Tesla shares are down more than 70%, and it’s going to get worse. For starters, the “woke mob” is ticked at CEO Elon Musk. Next, growth stocks in general are getting hammered as interest rates rise and there is no “fed put” in sight. In this report, we rank Tesla (based on fundamental metrics) versus 20 top growth stocks sourced from the top 10 holdings of two popular active growth ETFs, Future Fund (FFND) and Ark Innovation (ARKK), both have very large positions in Tesla. After digging deeper into the details on Tesla (including its tangled business history with the woke mob, future growth potential, profitability, valuation and risks), we conclude with our strong opinion about investing in Tesla and growth stocks in general.
Amazon: 100 Top Growth Stocks, Ranked
2022 was an ugly year for growth stocks. And it’s going to get worse for many of them. In this report, we rank 100 top growth stocks based on the financial metrics we consider most important in the current market environment. We have a special focus on Amazon, comparing it to peers on these same financial metrics, but also diving into its specific business fundamentals, including competitive advantages, risks and valuation. We conclude with our strong opinion on Amazon and investing in select growth stocks in the current market environment.
A Top Healthcare Industry Stock Worth Considering
Given the challenging macroeconomic backdrop (high inflation, recession looming), if you had to list the top characteristics you’d like to see in a stock market investment right now, it might include things like: high profit margins, no debt, tons of cash and a sticky client base that is economically non-cyclical. The healthcare stock we review in this report has all of those things, plus a very high revenue growth rate, a large total addressable market opportunity, a wide economic moat and basically no competition. Plus the shares have sold off significantly this year, thereby creating a more attractive entry point. This is NOT a dividend stock, but rather a very attractive long-term growth stock. Your future self may thank you profusely if you pick up a few shares now.
Disruptive Healthcare Stock: Improving Numbers, But Any Path to Profitability?
Shares of this technology-based healthcare provider are up significantly following quarterly earnings, but this once famous (now infamous) “pandemic darling” is down 80% from its recent highs (as post-covid life resumes) and questions remain as to whether there is any legitimate path to profitability. The company reported a $0.45 loss per share for Q3, it beat on top and bottom lines, but slightly lowered full year guidance. We offer our opinion on investing in this report.
Google Stock: Market Puking
Stalwart, blue-chip, US stock market juggernaut, and Google parent, Alphabet (GOOGL), made a new 52-week low this week. This is a company that has over 10% revenue growth, a seemingly insurmountable ecosystem and moat, and now trades at only 10 times forward EV to EBITDA. In this report, we review Google’s business model, revenue growth, capital allocation, current valuation and big risks. We conclude with our strong opinion on investing.
Clean Energy Solutions: Buy the Dip, If You Can Call It That
What started out as a microinverter technology (to help efficiently transform sunlight into energy) is rapidly growing into a one-stop-shop home-energy-solutions and technology company. Specifically, as the company’s microinverter business continues to grow rapidly (and gain market share from the other main industry competitor’s inferior technology), the product line continues to expand (now including batteries, EV charging, and impressive industry-leading smart software) into a massive secular trend (cleaner energy) opportunity (the SAM, or “serviceable addressable market,” is estimated to be $23 billion by 2025, versus the company’s $1.7 billion in total revenue over the last 12 months).
Attractive Cybersecurity Stock: High Growth, Profitable, On Sale
The cybersecurity business we review in this report is attractive for a variety of reasons, including its high growth, large total addressable market and attractive valuation. In particular, the shares have sold off hard as the low-interest-rate bubble has burst, but unlike other “pandemic darlings” this one is actually very profitable and generates powerful cash flow (therefore it won’t face the same growth-capital-raising challenges as others that will be paralyzed by higher borrowing rates, lower stock prices for new share issuances, and a slowed economy). Its valuation multiple has been crushed, but its business and earnings keep growing—and likely will for many years to come. We currently own shares.
High-Growth, Mid-Cap, Cloud-Data Company, Attractively Priced
The company we review in this report provides high-capacity storage for data centers using software and hardware technologies that are extremely well rated by customers. What’s more, the company is growing rapidly, and will continue to do so, as the digital revolution and migration to the cloud (data centers) are the biggest secular trends in the world today. We like the shares because they are positioned to benefit from many years of high growth and because they currently trade at an attractive price.
Long-Term Investors: Attractive, Electrical Components, Smid-Cap Stock, On Sale
There is a lot to like about this attractive electrical components stock that we first wrote about back in 2015. For example, it is highly profitable, growing rapidly, has a large Total Addressable Market (“TAM”) opportunity and the shares are currently on sale because short-minded investors are incorrectly extrapolating short-term revenue growth estimates (due to a tough comp and the market cycle) and not seeing the long-term secular trend remains firmly intact.
Adobe to Acquire Figma for $20 Billion
So the highly-profitable multimedia and creativity software company, Adobe, has agreed to acquire web-first collaboration design platform, Figma, for $20 billion (half cash, half shares). At roughly 50 times next years revenues, and considering Adobe’s current total market cap is only around $173 billion, this is a hefty price tag, especially at a time when the market is down and economic growth is slowing. We share our thoughts on the acquisition and the future of Adobe in this quick note.
Top 10 Growth Stocks (That Are Currently Down Big)
Despite all the gloom and doom in the market, and despite the big reasons to stay bearish (as we will review in this report), the market will eventually recover and go much higher. We don’t know if the majority of the selling is over, or if things will continue to get worse in the short-term (no one does). But we do know that over the long-term we expect the market to eventually recover and go much higher. In this report, we review the terrible market environment, including data on 150 top growth stocks that have sold off hard. Then we rank our top 10 long-term growth stocks from the list, starting with #10 and finishing with our top ideas.
50 Hated Pandemic Stocks, These 3 Are Worth Considering
After the initial pandemic shock in 2020, certain high-growth stocks performed well. Extremely well. Bolstered by extraordinarily low interest rates and a new crowd of “work-from-homers” (with newfound time to “invest”) it seemed the sky was the limit. Until it wasn’t. Flash forward to now, the market has fallen sharply this year (especially high-growth stocks), and there is no short supply of reasons to stay bearish. Very bearish. In this report, we share data on 50 high-growth stocks that have crashed, run through a list of compelling reasons (data points) to stay bearish, and then discuss the merits of three interesting high-growth stocks from the list that have crashed particularly hard, with a special focus on pandemic darling, Palantir (PLTR). We conclude with some important takeaways and our very strong opinion about investing in Palantir and investing in this market in general.
Cybersecurity Stock: Revenues Keep Growing Fast, Shares 35.2% Below ATH
This rapidly growing cybersecurity business announced earnings after the close on Tuesday. The results were better than the street’s already lofty expectations, plus the company raised forward guidance (both good things). This brief note is an update and follow up on our previous report, and a reminder to readers on how we feel about investing in this stock, at this time.
Big Data Stock: Massive Sales Growth, About to Turn EPS Profitable
This big data stock went public in late 2020. And after some incredible post-IPO gains in 2020-2021, the shares came crashing down as the high-growth pandemic bubble burst. However, the company’s massive revenues have continued to grow an incredible pace, it just announced impressive quarterly results last week, and it is about to turn EPS positive (a great thing in this environment). And critically important—there is still a lot more room to run (in terms of sales growth that will lead to massive profits in the relatively near future.
Cloud Monitoring Company: Lots of Long-Term Upside, On Sale
If you have the luxury of being a long-term investor, you have a distinct advantage and highly lucrative opportunity that is not available to others. Specifically, you can benefit from long-term compound growth (the eighth wonder of the world), particularly as it pertains to powerful secular trends. In this report, we review one such business (a SaaS application monitoring company) that will benefit from cloud migration and digitization secular trends over the long-term, despite the recent steep share price sell off (buying opportunity) so far this year.
The Trade Desk: 5 Top Growth Stocks To Crash Again Soon
The Trade Desk (TTD) reported strong results in its latest quarterly release on Tuesday. But despite the latest gains, the shares will likely crash again soon. In particular, high-growth stocks (like The Trade Desk) have rebounded hard since mid-June, but are still down dramatically year-to-date, and Wednesday’s newly released inflation numbers will likely embolden the fed in its fight against inflation. In this report, we review the ugly top-down environment for five top growth stocks that will likely crash again soon, then dig into the details on The Trade Desk in particular and then finally conclude with our strong opinion about investing in The Trade Desk and top growth stocks in general.
Attractive High-Growth SaaS Stock: Payroll and Human Resources
We purchased shares of this high-growth small-cap stock in our Disciplined Growth Portfolio in 2015 (when the share price was under $30 and the market cap was around $1.4 billion). It just announced another quarter of strong earnings on Friday, and the shares now trade at around $260 (and the market cap is over $14 billion). What’s more, we continue to like its exceptionally strong growth trajectory going forward (the shares have a lot more upside ahead). This report reviews the business and 10 things we like about it going forward.
If I Could Own Just One Stock
As a long-term investor, I believe in owning a prudently-diversified portfolio of many stocks. However, if I could own just one stock, I’d want it to be a leader in the important categories of revenue growth, dividend income and financial strength (including profitability, a strong balance sheet and an attractive valuation). Following its new quarterly earnings release this week, this report reviews Microsoft’s business, its strengths (in the categories listed above), the risk factors it currently faces and then concludes with my strong opinion on whether Microsoft would be “the one.”
Digital Turbine: Attractive If Acquired, Attractive If Not
The market has sold off hard this year, especially if you are a high-growth technology company. One name that has gotten hammered particularly hard is mobile growth platform, Digital Turbine (APPS). In this report, we give an update on the business, the opportunities, profitability, valuation (as an acquisition target and as a standalone company) and our opinion on investing.
Meta Platforms: Fervently Hated, Money-Printing Value Stock
Other than a Super Bowl watch party, most people hate commercials and advertisements of any kind. They are disruptive, often offensive and increasingly violate privacy. Nonetheless, Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) continues to print and store massive piles of money it derives from advertising across its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and others. And despite the fact that growth in traditional markets may be slowing, and its pivot to the Metaverse is wildly unproven, the low valuation (of this once growth now value stock) is hard to ignore. This report reviews the business, valuation, risks and concludes with our opinion on investing.