Discover Under-The-Radar Stocks And Overlooked Investment Opportunities
Overlooked Alpha is produced by Vince Martin and Joe Marwood.
Our goal is to beat the market while providing accessible and actionable research.
What You Get
When you subscribe to Overlooked Alpha you get:
Actionable stock ideas every Sunday
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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
On July 23rd 2023, we wrote about a lesser known $300 million food company called Seneca Foods. After examining the financials we found an interesting quirk based on the company’s use of LIFO (last in, first out) accounting. Taking this into consideration we highlighted the fact that earnings could be almost 3 times higher than reported.
When we published the article SENEA stock traded for just under $36 a share. Today, the stock is worth $57 a share providing a gain of 60% in a little over three months.
It doesn’t always work out so well. On 3rd April 2022, we highlighted the opportunity in AppLovin. We wrote that AppLovin was an excellent adtech business with strong growth and a cheap valuation. We believed the selloff caused by Apple’s privacy changes was overdone. After initiating a buy in AppLovin at a price of $54 a share we watched the stock fall in value by over 40%. On 8th August 2023, we finally pulled the plug and sold our position at a loss. To our despair, the very next day the stock rocketed upwards by 30% and has kept going.
We tell you this for two reasons. First, to highlight the realities of investing. Trade ideas do not always work out and you can never have too much humility.
Second, we learn more from losses than we do from wins. Whatever the goals are for this newsletter, transparency is the most important. We always provide our analysis and show our results whether they are good, bad or ugly.
Does It Work?
Since we launched last year, we've covered 200+ stocks and published 60+ ideas.
The idea of Overlooked Alpha is not necessarily to follow every one of our ideas but if you had done so you would have done well.
One of our best ideas NGMS received a buyout offer, 107%* above our entry price.
Another of our picks, micro cap ORN is currently up 175.3% as of April 2024.
LB Foster is up 158.1% and you can read our analysis here without paywall.
Leveraged small cap play ADV is up 99.07% since October 2022.
There is a tracking spreadsheet on our homepage which shows you all of our picks and their individual returns — you can verify our performance at any time.
Who’s Behind Overlooked Alpha?
Vince Martin is the lead analyst and writer. He got his Series 7 and 63 back in 1999 and has been writing and researching stocks for over a decade. He’s a prolific equity researcher and one of the highest ranked financial analysts on TipRanks with a 5 star rating.
Joe Marwood is the founder and editor of Overlooked Alpha. He began his career at a prop trading company in the UK where he analyzed markets on a daily basis. Joe began Overlooked Alpha because he was tired of sifting through long and tedious research reports. Overlooked Alpha aims to provide actionable ideas that are high quality but also enjoyable to read.
Skin In The Game
We’re not financial advisors but we eat our own cooking. If we think an investment warrants a position we have no problem backing it with our own money.
Sometimes we will write about stocks we’re not investing in. As usual, we will tell you the reasons why and give you full disclosure about the stocks we own.
Many investing newsletters don’t track their picks. We post all of our calls on our performance spreadsheet which is updated in real-time.
We also provide our own portfolio holdings which we update regularly.
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Every Wednesday or Thursday you’ll be sent our weekly Research Notes. Research notes includes interesting (often thematic) info that has cropped up in our research.
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Disclaimer: The information in this newsletter is not and should not be construed as investment advice. Overlooked Alpha is for information and entertainment purposes only and does not provide personalized recommendations or financial advice. Contributors are not registered financial advisors and do not purport to tell or recommend which securities customers should buy or sell for themselves. We strive to provide accurate and factual analysis but mistakes and errors do occur. No warranty is made to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information provided. The information in the publication may become outdated and there is no obligation to update any such information. Past performance is not a guide to future performance, future returns are not guaranteed, and a loss of original capital may occur. Contributors may hold or acquire securities covered in this publication, and may purchase or sell such securities at any time, including security positions that are inconsistent or contrary to positions mentioned in this publication, all without prior notice to any of the subscribers to this publication. Investors should make their own decisions regarding the prospects of any company discussed herein based on such investors’ own review of publicly available information and should not rely on the information contained herein.