Transaction log #1

  • 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%

Transaction log #2

  • Oct 24, 2025 - Bought 15 @ $108.44 (0.68% wtg, opportunistic)

  • Oct 30, 2025 - Bought 15@ $78.20 (1.03% wtg)

Sprouts Farmers Market

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

 

Profile

Industry: Grocery stores

Sector: Consumer defensive

Theme: Healthy lifestyles

5-Year shareholder growth: +16.2%/year

Estimated fair value: $121

Valuation assumption: 4.5% MFCF yield

Estimated fair value history

  • Sep-24 - $78 (5.0% MFCF yield)

  • Dec-24 - $91 (4.5% MFCF yield)

  • Mar-25 - $125 (4.0% MFCF yield)

  • Jun-25 - $132

  • Sep-25 - $121 (4.5% MFCF yield)

History
Doubling position in Sprouts after Q3 earnings scare
Doubling position in Sprouts after Q3 earnings scare

Investors reacted to Sprouts Q3 earnings as if they had seen a ghost. Trick or treat? [trade]

Sprouts plunges 21% after Q3 earnings miss
Sprouts plunges 21% after Q3 earnings miss

Sprouts Q3 has growth investors spooked. What to do?

John Zolidis weighs in on Sprouts
John Zolidis weighs in on Sprouts

While the long-term for Sprouts looks bright and sunny, the short-term is cloudy with a chance of intermittent showers.

Initiating positions in Deckers and Sprouts
Initiating positions in Deckers and Sprouts

Deckers and Sprouts are well off their highs made in January and February. Time to nibble. [trades]

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]

Selling short bond ETF and raising cash
Selling short bond ETF and raising cash

Growth stocks are getting cheaper, but to make room we’ll first need to raise some cash. [trades]

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]