Today, Michael Hakes - CFA, MBA and Stephen Weiss, Founder, Short Hills Capital Partners commented about whether GBTC-OTC, TGT-N, VRTX-Q, PLTR-Q, LVMUY-OTC, ACN-N, UNH-N, CMG-N, CP-T, ATZ-T, ANF-N, MCK-N, NVDA-Q, AZN-N, SBUX-Q, KGF-LSE, PFE-N, MCD-N, BCE-T, GOOG-Q, AMZN-Q, META-Q, TSLA-Q, MSFT-Q, SONY are stocks to buy or sell.
Very narrow trading range over last 5 years. Bought KSU 2-3 years ago, yet still in the trading range. Headwind from trade issues. Its network should be fantastic once the trade deals are settled. Pulled back guidance for the year to low double-digit EPS growth. Longer term, should see high single-digit revenue growth.
The trade deals will get done. Goods still need to be shipped. He's positive on it.
People will change their stripes as they get affected by different things. Current US president is blowing everything up from defunding research to challenging universities.
His firm hasn't changed its approach. They look at everything from a bottom-up perspective. They have target prices on all stocks in a concentrated portfolio of 32-33 names. They also have target position sizes; if a stock drops, the team debates whether to buy it up to a full position. The macro is changing; but their method remains consistent, and that's served them well through current and past crises.
Upcoming mid-term elections plus lawsuits challenging tariffs should work in investors' favour. We have to hope that rules will fall into place and we can all move forward.
Historical bastion of consistency. Last quarter it became inconsistent, with a 12% guidance down on EPS because utilization rates went up (they were unable, for some reason, to calculate this accurately). Just a small improvement in these metrics will boost the stock. 20 years of excellent execution, so this hiccup is a great time to buy. Yield is 2.2%.
(Analysts’ price target is $536.65)Consulting on new technology rollouts globally for small, medium, and large businesses. Companies are going to need a lot of help implementing generative AI processes. This name is in the sweet spot for that revenue. Companies have to do this or be left behind. Yield is 1.9%.
(Analysts’ price target is $354.04)Behemoth and benchmark in luxury goods. Stock's been weak as consumers have pulled back globally, especially in China and US. Historically over all these cycles, their brands have performed very well. ROIC is very high, and can be sustained even through weak times. Very cheap at 17x PE. Growth is probably 0% this year, but once tariffs come through it will be bullish for the global luxury market.
With so many brands under one banner, very flexible in terms of allocating capital and marketing support to one brand or another. (Price target in euros.) Yield is 2.6%.
Headlines will have a minimal impact, because it takes YEARS to negotiate a trade deal. Trump will reduce tariffs on China to 80%--still high. And America dealing with 10% tariffs: that's still a big deal because our economy was still slowing. Don't buy false comfort ahead of the trade talks. Near term, we're okay, but he expects a recession ahead.
Clearly the leader. Everyone loves the Blackwell chip, and people pay a lot for it because there's no competitor. Grew revenues over 100% last 2 years; estimated at 50% this year. Tariff impact unknown. Risk is competition. Once we conclude the data centre buildout cycle, what then?
His firm owns AVGO as a proxy for the chip buildout.