We're Upping Our Exposure to These Three Holdings
We’re making targeted moves but our Portfolio discipline will stay the same.
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| Symbol | Transaction Type | # Shares Traded | Recent Price $ | Shares Owned After Trade | % Portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BLDR | Buy | 175 | $175 | 825 | 3.0% |
LMT | Buy | 30 | $562 | 320 | 3.75% |
WM | Buy | 120 | $219.50 | 650 | 2.95% |
After you receive this alert, we will make the following trades:
- Buy 175 shares of Builders FirstSource BLDR at or near $175. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 825 BLDR shares, roughly 3.0% of the Portfolio.
- Buy 30 shares of Lockheed Martin LMT at or near $562. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 320 LMT shares, roughly 3.75% of the Portfolio.
- Buy 120 shares of Waste Management WM at or near $219.50. Following the trade, the Portfolio will own 650 WM shares, roughly 2.95% of the Portfolio.
Following up on our initial comments this morning, we are selectively picking up additional shares of Builders FirstSource but also Lockheed Martin and Waste Management from our shopping list of stocks. We’ll dig more into Builders’ quarterly results in a follow-up note, but what we saw in Tuesday's earnings report points to better-than-expected margin improvement as the housing market rebounds.
Management sharing it will remain active with its multi-billion buyback program brings support for the shares that should limit downside in the shares. After the trade, we will still have additional room to scale the portfolio’s BLDR position further as the Fed loosens monetary policy further and signs of a rebound in housing activity emerge in the coming quarters.
With Lockheed, we are employing our recently instilled One rating on the shares and leveraging the net drop over the last few weeks to do so amid a potentially brighter outlook for overall defense spending.
We’re also picking up some additional shares of Waste Management following the company completing its acquisition of Stericycle and sharing that it sees more than $125 million in cost synergies. We suspect those expected synergies to be conservative in part because of the gap between pro forma Stericycle EBITDA margins and those for Waste’s existing business. As we start to factor this acquisition into our thinking, we will lift our WM price target to $245 from $235.
Even as we put more capital to work, we will not deviate from being disciplined investors. This means we will not chase stocks but in the very short term, we’ll let our winners run. Past a certain point, if prudent Portfolio management is called for, we will make those moves as warranted.
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(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 click on Closed Trade Gain/Loss and toggle the chart to sort by Purchase Date.)
At the time of publication, TheStreet Pro Portfolio was long BLDR, LMT and WM.
