Author archives: Thomas Hughes

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) didn’t have a good or a bad quarter, just one that highlights issues that are building within the market. The number one is inflation.

Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) is a uniquely organized restaurant corporation with both dine-in and fast-food establishments in the mix. This positioned it well for the pandemic because strength in…

Lennox International (NYSE: LII) is evidence the systemic issues plaguing the market are not something to be ignored. While the average S&P 500 company is still beating the consensus figures…

Love him or hate him, Elon Musk has taken Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) to new heights and the climb has only just begun. While the EV story here on earth is…

If there is one thing the market needs from Snap-on (NYSE: SNA) and other globally oriented companies is a little reassurance in the supply chain. While Snap-on did not give…

Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) proves that systemic, global supply-chain disruptions and hot inflation are not impacting all companies the same. While many of the U.S. leading companies are showing the impact…

We called a bottom for Brinker International following the last earnings report but that was before the company caught COVID. The company missed the consensus estimate for calendar Q2 by…

We called out Verizon a few weeks ago has a high yield stock that just went on sale. A downgrade from Barclays on a diminished outlook sent the stock down…

Abbott Laboratories has been one of our favorite dividend-paying stocks for quite some time. The yield isn’t much to brag about at 1.5% but it’s an incredibly safe payout and…

WD-40 Company is a great growth story and one that we have been avidly following for the last 2 years or so. The company has been working hard to expand…