Our Top 5 Danger Zone picks outperformed, as a short portfolio, the S&P 500 by 63% on average in 2021. Proven-superior fundamental research drives the success of our research and provides investors with a new source of alpha.
Overall, 36 out of the 41 Danger Zone stock picks outperformed as shorts so far in 2021.
Figure 1: Best Performing Danger Zone Picks so Far in 2021: Through 12/13/21[1]
| Ticker | Company | Publish Date | Performance | S&P 500 Performance | Vs. S&P 500 |
| BYND | Beyond Meat | 2/16/21 | -63% | 19% | -82% |
| DIDI | Didi Global | 6/21/21 | -61% | 9% | -70%* |
| UBER | Uber Technologies | 3/8/21 | -33% | 22% | -55% |
| HOOD | Robinhood Markets | 7/19/21 | -48% | 6% | -54% |
| SQSP | Squarespace | 5/17/21 | -38% | 14% | -52% |
| Average | -49% | 14% | -63% |
Sources: New Constructs, LLC and company filings.
*Performance measured through date position was closed on 8/18/21.
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This article originally published on December 16, 2021.
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[1] Performance of IPOs for which we published a report prior to the company’s IPO is tracked from the opening price for each IPO’s first trading day.