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Feb 5, 2019
Alphabet Working to Balance Rising Spending and Driving Revenue Growth
Alphabet’s top-line growth remains impressive, but rising costs continue to pressure margin performance. Free cash flow generation is still robust, which provides the backbone for its fortress-like balance sheet, but capital spending levels advanced at a significant rate in 2018.
Feb 4, 2019
The Dividend Cushion Ratio Was Ahead of Tupperware’s Cut
Image shown: Tupperware’s landing page at Valuentum after the company announced a ~60% dividend cut.Tupperware slashed its dividend before the Dividend Growth Newsletter hit your inboxes Friday evening. The company was included at the bottom of a list of companies with the highest multiplicative combination of Dividend Yield x Dividend Cushion ratio (mostly due to its outsize yield). The Dividend Cushion ratio flagged it as an outsize risk, nonetheless, and it was not included in any simulated newsletter portfolio.
Feb 4, 2019
Our Reports on Stocks in the Truck Machinery Industry
Image Source: Oliver Bildesheim. We've discontinued coverage of the Truck (machinery) industry.
Feb 4, 2019
In The News: M&A Activity, Clorox Offsets Cost Headwinds, Sony Cuts Expectations
Let’s take a look at some of the top stories around the markets February 4.
Feb 1, 2019
Earnings Roundup: Amazon, Facebook, Honeywell, PayPal, Visa
Let's talk about our views on Amazon, Facebook, Honeywell, PayPal, and Visa. We think Facebook's equity offers the biggest bargain, but Visa remains our top idea, as it has been for some time.
Jan 31, 2019
Altria’s Sprawling Business to Underperform Long-Term Bottom-Line Target in 2019
Image Source: Melanie Tata.  Altria’s business has grown increasingly complex recently as it has levered up to add exposure to new growth opportunities. We don’t find the convoluted company attractive, even after considering its lofty yield, and its core cigarette business continues to face material industry-wide volume declines.
Jan 31, 2019
Microsoft’s Free Cash Flow Strong Despite Robust Strategic Growth Investments
Image Source: Mike Mozart.  Microsoft continues to take advantage of strong demand for its hybrid cloud portfolio, and it is winning business from leading enterprise customers. Free cash flow generation remains strong despite significantly higher levels of strategic growth investments.
Jan 30, 2019
Earnings Roundup: Big Name Dividend Payers
Image Source: Simon Cunningham.  Let’s take a quick look at the fourth quarter earnings reports of a few wide-ranging, big-name dividend payers, all of which are leaders in their respective industries. Included in this article: Boeing, McDonald’s, and AT&T.
Jan 30, 2019
Valuentum -- Brian Nelson -- Kris Rosemann -- Portfolio Managers
From inception through mid-2015, newsletter editor, Brian Nelson, managed the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio (see Appendix, Figure 8), and since then it has been co-managed with Kris Rosemann, who acts as Head of Data across Valuentum’s research processes. Mr. Nelson comes from a background in independent investment research and buyside aggressive-growth active management. Mr. Rosemann’s research and analysis is published across widely-read syndication platforms, and his work is quoted across media organizations, the latest with respect to Valuentum’s groundbreaking research on master limited partnerships.
Jan 30, 2019
Novartis Closes Out Busy Year; Proposes Dividend Hike
Image Source: Novartis fourth quarter presentation.  European pharmaceutical giant Novartis had a busy year in 2018 on its quest to renew its focus on medicines, and management is excited about its future growth trajectory. We continue to like its free cash flow generation and dividend growth potential.


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