Costco’s Secret Profit Engine
Beneath the surface, Costco isn’t just about cheap gas, hot dogs, and fancy electronics, but the financial engine is far less obvious, and far more powerful than most casual shoppers realize.
If you’re thinking about buying Costco stock, understanding these three fundamentals could change how you see the company’s long-term investment case.
Key Points
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Annual fees generate the majority of net income,
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Buffett Would Love This Moat, Freeport’s Hidden Growth Engine
In the short run, tariff headlines can turn Mr. Market into a nervous wreck. In the long run, owners do fine by owning scarce, low-cost assets run by rational people. Freeport-McMoRan fits that bill.
U.S. copper prices sold off after Washington excluded refined copper from its new 50% tariffs and instead targeted semi-finished products like wire,
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The Best-Kept Secret in AI Infrastructure? Hint: It’s Not Nvidia
DigitalOcean (NASDAQ: DOCN) just pulled off something few small-cap tech companies have achieved in this market: record revenue, soaring profits, and a guidance hike that caught Wall Street flat-footed. The stock popped by almost a third after Q2 results, and yet, shares remain roughly 12% below where they started the year.
That gap between operational performance and valuation might be the opportunity hiding in plain sight.
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Could Lemonade’s AI Insurance Engine Turn $1 Billion Into $10 Billion
After months of market jitters, earnings season has brought a wave of upbeat results, and stocks tied to improving outlooks are rallying hard.
Many investors who sat on the sidelines during the downturn are now realizing they may have missed some exceptional entry points.
But the best opportunities are about finding businesses with a runway long enough to turn today’s price into tomorrow’s fortune.
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Is This Dental Stock a Stunning Bargain?
Dentsply Sirona (NASDAQ: XRAY), one of the world’s largest makers of dental equipment and supplies, was created in 2016 when Dentsply merged with Sirona Dental Systems.
Fast forward to today, and the company is battling falling sales, mounting losses, and a stock price that has been hammered by more than 44% in the past year.
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Why the Swoosh Might Be Turning the Corner Fast
Analysts had written off Nike heading into its latest earnings report. The previous quarter was a mess, sales fell 10%, inventories piled up, and the brand that once defined performance and style looked a little out of step with both.
Yet this quarter, Nike did something investors didn’t expect by starting to look like Nike again.
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Why Realty Income May Be Standing on the Edge of a Major Comeback
Over the past decade, the S&P 500 has rocketed more than 4x but Realty Income, a mere 2x and change. Not disastrous, you’d still have more than doubled your money, but far from spectacular. Yet this may be exactly where the story gets interesting.
After years of lagging, the company known as “The Monthly Dividend Company” could be sitting at an inflection point,
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Mutual fund trends: Equity inflows moderate in September at Rs 30,421 crore, Gold ETFs attract record interest; Debt funds face withdrawals
Net inflows into equity mutual funds moderated for the second consecutive month in September, standing at Rs 30,421 crore, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Friday.This represents a 9 per cent decline from August’s Rs 33,430 crore and remains well below July’s record Rs 42,703 crore,