Sprout Social released their Q3 ’21 earnings report yesterday afternoon and to sum up in a few words: Another solid report. Here are my notes & takeaways: Revenue of $49.1 M, +45.8% YoY and +9.9% sequentially. This is the third straight quarter of accelerating revenue QoQ which has enabled Sprout to achieve 40%+ growth. Very […]
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Crocs $CROX Q3 ’21 Quick Review of the Earnings Release
Crocs just released their Q3 ’21 earnings results. Haven’t had a chance to review their earnings call yet since the transcript isn’t out yet. My first impression: Wow. Pretty solid quarter given all the global supply chain issues. – Revenue: $625.92 M (+73% YoY)– Net Income $62.34 M (+77% YoY)– GAAP EPS of $2.42 and […]
Continue ReadingAugust 2021 Portfolio Recap & Some Earnings Notes
August was a tremendous month. My portfolio was up 14% for the month and hit an all-time high for the year with a YTD return of 40.62%! It seems Fed’s easy monetary policies combined with Jerome Powell’s solid navigation of a tapering timeline to mitigate a “taper tantrum” has enabled growth stocks to continue to […]
Continue ReadingSemrush $SEMR – An undervalued high growth martech small-cap
I recently initiated a small starter position (< 1%) in Semrush, an “online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform.” I personally just think of them as a powerful SEO & SEM tool. As someone who works in marketing, who actually started his career in the SEO space, I am very familiar with Semrush as […]
Continue ReadingAugust 2021 Mid-Month Portfolio Update: Lots of Changes
Earnings season is just about over, with the majority of companies having reported through August 20. It was an overall pretty solid earnings season with 87% of S&P 500 companies beating analyst expectations. The market has been pretty volatile recently due to the market freaking out about July’s FED minutes that stated the FED may […]
Continue ReadingPortfolio Updates & Q2 2021 Earnings Recaps – Etsy, Fiverr, DataDog, Cloudflare
Earnings season is winding down but my top few positions have yet to report: CrowdStrike ($CRWD), DocuSign ($DOCU), Zoom Video Communications ($ZM) and Upstart ($UPST). Besides Upstart announcing next week, the rest won’t announce until the last week of August if not in early September. So I am eagerly awaiting their results. Q2 earnings have […]
Continue ReadingJuly 2021 Month End & Some Earnings Recaps
Another solid month for the portfolio as we start moving into earnings season. I made a few changes to my portfolio that I will detail towards the end of this post, but basically, I am continuing to consolidate my portfolio to higher conviction companies and investing less in speculative plays. After reviewing some realized losses […]
Continue ReadingCrocs ($CROX) Q2 Earnings Recap
As some of you may know, I invest primarily in software/tech companies since most software companies I invest in have high revenue growth, high gross margins, and most of all, recurring revenue. However, lately, I’ve become more interested in finding what many would perceive as “value stocks” and test my ability to analyze these types […]
Continue ReadingSprout Social’s $SPT Q4 2020 Earnings Recap
As a former Sprout Social employee who still owns the majority of his shares, I figure it’s important to review every earnings report to see if I believe the company is still on the right track or if I should re-allocate those investment dollars elsewhere. Yesterday, Sprout Social ($SPT) announced their Q4 ’20 earnings report […]
Continue ReadingFiverr’s $FVRR Q4 2020 Earnings Recap
How was Fiverr’s Q4 2020 Earnings? I thought Fiverr had a great Q4 earnings report. There was a lot to like as they continue to benefit from the gig economy and the secular trends in freelancer hiring. Here’s the key stats: Q4 Revenue was up 89.4% to $55.9 M and finished the year at $189.5 […]
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