The Waltham Top 5

[mrmarket]

Here are my 5 favorite stocks from the recent data dump. Which one do you like...and why?

LEN MHO OPY RILY TBK

I will buy one of these very soon!

[jiesen]

I like OPY, due to it's relatively low market cap and very low PE (4.. Also it's chart is on a nice steady climb right now. LEN and MHO are housing companies, of which we already have 2, so I'm a little hesitant to load up even more in that sector... I'm still remember TOL and KBH that we bought in '05 (which both tanked when housing collapsed in 2008 ).

RILY seems good, if you can believe their financials.... just seems a little too good to be true, to me.
TBK looks really expensive, with a P/E of 38.

So my top 3:
OPY,
RILY, then
TBK

[BlueWolf]

Here are my thoughts for what they’re worth:

LEN
Financials are solid, and although revenue growth has slowed a bit in recent years after a nice 7 year ramp up, improvements in earnings continue to be strong. They’ve beaten estimates in 11 of the last 12 quarters including a big beat last quarter. Next earnings will be June 14. The chart looks strong with a base at its all time high. This definitely looks like it will be moving higher soon.
Grade: A

MHO
Th financials are strong and both revenue and earnings growth has been solid for at least 9 years. They’ve beaten estimates in 9 of the last 11 quarters. The next earnings is coming up soon on April 28. The daily chart has formed a little cup at its high and looks poised to move higher in the near term.
Grade: A

OPY
Financials are strong, but revenue has been up and down choppy over the last 9 years. Recent earnings growth has been strong, but over the longer term, this too has been choppy. They’ve missed estimates in 8 of the last 11 quarters. Their next earning should be around May 1. The chart looks strong and it is hovering around its recent high on the daily. It does look poised to go higher, but a longer term view of the chart shows a tendency to stagnate for long periods. Daily volume is a little on the low side.
Grade: B-

RILY
Good financials. Revenue growth has been exceptional over the last 6 years. Long term earnings have been choppy, but growth in the last three years has been extraordinary. They’ve missed estimates in 4 of the last 8 quarters, which is not great. Next earnings is not until July. RILY recently jumped of the daily after it announced that it would be joining the S&P SmallCap 600. It is now basing at this new high and slowly creeping upward. It does look poised to move higher.
Grade: B+

TBK
Financials are solid. Both revenue and earnings growth over the last 8 years has been solid. They’ve beat estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters, although their miss in April 2020 was huge. They’re next earnings is coming up very soon on April 21, so expect some potentially big near term movement. The chart looks very strong and the stock is basing at its high on the daily, looking poised to move higher soon. Of course, this will be influenced by the upcoming earnings. The daily volume is fairly low, which will make moving out of a sizeable position more difficult.
Grade: A-

Final Conclusions: I think LEN and MHO are the strongest picks, and if I had to pick just one, it would be LEN.

[jiesen]

I like OPY, due to it's relatively low market cap and very low PE (4.. Also it's chart is on a nice steady climb right now. LEN and MHO are housing companies, of which we already have 2, so I'm a little hesitant to load up even more in that sector... I'm still remember TOL and KBH that we bought in '05 (which both tanked when housing collapsed in 2008 ).

RILY seems good, if you can believe their financials.... just seems a little too good to be true, to me.
TBK looks really expensive, with a P/E of 38.

So my top 3:
OPY,
RILY, then
TBK

So, since Friday's close, the only one of these top 5 stocks that hasn't gone down is OPY... just sayin'

[jiesen]

...and now OPY is 16% above it's price on 4/17! (Banks are awesome)