以為鄰居討厭他練球發出噪音 籃球迷少年收到鄰居驚喜大禮

以為鄰居討厭他練球發出噪音 籃球迷少年收到鄰居驚喜大禮

加拿大熱愛籃球的14歲少年慕比克（Anthony Muobike）每天都花好幾個小時練球，他曾擔心自己不斷運球時發出的聲響可能會惹惱鄰居，但事實恰巧相反，日前鄰居們集資送他一個全新的籃球架。

住在當地10多年的雷（Ian Ray）提到大家想支持才華洋溢的慕比克：「他就是個整天練習運球的孩子，我覺得他如果有個籃球框會很酷。」於是雷和幾個鄰居籌集了750美元（約合新台幣21000元）添購了籃球架。

鄰居集資送少年一個全新的籃球架。圖／取自 globalnews

加拿大輪胎公司（Canadian Tire）從社群平台得知這個消息後決定錦上添花，加碼更多金額到體育用品零售商的禮物卡裡，讓慕比克買更多運動裝備。

雷指出：「沒想到事情會引起這麼大迴響，自己所處的社區很強大，每個人都願意在必要時參與其中。」

上周收到驚喜大裡的慕比克，則感到難以置信：「我每天至少練2到4個小時運球，一直以為運球時發出的噪音會干擾鄰居。但天哪，接著我看到盒子裡的籃球框，就算還沒搭起來都沒有關係，整件事太瘋狂了。」

慕比克的媽媽樂媞莎（Leticia）1年前才和兒子搬到該地區，當她發現居民這項善舉時簡直不敢相信表示：「哇，這真是大驚喜。我不知道自己身處這麼棒的社區，大家彼此關心。對我和家人來說意義深遠，收到滿滿的愛。」

慕比克透露自己立志5年後進入NBA：「我會讓那些人（集資的鄰居）為我感到驕傲。我會出現在電視上。」

Stock of the Week: Canadian Tire

Andrew Willis: In its second quarter of this year, Canadian Tire (CTC.A) saw more in e-commerce sales than in all of 2019. The company adapted to a new retail environment, with an encouraging adoption of curbside and in-store pickup offerings.

The old Canadian Tire down the street opened up“omnichannel” sales with solid results, with year-to-date revenue growth of 21% - well above our full-year target of 4%. This has us eyeing an increase to our fair value for the company, but only by a bit – because we need to see more changes for long-term viability.

Equity analyst Zain Akbari says the coronavirus pandemic threatens to permanently accelerate the retail digitization trend and that many purchases that were pushed online may never return. Rapidly changing business models and profit margins are the name of the game.

We think the company may be able to position itself in the long term with the help of a home team advantage that can also bide it some time. Like a Canadian shield for retail, the geographic dispersion of consumers here means that digital retailers may struggle to beat the shipping speed, and prices, of a local business that’s been digitized.

For Morningstar, I’m Andrew Willis.

Those who invested in Canadian Tire Corporation (TSE:CTC.A) a year ago are up 50%

The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ( ) share price is up 46% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 26% (not including dividends). So that should have shareholders smiling. Having said that, the longer term returns aren’t so impressive, with stock gaining just 17% in three years.

So let’s investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.

To quote Buffett, ‘Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace…’ One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company’s share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

Canadian Tire Corporation was able to grow EPS by 132% in the last twelve months. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 46% increase in the share price. Therefore, it seems the market isn’t as excited about Canadian Tire Corporation as it was before. This could be an opportunity. This cautious sentiment is reflected in its (fairly low) P/E ratio of 10.08.

The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

TSX:CTC.A Earnings Per Share Growth August 23rd 2021

It’s probably worth noting we’ve seen significant insider buying in the last quarter, which we consider a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. This free interactive report on Canadian Tire Corporation’s is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

What About Dividends?

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. It’s fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. As it happens, Canadian Tire Corporation’s TSR for the last 1 year was 50%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. And there’s no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!

A Different Perspective

We’re pleased to report that Canadian Tire Corporation shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 50% over one year. Of course, that includes the dividend. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 10% per year), it would seem that the stock’s performance has improved in recent times. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. It’s always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Canadian Tire Corporation better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should learn about the .

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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on CA exchanges.

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