Exclusive Analysis for the Discerning Investor
Brian Nelson Join President Brian Nelson and members of the Valuentum analyst team for a presentation at the local chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) in Chicago on November 15.
After disappointments from McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, AT&T, and IBM, a more optimistic tone from 3M and Caterpillar was welcome news. Still, the market continues to digest Amazon’s large miss and Dividend Growth portfolio holding Microsoft’s large beat. Mr. Softy’s results were truly fantastic. Let’s dive in.
Let’s run through a number of important earnings reports this week.
The correction has come and passed. It appears the market is setting up to move higher…again. Such a move may still be a part of the beginning of a larger downward trend, however.
Brian Nelson, President of Equity Research at Valuentum Securities, says the fast food giant’s third quarter results were atrocious and outlines what’s needed to improve earnings moving forward. — CNBC
McDonald’s is being hit by a perfect storm of negative catalysts, and it may get worse before it gets better. Yum Brands will fall short of achieving previously-announced earnings per share goals.
A trip to the local Apple retail store is all that is needed to assess the continued tremendous interest in Apple products.
Chipotle is a fantastic company with excellent growth prospects. Shares, however, are priced to perfect execution, which cannot be guaranteed in the ultra-competitive fast-casual space.
Hasbro put up a fantastic third quarter, and we continue to like the company as an income growth idea.
We knew something was terribly wrong. IBM’s (IBM) earnings quality had been waning, and we thought a big miss might be on the horizon. We wrote here in January 2014: Never did we ever think we’d be using Big Blue as an example of poor earnings quality, but its fourth-quarter 2013 results, released January 21, fit the mold. The first is revenue growth. IBM’s fourth-quarter 2013 revenue dropped 5.5%, a pace that exceeded that of the 4.6% drop for the year, indicating an acceleration of the revenue decline. We’re viewing this as a sign that the worst may still be ahead of Big Blue as it tries to steer the company back to growth. Without a solid backdrop of revenue growth, earnings-per-share expansion will … Read more