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  • Transition to New Model Pays Off for Industry Leader

    By Ted Cooper - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, EMC, INTU

    Adobe Systems' (NASDAQ: ADBE) suite of content creation and publishing software is the unquestionable leader in the industry. However, its old model of receiving one-time payments for hard copies of software is both outdated and holding back revenue growth. As a result, the company has successfully transformed its product to software as a service by utilizing the cloud. This transformation paves the way for future growth.

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  • No-Hiring Practices Could Harm Apple, Facebook, Others

    By Nate Wooley - April 5, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, EBAY, FB, GOOG, INTU

    While it's easy to say that the very largest tech companies are fierce competitors it appears that doesn't apply to all aspects of business. Or at least it didn't.

    Several high-profile executives of big firms have been – or soon will be – questioned regarding their efforts to NOT hire each other's staffers. Current media darling Sheryl Sandberg is the most recent exec to be ordered to testify more »

  • 5 Reasons You Will Like Paychex

    By Shas Dey - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: ADP, INTU, PAYX

    Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) is a leading provider of payroll, human resource and benefits outsourcing to over 567,000 small to medium sized business. Needless to say, this business is largely dependent on the economic recovery and unemployment rate. In the last couple of years, lower employment growth and interest rates have been headwinds for the company. However, just like the economy, Paychex is moving ahead slowly, corroborated by its 3Q12 more »

  • Where Next for This High Yield Play?

    By Lee Samaha - March 30, 2013 | Tickers: ADP, INTU, PAYX

    One of the most important parts of successful investing is to quickly discern the key drivers of a company’s stock price. Of course, it is easier said than done! It is a bit like deciding how an election is won. Different voters vote for different things. However, in the case of Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) I think I know what the campaign issues are likely to be.

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  • What's Eating Software-Services Companies?

    By Austin Higgins - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: INTU, ORCL, CRM

    Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) missed earnings and revenue projections for their most recent quarter. The company is facing a common issue in the software services industry - rising administrative costs for the sales force. 

    The company’s quarterly revenues were $8.97 billion, 4.3% lower than Wall Street expectations for $9.37 billion. On this revenue, the company earned $0.65 per share, a penny lower than estimates of $0.66 more »

  • Should Investors Stick with Adobe While Insiders Are Fleeing?

    By Mark Holder - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, AAPL, INTU

    Last week, Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) reported earnings that easily surpassed estimates, sending the stock to new highs. So why are insiders selling shares at alarming rates while the CTO is exiting stage left?

    The company is in the middle of a dramatic shift from graphic designed package software to cloud based software as a service (SaaS). The transition from licensed software to subscription services via Creative Cloud for popular more »

  • A Value Play in Tax Preparation

    By Piyush Arora - March 26, 2013 | Tickers: BCOR, HRB, INTU

    Tax preparation is an everlasting business, that is if is kept in line with the latest technology. Its growth is directly proportional to the health of an economy. The recovering growth prospects and dipping unemployment rate in the U.S. suggest that tax preparers could have a profitable ride in the coming years. Now that fears of the fiscal cliff have subsided, I believe that tax preparation is ripe for more »

  • This Payment Processor Could Provide Years Of Growth And Income

    By Matthew Frankel - March 26, 2013 | Tickers: ADP, INTU, PAYX

    Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) is one of the leading payroll processors in the U.S., and in fact several of my previous employers used the company’s services. What I was surprised to find was that Paychex meets all of my criteria for what a long-term investment needs to have. In addition to its long-range merits, I believe there is also some short-term growth to be had, as the success of more »

  • What You Like On Facebook Could Change Your Life

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 22, 2013 | Tickers: FB, INTU, LNKD

    There's no place to hide what Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), advertisers, college recruiters, and employers can discover about you. A new study from the University of Cambridge correlates Facebook likes to age, sexual orientation, IQ, political affiliation, drug use, and much more with a high degree of precision. The scientific study used 58,466 US volunteers to complete the study entitled, "Private traits and attributes are predictable from digital records more »

  • H&R Block: Income And Growth For Cheap

    By Marshall Hargrave - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: ADP, FISV, HRB, INTU, PAYX

    H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) recently released the news that around 600,000 tax refunds could be delayed, namely for students, due to a problem related to filing of form 8863 (for student tax credits). Yet, the news has had little bearing on the stock, although there has been some outrage by tax filers. This led me to take a hard look at the company and its industry. For more »

  • This Cloud Play Keeps on Delivering

    By Lee Samaha - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, ADSK, INTU

    Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) continues to seamlessly climb the wall of worry surrounding the stock. It may seem bizarre for me to argue this case if you look at how well the stock has done over the last year, but I happen to think there is still plenty of upside in the company. Its transition to cloud based sales is working and has further to run. In addition its performance more »

  • Three Companies to Consider Before April 15

    By Delian Naydenov - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: BCOR, HRB, INTU

    Three companies that will benefit from the increasing demand to file taxes electronically include Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), and Blucora (NASDAQ: BCOR). Importantly, these companies have little international competition as they operate in a highly regulated industry – taxation.

    Intuit, H&R Block, and Blucora are service oriented companies and have limited inventory. Due to this fact, they have lower capital requirements and face less pressure from more »

  • Growth Is Back on Track at This Cloud Play

    By Lee Samaha - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, ADSK, INTU

    What to do with Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK)? As an investment proposition the company sets off so many triggers that it is hard to keep track of all of them together. In summary the company has had a difficult year dealing with a sales force realignment, macro-economic weakness and managing a transition to selling more of its solutions as Software as Service (SaaS) based suites (where solutions are bundled) as opposed more »

  • Great Cash Flow, Mid Teens Growth, What More Do You Want?

    By Lee Samaha - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, HRB, INTU

    Despite the mini fall in the markets recently I’m still finding it hard to find stocks with the golden combination of free cash flow yields in excess of 5% and reliable mid teens earnings prospects. The good news is that one of my long term holdings Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) is offering those metrics and more. In summary, I like the recent results. The company confirmed the full year guidance more »

  • Payment Services Provider Stocks to Consider

    By Damon Churchwell - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: EBAY, FISV, GPN, INTU

    There are now many public companies offering electronic payment services, and demand is growing for the most part. With stock prices hovering at attractive levels, these may remain solidly performing stocks during 2013 and out four to five years. I recommend looking into the companies that own payment processing technology operations, such as eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), as well as the companies listed here.

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  • Should You Invest Your Refund in These Tax Preparers?

    By Robert Hanley - February 20, 2013 | Tickers: BCOR, HRB, INTU

    Since taxes are one of the few guarantees in life, the preparation business has a steady, recurring customer base that is at the heart of any good investment. Of course, the business has changed over the years, with the rise of easy-to-use software and online services, as well the federal government’s attempt to impose stronger regulation over the industry. However, the business is highly profitable for companies that can more »

  • The Key Earnings for the Week Ahead

    By Lee Samaha - February 16, 2013 | Tickers: ARUN, HLF, INTU, JWN, PDCO

    A very interesting collection of companies will be reporting this week (the week of Feb. 18). Sometimes, constructing a portfolio ends up in actually creating a de-facto an ETF that apes the market or a sector in terms of performance and risk. On the other hand, if you take a sniper-like approach to finding a collection of companies, each with their own profit driver, you can achieve good diversified returns more »

  • There Will Be A Growing Need For This Kind Of Software

    By Matthew Frankel - February 8, 2013 | Tickers: HRB, INTU, MSFT

    Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) is a software maker with some of the most recognizable products around, such as QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Quicken.  Intuit has done very well over the past decade or so, with steadily increasing revenues every year.  Also, Intuit does a good job of creating value for its shareholders, with an excellent buyback program and a recently implemented dividend.  With the increasing trend of doing bookkeeping and taxes electronically more »

  • Mature Tech Stocks for Adult Investors

    By Nate Wooley - February 8, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, FB, INTU, MXIM, QCOM

    Lost in all the media kerfluffle about tech earnings is a very real concept: the market for tech stocks, the buyers, are still treating those companies like they're kids. In turn, this makes the companies behave like they're still in the two-guys-in-a-garage phase. That makes for great mythology, but not so much for great companies. Sure, sometimes the returns are there, but often they're not.

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  • Plenty More Upside in These Employment Stocks

    By Lee Samaha - February 6, 2013 | Tickers: ADP, INTU, ASGN, RHI

    There are times in investing when the market does incredibly strange things.  For instance, consider the case of Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI). Its share price was beaten up in Q3 only to surge over 25% since late November. Have economic and employment prospects really gotten that much better since November? Or to put it another way, were they really that bad in Q3?

    Robert Half is International is International more »

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