With shares of TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) trading around $12, is TIVO an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
T = Trends for a Stock’s Movement
TiVo is a developer and provider of software and technology that enables the search, navigation, and access of content across sources, including linear television, on-demand television, and broadband video. The company provides these capabilities through set-top boxes that include DVRs or non-DVR set-top boxes, tablet computers, mobile phones, and other screens. It also provides advertising solutions for the media industry, including a platform for interactive advertising and audience measurement services. As consumers look for improved methods to access their entertainment, TiVo is well-positioned to provide these valuable services. Consumers are engaging with media technology at an increasing rate so as long as TiVo continues to improve, rising prices should be in sight.
T = Technicals on the Stock Chart are Mixed
TiVo stock has seen a consistent uptrend over the last several years. The stock has pulled-back from a long-term selling level but may be getting ready to coast higher. Analyzing the price trend and its strength can be done using key simple moving averages. What are the key moving averages? The 50-day (pink), 100-day (blue), and 200-day (yellow) simple moving averages. As seen in the daily price chart below, TiVo is trading around its key averages which signal neutral price action in the near-term.
(Source: Thinkorswim)
Taking a look at the implied volatility (red) and implied volatility skew levels of TiVo options may help determine if investors are bullish, neutral, or bearish.
| Implied Volatility (IV) | 30-Day IV Percentile | 90-Day IV Percentile | |
| TiVo Options | 77.89% | 83% | 80% |
What does this mean? This means that investors or traders are buying a very significant amount of call and put options contracts, as compared to the last 30 and 90 trading days.
| Put IV Skew | Call IV Skew | |
| June Options | Steep | Average |
| July Options | Steep | Average |
As of today, there is an average demand from call buyers or sellers and high demand by put buyers or low demand by put sellers, all neutral to bearish over the next two months. To summarize, investors are buying a very significant amount of call and put option contracts and are leaning neutral to bearish over the next two months.
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On the next page, let’s take a look at the earnings and revenue growth rates and the conclusion.
E = Earnings Are Mixed Quarter-Over-Quarter
Rising stock prices are often strongly correlated with rising earnings and revenue growth rates. Also, the last four quarterly earnings announcement reactions help gauge investor sentiment on TiVo’s stock. What do the last four quarterly earnings and revenue growth (Y-O-Y) figures for TiVo look like and more importantly, how did the markets like these numbers?
| 2012 Q4 | 2012 Q3 | 2012 Q2 | 2012 Q1 | |
| Earnings Growth (Y-O-Y) | -351.82% | 309.52% | -35.29% | -116.35% |
| Revenue Growth (Y-O-Y) | 33.68% | 26.64% | 6.66% | 48.12% |
| Earnings Reaction | -0.08% | 6.35% | -3.41% | -4.68% |
TiVo has seen decreasing earnings and increasing revenue figures over most of the last four quarters. From these figures, the markets have had mixed feelings about TiVo’s recent earnings announcements.
P = Poor Relative Performance Versus Peers and Sector
How has TiVo stock done relative to its peers, AT&T (NYSE:T), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Sony (NYSE:SNE), and sector?
| TiVo | AT&T | Microsoft | Sony | Sector | |
| Year-to-Date Return | -2.03% | 10.32% | 22.61% | 70% | 11.23% |
TiVo has been a relative underperformer, year-to-date.
Conclusion
TiVo provides software and technology products that allows consumers to access their entertainment at their preferred times at any location. The stock has not done too well in recent times but is now displaying signs of life. Earnings and have decreased over most of the last four quarters while revenues have increased, overall, not pleasing investors. Relative to its peers and sector, TiVo has trailed significantly in year-to-date performance. WAIT AND SEE what TiVo does this coming quarter.
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