Valuentum Exclusive Analysis for the Discerning Investor

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Feb 22, 2013

Wal-Mart Posts a Solid Fourth Quarter; Boosts Dividend
Wal-Mart’s fourth quarter was solid, but the first quarter is off to a slow start.

Feb 4, 2013

Mattel Posts Strong Fourth Quarter; Raises Dividend
Mattel posted solid fourth-quarter results, but shares look fairly valued.

Jan 28, 2013

Weak Holiday Sales from Hasbro Are a Surprise
Given a strong December, we were slightly surprised to see Hasbro’s fourth-quarter results come in light.

Jan 18, 2013

Strong Holiday Sales Boost Toy Makers
NPD is out with holiday sales numbers that were solid, in our view. Let’s take a look at the toy industry.

Jun 27, 2012

How We Avoided the Value Trap, Radio Shack
We take a look at the future prospects of Radio Shack and highlight how our Valuentum Buying Index helped investors avoid massive losses at the company.

Jun 15, 2012

Video Game Sales Continue to Plummet, GameStop Down Big
Shares of video game retailer GameStop have been hit big while sales slump. We think game sales will eventually return, but long-term shifts in video game consumption might permanently impair the company.

Oct 25, 2011

Amgen Posts Mixed Third-Quarter Results, Sales of Epogene Nosedive
Amgen's third-quarter results were mixed, as revenue and earnings growth was overshadowed by a legal charge and weakness with Epogene. We think the company looks cheap, but are waiting cautiously for improvement in its score on our Valuentum Buying Index.

Oct 23, 2024

Boeing Burning Through Cash
Image: Boeing’s shares have seen better days. The big red flag with Boeing is its cash flow performance. The aerospace giant burned through $1.3 billion in operating cash flow in the third quarter due to lower commercial widebody deliveries and unfavorable working capital timing, and after factoring in capital spending of $611 million in the period, cash burn in terms of negative free cash flow was roughly $2 billion in the quarter. Through the first nine months of the year, Boeing has burned through over $10.2 billion in free cash flow. Boeing’s balance sheet isn’t as strong as it once was either, with $10.5 billion in cash and marketable securities versus consolidated debt of $57.7 billion. Inventories swelled to $83.3 billion at the end of its September quarter versus $79.7 billion at the end of last year. The company does have $20 billion undrawn on its credit facilities, however. We don’t think Boeing is a top idea for investors, but we do like its total company backlog of $510.5 billion, which includes over 5,400 commercial airplanes. We prefer Honeywell as our top aerospace idea and Lockheed Martin as our top defense play.

Aug 9, 2024

Paper: Value and Momentum Within Stocks, Too
Abstract: This paper strives to advance the field of finance in four ways: 1) it extends the theory of the “The Arithmetic of Active Management” to the investor level; 2) it addresses certain data problems of factor-based methods, namely with respect to value and book-to-market ratios, while introducing price-to-fair-value ratios in a factor-based approach; 3) it may lay the foundation for academic literature regarding the Valuentum, the value-timing, and ultra-momentum factors; and 4) it walks through the potential relative outperformance that may be harvested at the intersection of relevant, unique and compensated factors within individual stocks.

Jun 10, 2024

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