Content Style: Company Analysis

In this episode, Felicity and Candice compare notes on their Order Pads. Felicity talks about her choice - Playside Limited - a Melbourne based company that develops both its own games and partners with movie studios like Walt Disney, Pixar and Universal Studios to develop branded gaming content. Felicity walks us through its track record, and recent milestones. Then Candice chooses another company known to many of us - Microsoft. They’ve expanded over the years into productivity software, server software, internet services, video games, and PC hardware and accessories.

A BIG BIG show today. Bryce and Alec try to answer the question of, "Is Inflation over"? Macquarie have released 16 stocks that they classify to be a 'recession-proof' portfolio and so the lads talk us all through how that looks. Bryce has had a 'what-the' moment when looking through the top holdings at Bridgewater Associates. And, if you don't know what the 'Widow Maker Trade' is, press play and find out all about it.

It's not only the big American stocks that have taken a battering lately. Some of our local Australian 'market-darlings' have also taken big hits. So in today's episode, Bryce and Alec run through some company valuations and discount cash-flows (and reverse discounted cashflows) on some well known Australian stocks. They also discuss what they are both doing individually within their own portfolios ... all with the aim to help you understand how to assess and move when the market shows opportunity.

Tim Fung is the co-founder and CEO of Airtasker. Since its founding in 2012, Airtasker has grown to more than 4 million users and over $1 billion in work. Airtasker, trading under the ticker ART, listed on the ASX in 2021.

Felicity and Candice open up their Order Pads. This month they are inspired by their special analyst series they’ve just completed, so each select their favourite stock pick from the twenty that were covered. Felicity chooses IGO Limited, a Nickel-copper-cobalt operation in WA, a purpose-led mining company that’s focussed on metals needed for a clean energy future. Then Candice talks about Elders, an Australian company with a history dating back to 1839. She likes that it’s a leading Rural Services business, supplying physical, financial and advisory inputs to Australian and New Zealand farmers.

In the final of their three-part analyst series, Candice and Felicity talk to Philip Pepe, a Senior Analyst at Shaw and Partners covering the Industrials sector. Philip has worked in the investment industry for over 25 years in roles that included Investment Consulting, Funds Management and Stockbroking. He’s also lectured for various educational bodies including the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. In this conversation, they talk about the surprises he’s seen recently (both good and bad), how the pandemic has changed the agricultural climate, and he talks about some of the stocks and opportunities that have been catching his eye.

Vicki Brady has just been announced as the new CEO, at a company everyone listening in Australia would’ve heard of - Telstra (ASX: TLS). Vicki has over a decade of experience working in Australia’s telecommunications industry across the two major players in the space Telstra and Optus.

Felicity and Candice open up their Order Pads, and share with us through the stocks they are buying and selling this month. Felicity keeps her form, and brings us a Perth-based resource development company with a 220 million market cap, with a focus on a uranium project in Western Australia. Felicity likes this company because it’s developed into a real player in the green energy space, as getting a uranium project to be viable is extremely tricky. Then Candice brings a company with a long legacy of storytelling, and a massive market cap of $239 billion, that’s well positioned to benefit from the re-opening trade following the pandemic. It’s Disney, and she unpacks why she thinks it’s a good time to investigate this legacy media conglomerate.

In this episode Bryce & Alec "compare-the-pair' when it comes to rival CEO's talking about the same subject within their companies. Tesla CEO Elon Musk v. GM CEO Mary Barra on driverless cars. Nike CEO & President John Donohoe v. Adidas CEO Kasper Rørsted on the shift to digital sales. Visa CEO Al Kelly v. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach on crypto. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang v. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella v. META's Zuckerberg on the Metaverse.

On today’s episode, Maddy shares her tips and tricks for finding a good investment. One of our favourite investing quotes is ‘know what you own and know why you own it’. That’s where an investment thesis comes in! And it doesn’t have to be tricky… Today Maddy shows you how, by building up an investment thesis for Disney (NYSE: DIS), whilst Sophie tries her best to pull it apart.

Growth stocks have taken a hammering in the last few months as the NASDAQ is down 15% from its all time high - but more than this, more than a quarter of the stocks on the exchange are down 60% or more. In this episode, we use Quartr to listen in on the earnings calls, and hear directly from some of the CEOs and leaders of these companies that have fallen from their highs. And we answer the question - who seems concerned, and who doesn't sound worried at all.

Is this the year Ren finally breaks his stock of the year hoodoo? Once again, Bryce and Alec present a compelling argument for their stock of the year picks in this episode. One is a company you've almost certainly heard of, and the other almost certainly not! There's a lot on the line...

Felicity and Candice open up their Order Pads, and share with us through the stocks they are looking at this month. Candice pitches a leading US retailer in the beauty and specialty hair sector - Ulta Beauty - and talks about this American chain of beauty stores with low levels of debt, and solid financials. Then Felicity sings the praises of a potential up-and-coming Nike rival - On Holding AG - which only listed as recently as September 2021. We know Felicity loves getting in early on her stock picks! This brand capitalises on the increased focus on health and fitness that’s emerged over the last two years.

Bryce and Alec take a deep dive into Resmed, an Australian company dual-listed on the ASX (RMD) and NYSE (RMD). Resmed is a medical company, producing devices for the treatment of sleep apnea, neuromuscular disease, and other respiratory-related conditions. Resmed has a ~55% share of the global obstructive sleep apnea market, making it an incredibly important business.

In the penultimate episode of our summer series, Bryce and Alec discuss Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB). This company has hosted over 1 billion total guests through their platform, and is bigger than their 3 largest competitors combined. What started as an idea floated by email between its two founders in 2007, as ‘a way to make a few bucks…” is now one of the leading disruptors of the shared economy in 2022.

We think Calix has the best tagline of all companies, ‘Because Mars is for quitters.’ Calix provides industrial solutions to address global sustainability challenges, and has developed a kiln that captures CO2. Despite the stock being up around 500% in the last 12 months, the Calix journey might just be getting started. Bryce and Alec are joined by Phil Hodgson, the Managing Director and CEO of Calix (ASX: CXL) for a fascinating conversation.

It’s a brand new year, so it’s time for a slightly different format. In this Need to Know episode, Felicity and Candice open the listener mailbag, and answer all the questions you’ve been asking them over the summer break. Then it’s time to get out a notebook, as they run through 22 international stocks for 2022 that they believe have good growth prospects. You’ll have to listen to the episode to hear all 22 though!

One of the most popular New Year's resolutions is to ‘finally get fit’. In this episode, Bryce and Alec take a look at one of the companies that millions will turn to to do just that, the world’s largest interactive fitness platform - Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON). With a community of more than 6.2 million members, Peloton recently took the fitness world by storm, with a monumental shift to on-demand, at-home workouts during Covid lockdowns. The guys are joined in conversation by Peloton’s Australian Country Manager, Karen Lawson. Karen discusses Peloton’s vision and how they plan to fight off competitors as the at-home fitness industry continues to expand.

Bryce and Alec delve into the company that minted two of Australia’s first tech billionaires, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar. Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ:TEAM) is a software company that develops collaboration tools for software engineers and project managers. Described as a “very boring software company” by the New York Times, Atlassian’s success story is the exact opposite. Though they’ve become a regular name in investing conversations over the past few years, it can be hard to describe exactly what Atlassian does… By the end of this episode, you’ll be an expert.