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Sam McBride

Sam McBride

Sam McBride, Investment Analyst at New Constructs.

February 28, 20190Comments

CEO-Friendly Provisions Are Today’s Filing Season Find

From yesterday's research, our analysts parsed 147 10-K filings and collected 16,613 data points. In total, they made 3,500 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $1.6 trillion.
by Sam McBride
February 26, 20190Comments

Watch Out for These Red Flags in Today’s Filing Season Find

From yesterday's research, our analysts parsed 100 10-K filings and collected 10,403 data points. In total, they made 2,085 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $600 billion.
by Sam McBride
February 26, 20190Comments

Sorting the Signal from the Noise in This Telecom Giant’s 10-K

Last week, analysts parsed 364 10-K filings and collected 39,507 data points. In total, they made 8,004 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $5 trillion.
by Sam McBride
February 22, 20190Comments

Misleading Non-GAAP Metrics Are Today’s Filing Season Find

From yesterday's research, our analysts parsed 80 10-K filings and collected 8,940 data points. In total, they made 1,868 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $1.3 trillion.
by Sam McBride
February 21, 20190Comments

Stock Option Liabilities Add Risk in Today’s Filing Season Find

From yesterday's research, our analysts parsed 79 10-K filings and collected 8,328 data points. In total, they made 1,691 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $909 billion.
by Sam McBride
February 20, 20193Comments

Three Outperforming Stocks That Look Better than Ever

Among the very first firms to file 2018 10-Ks are three companies we’ve previously featured as Long Ideas that we like even more after reviewing their latest 10-Ks.
by Sam McBride
February 20, 20190Comments

Hidden Items Understate Growth in Today’s Filing Season Find

From yesterday's research, analysts parsed 89 10-K filings and collected 9,139 data points. In total, they made 1,599 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $1.3 trillion.
by Sam McBride
February 19, 20190Comments

The Real Earnings Season Starts Now: Finding Gold in Footnotes

Corporate earnings season may be winding down, but the real earnings season – annual 10-K filing season – starts today.
by Sam McBride
February 13, 20193Comments

Too Many Positive Catalysts to Count for This Media Giant

The expected completion of an acquisition, along with other catalysts, should provide further upward momentum for this stock in 2019.
by Sam McBride
February 8, 20190Comments

Position Close Update: Snap, Inc. (SNAP)

With the market willing to reward such a poor quarter we’ve decided to take our gains and close our position.
by Sam McBride
January 31, 20190Comments

The Fed Is Still Irrelevant: Low Interest Rates Are the New Normal

We believe Jerome Powell's announcement that the Fed is not planning to raise rates in the immediate future validates the key points we made over two years ago.
by Sam McBride
January 30, 20192Comments

2019 Should Be a Bounce Back Year for This Food Processor

All signs point to 2019 being a bounce back year for this stock, which is why we are reiterating it as a Long Idea despite its Unattractive rating.
by Sam McBride
January 23, 20190Comments

Market Is Missing the Growth Potential For this Tech Leader

This iPhone supplier has other high-growing business lines, new potential customers and uses for its products, and it just completed a quality acquisition.
by Sam McBride
January 17, 20190Comments

Position Close Update: Yelp, Inc. (YELP)

The combination of improved fundamentals, cheaper valuation, and activist pressure increases the possibility of an acquisition.
by Sam McBride
January 16, 20190Comments

Long Idea Highlights From 2018

We’re taking some victory laps and looking at our picks that outperformed in a down market last year.
by Sam McBride
Danger Zone
January 14, 20190Comments

Danger Zone Highlights From 2018

It pays to read our Danger Zone reports - the Danger Zone stocks averaged a -12% return in 2018 versus the S&P 500’s 8% decline, and outperformed as a short portfolio.
by Sam McBride
January 9, 20190Comments

Long Idea Lowlights From 2018

We’re going to examine some of our worst-performing calls from 2018 and determine which picks were bona fide mistakes and which only offer more upside.  
by Sam McBride
Danger Zone
January 7, 20192Comments

Danger Zone Lowlights From 2018

We’re starting out the year by looking at where we went wrong and what we can learn from our worst-performing picks.
by Sam McBride
December 19, 20180Comments

This Industry Leader Remains Undervalued

This stock looks expensive by traditional metrics, but our cash flow adjustments reveal that it’s still cheap.
by Sam McBride
Danger Zone
December 17, 20182Comments

Three High-Flying Stocks to Sell Before a Bear Market

These three stocks have performed well in 2018 but look overvalued as the market grows more volatile.
by Sam McBride
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