zhengzaishuru Oil prices have wavered recently. Tensions in the Middle East, for now, have ebbed, resulting in a pullback in what had been a strong rally year to date in WTI. Now under the $80 per barrel level, there is not much action in the oil space. What has been stealthily on the rise, however,…
Weerapong Khodsom /iStock via Getty Images 1. Investment thesis LyondellBasell (NYSE:LYB) is a Dutch chemical company with operations in the Netherlands, the USA, Japan, Germany and many other important countries. The stock returned 16.9% p.a. (13.4% p.a. without dividends) by buying back 243 million shares (42.7%) and returning a lot of cash through dividends of…
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Note: All amounts discussed are in Canadian Dollars, all prices refer to the TSX. We rated Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX:TSX:CU:CA) a buy earlier this year. We covered the Q3-2023 numbers in that piece, and we came away feeling confident that the company could deliver a 3% earnings growth despite high…
jroballo/iStock via Getty Images Navitas is a vital cog in the semiconductor industry Navitas Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:NVTS) is a vital cog in semiconductor industry, making integrated circuits more power efficient. This is a research and development powerhouse with over 250 patents, working with 10 of the world’s top 10 mobile equipment manufacturers, and several other…
tobiasjo Reinvestment Risk Reinvestment risk is the risk that when your term preferred stocks or your bonds mature that you will not be able to reinvest that money at similar or better yields because interest rates have fallen. This will result in the decline of your future income. At our service, we offer a recommended…
G0d4ather Introduction I had a thesis about Broadcom’s (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock in January 2024 with a “Strong Buy” rating. Since my first publication, AVGO’s price increased by more than 3%. The stock’s dynamic is better than S&P 500, meaning that my thesis is keeping up well. It seems that the market sentiment around semiconductor stocks is…
JHVEPhoto Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is set to detail how it benefited from the strong price increase for WTI crude oil on April 26, 2024 which is when the company is expected to release first-quarter earnings. The petroleum company has likely seen a drastic increase in the average price for petroleum in Q1’24 which in turn…
mbbirdy Investment thesis AppLovin’s (NASDAQ:APP) stock has rallied by almost two times since inception in 2024, but my valuation analysis suggests that the valuation is still very attractive. The company operates a high-quality business model, its revenue growth and profitability improvement dynamics are impressive. The company appears to be in a pole position in the…
bjdlzx Energy stocks have recently entered a revival phase that lifted the Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund ETF (XLE) toward its recent highs. The sector has benefited from the resurgence in crude oil futures (CL1:COM), shaking off the bearish sentiments that saw CL1 bottom in December 2023. Coupled with the persistence of the OPEC+ production…
Andrii Yalanskyi Introduction On December 27, I wrote an article titled “Ultrawide Moat, Great Valuation, Dividend Growth: Archer-Daniels-Midland Has It All.“ Although a three-month period is not a great measurement to check if a long-term thesis is working out, it needs to be said that Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) shares have fallen 12% since then. During…
MarsBars Investing doesn’t have to be a popularity contest, and in reality, buying quality names that are temporarily beaten down in price can produce terrific results, especially if they pay a high dividend yield. Such may be the case these days with REITs and income stocks in general, which continue to trade near their 52-week…
J. Michael Jones Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) retails brand name merchandise in the United States, focusing on low outlet pricing. The company operates under many brands, including Ollie’s, Good Stuff Cheap, Real Brands Real Cheap!, and Sarasota Breeze. Under the brands, the company sells a very wide variety of products. Since the company’s IPO in…
BalkansCat After falling precipitously in 2022 and 2023, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.’s (NYSE:EL) share price has somewhat stabilized in recent months. With EL stock now trading at levels last seen in 2019, it might seem now is a good time to buy. Data by YCharts The contrarian thesis for EL is also supported by…
marchmeena29 Intro We wrote about Unifi, Inc. (NYSE:UFI) in July of 2022 when we rated the recycled & synthetic product manufacturer a ‘Hold’ for several reasons. Despite sporting a keen valuation at the time, the company’s margins remained under pressure due to US staffing constraints as well as the elevated cost of goods sold. To…
zhongguo It has been almost a year since the last time we covered Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (NASDAQ:AY), which we already thought was attractively priced, although we warned that we did not expect the company to deliver much growth in cash available for distribution (CAFD) or dividend increases. Surprisingly, their “Strategic Review” is still ongoing, but…
bauhaus1000/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NASDAQ:GT) is an iconic American tire company, and it is also well known for its blimps. The company offers tires under the Goodyear brand, as well as under the Dunlop and Kelly brand names. The shares recently plunged after the company released earnings, and it…
WilshireImages Introduction Around the end of summer, I wrote my first article on Seeking Alpha, which was about American Express (NYSE:AXP) (I recommend you take a look here). At that time, Amex’s stock was trading around $160, and I outlined a number of reasons why I believed the business would perform well over the long…
David McNew My Thesis Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (NEOE:XOM:CA), one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in the world, seems to me to be the best play among the O&G majors due to the combination of positive factors we can see from the latest quarterly results, as well as how cheaply XOM stock…
JHVEPhoto In 1997, a New York City chess match changed the world. The opponents: World chess champion Garry Kasparov and International Business Machines Corporation’s (NYSE:IBM) Deep Blue computer program. Deep Blue squeaked out a win against Kasparov as the world watched, symbolically ending the age of man and beginning the age of machine. IBM stock…
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Investment Thesis With increasing economic uncertainty and an inverted yield curve, the attractiveness of defensive low-beta stocks such as Centene (NYSE:CNC) has only grown. After a prolonged period of sideways trend, an upward trend is hence likely to follow. YCharts Corporate profile Centene Corporation is a leading healthcare enterprise based…
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Andrea Migliarini/iStock via Getty Images When it comes to investing, knowing where NOT to put your money is often far more important than knowing where to put it. I say this from my own perspective as a risk-averse investor who not only looks for great investment opportunities to share with others; but, and more importantly,…
champpixs Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist. The closed-end fund space, thanks to its unique structural advantages and active management, can often lead to some interesting funds that can get rather niche. Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:FUND), with perhaps the greatest ticker in the fund space of all time, is one of those funds….
Ruslan Lytvyn/iStock via Getty Images At this time of year, I like to focus on stocks that could be due for big gains into the New Year, especially as tax-loss selling fades. In particular, it can pay off big to find beaten-down tech stocks. In past years, I wrote an article about Advanced Micro Devices…
MarsBars Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist. Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) is a fund that invests primarily in the private high-yield market. In particular, with significant exposure to floating rate securities and has been benefiting from that through higher income-generation. That has led to the fund increasing its distribution regularly over the last…
William_Potter Introduction Last time I wrote on FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) was back in August in an article titled, “The Road Ahead Looks Promising.” That was right before the BDC reported its Q2 earnings. Some time has passed since reporting Q3 earnings. So, I felt like it was time to take another look at them….
Natal-is Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) is a leading lifestyle footwear brand with a stock that has outperformed the market over the past five and ten years. Accordingly, CROX posted a 5Y and 10Y total return of 28.8% and 21.6%, respectively. However, it doesn’t mean that CROX is immune to shorter-term market volatility, depending on when investors…
OGphoto Introduction At our Conservative Income Portfolio service, we look for under-the-radar bargains. KMPB is one example, and I am the only Seeking Alpha analyst covering this very interesting and undervalued baby bond. Kemper Corporation Kemper Corp. (NYSE:KMPR) is a well-known insurance company, actually a family of insurance companies. The fact that their name is…
JHVEPhoto Instead Of An Investment Thesis I’ve been covering Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE:CLF) stock since June 2021, and all along I’ve been bullish on the stock for many reasons. The last time – in June 2023 – I argued for a serious undervaluation of the company in light of its superior projected growth rates in FY2024-25…
monkeybusinessimages/iStock via Getty Images Moving from “Great Expectations” to “The World According to GARP”. No, not changing from my reading list but with an excessive presence in growth stocks, I realized that I needed to change tack a little bit and add more GARPS (Growth at a Reasonable Price) to my portfolio. With breadth returning…
J. Michael Jones We have had a hold rating on Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:OLLI) stock after converting trading gains into a long-term house position. The stock has moved mostly sideways since that call. We think a Hold rating is still appropriate given the growth and valuation mix here. The stock has been good…
ANNVIPS Investment Thesis Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) reported earnings for a challenging period. However, the key takeaway is that 2023 is nearly behind us. Looking forward to mid-2024, comparisons with this year will be crucial for Builders’ prospects. At 7x next year’s free cash flows, the business is very attractively priced. While acknowledging the investment thesis…
Leonhard Simon/Getty Images News Article Thesis BYD (OTCPK:BYDDY) (OTCPK:BYDDF) is an electric vehicle maker that is, I believe, in several ways advantaged versus Tesla (TSLA). While it does not get the hype and attention Tesla gets, it is growing at a much faster rate, has better control over the supply chain, and trades at a…
MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images By Jharonne Martis Historically, Cyber Monday falls on the Monday after the Black Friday weekend. Cyber Monday discounts tend to be an extension of Black Friday deals for shoppers returning to the office after a holiday weekend, eyeing merchandise online. Like Black Friday this year, Cyber Monday deals are starting earlier…
Bargain hunting Inflation headwinds, higher interest rates, waning savings, and the resumption of student loan payments aren’t deterring Americans from going shopping this year. In fact, they might be encouraging them to do so, with everyone trying to spot a good deal in the current environment. An estimated 182M people across the country are planning…
shapecharge Main Thesis/Background The purpose of this article is to evaluate the PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) as an investment option at its current market price. This is a CEF that is designed to seek “high current income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective”. I have covered PHK for many years, mostly recently back…
Daniel Grizelj Dividend stocks have plenty of competition these days, not least of which comes from Treasury bonds and high yield savings accounts. However, there is no free lunch, as who knows for how long higher rates will last. I believe that while socking money away into CDs may seem appealing today, keeping one’s options…
400tmax Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) reported much better than expected earnings for the firm’s third quarter, driven by a rebound in digital advertising spending on both the Google and YouTube ad platforms, resulting in a return to double-digit top line growth. The rebound in the advertising business is good news because slowing ad spending has weighed on…
SolStock It’s a scary world out there, and it always has been. It’s just that today, there are websites promoting every crank and doomsday prophet out to generate clicks and sell books about “secret” ways to get rich in the coming financial apocalypse. The Daily Doom This weekend, I got a panicked message from a…
JHVEPhoto Investment Thesis Over the past five years, the shares of CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) have not changed much. I believe this is not likely to last long as valuation suggests that the shares are considerably undervalued amid present risks and offer a great upside and seemingly limited downside potential. YCharts Corporate profile CVS Health…
We Are With the recent market drop, more companies are showing up on my screens as potential bargains. The primary initial screen I use for tracking is the variance from historical dividend yields, or dividend yield theory (DYT). Dividend yield theory is mean reversion on dividend yield. It says that over time, a company’s dividend…
kynny Investment Thesis As the largest global merchant supplier of photomasks, Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) enjoys a strong competitive position in a market with massive secular tailwinds. However, near-term macroeconomic uncertainties have put pressure on the stock, creating an attractive entry point for investors. Photronics: Leveraging Secular Tailwinds in Semiconductors Photronics holds an enviable position as the…
andreswd The preferred stock of Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) has declined 23% since it peaked, in mid-2021. As a result, the preferred stock is currently offering an exceptionally attractive yield of 8.0%. When a stock offers such a high yield, it usually signals that the dividend is at the risk of being cut. However, I…
Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images Entertainment Digital marketing agency network S4 Capital (OTCPK:SCPPF) is one of my worst-performing holdings at the moment and has been a crushing disappointment to me. I last covered the name in June with my “strong buy” article S4 Capital: Bargain Buy For The Digital Economy. Shockingly even since then (following weak…
MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Developing markets-focused bank Standard Chartered (OTCPK:SCBFF) should be well-positioned for a return to growth in emerging markets. Then again, that can make it vulnerable to a global financial downturn. For now, it is performing well and its first half results were strong. I last covered the name in…
mesh cube Investment Thesis Super Micro Computer, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:SMCI) product range includes server and storage systems, subsystems, and accessories designed for various applications and industries. They also provide server software management solutions. Undoubtedly the crown jewel of this investment is that half its revenues are now coming from exposure to AI. The business is not…
Hispanolistic Where Banks Fear To Tread For large companies, securing new capital via debt issuance is generally fairly easy, and simple. Investment banks are enlisted (often they are knocking on the company’s door for the opportunity) to issue debt in the form of bonds, the proceeds from which the investment bank makes a healthy fee…
Kyryl Gorlov Summary Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings (NASDAQ:OLLI) is a retail company that operates stores selling name-brand items at low, closeout prices. Products offered by the company include goods such as food, cleaning supplies, books, office supplies, and more. Readers may find my previous coverage via this link. My previous rating was a hold given…
Bojan89 We have traded Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings (NASDAQ:OLLI) stock several times in the last few years, but have not revisited the stock in a few months since our last buy call for a trade in March of last year. We enjoyed solid gains on that buy, nearly 50%, but now we think it is…
May Lim I have written several bullish stories on a small Minnesota semiconductor company, that makes its product in-house, with patented technologies for miniature-sized, low-energy, durable sensors and MRAM memory chips (used in rugged applications like hearing aids and smart vehicles). The good news is NVE Corporation (NASDAQ:NVEC) has experienced a nicely rising stock quote…