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Sep 10, 2024
Oracle Expects Increased Revenue Growth Throughout Fiscal 2025
Image: Oracle’s shares have performed quite well during the past couple years. Oracle remains a key idea in both the Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio as well as the ESG Newsletter portfolio, and its fiscal first quarter results support our bullish take on the name. Though Oracle has a rather large net debt position, free cash flow remains robust, while the company capitalizes on its total remaining performance obligations, which advanced 53% in the quarter on a year-over-year basis. We liked the commentary about revenue growth to accelerate throughout fiscal year 2025, and we point to the high end of our fair value estimate range ($178 per share) for shares.
Sep 6, 2024
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of September 6
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.
Sep 3, 2024
NextEra Energy’s Outlook Looks Great
Image Source: NextEra Energy. NextEra Energy reiterated its long-term financial expectations. “For 2024, NextEra Energy continues to expect adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $3.23 to $3.43. For 2025, 2026 and 2027, NextEra Energy expects adjusted earnings per share to be in the ranges of $3.45 to $3.70, $3.63 to $4.00 and $3.85 to $4.32, respectively. NextEra Energy also continues to expect to grow its dividends per share at a roughly 10% rate per year through at least 2026, off a 2024 base.” As far as utilities are concerned, we like NextEra Energy, and the company continues to be a key position in the ESG Newsletter portfolio.
Aug 30, 2024
Lululemon Lowers 2024 Outlook
Image: Lululemon’s shares have come under pressure recently. Looking to 2024, Lululemon now expects net revenue in the range of $10.375-$10.475 billion, representing growth of 8%-9%, below consensus numbers and lower than its initial guidance of $10.7-$10.8 billion. Diluted earnings per share is now expected to be in the range of $13.95-$14.15 for the year, down from previous guidance of $14.27-$14.47. We have no plans to add Lululemon to any newsletter portfolio.
Aug 30, 2024
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of August 30
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.
Aug 28, 2024
The Difference Between Speculation and Investment
In this edited video transcript, Brian Nelson, President of Investment Research at Valuentum, discusses the difference between speculation and investment.
Aug 28, 2024
Foot Locker Burns Through Cash During First Half of Full Year 2024
Image: Foot Locker’s shares have been quite volatile the past couple years. Foot Locker reaffirmed its full-year 2024 non-GAAP earnings per share outlook of $1.50-$1.70 per share. For full year 2024, it also reiterated its sales guidance of -1% to 1% growth and comparable sales growth in the range of 1%-3%. For the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2024, cash flow from operations was $126 million, while capital spending was $132 million, resulting in a cash burn. Though Foot Locker has returned to top line growth, we’re not at all interested in shares given its cash-flow performance.
Aug 27, 2024
Toll Brothers Expects Demand to Remain Solid Into 2025
Image: Toll Brothers stock has done quite well during the past couple years. For its fiscal year 2024 guidance, Toll Brothers expects deliveries of 10,650-10,750 units (was 10,400-10,800) with an average delivered price per home of $975,000. Its adjusted home sales gross margin is targeted at 28.3% for fiscal 2024 (was 28%), while SG&A as a percentage of home sales revenue is expected at 9.4% for the year. Toll Brothers ended its fiscal third quarter with $893.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and $2.8 billion in total debt. Its net debt-to-capital ratio stood at 19.6% at the end of the fiscal third quarter. Though Toll Brothers’ backlog faced declines in its fiscal third quarter, we liked the increased guidance across its key homebuilding metrics.
Aug 26, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Balance Swells, Ownership Stake in Apple Substantially Reduced
Image: Berkshire Hathaway reduced its equity stake in Apple by a sizable margin. Berkshire Hathaway continues to execute well across its business portfolio, free cash flow continues to move in the right direction, while Buffett remains prudent with his portfolio management decisions. Shareholders’ equity at the end of June was $608 billion, implying that shares are trading at a 1.6x book value, not cheap. Still, we like shares as a key holding in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio.
Aug 19, 2024
Gilead Raises Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Outlook for 2024
Image Source: Gilead. Looking to full-year 2024, Gilead expects total product sales of $27.1-$27.5 billion, unchanged from its prior outlook. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is now targeted in the range of $3.60-$3.90, compared to $3.45-$3.85 previously. At the end of the quarter, Gilead had $2.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents, which was down from the $8.4 billion mark as of the end of last year due to its $3.9 billion acquisition of CymaBay Therapeutics and a $1.75 billion repayment of senior notes. All told, we liked Gilead's second quarter results and its raised non-GAAP earnings per share guidance. Shares yield 4.2% at the time of this writing.


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