Introduction In today’s uncertain investing world, I believe it is extremely important to first and foremost focus on safety and quality. Since my primary investment focus is now on dividends and dividend growth, safety to me is primarily about valuation along with dividend coverage and predictability. Most long-term followers of mine know me as Mr. …
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Lowe’s Companies Inc. FAST Graphs Analysis
Introduction Today I am going to take a look at Lowe’s through the lens of FAST Graphs. It’s a company that I’ve been really in love with for many, many years. As many of you know me as Mr. Valuation, I tend to be very, very disciplined about valuation. Lowe’s is a stock that I’ve …
Meredith Update: Dividend Paused
Introduction Meredith (MDP) surprised me with the recent announcement that they were going to “pause” their dividend – whatever that means. Frankly, I was surprised because the company had been guiding for strong cash flow both operating and free cash flow and EBITDA growth over the intermediate term future. So far, those consensus estimates have …
Cardinal Health Update-A Dividend Aristocrat on Sale
Introduction On November 22, 2017, I published an article titled: “Cardinal Health: A Dividend Aristocrat the Risk Is Already Priced In.” At that time, Cardinal Health (CAH) was trading at approximately $56 per share and was paying a dividend of $1.81 representing a dividend yield of about 3.1%. Of course, a lot has changed with …
Raytheon and United Technologies Merger
Introduction There recently has been a merger between Raytheon and United Technologies. The company is now Raytheon Technologies (RTX). When something like this happens, it kind of muddies up the history a little bit, although it doesn’t completely make the history irrelevant. Company Description Raytheon Technologies Corp. is an aerospace and defense company, which engages …
Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’
Introduction I do believe that investors need to be cognizant of the fact that what is happening today is not the norm with stock markets. Instead, I’d like to point out that the risk we are facing right now is what I call an event risk. This is something unforeseen that comes along every so …
Tesla: Do the Fundamental Support the Stock Price?
Introduction I have been asked to provide a FAST Graph analyze out loud video on Tesla (TLSA) from many subscribers to our YouTube channel. This is a difficult company to analyze based on fundamentals. In some sense, it is really a tale of two companies. The first story refers to the company fundamentals from the …
How To protect Your Dividend Growth Portfolio from the Pending Market Crash
Introduction Ever since I first entered the investment industry circa 1970, I have been confronted with a constant and persistent admonition about the next pending market crash. In those early days I contributed much of the negativity toward stocks to a lingering overhang from the Great Depression. Many of the people I was talking with …
The Proper Utilization and Interpretation of FAST Graphs
Introduction One of the most common questions we receive regarding FAST Graphs is: why are P/E ratios different on the historical graphs versus the forecasting calculators? Although this is a fair question, it also illustrates that many of our users are not fully understanding how the tool is designed and/or how it works or should …
Interest Rates and Stock Values Truth Be Told
Introduction The idea that interest rates directly affect stock prices is a commonly held belief among many investors. There are some that even go as far as to say that the only reason the stock market is up is because interest rates have been artificially kept low by the Fed. With this article, I’m going …