wellesenterprises Thesis In my previous article about Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), I rated the stock as a buy, explaining that the potential downside was very low. Therefore, this was a perfect opportunity to enter and wait for the company to surprise in their Q4 2024 earnings. Needless to say, the company indeed surprised us, and the…
Abstract Aerial Art In January of this year, we covered the complex deal that was ongoing between Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD) and Omni. At the time, Forward tried to walk away from the transaction, prompting a lawsuit for breach of contract filed by Omni to force the closure. Eventually, the parties reached a settlement with some…
TBE Dear readers/followers, Investing in one of the largest steel businesses on the planet should be a fairly simple choice – unfortunately, it isn’t. The company I’m reviewing here, ThyssenKrupp (OTCPK:TYEKF), is a company that continues to underperform. I had a “BUY” thesis/stance in my last article on the company, which you can find here….
Wirestock Investment thesis Alstom SA (OTCPK:ALSMY), a rolling stock producer with global reach, looks like an interesting buy opportunity with a non-linear return profile – specifically before the earnings call on the 10th of May. I think, there is a high chance that the potentially dilutive capital raise will not go through which shall catapult…
BlackJack3D/E+ via Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) reported Q1 2024 earnings on Tuesday, April 30. On the earnings call, AMD also provided an update about its MI300 AI accelerators, reporting an increase in the 2024 backlog from $3.5 billion to $4 billion. AMD remains poised for strong growth in data center GPUs this year,…
PeopleImages Introduction One of my most successful investments in recent years is Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL), a stock I bought at $211 in May of last year. Since then, shares have appreciated 90%. Including dividends, CSL shares have returned 117% over the past three years, beating the S&P 500 by roughly 90 points. Data by YCharts…
gopixa Launched on 07/07/2015 and managed by Victory Capital Management Inc., VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (NASDAQ:CDL) is an ETF focused on high income through dividends coupled with low volatility. It currently manages about $350 million and distributes on a monthly basis. CDL is arguably one of the best high-dividend-yield ETFs…
MicroStockHub Investment Case for Pembina Pipelines Series 5 PPL.PR.E fixed dividend preferred shares I expect a strong upside for the Pembina Pipelines Series 5 (TSX:PPL.PR.E:CA) (OTCPK:PPLAF) preferred shares over the next six to twelve months. The five-year fixed dividend for these shares will be recalculated on May 2, 2023, 30 days before June 1, 2024,…
Alexyz3d Introduction It’s time to do one of my favorite things: Discuss L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LHX). It’s one of the four defense giants in my portfolio, which together hold roughly a fifth of my net worth. On top of that, I have given this high-conviction investment a Strong Buy rating as I believe it offers…
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…
Bet_Noire Introduction L’Oréal (OTCPK:LRLCF, OTCPK:LRLCY)is one of the greatest European corporate success stories, having generated a return of 48,000% since 1987. L’Oréal was founded in 1909 by Eugène Schueller, a French chemist who created the first synthetic hair dye. In its early years, the company focused on the production and sale of hair dyes and…
jetcityimage Introduction It’s time to talk about Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC), one of the core holdings in my dividend growth portfolio. Unfortunately, the company has entered rough waters after the pandemic. It struggled with extreme volatility in post-pandemic freight demand and general supply chain challenges. Like its peers, it was hit by consumer weakness and elevated…
wichianduangsri/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Introduction The Green Dream, Carbon Zero Targets, Sustainability and Renewable Energy are all part of everyday parlance. The importance of the need to harness wind power and solar power to meet our ever-increasing demands for energy is constantly being highlighted. Silver is a ‘must have’ metal in these operations due…
triloks/E+ via Getty Images Elevator Pitch I rate MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ:MMYT) as a Buy. The long-term top-line growth prospects for MMYT are positive, and the company is well-positioned for margin expansion with multiple profitability improvement levers. Company Description MakeMyTrip calls itself a “travel service provider in India” that owns “well-recognized travel brands” in the company’s…
ElsvanderGun Investment Thesis One of the goals of active investing for any value investor is to find great companies that will outperform the market over time. Taking a note out of Peter Lynch’s approach: to pay attention to popular trends in your everyday life, The Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) is a popular restaurant chain that is…
kokouu/E+ via Getty Images Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) is an Israeli company that designs and manufactures high-end inspection and measurement equipment for semiconductor businesses. As such, 84% of its revenues as of FY 2023 have come from China, Taiwan, and South Korea, three countries where semiconductor productions are concentrated. CAMT went public in 2000 at $6 per…
AdrianHancu Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) reported a strong start to FY24 with revenue growing 13% paired with aEBITDA margin expansion. Though the firm came in shy of my forecast, management remains adamant that the firm will experience strong and durable growth in the coming quarters. In addition to improvements in international production, management reaffirmed their agreement to…
winhorse/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Elevator Pitch Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMR) [8604:JP] shares are rated as a Buy, My earlier write-up published on February 1, 2024 analyzed Nomura Holdings’ Q3 FY 2024 (YE March 31, 2024) financial performance. I preview NMR’s Q4 FY 2024 financial results and assess the growth outlook for the company’s Americas…
Jian Fan/iStock via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from this fund letter. Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) Our laggard Lifecore has detracted ~350 bps from performance this quarter. In our FY 2023 letter, we noted our less-than-ideal experience with merger-arbitrage strategies, with Lifecore Biomedical being the sole remaining investment of this nature in the portfolio….
serts/E+ via Getty Images Today, I’d like to discuss a small-cap company that is disrupting a much-needed sector of the healthcare industry. This company has beaten the S&P 500 since its IPO date in 2019 as the stock is up over 250% in that time span. So far, in 2024 the company is beating the…
Spencer Platt Thesis In my previous article covering Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), I rated the stock as a buy after assigning a fair price target of $39.41 and a future price of $67.80. At that time, the stock was trading at $33.40 and now, when writing this article, the stock price has climbed to…
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…
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Michael Vi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Dear subscribers, I don’t often provide articles on semiconductor companies, and it has, in fact, been some time since I reviewed the former Siemens company Infineon (OTCQX:IFNNY). However, I believe the time has come to do exactly that, given that the company trades at a sub-15x P/E. My last…
da-kuk/E+ via Getty Images Shares of prison owner/operator The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) have rallied forcefully since June 2021, shortly after suspending its dividend, eventually reorganizing into a C-Corp to pay down debt. The move away from the real estate investment trust, or REIT, structure was compelled by a Biden administration executive order that prohibited…
brightstars A “Buy” rating for Fortitude Gold Corporation This article upgrades the rating on Fortitude Gold Corporation (OTCQB:FTCO) stock to a “Buy” rating from the “Hold” rating in the previous analysis in early December 2023. Retail investors were suggested to remain anchored to gold prices through FTCO as gold prices and FTCO share prices are…
Just_Super Investment Thesis Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) is a cloud-based software company that aims to help traditional businesses transition into a subscription-based business. The recent FY24 results were decent, although growth was certainly not that impressive as there were multiple issues such as unexpected churns and continued issues of longer sales cycles. While the firm is trading…
kool99/E+ via Getty Images Elevator Pitch Nidec Corporation (OTCPK:NJDCY) [6594:JP] is awarded a Buy rating. I wrote about NJDCY’s inorganic growth strategy in my November 26, 2023 initiation article. The focus of the current update is Nidec Corporation’s new CEO and its potential M&A deal. My opinion is that Nidec Corporation has made the right…
Morsa Images Investment summary My recommendation for Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) is a buy rating. I believe the worst of the cycle is over for MRVL, and it should start to enter the upcycle as early as 2H25, which should drive strong growth acceleration in FY26. Over the long term, I am also bullish on MRVL’s…
Baloncici Summary Following my coverage of Tesco (OTCPK:TSCDY), for which I recommended a buy rating due to my expectation that TSCO will see its valuation multiples if its business performance continues to improve, this post is to provide an update on my thoughts on the business and stock. I reiterate my buy rating for TSCO…
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Investment Thesis My investment thesis for TriNet Group, Inc. (NYSE:TNET) hinges on customer growth, particularly in Worksite Employees (WSEs). Zenefits has opened up a new market for TriNet while improving the PEO business. New sales growth and retention improvement will be the foundation upon which TriNet can deliver market-beating returns….
SolStock Thesis Gambling.com Group Limited (NASDAQ:GAMB) is a small-cap company that mainly focuses on affiliate marketing in both the U.S. and European markets, targeting iCasino and sports betting operators. In my perspective, considering the high growth rates of sports betting and online casinos in the U.S., GAMB is likely to benefit from the favorable environment…
PM Images Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP) is a promising passive income investment with an international profile, a diversified portfolio, resilient FFO and a low FFO payout ratio. The focus on owning and operating regulated infrastructure assets leads to long-term FFO visibility, and the company has delivered impressive distribution growth over the last decade. Brookfield…
tupungato Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) seems to be an off-the-radar company and might not appear as an enticing thesis, given its sector (footwear retailer) and debatable products – with several articles about how their brand reached a billionaire status selling “ugly shoes”. It happens that Crocs shares have turned out to be an excellent investment and continue…
Yuji Sakai Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NASDAQ:KALU) recently reported better than expected quarterly earnings, and the outlook for 2024 includes net sales growth and EBITDA growth. With a diversified product offering, KALU also promised net debt/EBITDA reduction, lean manufacturing, and other operational efficiency efforts, which may bring net income growth and dividend growth in the coming…
Photitos2016/iStock via Getty Images Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) is a company providing AI-driven hardware and software technology that gathers mobility data from transport activities to deliver roadway intelligence. REKR changed its name from Novume Solutions in 2019, and the stock appears to have gone public at a price of $2 in 2017. All-time return since then…
FatCamera Investment Thesis The investment potential of High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) lies in its possibility to be a long-term compounder, driven by the strategic allocation of free cash flow toward the expansion of new stores. Thereby realizing more free cash flow to have the funds to open stores at an even higher pace. In the subsequent…
LeoPatrizi PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE:PNM) is an energy holding company whose two regulated utilities collectively provide electricity to over 800,000 homes and businesses in New Mexico and Texas. PNM Resources has two regulated utility segments, PNM, a vertically integrated electric utility in New Mexico with distribution, transmission and generation assets, and TNMP, an electric transmission…
Sydney James/DigitalVision via Getty Images Investment Thesis McCormick & Company (NYSE:MKC) reported results on the 26th, March, beating on revenues and EPS so the share price jumped over 10%. MKC was founded in 1889 and is a dominant player in selling spices and seasonings to the food industry. They sport a wide moat, however, food…
LauriPatterson Introduction It’s time to discuss a company I have never covered before, a company we are about to make a holding in various family accounts. That company is Lamb Weston Holdings (NYSE:LW), one of the world’s largest producers of frozen potato products (like fries). In 2016, Lamb Weston became an independent company after food…
Image Source/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction Dividend growth investing is a style that really suits me as a person. I also like to have a mix of different dividend growth stocks. My portfolio consists of companies that are more stable and where the dividend is growing steadily, but I am also interested in companies with…
ImagineGolf Introduction In my dividend growth portfolio, I own three energy stocks: Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL): This is a landowner in the Texas Permian. It benefits from oil and gas royalties, water royalties, and from every activity related to drilling, pipelines, and renewables on its land. It’s sensitive to oil prices like an oil…
Justin Sullivan Investment thesis The stock market continues growing impressively in 2024, with big tech and semiconductors continuing to fuel the rally. In my opinion, the greedier investors are, the higher is the probability of a stock market correction. Since growth stocks are usually more vulnerable to corrections, I am now looking at potential high-yield…
Iryna Imago 2seventy bio (NASDAQ:TSVT) has taken a new strategic route, narrowing its focus squarely on ABECMA, their CAR-T cell therapy developed in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY). The company’s Q4 earnings report and corporate update covered how they were committed to unlocking the full potential of ABECMA relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM)….
SweetBunFactory Introduction ABB (OTCPK:ABBNY) has had a strong share price return of 20% CAGR over the past 5 years. A continuation of this performance is unlikely to be sustainable, in my opinion. The share price has potentially reached the top without further P/E expansion. Using a discounted cash flow valuation, I believe ABB shares are…
imaginima Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) is a Chicago, Illinois-based electric utility – the largest in the United States – with nearly 11 million customers and six regulated utility subsidiaries. The firm primarily maintains a presence in Illinois and the US East Coast. Exelon Winter 2024 Investor Meeting Through these activities, Exelon has recorded FY23 revenues of…
Michael M. Santiago Thesis In my previous article (released in Q3 2023, which were released on October 13) that covered JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), I assigned a strong buy rating citing that its estimated fair price was around $314.74, an 85% upside from the stock price at the time of $170.1. The stock price…
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…
J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images Investment thesis My previous bullish thesis about Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) as of November 28, 2023, aged well. The stock price lagged behind the broader market, but my bet was on safe dividend growth rather than outpacing the broader market in terms of growth. Just a couple of days after my previous…
AnthonyRosenberg CareTrust REIT, Inc. (NYSE:CTRE) is a well-managed healthcare real estate investment trust with a primary focus on senior facilities that support the needs of the elderly. The healthcare trust owns a large portfolio consisting of Skilled Nursing facilities and profits from key aging trends in the United States that will drive up demand for…