This week’s Friday Update is brief, with no earnings reports or ratings changes. And, with the long holiday weekend just ahead, there was little news on our recommended companies.
Next week, we’ll publish the January edition of the Cabot Turnaround Letter, which will include our 2021 market review, our 2022 outlook, an update on the bankruptcy market and our Top Five stocks for 2022.
With next week being a holiday and travel week, our next podcast and note, which will include the Catalyst Report, will be on Friday, January 7, 2022.
Friday, December 23, 2021 Subscribers-Only Podcast
Covering recent news and analysis for our portfolio companies and other topics relevant to value investors.
Today’s podcast is about 7 minutes and covers:
- Brief updates on recommended stocks:
- Toshiba (TOSYY) – Favorable comments by Artisan Partners (1% owner).
- Marathon Oil (MRO), Baker Hughes (BKR), Dril-Quip (DRQ) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS/B) – comments on oil and natural gas prices.
- Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) – raised its dividend by 4% and announced a new $250 million share repurchase program.
- Viatris (VTRS) – pushed back its investor day to late February but reiterated their full-year 2021 guidance.
- Organon (OGN) – will be presenting at a JPMorgan conference on January 10.
- Royal Dutch Shell (RDS/B) – consolidating its Class A and Class B shares (and related ADS) at the end of January.
- Holcim (HCMLY) – announced a $1.4 billion deal for a U.S. roofing products company. We have mixed views on this deal.
| Market Cap | Recommendation | Symbol | Rec. Issue | Price at Rec. | Price on 12/22/2021 | Current Yield | Current Status |
| Small cap | Gannett Company | GCI | Aug 2017 | 9.22 | 5.26 | 0.0% | Buy (9) |
| Small cap | Duluth Holdings | DLTH | Feb 2020 | 8.68 | 15.01 | 0.0% | Buy (20) |
| Small cap | Dril-Quip | DRQ | May 2021 | 28.28 | 19.50 | 0.0% | Buy (44) |
| Mid cap | Mattel | MAT | May 2015 | 28.43 | 20.32 | 0.0% | Buy (38) |
| Mid cap | Conduent | CNDT | Feb 2017 | 14.96 | 5.27 | 0.0% | Buy (9) |
| Mid cap | Adient plc | ADNT | Oct 2018 | 39.77 | 45.55 | 0.0% | Buy (55) |
| Mid cap | Lamb Weston Holdings | LW | May 2020 | 61.36 | 60.95 | 1.6% | Buy (85) |
| Mid cap | GCP Applied Technologies | GCP | Jul 2020 | 17.96 | 31.78 | 0.0% | SELL |
| Mid cap | Xerox Holdings | XRX | Dec 2020 | 21.91 | 21.89 | 4.6% | Buy (33) |
| Mid cap | Ironwood Pharmaceuticals | IRWD | Jan 2021 | 12.02 | 11.63 | 0.0% | Buy (19) |
| Mid cap | Viatris | VTRS | Feb 2021 | 17.43 | 13.25 | 3.3% | Buy (26) |
| Mid cap | Vistra Corporation | VST | Jun 2021 | 16.68 | 22.33 | 2.7% | Buy (25) |
| Mid cap | Organon & Co. | OGN | Jul 2021 | 30.19 | 30.01 | 3.7% | Buy (46) |
| Mid cap | Marathon Oil | MRO | Sep 2021 | 12.01 | 16.04 | 1.5% | Buy (18) |
| Mid cap | TreeHouse Foods | THS | Oct 2021 | 39.43 | 38.85 | 0.0% | Buy (60) |
| Mid cap | Kaman Corporation | KAMN | Nov 2021 | 37.41 | 42.03 | 1.9% | Buy (57) |
| Mid cap | The Western Union Co. | WU | Dec 2021 | 16.40 | 17.84 | 5.3% | Buy (57) |
| Large cap | General Electric | GE | Jul 2007 | 304.96 | 93.07 | 0.3% | Buy (160) |
| Large cap | Royal Dutch Shell plc | RDS.B | Jan 2015 | 69.95 | 43.55 | 4.4% | Buy (53) |
| Large cap | Nokia Corporation | NOK | Mar 2015 | 8.02 | 6.14 | 0.0% | Buy (12) |
| Large cap | Macy’s | M | Jul 2016 | 33.61 | 24.87 | 2.4% | HOLD |
| Large cap | Credit Suisse Group AG | CS | Jun 2017 | 14.48 | 9.53 | 2.7% | Buy (24) |
| Large cap | Toshiba Corporation | TOSYY | Nov 2017 | 14.49 | 20.24 | 3.2% | Buy (28) |
| Large cap | Holcim Ltd. | HCMLY | Apr 2018 | 10.92 | 9.79 | 4.5% | Buy (16) |
| Large cap | Newell Brands | NWL | Jun 2018 | 24.78 | 21.37 | 4.3% | Buy (39) |
| Large cap | Vodafone Group plc | VOD | Dec 2018 | 21.24 | 15.17 | 6.7% | Buy (32) |
| Large cap | Kraft Heinz | KHC | Jun 2019 | 28.68 | 35.11 | 4.6% | Buy (45) |
| Large cap | Molson Coors | TAP | Jul 2019 | 54.96 | 44.66 | 3.0% | Buy (69) |
| Large cap | Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | Apr 2020 | 183.18 | 294.41 | 0.0% | HOLD |
| Large cap | Wells Fargo & Company | WFC | Jun 2020 | 27.22 | 48.03 | 1.7% | Buy (55) |
| Large cap | Baker Hughes Company | BKR | Sep 2020 | 14.53 | 23.92 | 3.0% | Buy (26) |
| Large cap | Western Digital Corporation | WDC | Oct 2020 | 38.47 | 59.79 | 0.0% | Buy (78) |
| Large cap | Altria Group | MO | Mar 2021 | 43.80 | 46.88 | 7.7% | Buy (66) |
| Large cap | Elanco Animal Health | ELAN | Apr 2021 | 27.85 | 28.34 | 0.0% | Buy (44) |
| Large cap | Walgreens Boots Alliance | WBA | Aug 2021 | 46.53 | 50.41 | 3.8% | Buy (70) |
Market cap is as-of the Initial Recommendation date.
Current status indicates the rating and Price Target in ( ).
Prices are closing prices as-of date indicated, except for those indicated by a "*", which are price as-of SELL recommendation date.
Please feel free to share your ideas and suggestions for the podcast with an email to either me at bruce@cabotwealth.com or to our friendly customer support team at support@cabotwealth.com. Due to the time limit we may not be able to cover every topic each week, but we will work to cover as much as possible or respond by email.
Disclosure: The chief analyst of the Cabot Turnaround Letter personally holds shares of every Recommended List stock. The chief analyst may purchase securities discussed in the “Purchase Recommendation” section or sell securities discussed in the “Sell Recommendation” section but not before the fourth day after the recommendation has been emailed to subscribers. However, the chief analyst may purchase or sell securities mentioned in other parts of the Cabot Turnaround Letter at any time.