The following are today’s upgrades for Validea’s Small-Cap Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Motley Fool. This strategy looks for small cap growth stocks with solid fundamentals and strong price performance.
CALIFORNIA BANCORP (BCAL) is a small-cap growth stock in the Money Center Banks industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 53% to 80% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: California BanCorp is the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, N.A. (the Bank). The Bank offers a range of financial products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses through its approximately 14 branch offices and four loan production offices serving Northern and Southern California. Its business financing includes lines of credit, capital equipment, and mergers and acquisitions-ownership transitions. Its commercial real estate and construction includes owner-occupied real estate, investor real estate, equity lines and loans, and construction financing. It provides various services, including lockbox, merchant services, and cash vault. It also provides information reporting and liquidity management, mobile banking, online banking, commercial cards, integrated payables, a cash reconciliation app, and fraud prevention. Its international banking includes import, standby, and export letters of credit.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy’s tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy’s criteria.
| PROFIT MARGIN: | PASS |
| RELATIVE STRENGTH: | FAIL |
| COMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR: | PASS |
| INSIDER HOLDINGS: | PASS |
| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS: | PASS |
| PROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY: | FAIL |
| R&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES: | NEUTRAL |
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: | PASS |
| ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TO SALES: | PASS |
| “THE FOOL RATIO” (P/E TO GROWTH): | FAIL |
| AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING: | PASS |
| SALES: | PASS |
| DAILY DOLLAR VOLUME: | PASS |
| PRICE: | PASS |
| INCOME TAX PERCENTAGE: | PASS |
Detailed Analysis of CALIFORNIA BANCORP
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WEBTOON ENTERTAINMENT INC (WBTN) is a mid-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 65% to 72% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a global storytech company. It operates a global storytelling platform, where a community of creators and users discover, create, and share new content. It has a user base in over 150 countries with over half of its monthly active users coming from outside its core markets of Korea, Japan and the United States and Canada. Content on its platform tells stories created by its creators through multiple immersive formats. On its platform, creators tell long-form stories through its serialized narratives in the form of short-form, bite-sized episodes. These stories are told primarily in two ways: Web-comics, and Web-novels, which are text-based stories. Its creator base ranges from the individual enthusiast with a love of storytelling to the professional author building a brand and an enterprise on its platform. It provides creators with an opportunity to monetize their creativity through various means, including Paid Content, Advertising and IP Adaptations.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy’s tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy’s criteria.
| PROFIT MARGIN: | FAIL |
| RELATIVE STRENGTH: | PASS |
| COMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR: | FAIL |
| INSIDER HOLDINGS: | PASS |
| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS: | PASS |
| PROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY: | PASS |
| R&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES: | PASS |
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: | PASS |
| INVENTORY TO SALES: | PASS |
| ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TO SALES: | PASS |
| LONG TERM DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: | PASS |
| “THE FOOL RATIO” (P/E TO GROWTH): | FAIL |
| AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING: | PASS |
| SALES: | FAIL |
| DAILY DOLLAR VOLUME: | PASS |
| PRICE: | PASS |
| INCOME TAX PERCENTAGE: | FAIL |
Detailed Analysis of WEBTOON ENTERTAINMENT INC
WBTN Guru Analysis
WBTN Fundamental Analysis
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