Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI)

Neologismist (< 20) Submitted: 4/23/2013 11:47:49 PM : Start Price: $26.60 SBGI Score: -5.82

Aggressive growth strategy and strong cyclical election advertising windfalls will continue in the next couple of years, but mounting debt will begin to weigh long term. Also, the company has a strong political bent that could impact its station ratings.

Skylar0614 (76.70) Submitted: 4/15/2013 11:52:47 AM : Start Price: $25.85 SBGI Score: -3.38

Money Maker

OklaBoston (< 20) Submitted: 3/4/2013 9:59:15 AM : Start Price: $8.35 SBGI Score: +195.62

I just now changed the time frame on this pick mainly because the "scorecard" page indicated the stock has recently been gaining support from the All-Stars.

Charts look nice, but some of the valuation numbers have me wondering if I should have ended it.

Gregmaxfield (56.78) Submitted: 2/25/2011 6:56:09 PM : Start Price: $10.68 SBGI Score: +123.99

The trend is your friend!

smith2668 (67.68) Submitted: 11/24/2010 4:17:17 PM : Start Price: $6.46 SBGI Score: +276.37

Valueline Rank = 1

kristm (99.74) Submitted: 10/16/2009 10:38:11 PM : Start Price: $1.73 SBGI Score: +1,379.35

Just like oil, advertising is cyclical - so businesses that generate most (or all) of their revenue from advertising tend to be cyclical as well. Sinclair's advertising revenue is down right now? Well EVERYBODY's advertising revenue is down right now. The best way to handle cyclical stocks in a beaten down segment is to find the one with the best chance of survival, the one that will thrive and grow more than most of its competitors when its segment recovers.

Sinclair still has a good position and a strong future when things pick back up, it's just being beaten down along with (and somewhat beyond) its peers. Buying Sinclair over the summer is comparable to purchasing Exxon-Mobil during the last period of cheap oil. I picked it on Caps and then picked up some for my real portfolio too. I'm up over 120% in about two months and it's still sporting a P/E ratio below 2. Great buy in August, pretty good buy in October. You might want to hop on this train before it gets pricier.

(Do note that I have shares in my real portfolio so if you buy now you're benefitting me. Good thing it also benefits you or this might come across as too self-serving.)

NoDoughBro (69.74) Submitted: 10/13/2009 1:57:07 PM : Start Price: $2.93 SBGI Score: +752.49

Woowers!

asmsage (< 20) Submitted: 1/22/2009 9:22:03 PM : Start Price: $1.74 SBGI Score: +1,337.27

radio and tv have high profit margins in their operation

envoy05 (99.18) Submitted: 1/11/2009 1:44:03 AM : Start Price: $2.79 SBGI Score: +764.51

Low risk, good potential plus dividends

CoyoteBark (72.77) Submitted: 8/11/2008 4:59:25 PM : Start Price: $4.21 SBGI Score: +502.17

Under valued @ current price. Too much selling as a reaction to "Analysts" expectations.

JohnnyiPhone (< 20) Submitted: 6/11/2008 3:02:18 PM : Start Price: $5.53 SBGI Score: -353.61

Bad, stock, bad! Go to your room.

bullseye009 (54.85) Submitted: 1/28/2008 1:31:03 AM : Start Price: $5.98 SBGI Score: +315.50

Check out those insider buys.

lanhammk (91.93) Submitted: 4/13/2007 7:21:43 PM : Start Price: $10.93 SBGI Score: +122.91

should move

DJCohen (95.65) Submitted: 4/10/2007 1:30:52 PM : Start Price: $10.48 SBGI Score: +132.32

retransmission fees and a big political year coming up

bdbartle1 (97.39) Submitted: 4/3/2007 1:15:58 PM : Start Price: $10.36 SBGI Score: +134.58

Dividend Yield > 2%
Return on Equity > 5%
Positive Earnings Surpris in the past 90 days
Did not lag the S&P in the past 52 weeks and the past 13 weeks

lanning01 (< 20) Submitted: 2/25/2007 5:48:36 PM : Start Price: $9.36 SBGI Score: +163.30

Momentum play with pull back on a bad dow day