Posts by: Steve Birenberg
Despite a lot of underlying movement in the indicators, there are no changes to the recommendations from Northlake’s Market Cap and Style models. The Market Cap model remains on a…
Northlake’s Style model shifted to a neutral signal after three months at value. The change primarily reflects a pause in the Trump reflation trade during February that impacted the trend…
CBS reported mixed results for 4Q16 in a quarter where that was widely expected due to difficult comparisons. The company showed three fewer Thursday night NFL games and lost 9…
Liberty Global (LBTYK) reported solid 4Q16 results, affirming the acceleration in the company’s growth rate that is critical to our investment thesis. Using the company’s methodology that ignores foreign exchange…
Disney (DIS) reported its second consecutive quarter of lower year over year revenue, operating income, and earnings growth as it faces difficult comps from the massive success of Star Wars:…
Comcast (CMCSA) reported another steady growth quarter with revenues up 9%, operating cash flow up 8%, EPS up 10%, and free cash flow up 64%. Despite emerging completion form internet…
Facebook (FB) reported another strong set of earnings, again beating the high bar set by Wall Street estimates. Revenues grew 51% ahead of expectations in the high 40% range. Mobile…
Apple reported a good holiday quarter relative to muted expectations. The company got back on a growth track, albeit modest, after three straight quarters of declining revenue and iPhone shipments. …
There are no changes to Northlake’s model signals for February. For the second consecutive month, the Market Cap model favors small caps and the Style model favors small cap value. …
In Northlake’s yearend letter, we stated “Admittedly, we have been too patient with ClubCorp. However, with oil prices rebounding and golf rounds played rising for the first time in several…