Stock Market Profiles

LRCX (LAM RESEARCH CORP) P/E: 20 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $2.28 SECTOR: ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2.4 DIVIDEND: 1.15% Lam Research Corp is a technology company focused on wafer semiconductor processing equipment. The company is trading near its 52-week high, and has increased in price 48% YTD. It will look to build on exponential EPS growth and high expectations in the next quarter. In the last quarter, revenue increased by approximately 64% on a year-over-year basis, and 14% from the prior quarter. Gross margin decreased slightly on increased R&D and administrative costs. Assets and available cash decreased in Q1 along with liabilities, while investments increased, and the ratio of assets-liabilities also increased. EPS beat wall street expectations in the last quarter, and the company set guidance below wall street expectations for the upcoming quarter reporting in late July 2017. Founded in Californ...

TTC (THE TORO COMPANY) P/E: 31.6 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $.06 SECTOR: PRODUCER MANUFACTURING ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2.8 DIVIDEND: 1.05% TTC is the symbol for Toro, a manufacturer of lawnmowers, irrigation and lighting systems, and other tools for residential and professional landscaping. They utilize high-quality products and deliver them in a reliable package to their customers. Toro reports 5/25/17, and will attempt to demonstrate business growth in line with expectations. In the most recent quarter, Toro reported a 6% boost in revenue and an increase in operating costs by just under 6%. The company utilized some of its 35% increase in cash to repurchase stock. Inventories and receivables were cut on a year-over-year basis, signifying that the company is fulfilling orders more rapidly. Professional services make up the bulk of the company's revenue at approximately 80%. While residential revenue decreased on a year-over...

Bitcoin is an online currency operating as a peer-to-peer network. Miners produce, and sell bitcoins, and the price rises as more bitcoins are bought. The commodity 's price has skyrocketed recently, rising over $1000 per bitcoin between 4/25/17-5/25/17. Satoshi Nakamoto is the anonymous name of the creator(s) of bitcoin. The currency was created in January 2009. Nakamoto's motivation for creating bitcoin was to create a currency which was not controlled by a centralized body such as a government susceptible to turmoil, but rather by a computer program. As such, bitcoin is impervious to foreign exchange rates, and can be used for international trade without the requirement of changing currencies. The currency is generated through bitcoin mining. Bitcoins are “mined” by solving mathematical tasks which increase with difficulty as the number of bitcoins grows. As of the time of this post, approximately 16,350,000 bitcoins exist. To put the rate of growth in perspecti...

TOL (TOLL BROTHERS) P/E: 17.3 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $.22 SECTOR: CONSUMER DURABLES ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 1.83 DIVIDEND: .84% Toll Brothers, INC, (TOL), is a housing manufacturer. Although their stock posted a beat on EPS and revenue expectations in Q2 '17, which reported today, the stock went down due to concerns over the housing market, as housing sales slumped unexpectedly in April. The share price is linked to housing market expectations, and it will be difficult for the stock to trade up should the housing market falter. While revenues increased 22% in Q2 '17 from the comparable '16 quarter, revenues in Q1 were down on a year-over-year basis. Costs increased and gross margin shrank slightly while the company delivered a substantial EPS growth of $.22 per share to $.73. The company's backlog of orders grew 25%. Total debt increased, and the company increased its cash pile to cut net debt. In each ...

PCLN (THE PRICELINE GROUP) P/E: 40.6 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $1.64 SECTOR: CONSUMER SERVICES ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2 DIVIDEND: none Priceline is a vacation-booking company, offering services for flight reservation, hotel reservation, and car rental in one convenient place. In recent years, Priceline's revenues have grown above Expedia's, another major competitor in the field. They recently reported earnings on 5/9/17, and the recent market dip has provided an opportunity to buy shares at a discounted price. Compared to the comparable 2016 quarter, Priceline increased revenue by 13%. GAAP net income also increased by a substantial amount. The company also increased spending across the board, from advertising to “general and administrative.” Part of the growth in income is a substantial decrease in what the company reports as “cost of revenues.” Glenn Fogel, former investment banker and Harvard Graduate, is t...

SQ (SQUARE INC) P/E: N/A GAAP DILUTED Y-O-Y EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $0.25 SECTOR: TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 1.5 DIVIDEND: none Square Inc is the company behind the popular cash app, Square Cash. Square Cash's largest competitor is Venmo. Square's main business, however, is in its subscription segment, which provides business services, primarily to the food industry. Square increased its revenue on a year-over-year basis by 21% in the 1st quarter, driven by a 100% increase in subscription revenue, and partially offset by a reduction in hardware revenue. Square's only hardware product is its chip readers. Additionally, the company spent 40% less on “general and administrative” costs due to a one-time, $50 million expense suffered in the comparable quarter last year; despite an increase in their 'product development', and 'sales and marketing' budgets, they saw reduced operating expenses of approximately 1...

ICHR (ICHOR HOLDINGS, INC) P/E: 24.2 GAAP DILUTED Y-O-Y EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: N/A SECTOR: ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2 DIVIDEND: none Ichor is a recent IPO that went public 12/9/2016, founded in 1999, and re-incorporated in 2012. The company is producing semiconductor equipment, process equipment for LED lights, flat panel displays, and alternative energy systems. Their revenue is growing rapidly, and the company is already profitable. In the most recent quarter, it is impossible to track GAAP y-o-y growth as the company did not have shares utilized to calculate EPS. However, the company did double their net sales from $64 to $131 million and maintain a gross profit rate of 16.3%. Obviously, the company doubled its cash pile after their IPO. The company increased R&D by 60%, and long-term debt borrowings were also decreased from the comparable quarter of last year. Tom Rohr, the company's CEO, has 27 years of executive expe...