The best of times and the worst of times. The phrase is well known, and to an extent, it sums up my feeling about these three names, on which I comment below. The three companies covered in this post to subscribers all had what can objectively be described as strong quarters with revenue growth exceeding…
Summary Twilio reported Q3 results a couple of weeks ago. The results noticeably beat prior expectations, but investors and observers were disappointed with the company’s 38% organic growth. The company actually did increase guidance for the current quarter and it did reaffirm its expectations for sustained growth greater than 30%. The company has achieved noticeable…
The tide of earnings is at flood, with results of several companies coming daily. I obviously can’t review all of the earnings in which subscribers have interest. I will, over time, review the results of the companies in the high-growth portfolio and will also review names that I have recommended but which are not currently…
Alteryx As some subscribers may realize, I have spent almost a decade of my life as a Texan. Texas certainly has some unique cultural aspects and as well some unique sayings. One of those is, I am not ready to dance a jig, but I am ready to raise a leg. And that is basically…
We made two changes to the model portfolio on Friday afternoon. We spent a bit less than $40k and added to our positions in both Shift4 and in Alteryx, buying 300 and 275 shares respectively at the closing prices of $63.19 and $73.25. As these changes took place at the close on Friday, they will…
What’s Happened Shift4 is scheduled to release earnings on November 10th after the market closes. Today, the company issued an October business update that was incredibly positive. On the other hand, the shares fell by almost 11% today, and are down by 18% over the last two days. What’s the problem? Should readers buy the dip?…
Summary The thesis here is that high growth names are able to produce sizeable returns despite the headwinds of inflation and higher interest rates. The thesis is supported by notable valuation compression in many names that has proceeded unremarked through much of 2021. In addition, most high growth companies are expanding their TAMS by aggressive…
Additional Portfolio changes: Sale of 185 Asana (ASAN) and purchase of 395 shares of GLBE We have made another portfolio transaction today, reducing our holding of Asana by 185 shares and adding 380 shares of Global-E. The portfolio now holds 400 shares of Asana, and 670 shares of Global=E. These changes, and the other changes…
In November 1942, in the wake of the battle of El Alamein, although before the Soviet triumph at what was then Stalingrad (today Volgograd), Winston Churchill gave one of his more famous speeches at the Lord Mayor’s banquet at the Mansion House. He declared at the time, “This is not the end, It is not even the…
Summary Nutanix shares declined about 4% today, Thursday, October 7th. They are down about 6% so far this week, and they have declined by about 15% since making a high on Sept. 7th in the wake of achieving very strong quarterly earnings. The proximate cause of today’s share price decline, when the tech/software index rose by…