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With private companies (BX) finding value in public companies (EMR) earlier this month and a substantial correction in the market year-to-date, we thought it prudent to evaluate and put context around how much the price-to-forward earnings, FCF yield, and EV-to-forecasted sales ratios have contracted and look for relative opportunities within the equity market. The median

Earlier in the summer of 2022 there was an emerging narrative that the consumer might be in robust enough condition for the Fed to engineer a softish landing. Belief was at its highest following the July market rally and earnings results that were not as dreadful as some felt were possible after the Q2 market

What does a CEO want said about them a decade from now when they step down?  We surmise that very high on that “legacy list” is that they were good stewards of capital, and that their decisions about capital use directly benefited shareholders and employees. Over the past several months we have researched the implications

In September, we wrote about how the market was experiencing incredibly high volatility of stock returns this cycle. Our long-term view is that US equities will return an average of 5-7% per year, a touch lower than the historical average of 7-9% per year. The algorithm for this return is organic earnings growth of 2-4%,

This document is meant for those who want to sit down for 60-90 minutes, once a month, and take full stock of major issues impacting US equities.  It includes a summary of all our idea generation, risk management, and macro data and services. For further information on our Quantitative Frameworks or to view our full

We have been surprised at how well the industrials sector has performed year-to-date.  Typically, when the market is down, industrials lag, as they are economically sensitive and often have high fixed costs which can be decremental to profits. Before 2022, industrials had underperformed the market 13 of the previous 14 times, (and the last eight

Today’s work shows our top long and short ideas, which include… 202211_Trivariate_Stock_Ideas-1Download

Banks have performed relatively well in the last one, three, and six months.  Yet, we can do 25 meetings with investors over a two-week span and have no one even ask about banks. One analyst recently told us – “I have no idea what I am rooting for.” In today’s work we analyze banks the

The market has rallied over 8% this month — which ordinarily would be considered an expected annual rate of return — with massive inter-industry dispersion. Energy is up 24% this month, while autos are down 10%. Most of our investor meetings this week (in both Boston and New York) focused on trying to find buy

Last week we wrote about how the restrictions managers make to their investable universes can significantly impact their performance. For instance, in a “restricted” universe of stocks based on liquidity and size, and eliminating “macro” sectors, 16.1% of stocks in the last 12 months have beaten the market by 20% or more, and 35.3% have