tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56636296689287543332024-03-14T02:21:05.346-05:00Adrian Gomez InvestmentsAnalysis, Recommendations, Ideas About the Stock MarketAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-37508522769281528312018-04-30T15:53:00.000-05:002018-04-30T15:56:49.515-05:00My Positions on Under Armour 1 Day Before Earnings Release
As I've mentioned in previous articles I believe the Company will go lower in the next few months. I have backed my words with some of my money on PUT options in the mid-single digits expiring in July 2018 and January 2019 as you can see on the picture of my position.
I've explained how the company is expecting to be more levered in the next coming months and how their financials are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-2512774357053608942018-04-23T16:03:00.000-05:002018-04-23T16:04:36.040-05:00Under Armour. More Trouble Ahead!
The
first quarter for 2018 is gone and an earnings date has been announced for UA's on May 1. I have been reading their latest
10-K filing and trying to find a clue on where the Company is headed. My
findings are nowhere near pleasant but I assure you I've given this my best
case scenario on everything and even then the numbers don't look good.
Let
me start with "Net Revenue", the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-18511125765503996312018-04-16T13:13:00.000-05:002018-04-16T13:13:46.343-05:00Margins to Shrink Even More at Under ArmourThis past weekend I was able to experience first hand what is going on at Under Armour’s stores. I must mention that the store I visited was not an outlet store but a regular one inside a big mall.
I happened to be in the Grapevine area in Texas where the Gaylord Texan Resort is located. My thirteen year old daughter had a competition and I decided to take her. So I was naturally able to scout Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-28884561363522848262018-04-05T14:19:00.002-05:002018-04-05T14:21:11.549-05:00Under Armour's Deteriorating Financials
Summary
Revenue growth has decelerated considerably.
Margins continue to shrink.
Operating Income is almost non existent now.
Under Armour's (UA, UAA) revenue as reported in their 10K for 2017 showed signs of deceleration and margins shrinkage causing their financials to deteriorate. Revenue stopped improving while their COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) and SG&A (Selling, General & Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-12291616497342308662018-03-28T15:15:00.001-05:002018-03-28T15:16:36.019-05:00Under Armour Prepares To Increase Leverage Ratios
It is well known that leverage is good, or at least that's what we think when it comes to managing the finances of a company or even in real estate. The more we use other people's money to increase our wealth the better. However, given the position that Under Armour., Inc. (UA, UAA) is in right now it may be signaling a distressed balance sheet in the near future.
The company has come Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-60229930299156777132014-04-01T12:56:00.001-05:002014-04-01T12:56:48.928-05:00Capstone Turbine (Nasdaq:CPST) High-Risk / High-Reward
Capstone Turbine Corp (Nasdaq: CPST)
This company has been in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing microturbine technology solutions for a wide range of businesses around the world. Put in simple words, they make turbines to create clean energy relying very little in fossil fuels to do so. You can visit their website to read more of them.
I started following Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-23066819788626676242013-11-20T17:21:00.001-06:002013-11-20T17:21:48.509-06:00J.C. Penney's 3Q 2013 Results - My Opinion.Today, November 20, 2013 JC Penney announced its third quarter results with a press release followed by a conference call before the markets opened for business.
Overall, I believe that it was good news for the longs (such as myself). However, skepticism is still hanging in there as the material results were disappointing and the only good news are the trends that seem to be improving but are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-90482197296570508982013-11-18T17:55:00.001-06:002013-11-18T17:55:50.770-06:00Getting Ready for JC Penney's Earnings Release
It has been almost a year since I started following JC Penney and their turnaround effort. I have to admit that supporting them back then was just a little too early and I have paid the price, losing close to half of my original investment on shares of this company.
Having said that, I still think this company can and will be turned around. Though I still think some of the changes that RonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-25009373953952942792013-11-11T10:01:00.000-06:002013-11-11T10:01:19.588-06:00Thank You Veterans!
I want to take this opportunity to thank all veterans of the United States military for their sacrifices and service to this great country. Without them, our freedom (which many don't even think of) will not be possible. Also, thanks to all the veterans families, friends and relatives who also had to endure watching their loved ones go away for some time and in some cases forever.
It is only Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-22295185960897593302013-11-07T18:44:00.003-06:002013-11-07T18:56:09.115-06:00Adding Some Oil To My HoldingsEnergy is a need for humanity, and oil companies have been in the front lines benefiting from covering this need. So, how can I get a piece of it?
Swift Energy Co. (NYSE: SFY)
This company is a small player in the oil and natural gas industry but with huge potential to make my investment double in a relative short period of time. Swift Energy Co. had been on the wrong side of the industryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-3538059688381759002013-01-22T16:35:00.002-06:002013-01-22T16:37:40.417-06:00Facebook Ahead of Earnings!
For some investors it may seem like a
scary thing to get into Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) stock right now, and who can blame
them right? I mean, the stock has appreciated some 52% from $19.50 on Oct 23,
2012 a day before the 3Q12 earnings release to $29.66 as of Jan 18, 2013, while
others, are still very optimistic about the future for this young company.
I have written on two other Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-50722299657817918622013-01-18T17:51:00.002-06:002013-01-21T11:21:09.605-06:00Deckers Signaled Growth at the ICR XChange Conference
On January 17th 2013, Deckers (NASDAQ: DECK) participated in
the 15th annual ICR XChange conference in Miami, Florida. There, Mr.
Zohar, Chief Operating Officer gave the presentation and several pieces of
information are worth mentioning. So, here is a recap of that conference.
Brand
Portfolio.
The company gave us a breakdown on the
sales and what percentage is attributable to each of theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-48172658259123377912013-01-17T13:59:00.001-06:002013-01-17T13:59:31.698-06:00After a Reader's Request... Aware, Inc.
A few days ago (probably more like a week or so) I was
asked, by one member of my Google Community, to perform analysis on two companies he considered to be
worth looking at. +Terrence Chan , I am sorry for taking so long but as an Accountant having a Tax Office you can only imagine my business hours right now. I have only been able to work on on one so far and wanted to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-29749310932608366262013-01-11T09:58:00.001-06:002013-01-11T10:25:11.116-06:00Greed Will Make You Lose!
“The point is,
ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is
right, greed works…” that’s a memorable quote from the controversial Gordon
Gekko in the movie Wall Street from 1987. However, that doesn’t apply in real
life, or at least not all the time. If you are too greedy looking for profits
and don’t pay attention to every aspect of a company you’re Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-88868453000941720982013-01-09T10:43:00.000-06:002013-01-09T10:43:54.420-06:00BEWARE! Sprint is Actually Losing Customers!
A quick analysis
of the latest quarterly results of Sprint
(NYSE: S) and more specifically of page 4 of the Third Quarter 2012 Results gave me a very disturbing image of what
is actually going on with Sprint’s customers.
Even though the
company states on page 5 of the same report that they had a net loss of
subscribers of about 423,000 and tells us is because of the shutting down of
the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-1760311586655689142013-01-07T10:00:00.000-06:002013-01-07T10:00:04.141-06:00Beat the Market With Buybacks!
El Toro, a
Spanish term meaning The Bull, is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson,
New Jersey. The ride is wild, and not appropriate for those with a heart
condition. The same applied to the shares of Deckers Outdoor Corp (NASDAQ: DECK) during 2012, where, a very good
example of the effects of “Over Promising and Under Delivering” was in full
display.
Starting Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-55546699259641162082012-12-27T15:33:00.000-06:002012-12-27T16:38:27.023-06:00The Fiscal Cliff Won't Stop Facebook From Soaring!
Now that the so-called fiscal cliff is almost a
certainty, and fear among investors is growing by the minute, should we run for
the exit or should we embrace the pain and see it as a buying opportunity?
About a month ago I wrote an article
on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and listed
the reasons why I thought the stock was poised to go higher. Now, after these
few weeks I want to add to that articleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-34722182518990454882012-12-20T20:06:00.000-06:002012-12-20T20:06:13.788-06:00It's Just Too Early to Judge.
Image of one of the "shops" we'll see at J.C. Penney
There have been many
critics of the strategy that the CEO of J.
C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) Ron Johnson is implementing to turn things around in
a compelling effort to revive the old department store and take it back to a
profitable position it once had.
Herb Greenberg, an
analyst for CNBC placed Mr. Johnson as the 3rd worst CEO of 2012Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-75760040681308862572012-12-18T18:53:00.000-06:002012-12-18T18:53:56.903-06:00Is The Second Amendment Right Still "Right"?
As days go by and
everyone had time to learn more about the horrific events that took place last
Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. We now start questioning;
How did this happen? Could that be avoided? Is the second-amendment right still “right”?
It is especially
difficult to think about the implications that a change to our current laws
about gun control (or decontrol Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-2058663538190616082012-12-17T13:07:00.001-06:002012-12-17T13:07:38.203-06:00Insider Buying at this Company. Time to Get In?
As the year comes to an end, and I start preparing my 2013 investment strategy, one company draws my attention in a very particular way. Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP) is considered the world’s leading car-sharing network with more than 10,000 vehicles and 767,000 members across 20 major metropolitan areas, 300 college campuses and counting.
I became interested in this company back in July of this year Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-21401299880657992802012-12-11T17:06:00.000-06:002012-12-11T17:06:04.851-06:00Will J.C. Penney benefit from Starbucks?
We all know by now the
fact that J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is undergoing some major
changes in an effort to transform the stores and turn things around. The main
idea is to de-clutter the stores and focus on shops (stores within the store)
to make customers more comfortable while shopping and try to keep them as much
time in the stores as possible.
This approach may work
if it’sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-47205669197952287932012-12-07T09:54:00.000-06:002012-12-07T09:54:26.525-06:00JCP, Speculative or come back in the making?
Although I must recognize that at first, when I started
seeing the headlines on regarding the performance of J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), I
was more inclined to short the stock thinking that the company was over for good.
That changed after I placed the stock under my radar and looked at it more
closely for signs of improvement or a major catastrophe.
After at least 2 months since I started Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14534612590464484113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663629668928754333.post-43712094644428425852012-11-28T19:44:00.000-06:002012-11-28T19:44:31.085-06:00Facebook, Inc. (FB)
Facebook,
Inc. (FB)
Price Target $35.00.
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