Thursday, September 4, 2014

* MOMO & SOCL Stocks: Best & Worst in Five Charts


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Disclosure:  The hedge fund is short TRLA and Z.

Conclusion
This is a quick note on a specific group of 20 MOMO technology firms that fall into the Internet Services & Software industry that I want to analyze rather quickly.

There are a specific list of financial, earnings & growth measures that I focus on when analyzing stocks of this type.  Let's see the 'best' and 'worst' of these firms with respect to these measures (not listed in order of importance).

  1. Total Revenue, 1-Year Growth
  2. Total Assets, 1-Year Growth
  3. Tangible Books, 1-Year Growth
  4. Earnings from Continuing Operations Margin %
  5. Research & Development / Operating Expenses

Which Companies
Industry: Internet Services & Software
Region: North American Exchanges
Market Cap: Greater than $1.5B
Hand Removed: EBAY, RAX, several others...

NB: I have GOOGL in there as a point of reference, not as a relevant peer.

Total Revenue, 1-Year Growth
Highest: TRLA, TWTR, Z, FB, YELP
Lowest: YHOO, IACI, JCOM, RATE



Total Assets, 1-Year Growth
Highest: TWTR, YELP, TRLA, TRAK, LNKD
Lowest: YHOO, IACI, SOHU, EIGI, RATE



Tangible Books, 1-Year Growth
Highest: YELP, LNKD, SSTK, Z, LNKD
Lowest: TRLA, YHOO, SINA, SOHU



Earnings from Continuing Operations Margin %
Highest: YNDX, YHOO, FB, JCOM
Lowest: EIGI. TRLA, SOHU



Research & Development / Operating Expenses
Highest: TWTR, FB, YHOO, LNKD
Lowest: EIGI, TRAK, RATE, P





This is trade analysis, not a recommendation.






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