by Matt Brice | Mar 7, 2019 | Ideas, Investment Journal
The story behind National Beverage is an easy one. I first wrote about National Beverage in 2016 (see here). You can see financials below: 2016 2018 Growth Revenue 705 975 38.00% Operating Income 93 204 119.00% Margin 13.19% 20.1% National Beverage is a simple...
by John Huber | Feb 25, 2019 | Buffett Letter Series, Investment Journal
Some notes on the letter and on his CNBC comments this morning: American Tailwind: If you didn't read the letter, I highly encourage you to read this section. I think it's so important to keep the big picture in mind. Too many people let recent events or political...
by John Huber | Jan 30, 2019 | Ideas, Investment Journal
Apple reported earnings yesterday. My main takeaways: 1.4 billion installed devices (continues to grow)900 million installed iPhones (up from 825 million a year ago, and this number grew in all five major geographic territories)Services business is very profitable:...
by John Huber | Dec 26, 2018 | Ideas, Investment Journal
Happy Holidays to all our BHI readers! I hope you are enjoying some family time this week. As I sat around my Christmas tree last night after all the presents were opened and the kids were in bed, I was jotting down a few quick thoughts I wanted to share. There are...
by Matt Brice | Nov 12, 2018 | Ideas, Investment Journal
Shake Shack (“Shak”) is a burger joint that is much more than a burger joint. It’s tough to describe if you haven’t eaten there. At the end of 2018, Shak will have about 123 domestic (U.S.) company-owned locations and about 85 Licensed Shacks (the majority of the...
by Matt Brice | Oct 26, 2018 | Ideas, Investment Journal
VRSN reported their quarterly results last night with a brief 30 minute conference call (you could also read the transcript in about half that time). The remarkable thing about VRSN is really how unremarkable it is. The business is highly focused on managing the .com...
