TLND – WILLIAM O'NEIL+CO

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U.S.: Bunge ( BG ), Dish Network ( DISH ), Hsbro ( HAS ), Delek US Holdings Inc ( DK ), Markel ( MKL ), Healthcare Svcs ( HCSG ), Central Garden Pet ( CENTA ), Penske Automotive Group ( PAG ), Netgear ( NTGR ), Amdocs ( DOX ).

Developed: Henkel ( HEN3X.DE; HEN3 GR ), Mitsubishi Chemical ( MCHC.JP; 4188 JP ), NGK Insulators ( KI@N.JP; 5333 JP ), Calbee ( CALB.JP; 2229 JP ), Subsea 7 ( SUBC.NO; SUBC NO ), Hargreaves Lansdown ( HL.GB; HL/LN ), Daiichi Sankyo ( D@SA.JP; 4568 JP ), Ain Holdings ( DCL.JP; 9627:JP ), Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings ( ZW@N.JP; 3099:JP ), Hitachi Metals (HM@N.JP; 5486 JP), Nomura Research (NMRS.JP; 4307 JP), Nippon Yusen KK (NY@N.JP; 9101 JP).

Emerging: Sociedad Quimica y Minera De Chile ( SQB.CL; SQM/B CI ), Maruti Suzuki India ( MUD.IN; MSIL IN ).

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Markel Corp ( MKL ) – Insurance-Property/Casualty/Title; $14B market cap – is a financial holding company offering insurance products primarily focused on specialty insurance.

O’Neil Methodology

The stock is facing strong resistance along its declining 50-DMA.
Poor fundamental ratings: EPS Rank of 26, Composite Rating of 20, SMR Rating of D.
Technical ratings: RS Rating of 27 (near all-time low), A/D Rating of D-.
Pretax margin and ROE have deteriorated over the last four years, and currently stand at 0% and -1%, respectively.
The Insurance-Property/Casualty/Title industry group has sharply declined in rank over the last few weeks. The group is now ranked 97, down from 26 eight weeks ago.

Worsening Combined Ratio During the Last Two Years

The combined ratio of the Company has significantly deteriorated over the last few years. In 2018, it managed to improve, but it remains higher than the industry median of 92%.

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U.S: Bunge ( BG ), Embraer ( ERJ ), Proto Labs ( PRLB ), Gentex ( GNTX ), Archer Daniels Midland ( ADM ), Delek US ( DK ), T Rowe Price ( TROW ), Gilead Sciences ( GILD ), Caleres ( CAL ), Evolent Health ( EVH ), Hawaiian Holdings ( HA )

Developed: Sumitomo Chemical ( SC@N.JP; 4005 JP ), Siemens ( SIEX.DE; SIE GR ), Honda Motor ( HO@N.JP; 7267 JP ), Nichirei Corporations ( RZ@N.JP; 2871 JP ), Subsea 7 ( SUBC.NO; SUBC NO ), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial ( SMFI.JP; 8316 JP ), Santen Pharma ( XY@N.JP; 4536 JP ), Isetan Mitsukoshi ( ZW@N.JP; 3099 JP ), Hitachi Metals ( HM@N.JP; 5486 JP ), Nomura Research ( NMRS.JP; 4307 JP )

Emerging: Vale ( VA3.BR; VALE3 BZ ), Fubon Financial ( FUB.TW; 2881 TT )

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Proto Labs ( PRLB ) – Capital Equipment; $2.8B market cap – develops and manufactures custom prototypes and short-run production parts through advanced 3D printing, computer numerical control ( CNC ) machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding processes. 80% of revenues are derived from the U.S., while the remainder primarily come from Europe.

PRLB gapped down substantially on February 7 after reporting disappointing Q418 results and issuing below-consensus Q119 guidance. The stock is now sitting below its trailing twelve-month low of $101, while it’s A/D Rating has declined to D-.

Sales of $113M were near the low end of management’s previous guidance of $112M–117M, while EPS of $0.74 was below guidance of $0.77–0.83.

More importantly, the company provided guidance for Q119 that was far below consensus expectations and raised concerns about the growth trajectory of a company that has long been expected to post mid-teens sales and EPS growth from 2019–2020. Revenue guidance of $113M–119M was below consensus of $120M, and the midpoint of this range represents 7.5% y/y growth. EPS guidance of $0.65–0.73 was below consensus of $0.80, and the midpoint of this range represents a 2% y/y decline.

Management noted that the company’s recently acquired sheet metal business had underperformed expectations and was the primary driver of the weak quarter.