Was it really only 6-months ago that WWE shares were languishing at multi-year lows and trading 100-200,000 shares a day? My how things have changed. In a mere 180 days, WWE shares have now...
READ MORE >Earlier this week we had the opportunity to attend the Southeastern Acquirers Association annual conference. The event was largely attended by merchant acquirers, ISO’s, and hardware providers in the payment processing industry. While we...
READ MORE >It what has become standard practice for ESI, the company filed an 8-K last Friday after the market close which delivered more unfavorable news. If bulls are to be believed the latest development...
READ MORE >Stasis is MCRS’s best asset. That’s our grand takeaway from the company’s investor day. Otherwise, we can’t help but wonder how bulls on the stock feel about the company’s growth prospects and management team. Those who were...
READ MORE >We’re going to spare you any comments on WWE’s 4Q13 earnings results. If today’s stock price action is any guide, it appears investors have deemed them irrelevant. All eyes at this point are on two things: 1) the...
READ MORE >Well, now we know why…. In early December, TRLA announced a convertible notes offering which was eventually upsized to $200 million. The notes convert at $35.93/share, or roughly 2% below where TRLA shares closed yesterday. The timing of the notes offering...
READ MORE >It all sounds so intoxicating doesn’t it? To company management (and presumably bulls on the stock) Trulia is a leading rapidly growing mobile based residential real estate search platform integrated with a cloud based CRM system. How many investor...
READ MORE >Approximately three months ago we postulated that OPEN’s EPS in FY14 could actually be flat on a YOY basis. At that time, and at every point up until the company’s earnings release yesterday...
READ MORE >In many respects, we are stunned that COCO shares did not trade down more today. Let’s consider what “new” information we learned as a result of the company’s earnings release: 1) starts trends are...
READ MORE >Really, who would trust this management team? The current management team of ESI has been wrong on almost every front over the past 3-4 years whether it be: student start prospects, market clearing tuition levels, or actual...
READ MORE >The for-profit postsecondary education sector has been a “contrarian’s delight” for the better part of 12-months. Initially what started as a long trade predicated on overly bearish sentiment...
READ MORE >If you are a gold or institutional subscriber please IGNORE this message. If you have a basic subscription(s) bundled with a gold or institutional subscription please IGNORE this message. Your pricing will not change.Effective February 1st, 2014 the price of...
READ MORE >“You‘ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around.”-Steve JobsIn the end, it appears the WWE Network will be nothing short of fantastic for WWE fans and the company’s stakeholders. ...
READ MORE >We are closing our our long idea in Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. (GCA) with a gain of 51.3% vs. a 75.2% advance for the S&P 500 over the same time frame. We initially introduced GCA as a long idea in November 2009 based on our view...
READ MORE >First and foremost we wanted to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year and thank you for your continued interest in our research. While there was plenty to be pleased about from a...
READ MORE >As we approach year end it seems like a natural process for most investors to evaluate what they got right and what they were wrong about over the past 12-months. We are no different. While...
READ MORE >This time we really mean it… After a number of false starts, misdirected rumors, and management mis-steps (we’re of the belief that at some point in the past 3-years there was the potential for a traditional network launch), it...
READ MORE >The point of sale (POS) terminal/credit card acceptance device. In the United States the hardware has become somewhat of an afterthought in the broader point of sale experience at best and at worst a PCI/EMV compliance...
READ MORE >“On the cost reduction efforts….As far as opportunities going forward there aren't a ton of opportunities right now, so we're not throwing another target out there, we're not throwing another bogey out there right now.” 10/24/13 Kevin Modany,...
READ MORE >North American diners seated per restaurant is for OPEN shareholders “the one metric to rule them all” as far as stock price action is concerned. In 2012 when diners seated per restaurant in North America slowed, OPEN shares struggled...
READ MORE >Tick, tick, tick….. From where we sit, it certainly feels like the walls are closing in on COCO as the company’s weak enrollment results, shrinking EBITDA generation, tenuous liquidity position, and...
READ MORE >It all sounds so intoxicating doesn’t it? To company management (and presumably bulls on the stock) Trulia is a leading rapidly growing mobile based residential real estate search platform...
READ MORE >Only in this environment might some people view an 10% move in a stock as a “relief”, but that is certainly how we feel today with ESI. That’s not to say our conviction in our short thesis has wavered in any...
READ MORE >“It’s real the pain you feel, you trust, you must confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best of you?”- Foo FightersOften wrong, never in doubt…. If we could use...
READ MORE >“There’s something brewing here that really makes me think that the people in this room need to rethink their role. Some of you[MLS representatives] may be in denial. You don’t know that there’s a...
READ MORE >The purpose of this report is to address several critical questions surrounding MCRS and the company’s future growth prospects. In general, we would argue that most of these queries aren’t part of the general...
READ MORE >It’s not every day that the CEO of a publicly traded company offers us the opportunity to put him in a “hammerlock” if the company does not achieve its stated financial objectives. WWE management has expressed an incredible...
READ MORE >We watched the stock price action in COCO over the past two weeks with considerable befuddlement and consternation. After all, the stock rallied more than 25% following the announcement that the Department of Education had preliminarily sided with the...
READ MORE >“Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”Morgan Freeman (Red), Shawshank RedemptionWe are not alone in this. There’s no shortage of short sellers who lament the action in...
READ MORE >This is something we obviously did not see coming, but based on the action in WPO shares over the past 6-months perhaps someone else did. In retrospect, we should have given greater attention to...
READ MORE >SELL
$50
LONG
$110
SELL/SHORT
$230
SELL/SHORT
$55
LONG
$70
SELL/SHORT
$4
SELL/SHORT
$45
SHORT
$18
SELL/SHORT
$5
SELL/SHORT
$42
LONG
$75
SELL/SHORT
$50
SELL/SHORT
$50
LONG
$5.50
SHORT
$50
SHORT
$28
LONG
$65
LONG
$37
PAIR TRADE
$10
PAIR TRADE
$30
LONG
$35
SHORT
$35
SELL/SHORT
$10
SHORT
$101
SHORT
$15
SHORT
$0
SHORT
$9
SHORT
$0
PAIR - LONG BGG/SHORT TTC
25%
SHORT
$14.00
SHORT
$22
SHORT
$15
SHORT
$20
SHORT
$31
SHORT
$35
SHORT
$30
PAIR - LONG KNL/SHORT MLHR
25%
SHORT
$100
LONG
$8
LONG
$20
SHORT
$22
PAIR - LONG CSGP/SHORT LOOP
40%
LONG
$35
SHORT
$275
SHORT
$0