Valuentum Exclusive Analysis for the Discerning Investor

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Dec 13, 2011

Best Buy's Fiscal Third-Quarter Results Disappoint; Excessive Promotions and Weakness in Europe to Blame
Best Buy posted poor fiscal third-quarter results. We are placing our fair value estimate of the firm under review while we reassess the company's aggressive pricing actions on long-term profitability.

Nov 15, 2011

Wal-Mart's Third-Quarter Earnings Decline, But US Comps Reverse; Low-End Consumers Increase Spending
Wal-Mart posted lower earnings for its fiscal third-quarter, but the results suggested a turnaround in its US operations thanks to improvement in low-end consumer spending.

Aug 18, 2011

Target Issues Strong Second Quarter, Posts Best Comps in Four Years
Target sems to be doing a great job navigating the perils of the domestic economic environment.

Aug 17, 2011

Wal-Mart Raises Full-Year Guidance, Sam's Club Drives Results
Wal-Mart posted solid fiscal 2012 second-quarter results and raised its full-year guidance. We maintain the shares look fairly valued at these levels.

Mar 22, 2024

Understanding Stock Splits
Let’s dig into how stock splits impact valuation.

Mar 11, 2024

You Already Own Whatever Your Investment Will Pay You in Dividends
Image Source: Images Money. Stocks are generally valued on the present value of all their future free cash flows, which already include future dividend payments. A company’s dividend policy may impact an investor’s eagerness to pay a higher price for shares on the basis of a higher yield, but the dividend is a symptom of future free cash flows (and therefore intrinsic value), not the driver behind it.

Mar 8, 2024

Latest Report Updates
Check out the latest report updates on the website.

Mar 8, 2024

Understanding Share Buybacks
Image shown: Buybacks aren't always positive for shareholders. An image showing when RadioShack bought back its own stock, just a few short years prior to filing for bankruptcy.Let’s explain how some share buybacks can be considered value-creating and some share buybacks can be considered value-destroying.

Feb 25, 2024

We Remain Bullish; Is This 1995 – The Beginning of a Huge Stock Market Run?
Image: Large cap growth stocks have trounced the performance of the S&P 500, REITs, and bonds since the beginning of 2023. We expect continued outperformance in this area of the market. We’re now roughly four years past the depths of the COVID-19 meltdown, where equities collapsed in February and March of 2020. As the markets began to recover through 2020, our long-term conviction in equities only grew stronger. We think the biggest risk for long-term investors remains staying out of the market on the basis of what could be considered stretched valuation multiples. As we outlined heavily in the book Value Trap, valuation multiples hardly tell the complete story about a company and often omit key long-term earnings growth, cash flow dynamics, and balance sheet health considerations. We remain bullish on equities for the long haul, and we think the next couple years will be incredibly strong. Our best ideas can be found in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio, High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio, ESG Newsletter portfolio, and via the Exclusive publication as well as options idea generation.

Jan 21, 2024

3 Substantial Benefits of Dividend Growth Investing
Image Source: www.epictop10.com. There are three primary benefits of a well-executed dividend growth strategy, one that is carried out with prudence and care and one that pays careful attention to the intrinsic value of the stock and its critical cash-based components. Albert Einstein is reported to have called compound interest the "eighth wonder of the world," but dividend growth investing has the potential to offer long-term investors so much more! Let's explain.