The chart below takes all the stocks in the S&P 500 and breaks them into five groups The first group on the left are the stocks analysts loathe (the worst-rated stocks) The last group on the right are the stocks most loved by analysts Stocks analysts dislike trade at ...
What You Need Has Never Been Cheaper vs. What You Want: This piece updates our last post on investing in staples The chart below shows the market cap of Consumer Staples to Consumer Discretionary stocks is now at a record low Wall Street is obsessed with IPOs, SPACs, and chasing ...
US Corporate Debt: The Next Crisis? Post the implosion of banks in the Great Financial Crisis the Federal Reserve stated that non-financial firms with debt/EBITDA >6x were a cause for concern regardless of industry Below is the percentage of total non-financial firms’ market cap that have Debt/EBITDA > 6x ...
Looking at CF Industries Holdings’ stock price over the last three years. The chart shows the performance of fertilizer and agricultural chemical manufacturer CF, over the last three years Since the stock’s most recent trough in October of 2020, it has exploded higher, rising 108% We have been bullish ...
The chart shows the performance of internet infrastructure company TWLO over the last three years Since the stock’s most recent peak on March 1, 2021, it has stalled, falling -17% in an up 12.5% tape[1] Twilio has been a “dishonorable mention” in our pieces Junk Stocks, What Does Volume ...
The case for undervalued energy, looking at Devon Energy over the last three years. The chart shows the performance of oil and gas exploration company DVN over the last three years Since the stock’s trough in October of 2020, it has exploded higher, rising 242% As explained in our ...
Low Yields are Now the Norm KCR recently came across a fabulous tweet by @charliebilello that caught our attention. In his tweet, he pointed out that the dividend yield of the S&P500 was at its lowest point since the stock market bubble of 2000. With the treasury bond market ...
Are the Most Valued Companies in the World this Valuable? In March, we published a chart showing the market capitalization of firms over 10x price to sales hit $10 trillion The navy blue line updates that chart: today there are nearly $14 trillion worth of stocks valued over 10x ...
Energy Investing May be a Highly Profitable Endeavor: A Contrarian Take on “Peak Oil Demand” The chart below shows the Energy Sector’s weight in the S&P 500 is at the lowest level in history In a recent Quick Take, we showed that the oil industry’s spending to maintain and ...
Credit Risk in Stocks Using the Fed Definition of Speculative Grade Stocks Shows Elevated Risk Today The chart shows that the weakest quintile of stocks is as vulnerable today as they were in 2000 Vulnerability is measured by ICR, or EBIT/Interest Expense, and associated criteria as explained in the Federal ...
