Posts by: Steve Birenberg
Comcast’s 1Q20 earnings report and conference call exposed sharp differences of how the COVID crisis is impacting the company’s three business segments. Already positive trends in the core cable business…
Northlake’s investment thesis on IBM centers upon the gradual transition to faster revenue growth as cloud services become a greater part of IBM’s revenue mix. Prior to the COVID crisis,…
Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) reported 1Q20 earnings that indicated better than expected results in January and February before the economic shutdown, offset by a sharp but not quite as bad as expected…
Northlake’s Market Cap model shifted from mid cap to large cap, primarily reflecting the history of large caps holding up better during bear markets. The Style model is sticking with…
There are no changes to the recommendations from Northlake’s models for March. The Market Cap model remains on a mid cap signal and the Style model is still recommending growth. …
Nexstar Media Group reported excellent 4Q19 results and raised its guidance for 2020/2021 average annual free cash flow by 15%. In a normal market this news would have been greeted…
ViacomCBS (VIAC) reported more disappointing news with its 4Q19 earnings report and 2020 guidance. The stock is now down about -40% since last summer when the company first lowered its…
In our last blog post on MGM Resorts (MGM), we note that after a string of tough quarters brought about mostly due to things beyond MGM’s control, the story was…
Disney (DIS) is a difficult stock to value at the moment as the company is “all in” on the roll out of Disney+ and overall transition of its traditional media…
Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) reported slightly disappointing 4Q19 results compared to elevated expectations that existed thanks to a +10% gain in the shares in January to all-time highs. Looking more closely at…