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  • Are Online Reviews Destroying Small Business

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, TRIP, YELP

    Starting a small business is a brave endeavor with a US failure rate of 44%. Online review sites can drastically alter the odds one way or another.

    The bad news

    Yelp (NYSE: YELP), Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI). and TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) , the  online review companies, are the three go-to sites for consumer online reviews on local business, services, and travel respectively. The one with the greatest impact on small more »

  • Building Value From Other Peoples' Advice

    By Robert Hanley - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, TREE, YELP

    Most people seem to make purchase decisions based on the wisdom, or peer pressure, from family, friends, or acquaintances.  While every business has its share of both fans and detractors, the collective opinion of customers is often a fairly accurate depiction of reality.  In the internet age of mass communication, product and service reviews are only a mouse click away, for better or worse.  The review aggregators are creating treasure more »

  • Is This High-Flyer Still Presenting Value in an Overvalued Space?

    By Brian Nichols - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, YELP, Z, ZNGA

    On November 28, 2012 I wrote an article looking at several analyst upgrades, one being Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI). In the piece, I commended Northland on its “Outperform” call, and its conclusion that the stock was trading at a 44% discount to its peers. Upon further research and realizing the value presented, I added ANGI to my Motley Fools CAPS picks, told you to add it, and then purchased more »

  • What Has Investors so Excited Over Angie's List?

    By Mark Holder - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, TRIP, YELP

    For the second consecutive earnings report the stock of Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI) has soared over 30%. Is this due to irrational exuberance or a change of fundamentals at the company?

    Angie’s List provides a web service that allows paid users the opportunity to find service providers recommended by the community. The company now has nearly 2 million users and spends a large percentage of revenue on sales more »

  • This Internet Company Could Be the Perfect Buy

    By Michael Carter - April 23, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, GOOG, YELP

    Before the Internet, most customer reviews were done through publications like magazines and newspapers while the rest were done through customer comment boxes and customer service help lines. While these methods were standard, they didn’t empower the customer as much as the Internet has allowed today. Yelp (NYSE: YELP) is one of the leading online customer review websites today, and I will explain why I feel this Internet-based company more »

  • This Reviews Company Has a Big Problem

    By Jordan Wathen - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, GOOG, YELP

    Online reviews should be a tremendously profitable product.

    Users submit information and build up a valuable database of reviews. This information can then be monetized, while a dedicated user base helps a company use the network effect to insulate it from the competition.

    Dead in the water

    One major player in this space, Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), is dead in the water. While it recently posted its first profitable more »

  • Which Social Media Company has an Enduring Economic Moat?

    By Peter Harengel - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, ANGI, BIDU, BRK-A, KO, EBAY, GRPN

    Not even the social media sector is immune from the need for an economic moat that allows for a company to survive.

    In a book about Warren Buffett, “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life,” by Alice Schroeder, the economic moat of a company was described as the assets that protected it against competition and time. While every company in the social media sector is hoping to construct more »

  • What Fantasy Football Taught Me About Investing

    By Dave Koppenheffer - March 8, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, HD, JNJ

    As a brand new investor, it can be hard to wrap your head around what exactly it is you’re doing. And being perpetually confused -- as I often am -- I've found it best to draw comparisons from things that I do understand. Consider the question: How does one build a portfolio? I pondered the question for a while, and I decided, well, it seems a lot like building a more »

  • Google, Facebook and the Social Media War

    By Nate Wooley - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, FB, GOOG, LNKD, YELP

    In a move to directly confront social media titan Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and it's dominance of the market, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that users of Google+, it's rival social media service, will be able to log in into various sites using a new social log-in feature similar to Facebook's.

    You know the system, or you should. You've likely seen it a thousand times on the web more »

  • Online Review Sites Shouldn't Ignore the Importance of Synergies

    By Joshua Bondy - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, GOOG, YELP | Editor's Choice

    Everyone loves an underdog story, but the finances are not always encouraging. There are number of small online review sites with upside potential. Regardless, investors should not ignore Google's power and persistence in this online industry. 

    ANGI Total Return Price data by YCharts

    Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI) is like the Rolls Royce of review sites. This company focuses on higher income consumers who are willing to pay for more »

  • When it Comes to Social Media: "Don’t Believe the Hype"

    By Peter Harengel - February 21, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, FB, FFN, GRPN, ZNGA

    After Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) beat the estimates of Wall Street with its recent earnings and is up sharply, investors should heed the advice of Chuckie D of Public Energy: “Don’t believe the hype.”

    The social media sector consisting of companies such as Zynga, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI), and FriendFinders Network (NASDAQ: FFN) is lacking in one key ingredient: an economic moat, which protects the business more »

  • Has Angie's List Finally Turned the Corner?

    By Mark Holder - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, TRIP, YELP | Editor's Choice

    After a rocky start as a public company, has Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI) finally turned the corner? The company that regularly spends a major portion of revenues on sales and marketing was able to generate strong membership growth by only increasing marketing spend by 10% in Q4. Will the company be able to continue the trend in 2013?

    The company helps consumers find local service professionals in more than more »

  • Four Analyst Calls on Monday Worth Noting

    By Brian Nichols - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: ALR, AMGN, ANGI, SCTY

    Sometimes an analyst issues a revised outlook or changes his/her rating, but does not inform investors of the reasons behind the call. These typically move stocks on the call alone; the price target and outlook. However, some analysts provide detailed reasons behind the call; these are the outlooks that should be noted and used as part of your fundamental research. Therefore, I am taking a look at such outlooks more »

  • 20% Growth And No Significant Competition

    By Matthew Frankel - February 4, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, EXPE, TRIP

    TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP), the self-proclaimed “world’s largest online travel company,” has done well for several years now.  Since being spun off from Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) in late 2011, shares have climbed from their IPO price of $27.50 to the current level of just over $46, a nice gain of 68% in just over a year.  While the company has done a great job of growing its revenue more »

  • Reviewing A Problem With Reviews

    By Reuben Brewer - February 1, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, ANGI, GOOG, YELP | Editor's Choice

    People lie, it's a sad fact of life. When you create a system that doesn't require anyone to stand behind their words, people lie even more. In fact, people do all sorts of really bad things when there is no accountability. This is a big problem for Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) since it has been called out for the truthfulness, or lack thereof, of its reviews by The New York Times. However, it's also a big issue for the world wide web as a social system.

  • Providing Consumer Reviews - A Viable Business Model?

    By Gail P. - December 18, 2012 | Tickers: ANGI, TRIP, YELP

    In addition to being an investor, I’m a business owner and my lives are constantly overlapping.  When we were recently contacted by Angie’s List (NASDAQ: ANGI) to renew our advertising contract for another year, I was pretty surprised.  Our Account Manager sent us an email requesting a 71% increase in our advertising rate to stay at the same level as 2012 and a 27% increase in price if more »

  • Making Money with Mavens

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - December 2, 2012 | Tickers: ANGI, GOOG, PCLN, TRIP, YELP

    Maybe you're shopping at a store and someone sidles up to you and whispers urgently, "Put that down. You don't want that. Not here. Not at that price. You can get it cheaper at blank store." You look down at the object you were thinking of buying and back up, and now the mysterious person is gone. You have just had a close encounter with that most elusive more »

  • Most Impressive Companies of this Earnings Season

    By Brian Nichols - December 2, 2012 | Tickers: ANGI, BGFV, GPRE, KSWS, TASR

    This earnings season we’ve seen a trend: The majority of companies have met or exceeded bottom line expectations but have been weak on top line numbers. This shows a trend of companies being more conservative and cutting costs due to a drop in demand/growth. However, there are some companies that outperformed, and simply shocked Wall Street with their quarterly report. With that being said, I am looking at more »

  • Analysts Are Bullish on Internet Companies to Start the Week

    By Brian Nichols - November 28, 2012 | Tickers: ANGI, YHOO, YELP

    An analyst call is by no means a guarantee of future success. They do however create optimism and immediate excitement for a stock, if given a bullish call. On Monday and Tuesday there were a slew of upgrades and initiations of coverage, most notably in the internet company space. These web based companies all saw movement as a result, therefore I am looking at the top three, and the comments more »

  • 5 Stocks That Had Hedge Funds Jumping For Joy Recently

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 1, 2012 | Tickers: ANGI, GDI, LOGM, OSTK, PSSI

    We have identified five stocks that had absolutely fantastic days last Thursday. Assuming the funds we track have not changed their holdings since the end of June, there were key funds that made big money on these price gains. The first company on our list is LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM). The company was up 17% on Thursday—$3.40—posting earnings that came in at $0.18, compared to $0.16 more »

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