Part 2: Deep dive on GitLab (GTLB)
Over the next 3+ months I’m doing a webinar every 2 weeks, hosted by TrendSpider. The first one will be Monday, July 22nd at 4:30pm EST, you can signup at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yDFoS-ieTDO5otwaYv2u0w#/registration
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Some of the topics I’m hoping to cover on Monday:
What is my hedging strategy? What indicators do I use to guide me for my intraday trading of hedges?
What specific trading setups I’m looking for during earnings season?
What tools and/or custom scans do I use to identify the best setups?
How do I manage positions before/during/after earnings season?
What key names am I watching this earnings season?
Paid subscribers to Jonah’s Growth Stock Deep Dives receive 2-3 deep dives per month (8,000+ words), 1-2 mini deep dives per month (2,000+ words) and 12-15 quarterly earnings writeups plus access to my investment models and investment portfolio spreadsheet with real-time activity and notes/commentary.
FWIW, my investment portfolio is +161.1% in 2024, after being +134.7% in 2023 and now +2,650% since January 2020 when I got back into investing full-time.
My investment strategy is pretty simple. I want to own 15-20 high-quality growth stocks (core holdings) plus swing trades, with the best fundamentals at the most reasonable valuations — if the fundamentals begin to disappoint or the valuation no longer looks compelling I will trim or sell my position. If the fundamentals remain strong and valuation remains reasonable then I’ll add on pullbacks. I only want to own stocks that have at least 50% upside within the next 1-2 years and at least 100% upside within the next 3-4 years. If I buy stocks that are too expensive, the fundamentals aren’t good enough or my investment thesis is weak — then I’ll never hit my investment performance goals. My objective is to maximize the upside in good markets and minimize the downside in bad markets which I accomplish by being very selective in what I own but also using technical analysis and hedges to protect my portfolio during market selloffs.
Company: GitLab
Ticker: (GTLB)
Website: Gitlab.com
IPO date: October 2021
IPO price: $77 per share
Current stock price: $52.08
Outstanding shares: 158.9 million (dual share structure)
52-week high: $78.53 on February 02, 2024
52-week low: $40.19 on November 06, 2023
ATH: $137.00 on November 09, 2021
Market cap: $8.275 billion
Net cash/debt: $1.061 billion
Enterprise value: $7.214 billion
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States (but all employees work remotely in over 60 countries)
Number of employees: 2,100+
Average price target from analysts: $65.52 (~25% upside from current price)
Investor Relations: ir.gitlab.com
Q1 FY 2025 Earnings Report: https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-reports-first-quarter-fiscal-year-2025-financial-results
Q1 FY 2025 Investor Presentation: https://ir.gitlab.com/static-files/c23e9702-c7ae-49bb-a9a4-cc16ac648d50