Avoid Lions Gate Despite Hunger Reprise

John Ransom | November 25, 2013 2:16 PM

Groupon, Inc

Groupon: Why Valuation Might Be A Concern At Current Levels- Seeking Alpha

“Groupon, like many Internet stocks such as Zynga (ZNGA) and Angie's List (ANGI) have benefited from some sort of social stock craze that is going on in this market,” says George Kesarios of Seeking Alpha. “However, eventually the market comes to its senses and marks down the excess price of stocks accordingly. And while many stocks or sectors can remain extremely expensive for a very long time -- giving the impression that this is the ‘new norm’ -- eventually what comes around goes around and investors learn their lesson the hard way.”

Symbol: GRPN

Dividend: N/A

Forward PE: 36; Trailing PE: N/A

Estimate Trend: Downward

Ransom Note Trendline: Avoid Groupon

GRPN data by YCharts

Ford

Fiat Punts Chrysler IPO To 2014- Forbes

“Italian carmaker Fiat Group said Friday that it will not be able to launch a planned initial public offering of Chrysler before the end of 2013,” says Forbes, “determining the timing is ‘not practicable.’ The hangup remains a disagreement on pricing between Fiat, which owns 58.5% of the automaker, and an healthcare trust for retired autoworkers, which controls the remaining 41.5%.”

Symbol: F

Dividend: N/A

Forward PE: 9; Trailing PE: 12

Estimate Trend: Upward

Ransom Note Trendline: Buy Ford

F data by YCharts

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

Lions Gate’s ‘Catching Fire’ Breaks ‘Hunger Games’ Record- Wall Street Cheat Sheet

“It was a big three days for Lions Gate’s (NYSE:LGF) Catching Fire this past weekend,” says the Cheat Sheet, “and Jennifer Lawrence managed to draw quite a crowd. According to the BBC, the second installment of the Hunger Games series sped to the top of the U.S. box office, scoring $161 million in its opening weekend. The film’s release became the most successful November opening of all time and even surpassed the first Hunger Games’s opening weekend, which took in $152 million when it was released in March 2012.”