It is almost becoming an expected event every quarter: Netflix releases quarterly earnings amid much speculation about its future, and the price soars.
At the beginning of the first quarter of 2015, only the Large Cap Blend style earns an Attractive-or-better rating. Our style ratings are based on the aggregation of our fund ratings for every ETF and mutual fund in each style.
Our stock pick this week provides products you probably use daily. Many traders and speculators focus on daily trading volume or even momentum points to buy and sell a stock. When a company’s earnings “disappoint,” these traders tend to overreact, dumping their shares and causing the stock price to drop.
In this video, David Trainer shows you the capability and flexibility of our valuation models by looking at the growth expectations embedded in Netflix’s (NFLX) current stock price.
With its much-hyped IPO, this company became the latest entrant into the highly competitive cloud computing and storage space. It’s easy to see why the company went public — it’s bleeding cash at an alarming rate and it needs more.
At the beginning of each quarter, we rank each sector from best to worst. These rankings are forward looking and are indicative of how each sector should perform going forward.
The Utilities sector ranks ninth out of the 10 sectors in the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Dangerous rating. The Utilities sector as a whole outperformed the S&P 500 in 2014 rising about 26% to the S&P’s 12%.
The Telecom sector ranks fifth out of the 10 sectors in the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Neutral rating. The Telecom sector as a whole underperformed the S&P 500 in 2014, rising 4 % to the S&P 500’s 12%.
The Information Technology sector ranks second out of the 10 sectors in the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Neutral rating. The Tech sector as a whole outperformed the S&P 500 in last year, rising 17% to the S&P’s 12%.
The Materials sector ranks sixth out of the 10 sectors in the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Neutral rating. The Materials sector as a whole underperformed the S&P 500 in 2014 rising almost 6% to the S&P’s 12%.
The Industrials sector ranks third out of the 10 sectors for the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Neutral rating. The Industrials sector as a whole underperformed the S&P 500 in 2014, rising 10% to the S&P’s 12%.
The Health Care sector ranks eight out of the 10 sectors for the first quarter of 2015 and receives our Dangerous rating. The Health Care sector as a whole outperformed the S&P 500 in 2014, rising about 24% to the S&P’s 12%.
Our stock pick this week is one from south of the equator, in Peru. There are times when a company’s stock price gets ahead of the economics of the business, resulting in a situation when that stock becomes overvalued.