January 2024 Stock Considerations

In the third quarter, Walgreens demonstrated impressive sales growth, with revenues surging 8.6% compared to the previous year, reaching $35.4 billion. Primarily driven by the strong performance of the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and International segments.

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Heading into 2023, US equities looked like they were heading into a sea of troubles, with inflation out of control and a recession on the horizon. While stocks had their ups and downs during the year, they ended the year strong, and recouped, at least in the aggregate, most of the losses from 2022.

International Business Machines (IBM) is a stock investors love to hate. But after years of underperformance, the share price has recovered to levels last seen in early 2017.

Thermo Fisher’s share price can be volatile. Just before Christmas 2021, for example, TMO’s share traded above $660. At the beginning of March 2022, however, the share price had plummeted to ~$530.

As Western Alliance has dropped from the headlines, the company’s stock has begun to rebound. The stock received a bump after each earnings announcement by reporting the “business as usual”. As we will see, if Western Alliance can continue business as usual, the bank may be a fantastic investment opportunity.

Southern Company’s price target is neutral at $70. Expect the utility’s price volatility to peak at plus or minus 20% from this price target but not improving too far past this price point for the next few years.

Atkore is an intriguing stock to analyze. It is well liked by institutional investors and value investors due to its high return on equity and consistent earnings growth.

AEP is overvalued when above $98 and undervalued at $79. At its current price of around $74, the company is likely to be undervalued with an estimated two-year return of 21%.

JPM is a buy as of Q3 2023. The estimated 2-year return from the recent price is 21.8%. The stock is estimated to be undervalued at $130 and overvalued at $190.

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Summary and fundamental analysis of Enel