Transaction log

  • Feb 18, 2020 - Bought 70 @ $15.97 (1.12% wtg, opportunistic)

  • Mar 13, 2020 - Bought 30 @ $13.40 (100 shares, 1.62% wtg)

  • Mar 14, 2022 - Sold 25 @ $31.03 (75 shares, 1.46% wtg)

  • Jul 29, 2024 - Sold 25 @ $86.82 (50 shares, 2.45% wtg)

  • Oct 23, 2024 - Sold 20 @ $118.10 (30 shares, 1.85% wtg)

  • Nov 14, 2024 - Sold 15 @ $142.85 (15 shares, 1.16% wtg)

  • Feb 18, 2025 - Sold 15 @ $174.03 (closed, 0% wtg)

Performance

  • Total return = +989.73%

  • Coffee Can contribution = +8.54%

Sprouts Farmers Market

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

 

Profile

Industry: Grocery stores

Sector: Consumer defensive

Theme: Healthy lifestyles

5-Year shareholder growth: +18.7%/year

Estimated fair value: $87

Valuation assumption: 4.0% of MFCF yield

History
Selling Sprouts, buying A-Mark Precious Metals
Selling Sprouts, buying A-Mark Precious Metals

Gold is hot yet gold and silver coin sales are ice cold. Time to buy coin dealer A-Mark Precious Metals. [trades]

Selling half our position in Sprouts
Selling half our position in Sprouts

Sprouts has had a great run, much of it justified. Buy, sell or hold? [trade]

Buying Hurricane Helene victim Ingles Markets
Buying Hurricane Helene victim Ingles Markets

200-store grocery chain Ingles Markets was right in the path of Helene, the deadliest inland hurricane in US history. Time to give it some love. [trades]

Trimming Sprouts on valuation
Trimming Sprouts on valuation

Sprouts has grown like a weed lately. Time to trim. [trade]

Insiders are buying beaten down stocks
Insiders are buying beaten down stocks

Corporate executives and directors went on a buying spree the past three months in down-and-out stocks.

Coffee Can rule #7: Avoid the crowd at all costs
Coffee Can rule #7: Avoid the crowd at all costs

The herd is panicked… Are there opportunities for investors amid all the fear? [trades]