OfficerMichael Wolf – Vice President-Finance Conference Call Participants Srikripa Devarakonda – TruistDaina Graybosch – Leerink Partners Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to Affimed’s…
JuSun Income stocks have largely missed out on the market rally over the past 6 months, and while it’s easy to get FOMO and want to chase high-flyers like Super Micro Computer (SMCI) or Nvidia (NVDA), I continue to prize real cash flows over paper gains on stocks with speculative valuations. Hence, I believe that…
In December, I had the privilege of attending the Africa Bitcoin Conference (ABC) in Accra, Ghana. As a public health professor with a background in health education and community health, this may seem like an odd conference to attend, but this trip was pivotal for me as it brought me to my father’s birth country…
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ:BOSC) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 28, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Eyal Cohen – CEOZiv Dekel – Chairman Conference Call Participants Todd Felte – Advisory Group Equity Services Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the B.O.S Conference Call. A participants are at…
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Elevator Pitch Mazda Motor Corporation (OTCPK:MZDAY) [7261:JP] shares are assigned a Buy investment rating. In my January 2, 2024, initiation article, I wrote about MZDAY’s sales outlook for the China market and the company’s electrification transition. My decision is to revise my rating for Mazda Motor from a Hold previously…
Eoneren We previously covered QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) in January 2024, discussing why it remained well poised to grow through the decade, thanks to the bottoming of the handset and automotive markets. This was significantly aided by the renewed 5G modem contract with AAPL, its entry into the fiber broadband carrier market, and the upcoming super cycle…
RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images All investors share a goal. Making profit. How do you know when to cash in on your winners? A stock is up 20%-50%-75%. Will it keep going up? Is it about to crash? You feel you should sell, but you like that stock… Selling winners isn’t easy. Some put a limit…
Renata/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Dear readers/followers, It’s time to update on a company that I have not written about for almost 1.5 years. In this case, I’m talking about Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK), where my last article was published back in September of 2022. You can find that article here, and the article came with a…
Klaus Vedfelt The cosmetic services social media platform is developing its own clinics as well as a premium platform for high-end users So-Young International Inc.’s (NASDAQ:SY) latest quarterly results provided a facelift for its tired stock, which jumped 4% in the days after its announcement last week. Still, the small pop left shares of the…
JHVEPhoto Introduction With 27% of Intel Corporation’s (NASDAQ:INTC) revenue coming from China, the news of a ban on using its chips in Chinese government computers is the kind of negative development that could create significant pressure on the semiconductor giant’s stock. Intel Q4 2023 Earnings Release However, after an initial 4% dip earlier this week,…
In a significant move, Google has begun indexing Bitcoin blockchain data into its search engine results. Users can now search for Bitcoin addresses and see transaction details directly in Google searches. NEW: Google has recently started indexing #Bitcoin data into their search engine 👀 Huge Development 👏 pic.twitter.com/hIAJfLkYXh — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) March 28, 2024…
Martin Barraud/OJO Images via Getty Images It happened again in February 2024. The size of the U.S. new home market as measured by its market capitalization shrank for the fifth month in a row. Political Calculations’ initial estimate of the size of the new home market cap in February 2024 is $26.38 billion. This estimate…
400tmax/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) shares have been crushed over the last couple of years. I remember when I saw this stock trading up to around the $170 range, and I was wondering what are people thinking, paying this much for the stock. However, now I am wondering what people are…
Justin Sullivan In my opinion, one of the best and most interesting companies on the market today is payment processing giant PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL). Due to some growth-related issues, the company has had a rather difficult time from a share return perspective in recent years. Over the past 12 months, the stock is down 12.3%. And…
TravelSky Technology Limited (OTCPK:TSYHY) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 27, 2024 10:30 PM ET Company Participants Huang Rongshun – Chairman and General ManagerLi Jinsong – Chief Financial OfficerJohn Xue – Head of the Finance DepartmentYuan Leifeng – Deputy General Manager Conference Call Participants Kelvin Lau – DAIWA CapitalQikun Wu – CICCXiaofeng Shen – Huatai…
kontrast-fotodesign After writing about Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK), today’s article focuses on OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL), a U.S. company that operates vertically in the RNG market having both of the above companies as its main competitors. In recent years OPAL has made an intensive investment campaign to increase its RNG production, including…
DKosig Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) is a diversified, high-yield-focused closed-end fund. In our prior coverage, we compared the fund to the Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (DHY), given its many similarities. We noted that DHF looked like the better value and had stronger…
Daniel Grizelj/DigitalVision via Getty Images Healthcare is a sector that has consistently demonstrated strong historical growth and is projected to continue growing. The sector’s ability to innovate and adapt to changing market conditions and regulatory environments makes it a big area to focus on for investors, but like all sectors, has been large-cap momentum dominant….
MCCAIG The current investor fixation on when the Federal Reserve will drop interest rates and by how much overlooks an important fact – almost everyone is already bullish. So, even if they do drop rates who’s left to buy to drive prices higher? I believe it was Nathan Rothschild who pointed out this contradiction about…
pingingz Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) is one of the biggest beneficiaries of digital transformation and companies moving to the cloud. Additionally, the proliferation of the Internet of Things (“IoT”) and edge computing is driving a massive increase in machine-generated data, a secular trend that could potentially drive significant future revenue growth for the company’s observability platform. The…