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- Nicholas Financial: Still Very Underpriced
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: This is another very good earnings report from Nicholas Financial NICK: Nicholas Financial, Inc. announced that for the three months ended December 31, 2009, net earnings, excluding change in fair value of interest rate swaps, increased 117% to $2,747,000 as compared to $1,267,000...
- External links 2010-02-02
- S&P 500: Investing by Day of the Month
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Here’s a breakdown of how well the stock market has performed during the first 10 trading days of the month. Each line is based on S&P 500’s cumulative gain on each particular trading day of the month (i.e., being long on the X day of the...
- External links 2010-01-27
- AFLAC and Fiserv: Solid Earnings, Fairly Priced
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: In October, AFLAC AFL said to expect Q4 EPS between $1.08 and $1.16. Well... the company made $1.18 a share, which was three cents higher than the Street. For the full year, the company earned $1.5 billion, or $3.19 per share, compared with...
- External links 2010-02-03
- Fact Set Dividend Increase: Not Gigantic, But Still Encouraging
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: I have to add one quick post on the news that FactSet Research Systems FDS raised its dividend from 18 cents to 20 cents a share. It’s not a gigantic increase—last year FDS raised the dividend by 50% and the year before, the company doubled it—but...
- External links 2009-05-14
- Stryker: A Good Stock at a Relative Bargain
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: After the closing bell, Stryker SYK reported second-quarter earnings of 73 cents a share. This was the same as last year’s Q2 and it was a penny a share better than consensus. Sales came in at $1.634 billion which was down 4.6% from last year’s second...
- External links 2009-07-21
- Analysts Finally Raise Dismal Profit Estimates
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: The good news is that Wall Street is raising its earnings estimates. The bad news is that the old estimates were for incredibly lousy earnings. Now, they’re just expecting somewhat lousy earnings. Still! Wall Street firms raised forecasts on Standard & Poor’s 500 Index...
- External links 2009-07-27
- Coach: Profit Margins Fall But Still Relatively High
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: It’s always interesting to keep on eye on how well high-end retailers are doing. Consumers tend to cut back on luxury items during a recession. Coach COH, the handbag maker, reported bleak earnings. by Eddy Elfenbein
- External links 2009-07-28
- 2009 Earnings Estimates: A Moving Target
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Earlier this week, I mentioned that earnings have been running well ahead of expectations so far this earnings season. Of course, expectations were pretty low. For all of 2009, Wall Street now sees the S&P 500 earnings $59.80. If we continue to beat...
- External links 2009-07-29
- Nicholas Financial: An Outstanding Buy
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Nicholas Financial NICK just reported earnings for the June quarter which is the company's fiscal first quarter. Net earnings, excluding non-cash unrealized mark-to-market gain on interest rate swaps increased 34% to $2,081,000 as compared to $1,558,000 for the three months ended. On an...
- External links 2009-07-30
- Cognizant: An Excellent Buy
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: My Buy List continues to roll. Cognizant Technology Solutions CTSH just reported a huge earnings beat, plus it guided higher. For the second quarter, CTSH earned 50 cents a share which is an amazing 13 cents over estimates.Call Transcript The company now sees...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Explaining the Rally: Spreads Continue to Tighten
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Want an explanation for the rally? Check out the dramatic widening and closing of the spread between long-term Treasuries and corporates. The gap is still over 300 points and it was often below 200 during 2004 to 2007. by Eddy Elfenbein
- External links 2009-08-05
- Looking at the S&P Over the Years
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: The great bull market began 27 years ago yesterday, and ended a little over nine years ago. Here's a look at the S&P 500 since then: by Eddy Elfenbein
- External links 2009-08-12
- Market?s Excessive P/E Ratio
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: There’s recently been some commentary on the stock market’s elevated P/E Ratio see here and here. I think this is a good instance where the P/E Ratio fails to tell us much. We have to remember that the P/E Ratio is an unusual...
- External links 2009-08-17
- Interesting Factoid: Market Gains When Gold Is Below $455
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: I was playing around with some data and I came with an interesting stat: All of the stock market’s gain since 1970 has come when the price of gold is below $455. OK, now let me explain a little. I took two monthly...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Altria's Yield, Earnings Continue to Impress
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: I really like shares of Altria MO and it’s probably a good candidate for next year’s Buy List. The stock is going for about 10 times this year’s earnings. The company just raised its quarterly dividend by two cents a share to 34 cents. That works...
- External links 2009-09-01
- Portfolio Sees Amphenol's Loss Wiping Out Baxter's Gain
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: We had two earnings reports yesterday morning from our Buy List stocks, and so far, the results seem to be canceling each other out. Amphenol’s loss is wiping out Baxter’s gain. Amphenol APH reported earnings of 43 cents a share which beat the...
- External links 2009-07-16
- Looking at Relative Strength by Industry Group
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Here's a look at the relative strength of the ten S&P 500 industry groups since the beginning of the year. I took each sector index and divided it by the S&P 500, and based that to 100 at the start of the year. by Eddy Elfenbein
- External links 2009-07-06
- Comparing Stability of Dividends and Stock Prices Over Time
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Here’s a look at the growth of the S&P 500 along with its dividends over the past 20 years. The S&P 500 is the black line and it follows the left scale, the dividends are the blue line and follow the right scale. The two scales...
- External links 2009-07-01
- Friday Rallies Signal Confidence in Market
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: The S&P 500 has rallied for the last five straight Fridays. That's pretty impressive that there are buyers going into the weekend, and I think it signals some important confidence in the market. So what's the record for consecutive "up" Fridays? It turns...
- External links 2009-05-14
- Medtronic: Not Looking Too Healthy
- Eddy Elfenbein submits: Despite getting some great press for Barron’s, Medtronic’s MDT earnings report was rather uninspiring. The company's fiscal Q4 earnings came in at $250 million, or just 22 cents a share. That’s a huge drop from the 78 cents a share it made a year. However, if...
- External links 2009-05-19
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