I'm Really Sorry - Beyond Meat
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The Portfolio
Our blog portfolio continues to perform well and volatility remains low. Year-To-Date the portfolio is up +17.72%. While the markets had a little sell off today ahead of the Feds decision, the blogs portfolio remained relatively calm.
I'm Sorry - Beyond Meat
In my last post I cautioned investors on the stock of Beyond Meat. While I was making a call about the tragedy lurking on October 29th when the restricted shares come off lock up; I didn't see the mess that management was going to present today on the earnings call. Namely, announcing a secondary stock offering after just going public in May, and while still in lock-up. With 49 million shares in lock up, management wants to add several million more shares to raise capital? If I was an employee with restricted shares I'd be having second thoughts about my future with the company. I'd bet a bunch of resumes are getting refreshed.
Mostly I'm mad at myself for not writing about this stock earlier, as investors saw their stock decline by over 18% today. Shares opened at $233.82 and closed at $209.36; but in after hours trading have continued to decline to $191. I haven't discussed Beyond Meat because its not in the portfolio, but I realized yesterday that it is front of brain for investors. There is more pain to come for shares of Beyond Meat, please take whatever action is appropriate for your personal situation.
Earnings Season Continues Tomorrow
I'm looking forward to the MasterCard and Sony earnings calls. MasterCard and Sony will be reporting before the bell, so look for trading in these stocks as soon as results are released.
MA 7-30-2019
EXPECTED: Mastercard Incorporated is expected* to report earnings on 07/30/2019 before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Jun 2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $1.83. Earnings range is range is $1.73 to $1.91.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $4.09B, Revenue range is $4.01B - $4.18B.
SNE 7-30-2019
EXPECTED: Sony Corp Ord is expected* to report earnings on 07/30/2019 before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Jun 2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.78. Earnings range is range is $0.78 to $0.78.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $18.79B, Revenue range is $18.79B - $18.79B.
MPWR 7-31-2019
EXPECTED: Monolithic Power Systems is estimated to report earnings on 07/24/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.92. Earnings range is range is $0.91 to $0.93.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $150.68M, Revenue range is $150.16M - $150.7.
RCL 8-1-2019
EXPECTED: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is estimated to report earnings on 08/01/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $2.47. Earnings range is range is $2.34 to $2.53.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $2.8B, Revenue range is $2.76B - $2.84B.
XYL 8-1-2019
EXPECTED: Xylem Inc. is expected* to report earnings on 08/01/2019 before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Jun 2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.79. Earnings range is range is $0.76 to $0.80.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $1.35B, Revenue range is $1.32B - $1.40B.
MIXT 8-1-2019
EXPECTED: MiX Telematics Limited is estimated to report earnings on 08/01/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.18. Earnings range is range is $0.18 to $0.18.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $35.46M, Revenue range is $34.36M - $36.25M.
AWR 8-5-2019
EXPECTED: American States Water Company is estimated to report earnings on 08/05/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.51. Earnings range is range is $0.50 to $0.53.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $115.2M, Revenue range is $110.5M - $122.31M.
FOXF 8-7-2019
EXPECTED: Fox Factory is estimated to report earnings on 08/07/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.66. Earnings range is range is $0.65 to $0.67.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $187.94M, Revenue range is $185.12M - $190.3M.
CCMP 8-7-2019
EXPECTED: Cabot Microelectronics is expected* to report earnings on 08/07/2019 after market close. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Jun 2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $1.57. Earnings range is range is $1.50 to $1.65.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $267.13M, Revenue range is $263M - $270M.
NSP 8-7-2019
EXPECTED: Insperity, Inc. is estimated to report earnings on 08/07/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.83. Earnings range is range is $0.83 to $0.84.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $1.04B, Revenue range is $1.02B - $1.05B.
CVS 8-7-2019
EXPECTED: CVS Health Corporation is expected* to report earnings on 08/07/2019 before market open. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Jun 2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $1.69. Earnings range is range is $1.65 to $1.72.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $62.71B, Revenue range is $61.66B - $63.28B.
BDSI 8-8-2019
EXPECTED: BioDelivery Sciences is estimated to report earnings on 08/08/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $-0.06. Earnings range is range is $-0.25 to $-0.01.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $24.59M, Revenue range is $23.07M - $27.3M.
NBRV 8-8-2019
EXPECTED: Nabriva Therapeutics is estimated to report earnings on 08/08/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $-0.33. Earnings range is range is $-0.34 to $-0.33.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $790K, Revenue range is $500K - $1.25M.
BSTC 8-8-2019
EXPECTED: BioSpecifics Technologies Corp is estimated to report earnings on 08/08/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.72. Earnings range is range is $0.72 to $0.72.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $8.98M, Revenue range is $8.98M - $8.98M.
NVDA 8-15-2019
EXPECTED: NVIDIA Corporation is estimated to report earnings on 08/15/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $1.14. Earnings range is range is $1.07 to $1.24.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $2.54B, Revenue range is $2.41B - $2.57B.
VEEV 8-22-2019
EXPECTED: Veeva Systems Inc. is estimated to report earnings on 08/22/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.49. Earnings range is range is $0.48 to $0.51.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $259.37M, Revenue range is $254.17M - $262.6M.
HEI 8-26-2019
EXPECTED: Heico Corporation is estimated to report earnings on 08/26/2019.
The consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $0.54. Earnings range is range is $0.50 to $0.56.
The consensus revenue forecast for the quarter is $510.16M, Revenue range is $503.4M - $521.53M.
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- Clay Baker
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Clay