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Market Mayhem — Alerts for Members

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During these extremely volatile times, it’s important to stay focused. On December 15, we informed all of our members to “Pay Attention.” Shortly thereafter, we notified members of the potential for a stock market technical breakdown. This morning, we offered a pre-market briefing about the importance of thinking about portfolio protection. For Best Ideas Newsletter and Dividend Growth Newsletter members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=e2406cd6-c113-4344-8731-493f33fc44a4&id=preview For High Yield Dividend Newsletter members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=b3ba530f-38b3-489a-ac96-2961dca89c6b&id=preview For Exclusive members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=ba6d90c0-4433-48b2-9b8a-aac4ddf9006e&id=preview We’re here for any questions. Please just let us know how we can help! Kind regards, Brian Nelson, CFA  brian@valuentum.com

Verint Systems’ Strategy Delivers

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Image Source: Verint Systems Investor Presentation Actionable intelligence leader Verint Systems continues to deliver on its strategy in its ‘Customer Engagement’ segment, while its ‘Cyber Security’ segment is taking advantage of a number of trends. Management’s initial guidance for next fiscal year impressed. By Kris Rosemann Simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio idea Verint Systems (VRNT) turned in a solid fiscal third quarter report December 6 as momentum stemming from investments in advanced analytics, automation, and cloud across its actionable intelligence portfolio are driving expectations for ongoing demand growth. Organizations need this actionable intelligence to create an engaged workforce and smarter customer engagements, and its cybersecurity business is taking advantage of the necessity for protection against ever-advancing cyber threats. Initial guidance … Read more

Best Ideas Newsletter Portfolio Not Bad Thus Far in 2018

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Part of what we take pride in at Valuentum is telling things how they are. If things are going great, we let you know. If things aren’t going as good as they could be, we don’t hold back. In the year of crypto and cannabis, 2018 hasn’t been the best year for the simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, but it hasn’t been bad either.  By Brian Nelson, CFA We wrote up an extensive piece on the background of the simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio earlier this year, and we encourage everyone to have a read of that here (pdf). We made some changes to the goals of the newsletter portfolio prior to the beginning of this year. For starters, we … Read more

Big Movers for the Week Ending September 28

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Those topping the big-movers board for the week ended September 28 include Gilead, Apple, Altria, Hasbro, Novartis, and more. By Christopher Araos This is a new weekly series launched to help readers stay up to date with big movers within the simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and simulated Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio. Best Ideas Newsletter Winners Biotech powerhouse Gilead Sciences (GILD) advanced 2.3% during the week ending September 28 as the company announced a launch of generic versions for Epclusa and its blockbuster Harvoni. Another key mover of 2.2% on the week was Apple (AAPL), which persuaded a federal appeals court to throw out $234 million in damages for infringement of University of Wisconsin’s computer processing technology. Altria Group (MO) … Read more

Verint Raises Guidance; Shares Surge After-Hours

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Image Source: Verint Shares of simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio idea Verint surged after hours September 5 following a strong fiscal second quarter report. By Kris Rosemann Simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio idea Verint (VRNT) turned in an impressive second quarter report September 9, and shares leapt in after-hours trading after management raised its full year top- and bottom-line guidance. The company’s focus on actionable intelligence in customer engagement and cyber intelligence, which includes high-growth areas such as analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation technologies, is being met by strong demand as evidenced by its 11% year-over-year revenue growth reported in the quarter. Non-GAAP revenue in its ‘Customer Engagement’ segment (~66% of total revenue) advanced 10.6% from the year-ago period, and its … Read more

Valuentum’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Distribution

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The weighted average cost of capital is one of the most subjective measures in corporate finance, but it is also one of the most important ones. “The most important item over time in valuation is obviously interest rates…If interest rates are destined to be at low levels…It makes any stream of earnings from investments worth more money. The bogey is always what government bonds yield….Any investment is worth all the cash you’re going to get out between now and judgment day discounted back. The discounting back is affected by whether you choose interests rates like those of Japan or interest rates like those we had in 1982…When we had 15 percent short-term rates in 1982, it was silly to pay … Read more

Verint Trading Near 52-Week Highs

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Image Source: Verint Simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio idea Verint turned in a solid fiscal first quarter report June 7 as ongoing demand strength drove its top line higher. The company’s transition to a more software-focused business model is expected to continue expanding margins. Verint is a unique play on cybersecurity. By Kris Rosemann Simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio idea Verint (VRNT) continues to ride a wave of strong demand for its offerings in both its ‘Customer Engagement’ and ‘Cyber Intelligence’ segments to a growing top line, expanding margins, and solid cash flow generation. In its fiscal first quarter report, results released June 7, the company reported non-GAAP revenue growth of 10% from the year-ago period, driven by 8% growth … Read more

Study: Valuentum’s Best Ideas Newsletter Portfolio

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ICYMI: Valuentum’s Improved Stock and ETF Web Pages

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Valuentum has rolled out improved stock and ETF web pages on its website valuentum.com/. Now, subscribers can access key proprietary information on the stock and ETF web pages in addition to the customary stock and ETF reports. Dear reader, We have some exciting news that we can’t wait to share with you! At valuentum.com/, we have rolled out new stock and ETF pages that conveniently include a variety of our proprietary metrics from the Dividend Cushion ratio to the Economic Castle rating and beyond! There’s even mouseover functionality so you can learn about how we define the key metrics across our stock-selection and dividend growth methodologies. You’ll still have access to the stock and dividend reports on the landing pages, … Read more

Verint’s Big Move Puts It Ahead of the Market

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Image shown: A rally following Verint’s fourth-quarter report has put its price performance ahead of the market’s return since the beginning of 2017. We think Verint Systems is getting a bad rap about its non-GAAP reporting. Operating cash flow at the company is tremendous, and the market may finally be coming around to recognizing its undervalued nature. By Brian Nelson, CFA Simulated Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio idea Verint Systems (VRNT) reported solid fourth-quarter results that showed total revenue advancing nearly 8% thanks to strong service and support sales, and operating income leaping nearly 90%, to $36.3 million. GAAP net income in the quarter more than doubled, to $18.3 million. Net debt, including long-term restricted cash, fell to $417 million from … Read more