Most investment research crowds into the same 200 large-cap stocks.
Overlooked Alpha goes where the analysts aren't: small and mid-cap companies with little or no sell-side coverage. Favorite ideas include spin-offs, founder-led businesses, busted IPOs and accounting quirks the market hasn't noticed yet.
What You Get
1–2 detailed, compelling deep dives per month. Full financial analysis, scenario valuation, and a clear view on what the market is missing.
A consistent, repeatable process. Every company is valued on our view of owner earnings with conservative, base, and bull scenarios.
A full archive of 200+ ideas and a real-time performance spreadsheet tracking every pick, winners and losers alike.
A private Discord community of thoughtful investors.
Does It Work?
Since we launched in 2022, we've covered 250+ stocks and published 100+ ideas.
The idea of Overlooked Alpha is not necessarily to follow every one of our ideas but if you had you would have done well.
A few highlights:
Applied Nutrition: +121%* since February 2025
Powell Industries: +408% since March 2025
Interparfums: +49%* since December 2025
NeoGames: buyout offer 107% above our entry price
Perficient: buyout offer 77% above entry, one week after publication
These are just some of our successes since launching Overlooked Alpha.
There is a tracking spreadsheet on our homepage which shows you all of our picks and their individual returns. Transparency is important to us so you can verify our performance at any time.
[NB: Take a look through the Substack finance leaderboard and see how many publication’s actually track their picks. Hint: it’s not many].
Case Study: Seneca Foods (SENEA)
On July 23rd 2023, we wrote about a lesser known $300 million food company called Seneca Foods. Although the stock looked from the outside like a classic pandemic-winner-turned-loser, there was something we felt the market was missing. After examining the financials we found an interesting quirk based on the company’s use of LIFO (last in, first out) accounting. (Seneca actually runs its books on the FIFO method during the year, and then takes a non-cash charge at year-end based on changes in the LIFO reserve). Taking this into consideration we highlighted the fact that Seneca earnings could be almost 3 times higher than reported.
When we published the article SENEA stock traded for just under $36 a share. Investors finally caught up and the stock jumped above $57 a share, providing a gain of 60% in a little over three months. Today SENEA trades over $150.
Of course, not every idea works out perfectly which is why we track all of our ideas in our performance spreadsheet. We learn more from losses than we do from wins and whatever the goals are for this newsletter, transparency is the most important.
Who’s Behind Overlooked Alpha?
Overlooked Alpha is written by Joe Marwood.
Joe began his career at a prop trading firm in the UK where he analyzed markets on a daily basis. He started Overlooked Alpha because he was tired of sifting through poorly researched investment ideas. Earlier articles were written by analyst Vince Martin.
Skin In The Game
We’re not financial advisors but we do 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.
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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.