Invests in fixed income markets. Focuses primarily on California municipal debt securities. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
An average decline of 11% a year over the last 3 years — the most striking risk in this picture.
The market pays 12,889.8× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
Executive selling isn’t always bad news; people sell for personal reasons too. Still, the thin buying side is worth noting.
angles, checked one by one.
The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Cost Efficiency: As sales grow, profit fails to keep the same pace.
The stock trades 30% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It pays out $0.60 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 11% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.
The company’s market value is 12890 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
We grade companies — revenue, margins, balance sheets. This is a fund, so there is no report card to give. That is not a low grade; it is a different kind of thing.
One-line summary: a basket, not a business. Judge it by what it holds.