Hey Guys-
A female friend of mine is taking an entry-level finance class as part of her masters program. They have been told to pick a publicly traded company which they will have to do a relatively high-level analysis of. Looking at financial statements, recent performance, stock price history etc. Looking to help her come up with some ideas. Apple and Starbucks aren't allowed and Lululemon has been taken. Any ideas of something that would be relatively straightforward and interesting for a 25-year old girl? Thanks everyone!
-Billy Ray
Limited Brands (owns victoria secret) TJX Companies Johnson & Johnson
VeriFone (PAY) Microsoft (MSFT) IBM
These ideas are all good (actually have been looking at the first two for my own portfolio).
BTH (Blyth) might be fun, considering the attention MLMs are getting with Herbalife.
AVP (Avon) could be good for the same reason. They recently got a new CEO, and could be a turnaround/EM growth story.
BIG faces some near term headwinds, but is interesting after their recent pullback.
Those are not simple companies to understand, especially not J&J.
When in doubt go retail. Especially since she's a chick.
Wtf all text is bold on the site when in this thread! Weird...
Do FB...
Not a lot of history so don't have too much to deal with plus I'm sure some college student girl can be interested in that.
Chipotle ?
bank of ireland?
I assume she doesn't have much background on anything at all, so go with something she knows, and obviously consumer discretionary is the only thing she knows. Tiffany (TIF), Ralph Lauren (RL), or VF Corp (VFC) should be fairly easy to grasp for just about anyone on a high enough level.
Express (EXPR)
Michael Kors, like BH said, consumer discretionary is not too hard to analyze.
Most sexist thread on WSO.
Haha, took like 10 comments for someone to even point this out. Good stuff
If this girl looks like Rachel Madow I suppose we should suggest Rockwell Collins (COL), Martin Marietta (MLM), or possibly World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Come to think of it she might be more comfortable with Harley Davidson (HOG) or Rick's Cabaret (RICK).
Honorable Mentions:
Precision Castparts (PCP) Men's Wearhouse (MW) Kratos Defense (KTOS) Fanuc Corp (FANUY) Taser (TASR)
Go with express or Christopher banks corporation. Still got room to go up
Something interesting for a 25 year old girl would be to see if she could get some poor guy to do her work for her.
Bam.
And to join in on the sexism, tell her to look into KTCHN, I'd be willing to bet she'd find it interesting
I didn't see it; now I cannot unsee it. Hilarious.
Does she look like this consumer analyst? http://talentedblonde.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Bentz-2.jpg
If so, I'd second the Limited Brands recommendation.
TIF. Pretty straightforward. In C&R.
GOOG it up. Easy. Make some money.
I would go with Coca-Cola (KO).
General Electric makes some pretty good appliances
Black & Decker
RL, COH, KORS, LTD as mentioned - consumer retails usually easiest sector. If you want a challenge: CRM, CSCO, C, VIVUS, etc.
JC Penney (JCP)
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/AckmanJCP.PDF
HLF (Herbalife).
There is some misunderstanding in this thread. Is she looking for stocks to study, or for stock to invest? I would never pick a $10Bn+ company for studying purposes, statements are too vague and not detailed.
If she is looking for stocks to invest, my picks are: CSTR, BIG, KSS, TGI, MIND
Long Kohl's?!
I like to buy on several missed earnings.
I'd buy now and sell at $55, but my money is parked in other places, and I'm not a big fan of investing in anything over $10Bn market cap. Plus the management is a bit shady in my book.
Must be a non-finance MS/MBA, otherwise she would have an idea already. What field is she trying to get into? Have her pick a major player in the industry she wants to get into. It's financial statement analysis... Doesn't matter what company it is, it's black and white numbers. Current Events and Industry Analysis are the only things that could be "interesting" to her.
I would choose ANF (abercrombie). She could create a thesis explaining why EVERY SINGLE sellside analyst in the street was wrong about this stock.
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