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Below are some of our best picks, which utilize the superior core earnings[1] and Earnings Distortion research featured by the HBS & MIT Sloan Paper, “Core Earnings: New Data and Evidence”.
We give members of New Constructs access to these ideas, as we do all research, before we post them to SumZero.
Long Calls
- Williams Sonoma (WSM) – up 89% since publishing in September 2016
- D.R. Horton (DHI) – up 61% since publishing in April 2020
- Target (TGT) – up 51% since publishing in June 2019
- Amgen Inc. (AMGN) – up 48% since publishing in May 2017
- HCA Healthcare (HCA) – up 35% since publishing in June 2020
Short Calls
- Overstock.com (OSTK) – down 69% when position closed in March 2020
- TrueCar Inc. (TRUE) – down 67% when position closed in June 2019
This article originally published on August 10, 2020.
Disclosure: David Trainer owns DHI and HCA. David Trainer, Kyle Guske II, and Matt Shuler receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, style, or theme.
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[1] Our core earnings are a superior measure of profits, as demonstrated in Core Earnings: New Data & Evidence a paper by professors at Harvard Business School (HBS) & MIT Sloan. The paper empirically shows that our data is superior to “Operating Income After Depreciation” and “Income Before Special Items” from Compustat, owned by S&P Global (SPGI).