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What are Navellier’s “Best ‘Buy and Forget’ Stocks for 2013”

Sniffing out some Blue Chip Growth picks

By Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe, April 25, 2013

We haven’t tried to sniff out a Louis Navellier pick for quite a while — partly because he hasn’t had a lot of single-stock teaser ads running lately, and partly because, well, they haven’t piqued our interest.

But everyone loves the idea of “buy and forget” stocks — it can be fun to be a trader in some ways, scalping a few dollars here and there on the brilliance of your timing and the nimbleness of your typing fingers, but I think, if we’re honest with ourselves, that what we really want is to be the 75-year old who’s waving from his yacht that’s named I bought JNJ at $2 in 1980.

Who knows if there will be opportunities for those kinds of compounding, wealth growing companies to look back on in 30 years … but usually the long view is the safer one to take.

So when Navellier promises a special report about his best “buy and forget” stocks for this year, even though we know his highly momentum-driven stock-picking system doesn’t ever really “buy and forget” anything, we want to know what the stock picks are. And if we’re going to get that Yacht, we’ll have a head start if we don’t shell out a hundred bucks for his “Free” report (and a subscription to Blue Chip Growth). That newsletter, by the way, is very much growth-oriented (heavy weight on rising earnings, rising estimates, etc.), has been around for a long time and has had some very strong stretches and a couple really terrible ones (2001 and 2008, as you can probably guess) … according to Hulbert, it shows an average annual return of about 8% over 15 years.

On to the picks? Yes indeedy, here are the clues to whet your appetite:

“An Auto Parts Stock That Has Averaged 20% a Year for 20 Years!

“The company’s stock has risen 27% since July… but it’s been earning 20% or more a year since 1993… enough to turn every $10,000 invested into $383,374. And it shows no sign of letting up!

“Plus: 2 more ‘buy and forget’ picks that are up more than 30% in the past year… and have averaged AT LEAST 12% a year for 25 years running!”

Well gee, you just gotta know … right?

Here are the clues for the auto parts company:

“… one chain in particular has always had my attention. It’s not a household name but it has more than 3,400 locations throughout 38 states as well as a lucrative online store.

“The company caters to both do-it-yourself customers and professional installers. And it sells everything from new and remanufactured auto parts (such as alternators, fuel pumps) to maintenance items (oil, antifreeze), accessories (floor mats, seat covers) and auto body paint.

“The company also specializes in locating hard to find parts, making them a go-to choice for car enthusiasts.

“Let me tell you, business is good. Really, really good.

“In the third quarter, the company’s retail sales rose 11% and overall sales rose 13% to $1.43 billion compared with $1.26 billion in the same quarter a year ago.

“During the same period, its earnings rose 30% to $117 million.

“Recently, the company’s estimates have been revised even higher, to $1.35 per share. Analysts now forecast an eye-popping 18.4% earnings growth.”

Well, this is timely because it turns out the Thinkolator sez Navellier is here pitching O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY), which just released earnings today, beating analyst expectations by a penny and getting a nice 5% pop in their share price.

ORLY has indeed been a spectacular long-term performer as they’ve built a large nationwide retail network over the last 20 years or so — the stock has gone from a split-adjusted $2 or so in 1993 to now about $105, so I’m sure there are few “buy and forget” owners who are complaining about this pick, even though it did have a few bad spells along the way. ORLY is the most expensive of the big auto parts chains by most metrics (forward PE of about 16, AutoZone and Advance Auto Parts are down around 12-13 and of similar size, Pep Boys is much, much smaller and also trades at about 16X next year’s earnings). ORLY has some solid growth expectations built into the stock, but their outlook when they released earnings today was well-received by investors, so they’re humming right along at the moment. The press release for the earnings announcement is here, they missed on revenues but beat on earnings and guided for a better second quarter and an “as expected” full year 2013.

They don’t always hit their numbers, of course — that’s why the stock dipped to $81 as Navellier teased last July, it had fallen from $100 and it didn’t recover to that level until earlier this year. They don’t pay a dividend or have much debt, so it’s really all about growth and growth expectations — the one-sentence “story” for auto parts companies in general is that they’re supposed to be beneficiaries of the active used car market and the fact that people are extending the lives of their cars and fixing them themselves in bad times, and of upgrades and accessories and the continued consolidation of a fragmented industry in good times.

I haven’t looked at these companies in a long time, but they’re all pretty similar in terms of margins, valuation, etc. (tickers ORLY, AAP, AZO, PBY) if you want to start digging around for yourself.

I have to cut it short today because I have to pop away from Gumshoe HQ for awhile, but I’ll get to the other two picks shortly — I listed the quick Thinkolator results for those two, which are probably AMGN and GPS, in the Irregulars box above, but will have to make time later on to add some thoughts on them and confirm the Thinkolator’s findings (sorry!). If you’ve got thoughts on any of the above, or on growth-happy Mr. Navellier, feel free to let ’em loose with a comment below.

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sully1c
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sully1c
April 25, 2013 3:06 pm

Not to be fussy but PEP is Pepsico; Pep Boys is PBY.

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hagar
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April 25, 2013 4:35 pm

I find it remarkable the LN bunch chooses to tout AMGN NOW instead of during almost all of 2011, when the stock was under $60. The “breakout” occurred in Dec 2011 and was another opportunity to recommend. I would not touch AMGN right now.

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baygreen
April 25, 2013 5:26 pm

It will be interesting in which auto parts supplier keeps up with the hi tech parts needed to repair for newer model vehicles. They have mastered the older models which the population seems to be keeping longer because of the cost, not just of new vehicles but also all the extra’s that come with them. Extra’s can be the amount of what it cost for insurance for a new car or one that has been maintained well and is paid for. Kind of like the old saying they don’t make them like they used to . Travis one thing that I think will really change the auto parts business is who will be the first one with the 3D machine that makes your part while you wait . Who has the biggest R@D department because it is coming that will be good for the Patent Attorney’s, just a thought. Good Article.

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whatch
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whatch
April 25, 2013 8:28 pm
Reply to  baygreen

I’m not sure that keeping up with the new technology will be much of an issue. I have found with my new 99 F-150, 2000 F250, 2003 F250, and 2007 Tundra that there is a period of time that nearly everything is a dealer item. It is usually a few years before any auto parts dealers have very much in that area. I tried them all (and I mean all) and much more than maintenance items, there was very little available without going through the dealer and paying through the nose. After that I have never had a big problem finding what I needed from any of them.

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Sally G
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Sally G
April 25, 2013 6:10 pm

Thoughts on GPC? Auto parts + other industrial parts, decent dividend and reasonable EPS. I had been considering and wondered if that was going to be the auto parts business mentioned. Cathy K, great comment—much food for thought there!

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sam7738
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April 25, 2013 8:32 pm

Trying to find out about BreakthroughTechnology Alert byPatriick Cox
He us talking about a Counterfit Revenage: The only company the Pentagon
Trusts to bring. China’s counterfeit trade to its knees. He says stock is selling for
About 15 cents a share but could group to 10 dollars.

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jenngld
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jenngld
April 26, 2013 6:56 am

This time last year, MSFT was a B-rated buy. However, if the company can innovate and come up with a successful product that can compete with the likes of Apple, Google and Samsung, Navellier’s could see a surge in buying pressure that could rocket MSFT back up to a C- or even B-rating.

blzinger
blzinger
April 26, 2013 10:52 am

Mister Travis : Could use your help here. Became very interested in this super mineral Graphene, derived FROM THE mineral GRAPHITE .From what I have read, China controls
75 % WHERE gRAPHITE is mined untill this small Canadian company discovered a huge
deposit near Nome, Alaska. More data would be appreciated on this Canadian company.
Thank You, ….. Zinger

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hblytt
hblytt
April 27, 2013 6:09 pm

I just got a beautiful color brochure touting AGIN, a graphene company, on behalf of a newsletter. I don’t know if AGIN’s technology is any good, or if the newsletter will make you money, but the artwork and printing is gorgeous

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Dave
Dave
April 28, 2013 11:41 am
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Yep…and if you look in the “fine print”, you will see what the hucksters were paid to develop, print, and distribute that beautiful piece of beguiling and probably (IMHO) misleading-to-the-point-of-fraudulent hype.

hblytt
hblytt
April 28, 2013 12:22 pm

Possibly a pump & dump scheme?

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who noze
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April 28, 2013 3:02 pm

if graphene is what they say about it LOOK at graphic tech p[[gti] AN ESTALISHED CO.

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who noze
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May 26, 2013 4:29 pm

if its grapheme u r looking for see graph tech [[GTI a going bus.

Willie P
Willie P
May 28, 2013 5:13 pm

Looks like the graphite mine near Nome, Alaska is most probably GPOF or Graphite One Resources Inc. It is currently trading at a shade over twenty cents a share. Their claim to fame appears to be purity of the graphite extracted and total size of the resource.

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AlterIn
July 12, 2013 12:09 pm

Navelier appears to be reversing course. From a recent tout for Blue Chip Growth:
TONIGHT I’m issuing an immediate sell signal for 32 big-name blue chip stocks that nearly 7 out of 10 Americans own.
If you have any money in them, get out now! These stocks will be fatal to your portfolio when earnings come out.
FOUR REASONS:
1. Many are not only losing customers and market share but also are facing permanent decline as the economy tightens and they fall further behind their competition.
2. Their profit progress to date is simply unsustainable because most of their 2012 profits came from downsizing and not revenue growth, which is about to hit a brick wall and send a shockwave throughout Wall Street.
3. Those with bloated valuations and who are up to their eyeballs in debt will fall the furthest the fastest as soaring energy prices and rising inflation and interest rates crush earnings.
4. Our research shows the biggest collapse will come in the next 24 to 48 hours, as our sell-side report goes viral, the earnings collapse that we are forecasting comes out, and the public along with pension funds follow our lead and abandon ship.

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July 12, 2013 12:26 pm
who noze
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July 12, 2013 3:21 pm

don’t overlook graphic intl gti at least its a going concrn

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