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Best Idea Disney Rebounding Nicely; Shares Look Cheap

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Image Shown: Shares of The Walt Disney Company strengthened February 9 in the wake of the media and entertainment giant’s latest earnings report. We include shares of DIS as an idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. By Callum Turcan On February 9, The Walt Disney Company (DIS) reported first-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings (period ended January 1, 2022) that smashed past both consensus top- and bottom-line estimates. A sharp rebound at its ‘Disney Parks, Experiences and Products’ unit impressed investors and shares of DIS are strengthening nicely in the wake of its latest earnings report. We are big fans of Disney and include shares of DIS as an idea in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. Our fair value estimate stands … Read more

Competition Is Heating Up for Intel

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Image Shown: Intel’s shares have outpaced the S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) since we removed them October 2020. By Brian Nelson, CFA We removed Intel (INTC) from the simulated newsletter portfolios in late October 2020. Since then, the chip giant has outpaced the index modestly. We’re not reading too much into this, but we wanted to keep the name in front of you as it has been an idea in the simulated newsletter portfolios in the past. Shares yield about ~2.4% at the time of this writing. On April 22, Intel reported first-quarter 2021 results that showed flat non-GAAP revenue performance, while non-GAAP earnings per share declined modestly. Intel has lost a bit of its edge against Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) … Read more

Apple: Innovation Versus Improvements

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Image Source: Valuentum Apple’s 2017 iPhone event took place September 12, and it was one of the most highly anticipated of such events. Let’s take a look at what improvements are being made and how they might impact our thesis on the tech giant. By Kris Rosemann Newsletter portfolio holding Apple (AAPL) has made a spectacle of its annual iPhone event in which it reveals the most recent improvements it makes to its flagship product, as well as other new products and features across its lineup. This year’s event, which took place September 12, was one of the most highly-anticipated events in the iPhone’s 10-year history, due in large part to the anticipation surrounding the iPhone X (iPhone 10 in … Read more

2 Recent IPOs: Surveying SurveyMonkey and Sounding the Alarm on Sonos

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Valuentum has an expansive stock research coverage universe. We don’t cover every company on the market, however. We include three new ideas outside of our coverage universe each month in the Exclusive publication—an income idea, a capital appreciation idea, and a short-idea consideration. In this article, let’s cover two companies that aren’t in our coverage universe but should be on your radar. Both are recent IPOs. By Brian Nelson, CFA SurveyMonkey’s Shares Are Fairly Valued SurveyMonkey (SVMK) has been around since the turn of the century, but it has only been a public entity since September 2018. Many members may have already heard of SurveyMonkey. The company has made it easier to engage with customers to get their feedback, and … Read more

Netflix’s Subscriber Growth Is Slowing Down, Competition Heating Up

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Image Shown: Netflix Inc’s paid subscriber base is expected to grow at a slower pace in the near term compared to the performance seen in recent years. Image Source: Netflix Inc – Shareholder letter covering the fourth quarter of 2021 By Callum Turcan On January 20, Netflix Inc (NFLX) reported fourth-quarter 2021 earnings after the bell. The video streaming giant met consensus top-line estimates and beat consensus bottom-line estimates last quarter as original content such as the South Korean TV show Squid Game (released September 2021) proved to be quite popular in markets around the globe and helped Netflix retain interest in its service. During Netflix’s latest earnings call, management noted that the violent Squid Game TV show had been … Read more