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Sam McBride

Sam McBride

Sam McBride, Investment Analyst at New Constructs.

Danger Zone
October 1, 20182Comments

Danger Zone: Rise of the Noise Traders

The noise trader influence is only growing, as the rise of self-directed traders and the relentless noise of the financial press mean the noise to signal ratio is worse than ever.
by Sam McBride
September 25, 20180Comments

Pre-IPO Coverage: SurveyMonkey (SVMK)

This report aims to help investors sort through SurveyMonkey’s financial filings to understand the fundamentals and valuation of this IPO.
by Sam McBride
September 25, 20180Comments

Investors Say No Thanks to Overpriced Acquisitions

Merger Monday is back. The market responded by sending shares of these three companies deep into the red.
by Sam McBride
September 24, 20180Comments

IPO Coverage: Eventbrite (EB) Lands in the Danger Zone

This report aims to help investors sort through Eventbrite’s financial filings to understand the fundamentals and valuation of this IPO.
by Sam McBride
September 19, 20180Comments

Poor Governance Makes These Companies Acquisition Targets

We’re highlighting two companies with poor corporate governance that would be better off selling themselves entirely.
by Sam McBride
September 13, 20180Comments

Snapchat Shows the Problems with “Visionary” Founders and Dual Class Share Structures

With no mechanism to hold CEO Evan Spiegel accountable for his missteps, Snap’s investors can only watch the company’s ongoing struggles with frustration.
by Sam McBride
September 12, 20180Comments

Buy This High-Yielding Stock with an Underrated Moat

Over its 150+ year history, this company has adapted to technological transformations, built up an impressive economic moat, and become a cash cow.
by Sam McBride
August 27, 20180Comments

Poor Corporate Governance Makes These Companies Potential Targets for Activist Investors

CEO’s That Focus on ROIC Outperform and the corollary to that argument is that the opposite is also true: CEO’s that don’t focus on ROIC underperform.
by Sam McBride
Likely to Miss Earnings
August 22, 20180Comments

Worst Offenders: Pension Discount Rates

This report red flags the firms with the most underfunded pensions and the most aggressive discount rate assumptions for future benefit obligations.
by Sam McBride
August 20, 20180Comments

Stupid Money Risk Is Real

Prime examples of how stupid money acquisitions can hurt acquirers even more than the short sellers.
by Sam McBride
August 16, 20180Comments

Micro-Bubble Winners

This report presents a list of long ideas for stocks that should rise when the micro-bubble stocks we listed in our last report fall.
by Sam McBride
August 9, 20180Comments

Podcast: Why These Micro-Bubble Stocks Are in the Danger Zone

Investment Analyst Sam McBride sat down with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life to talk about our Danger Zone pick this past week: Bursting the Micro-Bubble – Part 1.
by Sam McBride
August 8, 20180Comments

Pay for Performance Aligns Fund Managers with Investors

Leveraging our Robo-Analyst technology, we found a mutual fund that offers an attractive fee structure and allocates to high-quality stocks.
by Sam McBride
Danger Zone
August 6, 20180Comments

Bursting the Micro-Bubble – Part 1

There is a “micro-bubble” in certain tech stocks, where valuations reflect expectations for future cash flows that would require unrealistically high margins, growth, and market share.
by Sam McBride
August 6, 20180Comments

Position Close Update: Synchrony Financial (SYF)

Even though SYF’s valuation remains cheap, its declining fundamentals and the risk of further contract losses make the risk too high to remain in the stock.
by Sam McBride
August 1, 20180Comments

CEO’s That Focus on ROIC Outperform

Greater emphasis on ROIC among executives should increase the efficiency of the capital markets and create opportunities for investors to benefit from improved corporate governance.
by Sam McBride
July 19, 20180Comments

Position Close Update: Carter’s Inc. (CRI)

The rise and valuation and the decline in fundamentals means CRI no longer stands out as an especially good value and we are closing this position.
by Sam McBride
July 18, 20180Comments

Benefit from a Strong Labor Market with This Stock

An economic tailwind, combined with a cheap valuation and high-quality corporate governance, make this staffing firm this week’s Long Idea.
by Sam McBride
July 16, 20184Comments

5 Charts That Prove We’re Not in Another Tech Bubble

When you dig past the noise and look at the data, it’s clear that there’s no comparison between today and 1999. Valuations today are stretched, but not in bubble territory.
by Sam McBride
July 11, 20180Comments

You Can Trust the Investment Process of These Managers

Leveraging our Robo-Analyst technology we found a mutual fund with managers that put their money where their mouth is when it comes to ROIC.
by Sam McBride
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