The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer. However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.
Growth boosts valuation multiples, but it doesn’t always last forever. Companies that cannot maintain it are often penalized with large declines in market value, a lesson ingrained in investors who lost money in tech stocks during 2022.
Growth boosts valuation multiples, but it doesn’t always last forever. Companies that cannot maintain it are often penalized with large declines in market value, a lesson ingrained in investors who lost money in tech stocks during 2022.
Stocks in the $10-50 range offer a sweet spot between affordability and stability as they’re typically more established than penny stocks. But their headline prices don’t guarantee quality, and investors should exercise caution as some have shaky business models.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street. Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Software is eating the world, and virtually no business is left untouched by it. Companies bringing it to life have been rewarded with explosive earnings growth, and the upward trend shows no signs of stopping as the industry has posted a 18.2% gain over the past six months, beating the S&P 500 by 13.2 percentage points.
Mid-cap stocks have the best odds of scaling into $100 billion corporations thanks to their tested business models and large addressable markets. But the many opportunities in front of them attract significant competition, spanning from industry behemoths with seemingly infinite resources to small, nimble players with chips on their shoulders.
3D printing company Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2024, but sales fell by 3.8% year on year to $150.4 million. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $577.5 million at the midpoint came in 0.9% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.12 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
Young adult apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 9.1% year on year to $1.58 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $1.07 billion was less impressive, coming in 0.7% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $3.57 per share was 0.8% below analysts’ consensus estimates.