tadamichi It’s not often that the bluest of the blue chip compounders go on sale. And knowing this, when these moments arrive, I do my best to tune out the macro noise and buy shares. Yes, a war between Israel and Iran is scary. And that’s just one of many geopolitical headwinds that the market…
Userba011d64_201 As buying low and selling high is the well-known and fundamental principle of investing, I believe, less-known lower middle-market lender Monroe Capital (NASDAQ:MRCC), could be one of the options that perfectly fits on principle. Its stock price lost nearly 27% in value in the past three years due to temporary setbacks, such as a…
Denis_prof Synopsis LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) is a worldwide distributor of vehicle products and specialty aftermarket products. It is also a constituent of the S&P 500 Index. Despite volatile revenue growth throughout the years, it has maintained a healthy profitability margin. Its Europe segment is the biggest in the mix for FY2023, and LKQ has been…
Richard Drury There is no question that the Calamos Convertible & High Income Fund (NASDAQ:CHY) has proved very successful over the years, as evidenced by the fund’s performance versus the benchmark and the peer group. Such consistent results are reflected in a double-digit premium to NAV, as opposed to other convertible funds not managed by…
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Written by Sam Kovacs Introduction During the past year, I have been successfully been selling put options to generate double-digit cash yields. I say I, but it really has been a family effort. Whilst I’ve been behind most of the design of the strategy, my father Robert and younger brother…
Autthapol Champathong/iStock via Getty Images An investment concept I’ll be exploring this year is double-digit dividend growth. There is nothing more motivating for me as an investor than the annual raises we receive from dividend-paying stocks/ETFs. The raises are almost always more than my W-2 increases, which I work thousands of hours more to achieve…
Andrii Yalanskyi No one likes a dividend cut: They reduce the income stream that many retirees rely on for funding their retirement lifestyle. They often trigger a negative market response, leading to steep stock price declines. This typically adds insult to injury by adding steep capital losses on top of the steep decline in income,…
Michael Burrell/iStock via Getty Images Stock Snapshot With cold season here in many parts of the world, many of us are going through many boxes of Kleenex tissues lately. In that light, today’s research note covers the parent company of that brand, Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB). Some quick facts about this Dallas Texas-based company are that they…
wellesenterprises Article Thesis Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) has announced its most recent quarterly earnings results on Monday, and the market reacted very negatively to these results on Tuesday, with shares slumping by more than 10%. Considering the fact that the company outperformed profit estimates, that seems like an overreaction. With a reasonable valuation, Oracle looks solid…
Nature, food, landscape, travel Higher interest rates have had an extremely detrimental impact on the real estate industry, particularly on the commercial side of things, as the cost of capital is pressuring margins and increasing cap rates. Currently, we potentially are at an inflection point where the Fed has finished its rate-hiking cycle, with rate…
Bitcoin and altcoins climbed over the last 24 hours, with a 6% rise in the king coin, and larger increases in altcoins. Bitcoin recorded a nearly 6% rise from yesterday, currently trading at nearly $37,600 as of this writing. The king coin’s jump is interesting, considering it fell below $35,000 on Tuesday. At some point during…
LanaStock/iStock via Getty Images Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE:TPB) noted double-digit growth of Stoker’s MST in a recent quarterly report, and the total amount of assets related to Stoker’s products increased. I believe that further investments in this business segment could bring further net sales growth. Additionally, given the expertise of TPB, I expect that…
jetcityimage Introduction General Electric (NYSE:GE) may be one of the best examples of a successful corporate comeback. I don’t know if comparisons to the Patriots vs. Falcons Super Bowl are appropriate, but it sure feels a bit that way. Throughout almost the entire game, people thought the New England Patriots were done, with an implied…
Brandon Bell/Getty Images News Investment Thesis I believe Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) stock is a buy. They’ve grown in the tech sector, notably in PCs and servers. A DCF analysis suggests an 11% annual return on Dell’s stock over the next five years. They’re involved in tech areas like cloud services, edge computing, artificial intelligence, and…
J2R We present our note on Eni (NYSE:E), an international oil major, with a Buy rating. We believe Eni offers attractive embedded returns, driven by strong earnings and cash flow growth, underpinned by exploration success and capabilities in gas and LNG. We will provide a brief overview of the company, analyze the key drivers of…
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…
dikushin/iStock via Getty Images Co-authored with Treading Softly. When it comes to building a portfolio, it can usually be divided into two types of portfolio designs. The first is someone who focuses solely on having quality investments. They will have very few holdings, but every single one of them, they will believe, has diamond-like qualities….
DNY59 Introduction Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) is a bank holding company for Citizens Bank providing retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small business concerns, corporations, and institutions in the US. CFG is based in Providence, RI and Citizens Bank has over 1000 locations in the northeast through the upper mid-west and…
JamesBrey/E+ via Getty Images I’m always on the lookout for the best possible investments, and I have a strong preference for stocks with rapidly growing dividends. As a largely buy and hold investor, it gives me considerable satisfaction to possess investments that outperform the market and generate powerful dividend growth. A well worn shibboleth states…
David-Prado/iStock via Getty Images Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE:NGVC) recently announced an optimistic outlook, which includes further opening of stores, increasing basket size, and growing consumer interest in nutrition and wellness. In my view, announced economies of scale, discounts, and promotions may accelerate net sales growth and the FCF margins. I did see…
KanawatTH Written by Sam Kovacs. Introduction Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (PDM) just cut its dividend by 41% from $0.21 per quarter to $0.125, effectively slashing an 11% yield into an 7% yield. Ouch! PDM DFT Chart (Dividend Freedom Tribe) In the meantime, we’ve been implementing a strategy which has been generating 14% net yields,…