Value Investing

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Oracle's upside in the near term might appear limited, but there is potential for higher dividend growth going forward.</li>
<li>The debt level should be monitored closely by investors, but in my view does not present a major risk for Oracle's dividend.</li>
<li>The dividend yield remains low, but the debt level must be monitored by investors.</li>
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Oracle's upside in the near term might appear limited, but there is potential for higher dividend growth going forward.
The debt level should be monitored closely by investors, but in my view does not present a major risk for Oracle's dividend.
The dividend yield remains low, but the debt level must be monitored by investors.


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<ul><li>Oracle managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Total cloud revenues, including SaaS and IaaS, increased by 55% to $4.4 billion, with IaaS revenue increasing by 77% to $1.4 billion and SaaS revenue increasing by 47% to $3 billion.</li><li>With Cerner excluded, total cloud revenue SaaS plus IaaS increased by more than 33% to $3.8 billion.</li></ul>

Oracle managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.Total cloud revenues, including SaaS and IaaS, increased by 55% to $4.4 billion, with IaaS revenue increasing by 77% to $1.4 billion and SaaS revenue increasing by 47% to $3 billion.With Cerner excluded, total cloud revenue SaaS plus IaaS increased by more than 33% to $3.8 billion.

Oracle Corporation: 5 Factors Enabling The Company To Sail High with Cloud Services – Financial Forecasts

International Business Machines / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>IBM has delivered a positive return of nearly 20% over the past two years, but that has little to do with actual business performance.</li>
<li>In addition to sluggish growth, IBM's declining profitability remains a problem.Issues related to the company's high debt load, low dividend coverage and an addiction to acquisitions have not gone away.</li>
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Being an IBM (NYSE:IBM) shareholder hasn't been easy over the years as the market continues to make new highs, while IBM still trades at levels from 2010.

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IBM has delivered a positive return of nearly 20% over the past two years, but that has little to do with actual business performance.
In addition to sluggish growth, IBM's declining profitability remains a problem.Issues related to the company's high debt load, low dividend coverage and an addiction to acquisitions have not gone away.

Being an IBM (NYSE:IBM) shareholder hasn't been easy over the years as the market continues to make new highs, while IBM still trades at levels from 2010.




IBM: Don't Be Fooled By Recent Share Price Performance

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<li>After losing nearly a third of its value, Amazon looks more attractive than a year ago.</li>
<li>Investors should be mindful of recency bias when evaluating Amazon's share price attractiveness.</li>
<li>The unique business model also poses some risks that should be considered regardless of one's investment horizon.</li>
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After losing nearly a third of its value, Amazon looks more attractive than a year ago.
Investors should be mindful of recency bias when evaluating Amazon's share price attractiveness.
The unique business model also poses some risks that should be considered regardless of one's investment horizon.


Amazon: Having A Long-Term View Doesn't Mean You Should Disregard Immediate Risks

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<li>Following the massive drop in Adobe's share price, more investors are looking favourably at the business.</li>
<li>In my view, capital allocation decisions within the company raise some red flags that are hard to overlook.</li>
<li>As a long-term shareholder, I still have a hard time rating Adobe as a buy.</li>
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Following the massive drop in Adobe's share price, more investors are looking favourably at the business.
In my view, capital allocation decisions within the company raise some red flags that are hard to overlook.
As a long-term shareholder, I still have a hard time rating Adobe as a buy.


Adobe Is A High Quality Business With Capital Allocation Problems

United States

Oracle Corporation supplies software for enterprise information management. The Company offers databases and relational servers, application development and decision support tools, and enterprise business applications. Oracle's software runs on network computers, personal digital assistants, set-top devices, PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes, and massively parallel computers.

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Oracle As A Long-Term Dividend Play

The debt level should be monitored closely by investors, but in my view does not present a major risk for Oracle's dividend.

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

Oracle Corporation: 5 Factors Enabling The Company To Sail High with Cloud Services – Financial Forecasts

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Amazon: Having A Long-Term View Doesn't Mean You Should Disregard Immediate Risks

After losing nearly a third of its value, Amazon looks more attractive than a year ago.Investors should be mindful of recency bias when evaluating...

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

Adobe Is A High Quality Business With Capital Allocation Problems

In my view, capital allocation decisions within the company raise some red flags that are hard to overlook. As a long-term shareholder, I still...

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

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