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Recent Articles
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Dick’s Sporting Goods Has Lots of Work to Do Following Its Acquisition of Foot Locker
Nov 28, 2025
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For the 39 weeks ended November 1, Dick’s Sporting Goods bought back $299 million of shares, while it paid $306 million in dividends. The company ended the quarter with long-term debt and financing lease obligations of $1.9 billion against a cash balance of $821 million. Net inventories were up 51% year-over-year, to $5.64 billion. For the DICK’S Business, net sales are expected to be between $13.95-$14 billion in 2025, with earnings per share in the range of $14.25-$14.55, the $14.40 midpoint slightly below consensus forecast of $14.48 per share. Comparable store sales are targeted to be between 3.5%-4% for the year, while management expects to spend approximately $1 billion in capital expenditures on a net basis. We continue to like Dick’s Sporting Goods as a strong dividend growth idea. Shares yield 2.3% at the time of this writing.
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Walmart Delivers Another Strong Quarter
Nov 20, 2025
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Walmart’s operating cash flow came in at $27.5 billion in the third quarter, an increase of $4.5 billion from last year’s tally. Free cash flow was $8.8 billion in the quarter, an increase of $2.6 billion from the same period a year ago. Year-to-date, Walmart repurchased 73.5 million shares for roughly $7 billion. Cash and cash equivalents came in at $10.6 billion, with total debt of $53.1 billion. At the end of the quarter, inventory totaled $65.4 billion, an increase of $2.1 billion or 3.2%. Looking to all of fiscal year 2026, Walmart raised its outlook for growth in net sales to the range of 4.8%-5.1% and adjusted operating income to the range of 4.8%-5.5%, both in constant currency. Adjusted earnings per share is expected to be between $2.58-$2.63, which includes a currency headwind of a penny or two. Shares yield 0.9% at the time of this writing.
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Nvidia Says “Blackwell Sales Are Off the Charts”
Nov 20, 2025
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In the first nine months of fiscal 2026, Nvidia returned $27 billion to shareholders in the form of share buybacks and cash dividends. At the end of the third quarter, Nvidia had $62.2 billion remaining under its share repurchase authorization. Looking to the fiscal fourth quarter, management is targeting revenue to be $65 billion, plus or minus 2% (versus $62 billion consensus), with non-GAAP gross margin of 75%, plus or minus 50 basis points. We think Nvidia is still in the early innings of an AI build cycle, and the firm remains a core idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio.
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Public Storage Raises Outlook for Second Consecutive Quarter
Nov 17, 2025
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Looking to 2025, Public Storage's revenue growth is anticipated in the range of -0.3%-0.3%, narrowed from the prior range of -1.3%-0.8%. Expense growth is targeted in the range of 1.8%-2.8%, down from the prior range of 2.3%-3.0%. Net operating income is now expected to decline 1.2%-0.2% versus a range of down 2.6% and up 0.3% previously. Non-same store net operating income is expected in the range of $475-$485 million, up from the range of $465-$475 million. Core FFO per share is now targeted in the range of $16.70-$17.00, up 0.2%-2.0% and the lower end of the guidance range raised from $16.45-$17.00. Public Storage is one of our favorite REITs, with the company yielding 4.4% at the time of this writing.
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