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- A Mechanical Investment Plan Using The Acquirer’s MultipleBruce Murison* contacted me at the start of June with an interesting proposition: He would open a dedicated account to trade the Acquirer’s Multiple All Investable Stocks Screen…
- Icahn on Wall Street WeekClick here if you’d like to see a current list of deeply undervalued takeover and activist targets using The Acquirer’s Multiple® (it’s free!), subscribe to The Acquirer’s Multi…
- Hunting endangered speciesBack in the spring of 1999, when the world was enamored of dot coms and not much else, three guys at Piper Jaffray, Daniel J. Donoghue, Michael R. Murphy and Mark Buckley, produ…
- National American University Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:NAUH) is the most hated name in the most hated industryNational American University Holdngs Inc (NASDAQ:NAUH) may well be the most hated name in the most hated industry in the US–for-profit education–the bête noire for every value i…
- RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) : Trash and TreasureRCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK), at $11.72, is the eighth cheapest stock in the Small and Micro Cap Screener with an acquirer’s multiple of 5.57. RCI, formerly Rick…
- Western Refining, Inc. (NYSE:WNR): Refined valueWestern Refining, Inc. (NYSE:WNR) is the second cheapest stock in the Large Cap 1000 Screener (which is free), trading on an acquirer’s multiple of 5.9. It produces refined oil …
- Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) seeks a bid, and exits the screen; Up 20+ percent for the weekHumana Inc (NYSE:HUM), one of my very long-term portfolio holdings is seeking a sale. Humana, one of the country’s largest health insurers, is weighing a potential sale of itsel…
- FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF) has a liquid balance sheet, and it’s cheapAt $11.59 FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF) has an acquirer’s multiple of 4.4 and is another cheap company in the All Investable Screener. It manufactures and sells diversified chemica…
- Discussing Deep Value and the Acquirer’s Multiple at HarvardA little over a month ago I travelled to Harvard to speak to Michael Parzen’s business statistics class on Deep Value and the acquirer’s multiple. Here is the recording of that …
- Global Sources Ltd. (NASDAQ:GSOL) has cash, an activist, and buys back stockGlobal Sources Ltd. (NASDAQ:GSOL) at $5.64 trades on a extremely discounted acquirer’s multiple of 4.2, making it the third cheapest stock in the All Investable Screener. It’s a…
- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO): Cheap, and buying back stockValero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) is the cheapest stock in the Acquirer’s Multiple Large Cap 1000 screener. Like AGX, it’s another stock that I’ve been pitching for six month…
- Norsat International Inc (USA)(NYSEMKT:NSAT) catches an activistNorsat International Inc (USA) (NYSEMKT:NSAT) is a Canada-based satellite communications company and, with an acquirer’s multiple of 7.36, a member of the Small and Micro Cap Sc…
- Into INTT: inTEST Corporation (NYSEMKT:INTT)One of my favorite stocks in the Small and Micro Cap Screener is InTEST Corporation (NYSEMKT:INTT). It’s a ~$50 million market cap with a $27 million enterprise value generating…
- Argan, Inc. (NYSE:AGX) can’t get no respectI’ve been pitching Argan, Inc. (NYSE:AGX) every chance I’ve had over the last 6 months. I pitched it on Bloomberg radio in October last year, and then again in December when Car…
- Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NYSEMKT:NSU) is a dirt-cheap dirt minerNevsun Resources Limited (NSU), an African gold, copper, zinc, and silver miner, trades on a sub-2 acquirer’s multiple and is the cheapest stock the All Investable Screen. It’s …
- Finding The Cheapest Stocks On The Planet Podcast: 3 Small and Micro Cap Stock PicksYesterday I recorded a podcast with Fred Rockwell of The Bulldog Investor. We discuss: How to find the cheapest stocks on the planet The Acquirer’s Multiple Small and Micro Cap …
- How To Maximize Shareholder Value In Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAII)Micro cap special situations investor John Leonard, CFA has an interesting take on Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAII), #5 in the Small and Micro Cap Screener…
- Emerson Radio A Good Buy – Emerson Radio Corp (NYSEMKT:MSN)A nice note from contrarian investor Nicholas Bodnar on Emerson Radio (MSN), the cheapest stock in the Small and Micro Cap Screener. The stock’s at $1.35 with cash backing of $1…