Research

The State of the US Consumer Recently generalist investors have been asking us about the state of the US consumer. A strong retail sales figure has some investors questioning whether “good news on the economy is bad for stocks” because it alters their expected Fed path. Others are more generally curious about revenue potential for

Click here to read Trivariate’s recent research note on why small caps are not that cheap.

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The consensus view is that mega / large cap stocks are expensive relative to small caps, and many investors we speak to argue that small cap valuation is compelling. The cap-weighted price-to-forward earnings of the Top 500 US equities by market capitalization is near a 20-year high vs. the equally weighted price-to-forward earnings (see below),

While the historical results of spin-offs are mixed, and there are many different nuances and strategies related to these corporate actions, there is no doubt that management teams are increasingly being advised about the potential to unlock or create value through spins.  Conglomerates, businesses in multiple end-markets and sectors, and those valued on a sum-of-the-parts

The sell-off of heavily indebted companies as financial conditions have tightened has been among the key subjects of our conversations with investors in NY and London over the last ten days. Coinciding with tighter financial conditions (see below), the market has more sharply sold off. Source: Bloomberg, Trivariate Research, LP Heavily indebted companies have also

Using LP work to pick up on negative trends for retailers. Our language processing (LP) work on the earnings transcripts and webcast presentations of 130 US retailers has been influencing our cautious view of that industry. There are three main themes. Firstly, there is shrink and its impact on same-store “comps.” The number of mentions

Summary: Industrials Estimates Don’t Include Union Labor Increases? Will industrials with union labor see wage pressure? We think so. We went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website and looked for all industrials with collective bargaining agreements with at least some of their employees. We then did our best to take the number of employees

To read Trivariate’s recent research note on the consumer sectors click here.

At the start of each quarter, we provide a detailed summary of the just completed quarter with the goal of helping investors make better investment decisions, in addition to providing insights that will facilitate investor communications, client conversations, and quarterly letters. Furthermore, our quarterly report seeks to identify emerging risk management concerns and give investment