Research Articles
(APEI) American Public Education Provides Small-Cap Growth At A Reasonable Price
2012-02-10
…. Like most for-profit education companies, American Public Education’s stock price has suffered due to Department of Education threats against the industry. However, American Public Education has continued to produce strong earnings growth, and more importantly, is expected to continue producing future earnings growth in excess of 23% per annum. The company has no debt […]
ResMed Inc. (RMD): A Mid Cap Offering Consistent Above-Average Growth At A Below-Average Price
2012-02-10
….This report presented essential “fundamentals at a glance” illustrating the past and present valuation based on earnings achievements as reported. Future forecasts for earnings growth are based on the consensus of leading analysts. Although, with just a quick glance you can know a lot about the company, it’s imperative that the reader conducts their own […]
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) Is Still A Great Large-Cap Buy
2012-02-10
Growth stocks are defined as companies with high rates of change of earnings growth of 15% to 20% or better. Growth stocks offer the potential for share prices to rise in lockstep with their profit growth in the long run. Therefore, the PEG ratio formula (price equals growth rate) tends to be the most appropriate […]
Nike (NKE): Just Do It – Sell
2012-02-09
There is an enormous amount of discussion and even controversy regarding various opinions as to whether the stock market is currently undervalued or overvalued. Some pundits, such as Prof. Schiller, use a statistical analysis that argues for overvaluation based on an alleged reversion to the mean. Currently, Prof. Schiller calculates the Schiller PE on the […]
Fastenal (FAST): A Vivid Case of Overvaluation
2012-02-02
Our normal policy is to produce articles and analysis on companies that we believe offer attractive valuations based on earnings and cash flows. However, we’ve recently received numerous requests to write about companies that may be overvalued by Mr. Market. This article is going to cover a company that we have owned in the past, […]
Has McDonalds Become Too Pricey To Buy or Hold?
2012-02-01
We are strong believers in making buy, sell or hold investing decisions predicated on the fundamentals behind the business that the common stock represents. On the other hand, we also acknowledge the undeniable reality that “Mr. Market” does not always price a company according to its intrinsic value based on earnings and cash flows. However, […]