Even if a company is profitable, it doesn’t always mean it’s a great investment.
Some struggle to maintain growth, face looming threats, or fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their future potential.
Each stock in this article is trading near its 52-week high.
These elevated prices usually indicate some degree of investor confidence, business improvements, or favorable market conditions.
Value investing has created more billionaires than any other strategy, like Warren Buffett, who built his fortune by purchasing wonderful businesses at reasonable prices.
But these hidden gems are few and far between - many stocks that appear cheap often stay that way because they face structural issues.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Bread Financial (NYSE:BFH) and the rest of the credit card stocks fared in Q2.
Pricing power is a company's ability to raise prices for its products or services without causing a significant drop in demand or losing customers to competitors.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at American Express (NYSE:AXP) and the best and worst performers in the credit card industry.
American Express trades at $330.78 per share and has stayed right on track with the overall market, gaining 11.9% over the last six months. At the same time, the S&P 500 has returned 10.5%.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let’s have a look at Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and its peers.
Companies that consistently increase their sales, margins, or returns on capital are usually rewarded with the best returns,
and those that can do all three for years on end are almost always the legendary stocks that return 100 times your money.
Volatility cuts both ways - while it creates opportunities, it also increases risk, making sharp declines just as likely as big gains.
This unpredictability can shake out even the most experienced investors.
American Express is one of the biggest credit card and payments companies in the world. It runs on a closed-loop network, meaning it acts as both the card issuer and the payment network.
