Q2 Growth Report - Part 1

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:48:21 GMT

Today's Wall Street Journal had an article that asked the question "Can Rally Run without Revenue?" Is the revenue situation really that bad? Let's take a quick look at some the data compiled through the Alert HQ process. After each quarter's earnings season, I try to pull together what I am now calling the Growth Report. Part 1 compiles the list of stocks that have shown a year-over-year increase in both revenue and earnings AND a sequential quarter-over-quarter increase in both revenue and earnings. Given the severity of the economic downturn, very few companies have been able to to pull off this trick. The following table presents a comparison of the last two quarters: [More...]

Best International Dividend Stocks

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:13:00 GMT

In a previous article I provided a list with the best dividend stocks for the long run. Since the list included only US stocks several readers asked for a similar list with international dividend growth stocks instead. Furthermore, I am also looking to expand my portfolio to include at least some allocation to [More...]

Long Picks For Monday

Sun, 03 May 2009 16:34:38 GMT

The major index charts remain in solid rising trends for now. On a fundamental level, I continue to think this rally has been built on TARP money, short covering, and unrealistic hopes on the economy. Although corporate earnings have exceeded estimates, in the end earnings remain poor. Overbought sectors such as retail, restaurants, real estate, and financials need to contend with a still-deteriorating economic picture. That being the case, I am choosing to remain patient with a majority of short positions while actively trading the long side as long as the rally continues. [More...]

Earnings Review Of Note Monday-Tuesday

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:59:36 GMT

Some names I am looking at early this week Monday Fund holdings - Baidu.com (BIDU) and First National Financial (FNF). The former broke through the 200 day moving average Thursday but I cut it down to 1 share on super froth. The latter has been stagnat the past 8 days, with each day an intraday low hitting the 50 day moving average. Very strange. I cut back a bit to a 2.5% stake since I have double jeopardy in these guys with FNF and FAF. I expect good things but the stock action has been weak"ish" and this is the more expensive of the two - not that[More...]

Automakers & PHEVs: Between “Barack” And A Hard Place

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Automakers & PHEVs: Between “Barack” and a Hard Place by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist During the last few years of the Bush administration, the EPA was directed to ignore California’s pleas to grant it a waiver of the Clean Air Act. Why? The grant would effectively have permitted California to enforce stricter emission rules its legislature had enacted a number of years before. The EPA dragged its feet because as many as 16 other states were considering legislation modeled after California’s - with one notable difference: emission rules even more stringent than California’s. The automakers lobbied Bush administration officials to[More...]

Newsletter 21: January 15, 2009

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:59:00 GMT

Our current investment trauma marks the end of an era of excesses in credit and real estate markets, of course. But it also denotes that the United States is undergoing a far more general and significant transition - not only to a new government with a radically different agenda, but more lastingly into a whole (...)[More...]

Best Performing Stock of 2008

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:58:00 GMT

I used to, and will one day return, to posting the best performing stocks of the week - but the wicked volatility and "student body left" trading of the past 4 months has made it a moot point. Everything must either be bought or sold, as stocks are either deemed "good" or "bad" that hour, day, or month. The herd piles in, or piles out - regardless of sector, style, fundamentals. It's been a market of asset allocation not individual stocks much of the back half of the year. I like to look for relative strength and ride sector/company trends for the longer term - this market is not for that sort of investor. This has been for many months a run and gun daytrader environment; not a place for theme investors. With that said, I am always curious to see what stocks held up over the long run... folks, no matter what happens (short of 8%+ rally here in the next 3 days) we are projecting the worst year in the markets at least since the[More...]

Four Leading International Stocks

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:10:00 GMT

Some folks follow the strategy of selecting stocks that outperform others in the same industry. The idea here is to select the winners in a particular sector for a given time period.The following are five such stocks that have outperformed the industry by over 50% year-to-date:1.Telefonos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V (TMX) is a telecom service provider in Mexico and has 17.8 million local fixed lines. TMX pays a dividend of 3.37% and the total revenue is $10.2B. EPS has grown at an average annual rate of 16% over the past 5 years.2.Taiwan-based[More...]

Worst Performers Over Last Quarter

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:14:00 GMT

And here is the list of worst perfomers... keep in mind this is over a 90 day period. I show 136 stocks that lost at least 45% in the previous quarter. Very bad. The list is obvious - anything global growth, commodity related or the "dead" financial types.CriteriaMarket capitalization $1.25B+Average trading volume 100K+Stock price $0+Return this month -45%+Green names we own, blue names we have owned in the past or discussed in the blog. In orange I listed names we owned at some point during the quarter.[More...]

SQM: On Track for Good News

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:52:00 GMT

SQM Reaffirms Market Outlook Tue. September 30, 2008; Posted: 12:50 PM SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — SQM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A), in light of the high volatility experienced by world stock markets and (...)[More...]

SQM Reports Earnings for the First Half of 2009

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:10:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. reported today earnings for the first half of 2009 of US$169.4 million , a decrease of 11.1% with respect to the same period of 2008, when earnings totaled US$190.5 million . Operating income reached US$231.9 million , 4.3% lower than the US$242.3 million recorded during the first half of 2008. Revenues totaled US$665.7 million for the first six months, representing a decrease of 15.4% over the US$787.1 million reported in the same period of 2008.[More...]

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Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:22:00 GMT

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SQM Reports Earnings for the First Quarter of 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:13:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. reported today earnings for the first quarter of 2009 of US$86.3 million , an increase of 33% with respect to the same period of 2008, when earnings totaled US$64.8 million . Operating income reached US$119.5 million , 39% higher than the US$86.2 million recorded during the first quarter of 2008. Revenues totaled US$320.9 million for the first quarter, representing a decrease of 2% over the US$326.3 million reported in the same period of 2008.[More...]

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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:49:00 GMT

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SQM Reports Earnings for the Year 2008

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. reported today earnings for the year 2008 of US$501.4 million , an increase of 179% over the 2007 figure of US$180.0 million . Operating income reached US$632.2 million , 144% higher than the US$259.5 million recorded the previous year. Revenues for 2008 totaled US$1,774.1 million, representing growth of 49.4% over the US$1,187.5 million reported in 2007.[More...]

SQM Places US$173 Million in Bond Issuance in Chile

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:10:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. announced today that it has successfully placed in the Chilean market two series of bonds for an amount in local currency equivalent to approximately US$173 million. Series H was issued for an amount of 4 million UFs , at 21 years with a 10-year grace period, at a re-offer yield of 5.05% in UFs. Series G was issued for an amount of Ch$ 21 billion , at 5 years, bullet, at a re-offer yield of 7.5% in Chilean pesos.[More...]

Soquimich Comercial Agrees Merger With Anagra S.A.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. announced today that its Chilean subsidiary Soquimich Comercial S.A. and Anagra S.A., a Chilean fertilizer distribution company, signed a memorandum of understanding oriented to implement the merger of the two companies. SQMC imports, blends and distributes specialty and commodity fertilizers in the Chilean market. The merger would result in the creation of a new fertilizer distribution company in Chile that would benefit from cost synergies and efficiency gains, enabling the company to better serve customers in this market.[More...]

SQM Comercial Agrees to Merger With Anagra S.A.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:05:00 GMT

SQM Initiates Bond Registration Process

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. announced that its Board of Directors, at its meeting held October 28, 2008, approved the registration of a bond program. The Board approved a maximum issuance amount under the program of UF 5 million .[More...]

SQM to Distribute Interim Dividend

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:35:00 GMT

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. announced the payment of an interim dividend in the amount of US$0.37994 per share. At its meeting held yesterday, October 28, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors agreed to partially modify SQM's Dividend Policy in order to make this payment, which amounts to a total of approximately US$100 million and which will be charged to net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The interim dividend will be paid on November 21, 2008, in favor of those shareholders registered in the Company's Book of Shareholders during the fifth working day prior to the day of such payment. The pertinent amount will be paid in its equivalent in Chilean pesos, based on the "Observed Dollar" rate that should be published by the Official Gazette on November 14, 2008.[More...]

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