Investing Topics: Earnings Season
Ignore Utilities’ Slow Start: Earnings and Guidance Point to a Fantastic Finish for 2024
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jan. 27, 2024
In the January CUI, I highlighted the dramatic drop in utility borrowing costs starting mid-October as a major catalyst for sector growth in 2024. Since then, we’ve seen investor concerns intensify that the Federal Reserve will delay reducing the benchmark Fed Funds rate until at least late summer.
Five Key Takeaways from Q2 and What They Portend
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Aug. 11, 2023
Nine more CUI Portfolio recommendations have announced Q2 results and updated guidance since the August issue went to post. I’ll have a full recap and analysis for each in the September issue. But here’s what you need to know now.
Sliding Guidance: How Much Trouble for Big Telecom?
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 22, 2022
"Sliding guidance” is often a sign of rising risk to underlying businesses. And, it’s a potential warning for the entire US communications sector this year.
What Kinder Morgan’s Q2 Says about US Midstream
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 21, 2022
Editor’s note: This is the first of three articles in which I’ll focus on Q2 results and guidance updates for recommended stocks that are also great bellwethers for their respective sectors. Hope everyone is having a great summer!—RC
“Fortune may not favor the brave so much as it favors the cash.”
Uncle Sam Up-ends US Solar: Here’s How to Navigate the Fallout
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Apr. 26, 2022
The Obama Administration called its energy policy for America “all of the above,” promoting breakthrough research on cleaner sources while sanctioning unprecedented construction of needed infrastructure including pipelines. Trump clearly favored “drill baby drill” over new wind and solar.
Under Biden, however, what we’ve seen for policy is often “none of the above.”
AT&T, Verizon and the Burden of Low Expectations
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Oct. 23, 2020
The top two companies that dominate this essential service industry have combined market capitalization of $440 billion and annual revenue of $300 billion plus, but still trade for an average of just 10 times expected 2020 earnings. They clearly suffer from the burden of low expectations.
Q2 Takeaways from a Midstream Company that Matters
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 24, 2020
The numbers were never going to be pretty for North American energy midstream companies. Management teams warned this spring that Covid-19 fallout was crushing volumes on both the upstream and downstream ends of the business. But with Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) clearly managing these turbulent times, investors can afford to remain patient with this sector.
Q1 Earnings: Here’s What’s Important
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Apr. 17, 2020
With the virus still spreading and shutdowns continuing, forecasting COVID-19’s eventual damage to human health and the global economy is still a matter of conjecture, making it difficult for management teams to set guidance for the rest of 2020.
However, Q1 numbers and guidance, to be released over the next several weeks, will be absolutely critical to making good decisions, particularly where dividend safety is concerned.
What Kinder’s Earnings Mean for Midstream
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Jul. 22, 2019
Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI) has kicked off earnings reporting season for the US energy midstream sector. The most noteworthy takeaway: No real surprises.
Pick Your Prices and Your Stocks
By
Roger S. Conrad on
Apr. 15, 2017
With first-quarter earnings season around the corner, we explain how investors can tune out the noise and focus on what really matters.
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