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How ‘free’ is your ‘free cash flow’?
Back in January, Alphabet decided to take the high ground in its reporting by including Stock Based Compensation (SBC) within its adjusted ‘non-Gaap’ earnings’. As a bit of an old chestnut for analysts and portfolio managers and something the IASB has mandated to be included in IFRS reporting since 2005, it was perhaps no surprise […]
Continue readingEastman Chemical – when a picture is worth a thousand words
What is an equity, if not a participation in a cash flow stream where the yield can be determined by the prospective growth? With the correct methodology and cleaned up data, the GrowthRater does the heavy lifting for you to provide you with that perspective. The message is simple – BUY growth when it […]
Continue readingCan you guess the new addition to the GrowthRater portfolio?
Can you guess the stock? Okay, I think you’ve all had a fairly easy ride so far following some of the GrowthRater model portfolio changes that I have posted on this blog, so now you’ll have to do a little work to guess my new position. Just to remind you of some of the […]
Continue readingHarvesters target Unilever
The merger of Kraft and Heinz was the combination of two processed foods groups that were nearing the end of the road in terms of organic revenue growth and cost savings. In a world of sub-normal carrying costs for debt and over $1.5bn of additional cost synergies from merging the groups, their PE owners were […]
Continue readingGoldman’s next 25 sigma event may be blamed on Skynet
Goldman have reportedly replaced 600 traders with 200 computer engineers since 2000. The ratio however, doesn’t look very efficient, so presumably they’re working on other projects such as AI, although once this is developed there may not be too much demand then for Javascript developers either. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603431/as-goldman-embraces-automation-even-the-masters-of-the-universe-are-threatened/ Hopefully, the programming and models will be […]
Continue readingValue traps and opportunities and how to spot them
With a relative lull today in the results deluge, I thought it might be interesting to review how some of last week’s stack up, but from a GrowthRating perspective. As we’ve all had to wade thru far to much verbiage, I’ve kept it simple with some annotated charts and only a very few words. The […]
Continue readingGrowthRater portfolio: Closing long position in IAG for +33% gain in 6 months (+24% relative to FT Allshare)
Having added IAG Plc (IAG_L) to the GrowthRater portfolio in those dark days post the Brexit vote I am now closing the position and taking my gains. With an entry price of 359p and exit price of 476p, that represents a gain of approx +33% over the six months. Over the same period the FT […]
Continue readingGrowthRater model portfolio additions – Apple (aapl), PayPal (pypl) and Paddy Power Betfair (ppb_l)
I am adding 3 stocks this morningto the GrowthRater model portfolio Apple, Inc (aapl) at $121.4 per share PayPal, Inc (pypl) at $39.8 per share Paddy Power Betfair (ppb_l) at 8,380p per share Apple, inc (aapl): Added at $121.4 (close) PayPal, inc (pypl): Added at $39.8 (close) Paddy PowerBetfair Plc (ppb_l): Added […]
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