BBBY has has a negative return on equity for over 10 years, poor business model and management failure with share buybacks, etc. . poor allocation of financial resources.
The aren't the only ones, there is class of financial zombies, such that operating cash flow is negative and therefore requires continual additional equity funding. . . CVNA is a picture perfect example, and I started shorting it in the high 300's and continued in and out and stopped when it hit $20, look at stocks with >100 P/Es in the past year or two and very high P/R ratios or start with negative cash flows, and you will see lots of spectacular short opportunities. I personally am short a zombie with questionable accounting (RUN), a very high multiple stock (MTCH), and a consumer interest rate sensitive company, inventory constrained company, (AN).
BYND is another I tried to short but there was no float available. They are all around, and one can make more money per investment with shorts, than with longs. . unless you go with some chinese manipulated pick. . .
These companies are where balance sheet and cash flow statement analysis is very important, but not a focus of media headlines, because there is not one number involved. Also important is a fundamental forecast to see when companies will have to change or to go back into the market for additional funding, as there are several different ways of doing so, and each has its own hills to die upon
good luck
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