New Trade: Long Zynga ($ZNGA) & Short Blue Nile ($NILE)

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Date posted: 04.23.2012 (5:00 am) | Write a Comment  (2 Comments)

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It turned out to be a rather calm week both for my trading and in the markets. A bit down but nothing too serious, and certainly not as bad as some expected given the continuing European crisis. In the tech space, it was a very interesting week with earnings for a few companies such as Yahoo ($YHOO), Microsoft ($MSFT) and Google ($GOOG). The coming week will be a huge one though with Apple ($AAPL) about to announce amid a lot of speculation. It should be VERY interesting. Today, I am back with a new trade! Here are the numbers for that trade:

TickerNamePriceEPSPE RatioPE Next YearReturn YTDSales GrowthAnalyst ratingBook ValueBeta
ZNGAZynga Inc9.22-1.4N/A26.021.7590.823.52.42N/A
NILEBlue Nile Inc29.820.838.4429.48(26.66)4.5432.541.28

Long Zynga (ZNGA)

I’ve discussed Zynga quite a bit as a great play on Facebook ($FB), it’s been a tough company to figure out as there isn’t that much news being released and it’s unclear how things are going with increased competition from other gaming companies. I do think that if it can do anywhere close to what most expect, it will prove to be a great trade as its forward P/E is almost identical to Blue Nile’s, which is crazy on many different levels.

Short Blue Nile ($NILE)

Ahh Blue Nile, the stock I love to hate. I’ve been short over and over and over, almost every time with great success, especially this year. The company is clearly a lot less overvalued than it was a few months ago as its fundamentals have more or less stayed the same while its price has declined. These days, I wouldn’t short NILE against any stock but Zynga (ZNGA) is a good candidate given their drastically different growth rates and opportunities but comparable P/E ratios.

Disclosure: No positions on NILE or ZNGA

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2 Comments »

  1. Comment by Ken — April 23, 2012 @ 5:45 am
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    NILE is currently not available for short sale at Interactive Brokers.

  2. Comment by IntelligentSpeculator — April 23, 2012 @ 6:05 am
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    @Ken – thanks for the info, since when, do you know?

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