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Sep 3, 2024
Campbell Soup’s Sovos Acquisition Helps Power Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results
Image Source: Campbell Soup. Looking to fiscal 2025, Campbell’s net sales are expected to expand 9%-11% thanks to a twelve-month contribution of Sovos Brands, offset in part by the divestiture of Pop Secret. Organic net sales are expected to be flat to up 2%, which reflects positive volume/mix compared to last year. Adjusted EBIT growth is targeted at 9%-11%, including Sovos and the impact of the divestiture of Pop Secret. Adjusted earnings per share growth is expected in the range of 1%-4%, inclusive of Sovos acquisition and Pop Secret divestiture, to $3.12-$3.22 (versus $3.23 consensus).
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 29, 2024
Best Buy Reports Better Than Expected Q2 Results; Raises Bottom Line Outlook
Image: Best Buy’s shares are bouncing back on an improved earnings outlook. Looking to all of fiscal 2025, Best Buy's revenue is now expected in the range of $41.3-$41.9 billion (was $41.3-$42.6 billion) on comparable sales declines of 3% to 1.5%, compared to prior guidance for comparable sales to decline 3% to flat. Management noted that weakness in appliances, home theater and gaming was the main driver for the decline. Though the revised revenue performance wasn’t great news, management increased its non-GAAP diluted earnings per share guidance for fiscal 2025 to the range of $6.10-$6.35, up from prior guidance of $5.75-$6.20. Shares yield 3.7% at the time of this writing.
Aug 29, 2024
Salesforce Delivers on Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results
Image: Salesforce’s shares have bounced back nicely during the past year. Looking to fiscal 2025, Salesforce maintained its fiscal year revenue guidance in the range of $37.7-$38 billion, up 8%-9%, while it also maintained its full year Subscription & Support revenue growth guidance of slightly below 10% year-over-year, or approximately 10% in constant currency. Management updated its fiscal 2025 GAAP operating margin guidance to 19.7% and non-GAAP operating margin guidance to 32.8%. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is targeted in the range of $10.03-$10.11 (versus consensus of $9.89). Salesforce also raised its full year operating cash flow growth guidance to the range of 23%-25%. Our fair value estimate stands at $271 per share.
Aug 28, 2024
Nvidia Beats Second Quarter Estimates
Image: Nvidia’s shares have been on a tear the past year. On the heels of the strong second quarter fiscal 2025 report, Nvidia approved an additional $50 billion in share buybacks in addition to the $7.5 billion it still has remaining under its share repurchase authorization. Looking out to the third quarter of fiscal 2025, Nvidia expects revenue to be $32.5 billion, plus or minus 2%, while GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 74.4% and 75%, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points. For the full year, management expects gross margins to be in the mid-70% range, which is a very healthy level of profitability. Our fair value estimate stands at $125 per share.
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
Ralph Lauren’s Dividend Is Quite Healthy
Image: Ralph Lauren’s shares have done quite well since the beginning of 2022. For fiscal 2025, Ralph Lauren expects revenues to increase in the low-single digits on a constant currency basis, while it continues to expect its operating margin to increase 100-120 basis points in constant currency thanks to gross margin improvement and operating expense leverage. All told, we liked Ralph Lauren’s fiscal first quarter results and we’re particularly fans of its ability to drive strong free cash flow in excess of cash dividends paid. Our fair value estimate stands at $184 per share with the firm sporting a lofty Dividend Cushion ratio of 4.4.
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.


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