Call me a sucker, but I’m tentatively a believer. With both stocks priced at under 10x trailing earnings (and 11x forward earnings assuming 1%-2% guided margin compression in 2017 at DAL), the market is skeptical about margin sustainability. Given the industry’s ignominious legacy of undisciplined competition, where the dumbest competitor has historically set the price […]
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[EFX] Equifax [EXPN] Experian [FICO] Fair Isaac [TRU] TransUnion
Consumer credit bureaus and FICO
Each of the 3 major US consumer credit bureaus (CCBs) – Equifax, Experian, and Transunion [...]
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Continue reading →[UHAL] U-Haul
[UHAL] U-Haul
U-Haul is a weird company. It rents moving equipment and self-storage space but also sells [...]
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[DLTR] Dollar Tree
(this should be read as a companion piece to the Dollar General post from a [...]
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yet another Dollar General take
In Scottsville, Kentucky at the dawn of World War 2 the market for “selling the [...]
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some thoughts on Adyen
Before exploring the competitive concerns that have sent shares cratering nearly 60%, it’s worth reflecting [...]
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