Completing Our Quarterly EPS All-Stars Reconstitution With 8 Buys
We’re adding two new holdings to the Portfolio’s EPS growth-focused basket, and upsizing six others.
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| Symbol | Transaction Type | # Shares Traded | Recent Price $ | Shares Owned After Trade | % Portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALAB | Buy | 172 | 355.97 | 172 | 1.0 |
| AMD | Buy | 101 | 611.76 | 101 | 1.0 |
| BE | Buy | 67 | 276.98 | 225 | 1.0 |
| CIEN | Buy | 80 | 351.82 | 176 | 1.0 |
| LITE | Buy | 9 | 971.26 | 64 | 1.0 |
| MU | Buy | 18 | 1,065.11 | 58 | 1.0 |
| SITM | Buy | 32 | 652.03 | 95 | 1.0 |
| STX | Buy | 18 | 922.34 | 67 | 1.0 |
After you receive this alert and when the market opens, the Pro Portfolio will make the following trades:
— Buy 172 shares of Astera Labs (ALAB) at or near $362. Following the trade, we will own 172 ALAB shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 101 shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) at or near $620. Following the trade, we will own 101 AMD shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 67 shares of Bloom Energy (BE) at or near $288. Following the trade, we will own 225 BE shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 80 shares of Ciena Corp. (CIEN) at or near $353.50. Following the trade, we will own 176 CIEN shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 9 shares of Lumentum Holdings (LITE) at or near $988. Following the trade, we will own 64 LITE shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 18 shares of Micron Technology (MU) at or near $1,069. Following the trade, we will own 58 MU shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 32 shares of SiTime Corp. (SITM) at or near $661.25. Following the trade, we will own 95 SITM shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
— Buy 18 shares of Seagate Technology (STX) at or near $933. Following the trade, we will own 67 STX shares, accounting for roughly 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets.
Yesterday we kicked off the quarterly reconstitution process for the EPS All-Stars basket by exiting two names. This morning, we are completing the reconstitution process and that entails scooping up more shares of six existing All-Stars positions and initiating new All-Stars positions in AMD and Astera Labs.
With this quarterly reconstitution, we have once again increased the Pro Portfolio’s starting exposure to the strategy. The strategy’s starting exposure is now ~8.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets, or 1.0% per basket position. This marks our final move to upsize the strategy as a percentage of the Portfolio’s holdings.
A Word on Expected Trade Execution Prices
We expect to execute these trades as the market opens for trading later Thursday morning. Because we are sharing the trades well ahead of that time to allow members to position themselves accordingly, executed trade prices could be different than the premarket prices used above to determine incremental share counts.
Understanding the potential for some share-price movement between now and the market open, the Portfolio will still execute the trades as part of the EPS All-Stars model strategy. We will post the executed prices in the Comments section below once the trades have been booked.
Subscribers can also see the trade’s executed price here in the Portfolio’s Holdings page. (You’ll want to click on the “+” next to the corresponding stock symbol.)
Rules and Regs of the EPS All-Stars Strategy
As we set sail with this reconstituted model basket, let’s review some of the basics when it comes to the EPS All-Stars strategy:
The strategy comprises a basket of companies with a track record of double-digit EPS growth that are expected to deliver the fastest EPS growth over the coming quarters based on current consensus EPS figures for 2026 and 2027. These are the top-eight companies screened across the top-1,000 listed public companies by market cap. The premise is that the combination of substantial EPS growth prospects and the corresponding premium valuation metrics given that level of EPS growth combine to deliver superior stock price performance.
Each constituent of the model starts the quarter at 1.0% of the Pro Portfolio’s assets, leading the model to initially represent 8.0% of those assets. We will not be adding to the basket during the quarter.
There are no ratings or price targets for the model’s constituents, and we will hold the basket until the next reconstitution period on Thursday, December 31 and Monday, January 4. U.S. equity markets are closed on Friday, January 1.
The model’s constituents are included in the Portfolio Holdings page, and you can recognize them because they lack a price target and rating.
EPS All-Star Model Returns Thus Far
As we begin the final quarter of the year, the EPS All-Stars model returned -4.08% for Q3 2026 compared to a 2.03% gain for the S&P 500. However, what’s more telling, in our view, is how the EPS All-Stars model has performed since we initiated the strategy in the Portfolio late last year, compared to the S&P 500 on a cumulative basis.
Keeping it simple, and not factoring in any dividends paid or received, if you invested $1,000 in the EPS All-Stars model when we initiated the strategy, exiting Q3 2026 it would be $1,769.41 compared to $1,130.85 if that same $1,000 was invested in the S&P 500. In other words, a cumulative gain of 76.9% for the All-Stars strategy vs. 13.1% for the S&P 500.
(Please note that we are looking to execute these trades at or near the share price mentioned above. Once the trade is completed, subscribers can see the trade’s executed price here. Be sure to toggle the chart to sort by Purchase Date.)
At the time of publication, TheStreet Pro Portfolio was long BE, CIEN, LITE, MU, SITM, and STX.
