Beating The Tide: Stock Picks That Outperform

Beating The Tide: Stock Picks That Outperform

+72% In Five Months: Records In A War Zone, And Still A BUY

Records on every line, a first-ever dividend, and a target raised from $41.50 to $47. The stock stays a BUY.

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George Atuan, CFA
Sep 02, 2026
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Flew through a war. Record Quarter; The eagle had a busy quarter. | made w/ Imgflip meme makermeme for beating the tide company that returned 72% in 5 months

Since adding my March pick to the portfolio, it is up 72% in five months.

Position in Beating The Tide Portfolio that is up 72% in 5 months

Back on March 16, I sent a trade alert buying this company’s stock while missiles were flying over.

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Four days later, I published the full deep dive.

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The pushback in my inbox was immediate: who buys into an active war?

Since I moved to North America more than 25 years ago, I have realized one thing: people have the wrong impression of war…they think war consumes everything in your day-to-day, but as my cousin mentioned to me last weekend… one of the greatest attributes of humans is that we adapt to whatever situation we are presented with.

And he is right; I remember that, in the middle of bombing, people would still have weddings, baptize their kids and go finding food. The parallel here is great. People assume that the Iran-US/Israel war is all people worry about in the Middle East right now, but no, people are planning ahead and companies as well.

Last month the company answered. Records on every single line of the income statement, a revenue target set when the company was founded was reached ahead of the plan, and the first dividend in its history. The stock gapped to an all-time high when it announced its Q2 results.

In this article, I raise my target by 13%, so there is still 34% upside on this opportunity.

Table of Contents

  • How the stock ranks

  • Q2 2026: the quarter the thesis stopped being a projection

  • Guidance: the floor moved up

  • Thesis scorecard after Q2 2026

  • Valuation: from $41.50 to $47

  • Risk register after Q2

  • Performance vs. peers

  • Verdict

On March 16, I sent the trade alert with this pick. It is up 72% since. Upgrade to paid to unlock the ticker and the full update. Paid subscribers get every deep dive, earnings reviews like this one and the full portfolio with real-time trade alerts.

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