Owens Corning (OC): A Bull Case for a Real Economy Stock
A global leader in the manufacturing of building and construction materials, Owens Corning (OC) sells its products in 30 countries. OC’s legacy business is divided into three segments: Roofing (~40% of sales), Insulation (~37% of sales), and Fiberglass Composites (~23% of sales).
Nvidia: A Quick Example of Excessive Extrapolation
Last week we wrote a piece citing work done by some of the greats in behavioral finance – Benartzi, Tversky and Kahneman. Our work suggested that the recent wall of stock-based compensation could create unprecedented risk for employees. Millions of individuals often refuse to diversify their stock comp due to well-understood behavioral errors. Most recently,
Excessive Extrapolation & Stock Based Compensation
The researchers and portfolio managers who write KCR’s newsletter do their best to follow the data. We use sophisticated analytical tools to identify areas where we see significant market inefficiencies. Yet history does not repeat; it rhymes, which means we get things wrong. We write about that, too. Most recently,
KCR Micro Model Explained
In our last missive, A Penchant for Pain, we highlighted that our Microcap Model Portfolio was lagging the Russell 2000 – one of its two principal benchmarks. We went on to note that some of our most timely highlights have been when we draw our readers’ attention to our worst performing products. Evidence based and systematic, we have been fortunate to see every period of pain followed, eventually, by outsized prosperity.
The Case for Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH)
Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) is primarily a pharmaceutical wholesaler that distributes the medicines drug manufacturers produce to pharmacies. CAH also manufactures and distributes CAH-branded medical, surgical, and laboratory products in the U.S. and Canada.
ARIS Water Solutions, Inc. (ARIS)
ARIS is a uniquely positioned company: its water handling and recycling services seem likely to be in tremendous demand for the foreseeable future. In simple terms, the fracking process produces rapidly increasing quantities of water that must be disposed of or recycled.
OSG Ship Holding Group, Inc. (OSG)
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) operates a fleet of vessels that transport crude oil, petroleum, and transportation fuels primarily in the U.S. Flag trade. OSG operates a fleet of 21 vessels (13 owned and eight chartered) with aggregate carrying capacity of ~1.5 million deadweight tons (dwt). One dwt is 2,240 pounds.
A Penchant for Pain: A Search for Big Returns in Small Packages
The research in this newsletter is not designed for those looking to feel comfortable in large crowds. Our ranking tools and model portfolios pay various levels of respect to the momentum anomaly. “Momentum anomaly” is merely an academically vetted term for performance chasing.
Apple, Coke, Tesla, WorldCom & Warren Buffett: What Can We Learn?
April. Busy month. Let’s use numbers and history to make a powerful point with simple pictures. The cranberry bars show Apple’s price to sales (P/S) ratio by year. You can see AAPL’s valuation ballooned from 3x sales in 2014 to 7x sales today. The navy-blue bars show Apple's market cap from 2014 through today.
“Number Go Up” & The Ouroboros-Like Asset Inflation of the Post GFC Era
“Number Go Up” [is] one of the many memes that sprang up during a previous crypto surge, representing a similar vibe as “to the moon” or “hodl” – the idea that the faithful would keep buying in the belief that prices would continue to climb. … For active managers, the pressure is getting more intense by the day to ride the upward momentum across tech-powered indexes like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 …
A Quixotic Crusade for Common Sense?
Yet after the world’s most valuable chipmaker smashed expectations with its blowout report Wednesday, the AI party is one nobody can afford to miss. Short interest is nearly nonexistent among tech behemoths. … For active managers, the pressure is getting more intense by the day to ride the upward momentum across tech-powered indexes like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 …
KCR’s Dividend Portfolio: An Evidence Based Approach
Shortly after the trough of the Great Financial Crisis, this newsletter observed that Wall Street was selling “dividend investing” strategies to coax investors back into equities. In pieces ranging from The Dividend Deception to Rushing About: The Thirst for Yield, we pilloried what we felt were often deceptive marketing pitches that led investors into history’s biggest bubble in dividend stocks.