On Nov. 7, we announced our Forum winner for the month of October. We now highlight some key Forum activity over the past month.
Latest updates on the retail sector
Several GuruFocus users contributed quality comments to the “Retail Sector” thread, adding their thoughts about companies like Foot Locker Inc. (FL, Financial), Hennes & Mauritz AB (OSTO:HM B), TJX Companies Inc. (TJX, Financial) and Ross Stores Inc. (ROST, Financial).
I added a post about how Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST, Financial) “silenced the doubters” that the company could not strategically compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial), according to an Nasdaq.com article from Dec. 4. The Issaquah, Washington-based wholesale retailer reported net sales of $11.26 billion during November, up 13.2% from November 2016. Comparative sales increased 7.9% during the four weeks ending Nov. 26.
If you have any insights about Costco and its upcoming earnings report on Dec. 14, please add them to the thread.
Other major highlights
Two other Forum posts discussed the valuation of Amgen Inc. (AMGN, Financial) and the best laptop specifications for value investing research. GuruFocus users debated whether Amgen was undervalued or overvalued. According to the Peter Lynch chart below, Amgen looks undervalued as it trades slightly above its Peter Lynch earnings line (blue line) and significantly below its median-price-earnings line (red line). Despite this, Amgen’s share price and price-sales ratio are near a 10-year high and a two-year high according to its warning signs.
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Please continue adding to our Forum
We unfortunately do not have a Forum winner for November as there were not enough top posts. As we like to award top Forum post contributors with a free copy of "Invest Like a Guru" on a monthly basis, please continue adding quality posts to our Forum and help our Forum finish 2017 strong.
Disclosure: I do not have positions in the stocks mentioned.
