UAFRS vs As Reported Monthly Newsletter - 2019 03 29
This week, Valens identified distortions and the corresponding adjustments to correct for those distortions for X, ENV, BECN, HRB, MYL and FIS.Beacon Roofing Supply is a distributor of roofing materials and complementary building products in the United States and Canada. The complementary building products the company distributes include siding, windows, insulation, waterproofing systems, wallboard, acoustical ceilings, and other exterior and interior building products. The company purchases products from manufacturers and then distributes these goods to a customer base consisting of contractors, and to a lesser extent, home builders, retailers, and other building materials suppliers. The company supports its customers with services such as advice and assistance on product identification, specification and technical support, and training services.
Envestnet is a provider of wealth management software and services to financial advisors and institutions, and a data aggregation and data intelligence platform. The company's product and services include: Envestnet - Enterprise, an end-to-end open architecture wealth management platform; Envestnet - Tamarac?, a trading, rebalancing, portfolio accounting, performance reporting and client relationship management software; Envestnet - MoneyGuide, a goals-based financial planning solutions; Envestnet - Retirement Solutions, services for advisor-sold retirement plans; and Envestnet - Portfolio Management Consultants, a research due diligence and consulting services.
Fidelity National Information Services is a provider of technology solutions for merchants, banks, and capital markets firms globally. The company's solutions include merchant acquiring solutions; payment solutions; global eCommerce solutions; processing and ancillary applications solutions; digital solutions; fraud, risk management and compliance solutions; electronic funds transfer and network services solutions; card and retail payment solutions; wealth and retirement solutions; item processing and output services solutions; securities processing and finance solutions; global trading solutions; asset management and insurance solutions; and corporate liquidity solutions.
H&R Block provides assisted, do-it-yourself, and virtual tax return preparation solutions through various channels (including in-person, online and mobile applications, virtual, and desktop software) and distributes the company-branded products and services to the general public in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and their respective territories. The company also provides additional services, such as Refund Transfers, its Peace of Mind? Extended Service Plan (POM), H&R Block Emerald Prepaid Mastercard?, H&R Block Emerald Advance? lines of credit, Tax Identity Shield?, and Refund Advance loans. For its Canadian clients the company also provides POM, H&R Block Instant Refund?, and H&R Block Pay With Refund? services.
United States Steel is a steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products with production operations in the United States and Europe. The company is also engaged in railroad services and real estate operations. The company's segments are: North American Flat-Rolled, which produces slabs, strip mill plates, sheets and tin mill products; U. S. Steel Europe, which produces and sells slabs, strip mill plate, sheet, tin mill products and spiral welded pipe, as well as heating radiators and refractory ceramic materials; and Tubular Products, which produces and sells electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing (known as oil country tubular goods), and standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing.
In 2009, just as the dust was settling from the last major equity and credit market crises, we launched a boutique research firm with the intention of breaking Wall Street’s biases and broken incentives:
- GAAP and IFRS have failed to provide rules for reliable financial statement reporting
- Stock analyst recommendations are not grounded in disciplined financial analysis
- Credit agencies have been set up to grossly fail in their responsibilities to investors and the public markets
- Utter lack of willingness of major research firms to employ the the most advanced forensic analysis available
We sought to provide investors and company analysts with a source of information that changed all that.
Many years later, our business model remains because little has changed on Wall Street.
- Corporate credit ratings remain years behind the fundamental underpinnings of company performance
- Stock analysts continue to make recommendations with deeply inherent biases
- Research firms have failed to break down the walls between credit, equity, and macroeconomic research
- The governing accounting bodies have created more leeway for mis-estimates and mis-classifications as financials have become unwieldy and overwhelming
The integrity of Valens Research is founded in our disciplined processes and analytics. No “star” analysts. No corporate advisory relationships. No-nonsense opinions and recommendations.
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