Understanding stocks

@TravR1

 

It looks like from what you have displayed that the revenue is down but income is up because they charged more for goods and services this quarter than they did in the previous quarter.
When you look at their claimed profit margin it is up substantially.
They could have also found ways to cut over head which lowers the cost of doing business so you can also profit more by doing less business.

 

i own this stock myself

 

This is not an area I'm fluent. My specialty is in high risk/high reward tech stocks hoping to hold at least 5 years.

But general consensus on Wallstreet is that TA is currently a Buy rating.

Revenue is down but net income and profits are up. Their numbers might be affected by planned future growth. It looks like they are looking to add some additional franchises.

TA Express Expands Into California - CStore Decisions

It looks like it's right at a resistance point and it's earnings report is only two days away.

Look at the earnings report and read the transcript. The 5 year chart looks rather bearish. But doesn't mean you won't make money there.

That's all I can say on TA.

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Old Dominion Freightline up 45% over the last year.

Tech stocks:
-Shopify: 175% 1 year change
-Nvidia: 103% change (solid, safe bet for long term)
-Mongodb: 153%
-Fiverr: 845%
-Zoom video: 310%
-Etsy Inc (amazon competitor) 323%

Online dating Match.com up 118%

Insurance, Lemonade (LMND) fresh off its IPO. Bought in at $90. It's up to $145. Should continue doing well.

Airbnb, just bought. I think it will do well. Also fresh off it's IPO.

Take-Two Interactive, makers of the Grand Theft Auto series, up 68%.

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Bitcoin was 11k in October. Its at 56k today. Was fortunate to catch that insane growth. My younger brother is a crypto nerd and he tipped me off. It should reach 100k this year. Liberal estimates up to 220k. Likewise Ethereum, 2k now, 5-20k end of year. My predictions, but obviously I don't have a crystal ball. I could be wrong. It's off to a strong start for sure.

Plan to sell BTC end of year, then buy back Nov 2022, 18 months before the halving. Historically crypto follows predictable patterns. Lots of scary press on crypto. I'm just ignoring it.. Hoping for the best.

 

Easier to understand women than the Stock market...

if you're looking to invest in something make it yourself, your trucking business, family, church/community, then the market. You'll have a greater chance of realizing a return on investment in this order.

Just the $0.02 of a mutual fund accountant turned trucker

 

466.67
- 369.71
= -96.96

96.96
÷ 466.67
= 19.14% (I know it comes out to 20%)

The amount of 466.67 is their normal expect profit %, it didn't happen this quarter and ended up at 369.71. That's about 19.14 negative %.
I think it's called the spread.

The company is still making a profit that's why it's showing a up sign, but they didn't do as good this past quarter showing now a down sign.

 

The fact that NI is way up while revenue is down indicates that they have lowered their expenses. But the thing that sticks out like a sore thumb is how paper-thin their net profit margin is.


Their lifetime chart doesn't show a pattern of long-term growth.

TA by RockinChair posted Feb 22, 2021 at 1:29 AM

 

My mom works for a financial company, they manage portfolios, retirements and such. The owner owns no equities because he can't sleep at night. His retirement is all riding on his business.

I'm not an expert, but if my equities perform the next 5 years as they have the last 3 years, I could retire if I wanted. That will put me at age 42.

Been saving half my checks almost, and the market has been doubling that or more.

People make it harder than it needs to be. People sell too much. Everyone wants to be a trader. Short term swings are unpredictable; long term growth is easier to see.

 

If you cut expenses at a higher rate than the loss of revenue, your net can be higher even with the lower revenue. In a nutshell: Revenue-Expenses=Profit(Loss)