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TOP PICK

GameStop Corp., a specialty retailer, provides games and entertainment products through its e-commerce properties and various stores in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms; accessories, such as controllers, gaming headsets, virtual reality products, and memory cards; new and pre-owned gaming software; and in-game digital currency, digital downloadable content, and full-game downloads. It also sells collectibles comprising licensed merchandise primarily related to the gaming, television, and movie industries, as well as pop culture themes. As of January 29, 2022, the company operated 4,573 stores and ecommerce sites under the GameStop, EB Games, and Micromania brands; and 50 pop culture themed stores that sell collectibles, apparel, gadgets, electronics, toys, and other retail products under the Zing Pop Culture brand, as well as offers Game Informer, a print and digital video game publication featuring reviews of new releases, previews of the big titles on the horizon, and coverage of the latest developments in the gaming industry. The company was formerly known as GSC Holdings Corp. GameStop Corp. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas. Social media mentions are up 138% in the past 24h. 

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Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm specializing in recapitalizations, management buyouts, refinancing, family estate planning, management buyouts, refinancing, industry consolidation, mature, later stage emerging growth. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. It prefers to invest in air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, chemicals, commercial services, computers, construction and engineering, consumer finance, consumer services, electronic equipment, energy equipment and services, financial services, health care equipment, health care providers, hotels, restaurants, and leisure, internet software and services, IT Services, machinery, oil, gas and consumable fuels, paper and forest products, professional and industrial services, road and rail, software, specialty retail, telecommunication, consumer discretionary, energy, materials, technology, and transportation. Social media mentions are up 200% in the past 24h. 

COMMENT
Utilities and real estate rallying with lower interest rates.

Those are the outperformers this quarter. Even with the big day today in the NASDAQ, the utility sector has actually outperformed technology in this quarter.

COMMENT
Seeing a move into small caps?

It's still early. Interesting last couple of years. Any small caps that required capital or didn't have really strong earnings went straight down. Some in the group have performed well. In July, started to see some small caps outperforming and started to see more breadth. We've seen that continue to follow through in the last couple of weeks, now that markets have settled down.

Will be interesting to see if it's a short-term trend that leads to a longer-term one, but too early right now to know for sure.

COMMENT
Investors wary of small caps that need to raise money?

These ones have been in a really challenging environment the last couple of years. The capital just hasn't been there. Market was pushing those stock prices down, and probably still continues today. But now we're seeing more and bigger financing. A year ago, average financing deals were sub-$10M; now they're in the $18-20M range.

COMMENT
Managed-money platforms mean that banks no longer offer hot stock picks?

Banks like to stay in deep water, which doesn't include any small caps. But there's a huge opportunity in small caps, and bank-owned firms can use that as a managed-money solution.

HOLD

Volatile year with energy stocks. If we continue to see lower rates and pickup in economic activity, this name will do well. More heavy-oil focused. Cost of production is higher than others, so they need higher price for oil. Historically cheap, small dividend.

WATCH

Management team has solid record of success. Continues to make acquisitions and grow company. Caught on during Covid, valuation probably got stretched; now backfilling the valuation. Fairly attractive right now. He's watching for them to move margins up.

HOLD

Pipeline in place right now, waiting for facilities. Big thing right now is a pending sales agreement. Management confirms this week that helium price has a chance to move up, and focus is on getting the sales agreement done. Once the agreement is in place, you can step in with a bigger position, because company can then secure debt, build out facilities, and start producing.

WATCH

Weak, while NA markets are at highs. Tremendous success in the past making acquisitions, integrating, and increasing margins. That hasn't changed. Once a market darling, people got carried away. Speed of acquisition has slowed. 

Going forward, has technology to calibrate the increasing number of sensors on cars, which smaller shops don't. Needs to accelerate earnings growth.

WATCH

Amazing chart over 2 years, not as attractive over last 2 quarters. High expectations, disappointment in numbers, investors started to exit. Ranks well in his longer-term screens, but not short term. He's watching, as there will be huge demand for infrastructure and infrastructure steel. 

If you hold it now, continue to hold. If not, watch for the inflection point between earnings and higher margins, as stock price should start to follow. This way, you might pay a bit more, but you'll potentially save yourself some downside.

HOLD

Continues to execute on market share and growth. More challenging recently, might be due to market rotation over to small caps. Longer-term great hold, just hold on. If you're a short-term trader, consider taking gains and rolling into something else.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Jan 02/24, Down 60%)

Needed to raise money, and market didn't like that. Florida contract was delayed. Still really likes it. AI technology.