Best Idea Domino’s Is Incredibly Shareholder Friendly
April 12, 2022
Image Shown: Domino’s Pizza Inc is incredibly shareholder friendly. Image Source: Domino’s Pizza Inc – Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2021 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan Domino’s Pizza Inc (DPZ) is one of our favorite restaurant franchises. We include Domino’s as an idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio as we are huge fans of its asset-light business model, strong free cash flow generating abilities, bright growth outlook, and shareholder friendly management team. Our fair value estimate for Domino’s sits at $517 per share, substantially above where shares of DPZ are trading at as of this writing. Additionally, shares of DPZ yield a modest ~1.1% as of this writing, and its dividend program offers incremental upside to the potential return
Best Idea Dollar General Roaring Higher
April 12, 2022
Image Shown: We like the niche Dollar General Corporation has carved out for itself in the competitive discount retail industry. Image Source: Dollar General Corporation – Fiscal 2021 Annual Report By Callum Turcan Though the discount store retail industry is incredibly competitive, we like the niche that Dollar General Corp (DG) has carved out for itself by targeting towns and cities in the U.S. with populations of 20,000 or less. These are regions where e-commerce economics are not attractive due to hefty fulfillment costs, and often are underserved in terms of shopping options. Dollar General operates over 18,100 stores across 46 U.S. states and is included as an idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. We continue to be big
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week April 8
April 8, 2022
Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending April 8. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT): now $1.0875 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.5812. Capital Bancorp (CBNK): now $0.0583 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0500. Constellation Brands (STZ): now $0.80 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.76. Constellation Brands (STZ.B): now $0.72 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.69. FS Bancorp (FSBW): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend and $0.10 per share special dividend, was $0.15. GFL Entertainment
Best Biotech Idea Vertex Pharma Outperforming Struggling Peers, Its New Treatment for Pain a Game Changer in the Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic
April 7, 2022
Image: Vertex Pharma has advanced more than 18% since the beginning of 2021, trouncing the performance of the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF by an incredible margin. The outperformance gap stands at more than 50+ percentage points at the time of this writing. By Brian Nelson, CFA We were blown away by the phase II results released March 31 at Vertex Pharma (VRTX) for its non-opioid, non-addictive pain killer, the NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548, and we think the molecule has the potential to provide a solution to the widespread opioid crisis in a meaningful way. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, tens of thousands of deaths each year are “attributed to overdosing on synthetic opioids.” The company’s phase
Lululemon Firing on All Cylinders; Shares Recovering
April 6, 2022
Image Shown: Shares of Lululemon Athletica Inc are recovering in the wake of the company’s recent earnings report. By Callum Turcan On March 29, Lululemon Athletica Inc (LULU) reported fourth quarter earnings for fiscal 2021 (period ended January 30, 2022) that matched consensus top-line estimates and beat consensus bottom-line estimates. Lululemon also announced it had initiated a new $1.0 billion stock buyback program after completing its previous program in the first quarter of fiscal 2022. The company issued favorable guidance for fiscal 2022 during its latest earnings update, which helped drive shares of LULU sharply higher during normal trading hours on March 30. Shares of LULU are up more than 20% during the past 52 weeks through the time of
3 Dividend Growth Ideas That Just Raised Their Payouts
April 4, 2022
Image: American Tower By Brian Nelson, CFA Over the past decade, I have grown to appreciate the compounding dynamics of reinvested dividends on appreciating stocks even more than some of the most widely distributed historical studies have revealed. The strategy of dividend growth investing not only benefits from the reinvestment of dividends into the purchase of new stock, but it also benefits from the higher dividend payments on an ever-increasing number of shares owned by the investor. This means that dividend growth investing results in a compounding dynamic that is even better than that of compound interest, which is calculated on the fixed starting principal and the accumulated interest from prior periods like that on a bond, for example. This
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week April 1
April 1, 2022
Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending April 1. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week AGF Management (AGFMF): now CAD 0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.09. Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 6.25 FX FT PFD F (ABR.PF): now $0.3906 per share quarterly dividend. Bancolombia S.A. (CIB): now $0.828 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0661. Bank OZK (OZK): now $0.31 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30. BioNTech (BNTX): now EUR 2.00 per share special dividend. Cal-Maine Foods (CALM): now $0.125 per
WEC Energy Is a Solid Utility with a Nice Yield
March 30, 2022
Image Source: WEC Energy Group Inc – March 2022 IR Presentation By Callum Turcan WEC Energy Group Inc (WEC) is a holding company that owns electric and natural gas utilities in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois), a ~60% stake in American Transmission Company (its service area is in the Upper Midwest and overlaps with the operations of WEC Energy’s other utility assets), and the merchant power firm WEC Infrastructure. WEC Energy serves roughly 4.6 million customers across its service area. Some of its electric and natural gas utilities include Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation, Peoples Energy LLC, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, North Shore Gas Company, W.E.
Exxon Mobil Is Working on Boosting U.S. LNG Export Capacity
March 30, 2022
Image Shown: Exxon Mobil Corporation is a big player in the global LNG industry. Image Source: Exxon Mobil Corporation – March 2022 Investor Day Presentation By Callum Turcan Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas supplies has taken centerstage in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Members of the European Union (‘EU’) receive roughly 40% of their natural gas needs from Russia. In March 2022, the US and the EU announced an agreement covering energy security that among other things encouraged greater liquified natural gas (‘LNG’) exports from the US to the EU. Such an accord would require Europe to boost its LNG regassification capacity. Recent LNG News In February 2022, Germany announced plans to build two LNG import
Nike Holding Its Own Against Major Exogenous Shocks
March 29, 2022
Image Shown: Shares of Nike Inc are on an upward climb again after dropping significantly from November 2021 to March 2022. By Callum Turcan On March 21, Nike Inc (NKE) reported its third quarter earnings for fiscal 2022 (period ended February 28, 2022) that beat both top- and bottom-line estimates. Shares of Nike are trading around ~$135 as of this writing, near our fair value estimate of $139 per share, after dropping significantly from November 2021 to March 2022. The company’s stock shot up initially after its latest earnings report was made public as Nike indicated it was getting a better handle on its supply chain issues, which have made keeping up with robust consumer demand quite difficult of late.
