在納斯達克上市的電商股票中,誰是今年最受科技股投資者們青睞的寵兒?亞馬遜? Shopify?還是阿里巴巴?
以上都不是!
答案是Overstock.com——一家總部位于猶他州的美國零售電商平臺。截至目前,該公司的股價漲幅已經超1,500%。更令人驚嘆的是,自3月中旬美股市場遭遇暴跌、甚至多次熔斷 以來,該股仍然奇跡般地飆升了近2,000%。它是羅素微型股指數(Russell Microcap Index)的成分股之一,該指數的成分股向來都表現不俗,Overstock又在這些佼佼者中拔得頭籌:最近幾周,它是納斯達克100指數(Nasdaq 100)中表現最好的科技股。 Overstock的強勁勢頭已經讓許多的投資者賺的盆滿缽滿,除了一個特別值得注意的例外:在二十多年前親手締造了該公司的創始人。
在8月18日的早盤上,Overstock(股票代碼:OSTK)的股價下跌了1.7%。前一天,投行Piper Sandler的股票分析師彼得?基思經研究,仍對該股作出“增持”評級,即十分看好其未來的走向。他表示,該公司投入了全新的管理團隊,并注重在家居業務領域的深耕。而在這兩大優勢的協同助推下,預計Overstock今年的銷售額有望達29億美元,是去年同期的兩倍多。
一年前的Overstock還未具備盈利能力。現在,人們卻對這家公司頗為看好,都認為它能在今年獲得可觀的利潤:據基思估計,每股Overstock的股票將在今年全年獲益0.47美元。
基思在寫給投資者的研究報告中表示:“疫情給人們的工作形式帶來了天翻地覆般的變革,居家辦公興起,極大地帶動了Overstock的銷售額,也使其盈利前景一片廣闊。”
與其他電商平臺一樣,新冠疫情在Overstock的崛起中起到了重要的催化作用。
疫情之下,所有順應了居家辦公趨勢的公司普遍迎來股價的大漲,引領了整個大盤的回彈。投資者們相信,最終推動經濟擺脫整體頹勢、走向復興的,無疑會是數字經濟。這也是一場眾所周知的“實體店vs網店”的較量。但即使高科技股票普遍飛漲,各家的表現也如下圖所示,差異顯著——有人遙遙領先,有人表現平平。
現階段下,科技股驅動股市反彈已經是大勢所趨,在線零售商的股價飆升至創紀錄的水平也就不足為奇。但是經驗老道的納斯達克望風者們也會記得,這對曾經的Overstock來說是多么不可思議,畢竟多年以來,Overstock一直在投資人中備受爭議。
大約一年前,Overstock的創始人兼首席執行官帕特里克?伯恩突然辭職。辭職前幾天,他坦承自己遭到聯邦調查機構的質詢,牽涉到2016年總統大選相關問題,他將整個事件稱為“幕后政府”的陰謀。這在投資者中引起軒然大波,使該公司的股票在兩天內下跌了三成多。
相關公開文件顯示,伯恩在幾周之內將自己所有的Overstock股份全部拋售。導致今年春夏該公司股價暴漲之時,作為創始人的他卻顆粒無收,錯過了或許是一生中最大的獲利機會。
根據監管機構的文件,他在去年9月出售了4,790,459股Overstock公司股票,而如果按今天上午的股價計算,這些股份的價值大約高達5.66億美元。
但伯恩也有可能在此之后又回購了一些股票,盡管監管機構的文件中并未顯示。而即使這位早已遠離公司事務的創始人確實有過任何此類回購行為,Overstock本身也不得而知。公司發言人告訴《財富》雜志:“Overstock并不掌握每一位持有股份的外部投資者的信息,但我們沒有理由相信伯恩會再次購入公司股票,因為他辭職以后,就不再介入公司的業務了。”
但也不用為伯恩遺憾:他出售股票的所得大約有9,000萬美元。去年秋天,伯恩在給員工的一封公開信中解釋道,他將用這9,000萬美元投資黃金和白銀(這兩種貴金屬的吸引力在于:二者都存儲在美國境外,因而“甚至超出了幕后政府的控制范圍”)。他還投資了加密貨幣。
如今,黃金和白銀越來越受歡迎,加密貨幣也是如此,廣受多頭投資者們的青睞。
但可惜的是,還是很少有資產能像Overstock的股票那樣,創下連續六個月暴漲的奇跡。(財富中文網)
編譯:陳聰聰
在納斯達克上市的電商股票中,誰是今年最受科技股投資者們青睞的寵兒?亞馬遜? Shopify?還是阿里巴巴?
以上都不是!
答案是Overstock.com——一家總部位于猶他州的美國零售電商平臺。截至目前,該公司的股價漲幅已經超1,500%。更令人驚嘆的是,自3月中旬美股市場遭遇暴跌、甚至多次熔斷 以來,該股仍然奇跡般地飆升了近2,000%。它是羅素微型股指數(Russell Microcap Index)的成分股之一,該指數的成分股向來都表現不俗,Overstock又在這些佼佼者中拔得頭籌:最近幾周,它是納斯達克100指數(Nasdaq 100)中表現最好的科技股。 Overstock的強勁勢頭已經讓許多的投資者賺的盆滿缽滿,除了一個特別值得注意的例外:在二十多年前親手締造了該公司的創始人。
在8月18日的早盤上,Overstock(股票代碼:OSTK)的股價下跌了1.7%。前一天,投行Piper Sandler的股票分析師彼得?基思經研究,仍對該股作出“增持”評級,即十分看好其未來的走向。他表示,該公司投入了全新的管理團隊,并注重在家居業務領域的深耕。而在這兩大優勢的協同助推下,預計Overstock今年的銷售額有望達29億美元,是去年同期的兩倍多。
一年前的Overstock還未具備盈利能力。現在,人們卻對這家公司頗為看好,都認為它能在今年獲得可觀的利潤:據基思估計,每股Overstock的股票將在今年全年獲益0.47美元。
基思在寫給投資者的研究報告中表示:“疫情給人們的工作形式帶來了天翻地覆般的變革,居家辦公興起,極大地帶動了Overstock的銷售額,也使其盈利前景一片廣闊。”
與其他電商平臺一樣,新冠疫情在Overstock的崛起中起到了重要的催化作用。
疫情之下,所有順應了居家辦公趨勢的公司普遍迎來股價的大漲,引領了整個大盤的回彈。投資者們相信,最終推動經濟擺脫整體頹勢、走向復興的,無疑會是數字經濟。這也是一場眾所周知的“實體店vs網店”的較量。但即使高科技股票普遍飛漲,各家的表現也如下圖所示,差異顯著——有人遙遙領先,有人表現平平。
現階段下,科技股驅動股市反彈已經是大勢所趨,在線零售商的股價飆升至創紀錄的水平也就不足為奇。但是經驗老道的納斯達克望風者們也會記得,這對曾經的Overstock來說是多么不可思議,畢竟多年以來,Overstock一直在投資人中備受爭議。
大約一年前,Overstock的創始人兼首席執行官帕特里克?伯恩突然辭職。辭職前幾天,他坦承自己遭到聯邦調查機構的質詢,牽涉到2016年總統大選相關問題,他將整個事件稱為“幕后政府”的陰謀。這在投資者中引起軒然大波,使該公司的股票在兩天內下跌了三成多。
相關公開文件顯示,伯恩在幾周之內將自己所有的Overstock股份全部拋售。導致今年春夏該公司股價暴漲之時,作為創始人的他卻顆粒無收,錯過了或許是一生中最大的獲利機會。
根據監管機構的文件,他在去年9月出售了4,790,459股Overstock公司股票,而如果按今天上午的股價計算,這些股份的價值大約高達5.66億美元。
但伯恩也有可能在此之后又回購了一些股票,盡管監管機構的文件中并未顯示。而即使這位早已遠離公司事務的創始人確實有過任何此類回購行為,Overstock本身也不得而知。公司發言人告訴《財富》雜志:“Overstock并不掌握每一位持有股份的外部投資者的信息,但我們沒有理由相信伯恩會再次購入公司股票,因為他辭職以后,就不再介入公司的業務了。”
但也不用為伯恩遺憾:他出售股票的所得大約有9,000萬美元。去年秋天,伯恩在給員工的一封公開信中解釋道,他將用這9,000萬美元投資黃金和白銀(這兩種貴金屬的吸引力在于:二者都存儲在美國境外,因而“甚至超出了幕后政府的控制范圍”)。他還投資了加密貨幣。
如今,黃金和白銀越來越受歡迎,加密貨幣也是如此,廣受多頭投資者們的青睞。
但可惜的是,還是很少有資產能像Overstock的股票那樣,創下連續六個月暴漲的奇跡。(財富中文網)
編譯:陳聰聰
Which Nasdaq-listed e-commerce stock has become the clear favorite among tech bulls this year? Amazon? Shopify? Alibaba?
Nope, nope, nope.
The answer is Utah-based Overstock.com, up more than 1,500% year to date. More impressively, the stock has soared roughly 2,000% since the market's mid-March lows. It's part of the mighty Russell Microcap Index, which is outperforming the best of the best in Big Tech—the Nasdaq 100—in recent weeks. Overstock's rocket rise has been generating windfall returns for plenty of investors, with one noteworthy exception: the man who founded the company more than 20 years ago.
On August 18, Overstock was down 1.7% in early trading, a day after Piper Sandler equities analyst Peter Keith initiated coverage of Overstock (ticker symbol: OSTK) with an "overweight" rating, saying the new management team and the company's focus on home furnishings should help propel sales to $2.9 billion this year, more than doubling its year-earlier top line.
Unprofitable a year ago, Overstock is now expected to pull in a decent profit this year, with Keith estimating full-year earnings per share at $0.47.
"There are seismic forces at work that have dramatically improved the sales and profitability outlook for Overstock (OSTK) well into the future," Keith wrote in a research note to investors.
And as with other e-commerce companies, COVID-19 is the big catalyst.
Stay-at-home stocks continue to dominate the wider markets rally as investors bet the digital economy will power the broader economy out of recession. It's the proverbial clicks vs. bricks trade. But even among that group of high-flying tech stocks, there are clear standouts, as the below chart shows.
Overstock's share price has grown six times more than Wayfair, which is having a heck of a run itself. Further down the list is Amazon, up a mere 72%, a performance making Amazon bulls very happy. But even they must be getting Overstock envy.
That an online retailer is rallying to record heights should be of little surprise at this stage in the tech-driven equities rally. But veteran Nasdaq watchers may recall how improbable a run this is for Overstock.com, which has had its run-ins with investors over the years.
It was almost exactly one year ago when Patrick Byrne, founder and CEO of Overstock, resigned abruptly. Days earlier, he had admitted to being questioned in a federal investigation related to the 2016 presidential election, blaming the whole affair on "the deep state." That revelation spooked investors, who sent the shares crashing down by more than one-third over a two-day stretch.
Within weeks, Byrne had dumped all his shares in Overstock.com, public filings showed. That resulted in him missing out on the rally of a lifetime this spring and summer.
According to regulatory filings, he sold 4,790,459 shares in September, a stake that would have been worth roughly $566 million by this morning's share price.
It's possible Byrne has since bought back into the stock, though regulatory filings show no such purchases. Overstock itself is unaware of any such buys by its estranged founder. "Overstock doesn’t have information on every individual external investor that holds our shares, but we have no reason to believe Dr. Byrne has bought shares as he has had no involvement with the company since his resignation," a company spokesperson told Fortune.
But don't feel too bad for Byrne. Byrne realized about $90 million from the share sale. He penned an open letter last autumn to employees, explaining he was putting the $90 million into gold and silver (the appeal of the two precious metals: Both are stored outside the United States, and therefore "even more out of the reach of the Deep State," he wrote) as well as in cryptocurrencies.
Gold-and-silver bugs are having an excellent pandemic, as are crypto bulls.
Alas, few assets have had the kind of six-month run that Overstock shares are enjoying.