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Mr. Berger is the creator and developer of the YDP screening tool. A chart system and its analysis for screening and monitoring dividend income equity investments. SA has begun publishing a continuing series of multiple weekly articles using the YDP analysis on one income equity per article. I... More
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    Here is a screen shot of my edit screen. As you can see, no source or ychart icon is present.

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    Jun 02 7:50 PM | Link | 4 Comments
  • CODI Numbers Look Good But It Is Time To Tighten Stop-Loss

    Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) latest numbers show that the large downside miss to consensus estimates is nothing to be concerned about. This is just the latest in a long history of such misses on the earnings consensus numbers for the Company as seen on the chart from Seth Jayson's article over on fool.com.

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    The $0.03 EPS represents a return to positive territory and reversal of the prior quarter negative EPS and downtrend. Revenues and margins continued to advance in line with historic uptrends. We can therefore conclude that fundamentally all is just fine. This sentiment is shared by analysts with 4 out of 5 maintaining a buy or strong buy rating and 1 remaining with advice to hold.

    A look at the YPD chart (with EPS added) indicates the stock is near its high valuation at these EPS and dividend distributions with a current mid-day share price of $17.60. This suggests it may be time to tighten stop-loss targets a bit to insure against a sharp decline as seen back in mid 2011.

    CODI Chart

    CODI data by YCharts

    While share prices are very near historic highs, the yield on distribution remains more than 1% below historic low yield rates. This reflects the increase in distribution rate since 2011 and suggests the shares are not in a bubble but may face resistance to further advance and a possible retreat to $15.00 support levels in building a base. Shares may test the $15.50 trading range seen back in February and March. A $14.80 stop-loss looks appropriate for many long term holders targeting dividend income. Those with large paper profits in taxable accounts may be even more flexible and use a $13.45 stop-loss to allow a short term test of the November lows.

    Disclosure: I am long CODI.

    Tags: CODI, long ideas, dividend, income, investing strategies
    May 15 4:41 PM | Link | Comment!
  • Recommended Reading

    I want to take this opportunity to recommend a fellow SA author and analyst to my readers. There are not many authors I follow and even fewer that I find both insightful and clear in their presentations and arguments. Cam Hui is one of these few and I suggest my followers also follow him. In particular, I have very much enjoyed 2 of his recent articles:

    seekingalpha.com/article/1380431-sell-in-may

    seekingalpha.com/article/1388431-negative-divergences

    I hope you enjoy them also.

    Tags: macro view, investing strategies, etfs
    May 03 4:25 PM | Link | Comment!
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