Month: May 2019 | Beth.technology

Pinterest Stock: Price-to-Sales Risky

Published by Beth Kindig on May 16, 2019

Despite Pinterest’s stock climbing from its initial public offering last month, analysts are expecting a first-quarter loss of 16 cents a share, adjusted, compared to a 10-cent loss in the year-ago quarter. With that said, analysts are expecting revenue of $197 million, reflecting growth of 50%, however there are discrepancies between the user base that is growing and the user base that is monetizing, which is what is causing the losses. Last month, I wrote an article on how mobile application companies hide user attrition and how Pinterest and Snap bury important key metrics in 10-Ks and S-1 filings. One…

Fundamental Stock Analysis Webinar: May 22nd at 4:30 pm EST

Fundamental Stock Analysis Webinar: May 22nd at 4:30 pm EST

Published by Beth Kindig on May 16, 2019

On May 22nd at 4:30 pm Eastern, join four fundamental stock analysts on a webinar where they will discuss stock picks, trends and strategies to help strengthen your personal portfolio. Beth Kindig will discuss how to pick a solid tech growth stock and how to hedge in down market. Specifically, Beth Kindig will discuss the differences between how the financial industry defines growth and how the tech industry defines growth, and why a blend of both is essential for picking stocks in the number one growth sector. Beth predicted the biggest stock drop in history in Q2 2018 with Facebook’s…

Uber IPO: Record-Breaking For All the Wrong Reasons

Published by Beth Kindig on May 9, 2019

By now, investors know that Lyft’s ride-sharing IPO didn’t reach $100 per share like many of the media talking heads stated it would, and this will likely weigh on Uber’s IPO. Two weeks prior to Lyft’s IPO, I had warned that the risk listed in the prospectus, which warned Lyft may not become profitable, was more than fine print. Ride-sharing companies use investment money to lower the cost of the ride to create demand, which means the ride you take in a Lyft or Uber is not profitable, and will likely never be profitable. Not one analyst rated Lyft as…

Why Robotaxis in 2020 Are Impossible and More Truths About Autonomous Vehicles

Published by Beth Kindig on May 3, 2019

This last week, we saw Tesla take advantage of the lack of information available on autonomous vehicle technology. Unfortunately, the facts around autonomous vehicles are elusive as PR copywriters fuel journalists, who are churning out content to meet deadlines. For starters, to get machines to respond like humans, within milliseconds, is one of the most difficult problems that technologists have aimed to solve. The truth about autonomous vehicles includes regulations, production cycles, and delays in implementation. I predicted when I wrote my analysis six months ago, that the gap between investor expectations (perception) and commercial deployments (reality) had created an…