As previously hinted, this month's stocks are retreads. Persistence!
3D Systems (DDD)
Positives:
Excellent revenue growth (45%).
$307M cash vs. $19M debt.
Positive cash flows ($19M operating, $27M free).
Negatives:
Absurd 118 P/E, though forward 42 P/E is slightly better.
Negative earnings growth (-17%).
Heavily shorted (35%).
Twitter (TWTR)
Positives:
Beyond excellent revenue growth (119%!).
$2B cash vs. $200M debt.
Positive cash flows ($41M operating, $194M free).
Negatives:
Beyond absurd forward P/E of 130.
Terrible margins (-94% profit, -93% operating), ROA (-22%), ROE (-41%).
Significantly shorted (10%).
Here's my current portfolio (growth, dividend, and speculative). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.
Apple (AAPL) 12.10%
Tesla Motors (TSLA) 9.87%
Google (GOOG/GOOGL) 7.22%
Baidu (BIDU) 5.97%
3D Systems (DDD) 4.42%
Amazon (AMZN) 3.36%
Ace Limited (ACE) 3.23%
Southern Copper (SCCO) 3.19%
Under Armour (UA) 2.98%
Qihoo 360 (QIHU) 2.82%
Blackstone (BX) 2.62%
Stratasys (SSYS) 2.34%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 2.17%
Twitter (TWTR) 2.09%
American Software (AMSWA) 1.98%
Nike (NKE) 1.93%
DuPont (DD) 1.56%
Wynn Resorts (WYNN) 1.52%
Apache (APA) 1.48%
Intel (INTC) 1.45%
McDonald's (MCD) 1.41%
EMC (EMC) 1.39%
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) 1.34%
Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 1.32%
American Express (AXP) 1.21%
ConocoPhillips (COP) 1.17%
Prospect Capital (PSEC) 1.14%
Wells Fargo (WFC) 1.08%
ExOne (XONE) 1.06%
Starbucks (SBUX) 1.03%
Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) 1.02%
Hershey (HSY) 0.98%
Canadian National Railway (CNI) 0.98%
Cisco (CSCO) 0.97%
Microsoft (MSFT) 0.97%
F5 Networks (FFIV) 0.96%
Ansys (ANSS) 0.92%
BlackRock (BLK) 0.90%
Coca-Cola (KO) 0.90%
International Business Machines (IBM) 0.81%
China Mobile (CHL) 0.76%
Salesforce.com (CRM) 0.74%
The Distressed (BEBE, GSOL, LZB, MSI, TMUS) 0.72%
Lululemon Athletica (LULU) 0.69%
iRobot (IRBT) 0.68%
Whole Foods Market (WFM) 0.50%
