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Today, Karen Firestone, CEO, Aureus Asset Management and Jim Lebenthal commented about whether CRM-N, CRM-N are stocks to buy or sell.

BUY
They are cutting headcount and can cut plenty more (they added a lot of staff during the pandemic). Signing up new clients is taking alot longer, which will abate later. Margins can improve a lot as will the PE. Earnings will rise over time. She continues to buy, because there's a lot of room upwards. Activists? Bring 'em on. Not worried. She's owned this since 2002, on and off. CRM is the best in enterprise software (she uses it).
COMMENT
It comes down to margins and sales growth will slow. CRM probably needs hardball action by the new activist investor. Not sure how the CEO and activist will work together.
BUY
He sold higher-beta semi stocks for lower-beta tech stocks like TXN last fall.
BUY
A long-term buy. They report Thursday and will fact tough comps, therefore downside pressure. Likes this as a secular agriculture story.
BUY
An emerging market healthcare play.
BUY
She just added to her shares. Good free cash flow in energy stocks as capex declines. SLB beat earnings and revenues last quarter. Their digital and integation margins were up 380 basis points sequentially. Yes, the stock isn't cheap, but it enjoys the best momentum and international activity.
BUY
At 13x PE, slower sales are already built into shares. Semis could bottom in Q2, so maybe getting into semis is early, but the second half of 2023 will be too late to but these.
BUY
Broadcomm delivered the best quarter among semis last quarter. AI is important for them, and their enterprise business remains big for them and strong. Trades at 14x. Their data centre amounts to 35% of their revenues, and their AI is also important.
DON'T BUY
She welcomes the new activist investors. Cloud spending is slowing. EBITDA is 31x. There are a lot of cloud companies now and there are cheaper stocks in terms of risk/reward.
BUY
They have a best in class pharma business. They will spin out their consumer business. Careful with their quarter tomorrow because the strong USD will hit them, but this is temporary.
BUY
Paid a 10% dividend last year and more like 6-08% this year. Strong free cash flow.
SELL
Not cheap at 21x forward PE. It was defensive last year, adding 1% in 2022. Well-run. Likes it long term, but sees better opportunities elsewhere.
BUY
Trades at 9x earnings. Have been paying down debt. Housing stocks have bottomed, and housing looks good this year and in 2024. It's a blue chip in housing, despite its higher beta. Last year, you had to be defensive, but you need to be more offensive this year.
WATCH
He sold it recently. It's a great company, but his concern are the margins. Also, deals are taking a lot longer to get done. Profitability is a worry. The activist investor here has a great track record of improving companies. He will watch this for a couple of quarters.
BUY
Was upgraded today. Semis were punished last year. They're starting to diversify their products. Trades at 12x earnings and up 17% YTD.