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Walgreens (WBA): Fast Fundamental Analysis | FAST Graphs

High Current Income and Future Growth Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is ranked number 19 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The company was formed on December 31, 2014, after Walgreens purchased the 55% stake in Alliance Boots that it did not already own. The company is in …

Micron Technology (MU): Fast Fundamental Analysis

Micron Technology Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) is a cyclical semiconductor manufacturer specializing in memory chips. The company is an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. The company presents itself as a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate …

Snap Up Snap-on Stock (SNA) | FAST Graphs

Introduction Snap-on Inc. (SNA) is a high-quality mid-cap Dividend Contender with 11 consecutive years of dividend increases that has recently come into fair value. Consequently, this A- rated company with a pristine balance sheet and only 23% long-term debt to capital has become a rare find in today’s expensive stock market. Identifying high-quality dividend growth …

Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT): Was The Price Drop An Overreaction?

Lockheed Martin Stock Analysis Lockheed Martin produced a mixed Q3 2021 financial report. Non-GAAP Earnings beat estimates by $0.13 and GAAP earnings beat estimates by $0.22. However, the company’s revenues were short and management guided future revenue growth lower. The market’s reaction was severe with one pundit producing the headline: “Lockheed Martin plunges on bearish …

Intel (INTC): Is The Short-Term Pain Worth The Long-Term Gain?

Intel versus Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia Both analysts and Intel’s management expect to see earnings and cash flows, especially free cash flow, fall precipitously over the next few years. However, the primary reason is because management has decided to take aggressive action to catapult long-term future growth. Consequently, Intel management announced that capital expenditures …

Subscriber Request: The Trucking Industry

4 Trucking Stocks I reserve each Tuesday for subscriber requests. Most of the time I have familiarity with the companies or the industry that I’m asked to present. However, the trucking industry for whatever reason has not been an industry that I have personally been attracted to. Consequently, this gives me the opportunity to not …

Alibaba (BABA) Too Much Political Risk | FAST Graphs

Is Alibaba Too Risky? Alibaba’s (BABA) stock price along with many other China-based ADRs has fallen precipitously. The question has become: is the political risk too great to invest? An article published in the Wall Street Journal this past weekend motivated me to produce this update. I believe the fundamentals of Alibaba are excellent relative …

Energize Your Portfolio Buy this 8.5% Dividend Payer MLP (EPD)

MLP Enterprise Products Partners This master limited partnership (MLP) has increased its distributions for 22 consecutive years. It is extremely undervalued and offers a current yield of 8.23%. The company’s long-term prospects are extremely well defined offering the unique potential for extremely high current income coupled with significant capital appreciation potential. This high-quality BBB+ investment …

This Dividend Champion Is A Buy (PII)

Dividend Champion Polaris A Dividend Champion is a dividend paying stock that has increased its dividend for at least 25 consecutive years.  The Dividend Champion presented in this video has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.  Since 2001 the company’s dividend growth rate has averaged 13.75% and its compound average dividend growth rate 12.84%.  …

Identifying Value Traps In Advance: Part 2

Introduction to Identifying Value Traps Here is a link to Part 1 In what has become part 2 of this two-part series, I simply identified the difference between a value trap versus a value investment.  The sole purpose of that video was to illustrate the distinctions between a true value stock versus a value trap.  …