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Apr 22, 2024
Verizon Is a Cash-Generating Machine But Its Debt Load Is Worth Watching
Image Source: Verizon. We like the progress that Verizon is making, but the company’s large net debt position is something that we’re not particularly fond of. Shares yield ~6.6% at the time of this writing.
Apr 19, 2024
Procter & Gamble Raises Core EPS Guidance
Image Source: P&G Q3 Earnings Presentation. We like P&G’s long consecutive dividend growth track record (68 consecutive years), and its pricing strength was firmly on display during its fiscal third quarter. The company continues to target adjusted free cash flow productivity of 90% (operating cash flow as a percentage of net earnings), while it plans to pay $9 billion in dividends and buy back $5-$6 billion in common shares in fiscal 2024. Shares of P&G yield ~2.6% at the time of this writing.
Apr 19, 2024
Netflix to Stop Reporting Membership Numbers Starting Next Year
Image: Netflix still has a lot of room for growth. From where we stand, Netflix has won the streaming wars. Nearly 270 million households across 190+ countries subscribe to its content, and with estimates that there are more than two people per household, management emphasized that it has an audience of more than a half a billion people. Netflix has further room for growth, too, as it notes that its share of TV viewing is less than 10% in every country. Management pointed to content such as the boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, as well as live programming such as WWE Raw as a couple examples to keep audiences entertained. We like Netflix, but we can’t get comfortable adding it to any newsletter portfolio at this time.
Apr 19, 2024
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of April 19
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.
Apr 18, 2024
Kinder Morgan Issues Strong Outlook; Adjusts Leverage Target
Image: Kinder Morgan’s shares have been choppy during the past couple years. We liked the 2024 outlook for Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. The company benefits from fee-based cash flows backed by multi-year contracts, and the firm is doing a much better job managing traditional free cash flow and its leverage. In its latest quarterly release, management adjusted lower its long-term leverage target to the range of 3.5x to 4.5x for net-debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA (was 4.5x previously). Shares yield 6.3% on a forward estimated basis.
Apr 16, 2024
UnitedHealth Group Reiterates 2024 Adjusted Net Earnings Outlook
Image: UnitedHealth Group’s shares have been choppy during the past couple years. UnitedHealth Group’s shares have seen better days as the firm works to recover from a cyberattack, while the industry’s medical costs are on the rise as patients begin to pursue procedures that were deferred during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis. Though it may be some time for UnitedHealth Group’s performance to normalize given the cyberattack and pent-up demand, we liked that it maintained its adjusted net earnings outlook for 2024 amid concerns of rising costs. UnitedHealth remains a key idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio.
Apr 15, 2024
Goldman Sachs Delivers in First Quarter
Image Source: Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs put up solid first-quarter 2024 results across all lines of its business, revealing that capital markets activity remains very healthy, even in the face of elevated interest rates. Goldman Sachs' book value per share was $321.10 at the end of the first quarter, revealing that shares are trading at 1.25x book at the time of this writing.
Apr 12, 2024
JPMorgan Cautious on Geopolitical Tensions and Inflationary Pressures
Image Source: Hakan Dahlstrom. On April 12, JPMorgan reported mixed first-quarter 2024 results. JPMorgan is one of our favorite banks, in part due to strong leadership at the top and solid fortress-like balance sheet. Though we don’t include any individual bank in the newsletter portfolios, we do think the Financial Select Sector SPDR makes sense for diversification reasons, as showcased in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. Shares of JPMorgan yield ~2.4% at the time of this writing.
Apr 12, 2024
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of April 12
Let's take a look at firms raising/lowering their dividends this week.
Apr 11, 2024
Fastenal Puts Up Mixed First Quarter Results
Image: Fastenal reported mixed first quarter 2024 results. We like its business model quite a bit. On April 11, Fastenal Company reported mixed first-quarter fiscal 2024 results with revenue and earnings per share coming in slightly lower than expectations. Net sales advanced 1.9% for the three-month period ending March 31. The company noted that adverse weather impacted sales in its first quarter by about 10 to 30 basis points on a net basis. Operating income nudged lower in the quarter modestly, while net income advanced 0.9% in the period on a year-over-year basis. Diluted earnings per share was roughly flat in the quarter on a year-over-year basis, increasing 0.6% from the same period a year ago. We like Fastenal’s business model quite a bit, and shares yield ~2.1% at the time of this writing.


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