Beating The Tide: Stock Picks That Outperform

Beating The Tide: Stock Picks That Outperform

+62% Since May 2025: Record Sales, Still A BUY

$67 target unchanged. AI wins strengthen the thesis, but margins need to recover.

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George Atuan, CFA
Sep 18, 2026
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Beating The Tide portfolio position that returned 62% in a year

The position is up +62% since I picked it in May 2025. My position has not changed, and neither has my $67 target.

Beating The Tide portfolio tracker showing BUY and approximately 62 percent gain

If you missed the beginning, here is the original May 2025 pick.

Deep Dive: This Overlooked BPO Stock Is Quietly Becoming an AI Winner

Deep Dive: This Overlooked BPO Stock Is Quietly Becoming an AI Winner

George Atuan, CFA
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May 7, 2025
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The idea was straightforward: a customer service outsourcer was winning business, improving its delivery model, and using AI to make its offering more useful.

The latest earnings give that thesis more substance. Revenue hit another record, new client wins accelerated, and management expects another year of growth. But Q4 also exposed that more revenue did not translate into more operating profit.

Behind the paywall, I revisit the original thesis, walk through the presentation’s AI case studies, and explain why I still rate the shares BUY. I also separate the promising industry trends from the ways automation could hurt the economics.

In this update

  • How the company ranks

  • What Q4 changed

  • Pillar #1. Client wins and healthier revenue mix: Confirmed

  • Pillar #2. Offshore delivery and margin expansion: Challenged

  • Pillar #3. AI as a source of business: Evolving

  • The industry outlook: implementation work grows, routine work shrinks

  • Pillar #4. Cash generation and capital allocation: Evolving

  • Pillar #5. Valuation leaves room for growth: Confirmed, with less cushion

  • The Monte Carlo: 10,000 illustrative runs

  • What could change my mind

  • Still a BUY

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