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Author: Saj Karsan

hhgregg: Now A Much Fairer Price

Just over three months ago, hhgregg (HGG) was featured on this site for its ridiculously low price. Recently, it could be sold for 40% higher than its July price, and 70% higher than its low in October! As such, hhgregg is the...

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Media Worth Your Time

I’ve poked a lot of fun at the mainstream financial media over the course of this blog’s short history, so it seems only fair to give credit to media sources when they deserve it. I only recently discovered Bloomberg...

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Value or Not?

Analyst Barry Cooper believes Barrick Gold (ABX), a gold miner, is a value stock. He cites the stock’s P/E ratio, which is under 10, and argues that “value investors will either step into the stock or there are no...

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Startek’s Star Customers

Startek makes for an intriguing value play. The company has $20 million worth of cash, but trades for just $38 million. Before the recession, this company was averaging more than $10 million in earnings per year. Since 2007,...

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Quality of Earnings: Chapter 10

Investors rely heavily on the financials that companies release. But managements have significant leeway when it comes to creating its results. In this book, Thornton O’Glove tells investors how to judge the quality of a...

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Quality of Earnings: Chapter 9

Investors rely heavily on the financials that companies release. But managements have significant leeway when it comes to creating its results. In this book, Thornton O’Glove tells investors how to judge the quality of a...

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Competition and Margins

We often talk about profit margins on this site. Analyzing the profit margins of a company can help you determine its profitability relative to its competitors. For example, if two competitors have equal net incomes but one has...

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Just This Once, I Promise!

Companies are required to release their financial results according to GAAP. Often, however, companies will also release what they call “Pro Forma” statements, where certain “one-time” costs are often...

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Urbana Management Responds

A few days ago, a group of value investors (which included the authors of sites frankvoisin.com and pettycash.wordpress.com) sent a letter to Urbana’s chief executive asking that the company be more aggressive in its share...

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MF Global A Buy

MF Global (MF) is a broker that trades for its clients and on its own behalf. Yesterday, MF Global filed for bankruptcy! On the day before its filing, three of the eleven analysts covering the company rated the stock as a...

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