Linda McDonough

Linda McDonough is a veteran hedge fund analyst who loves to break down company financial statements and identify market inefficiencies to uncover big opportunities.  She believes in a boots-on-the-ground approach that includes surveying customers, interviewing company executives, or doing whatever it takes to see what others don't.

She's now brought her experience as a hedge fund analyst to subscribers of her Profit Catalyst Alert service. Her system identifies small- and mid-cap stocks that are about to move due to catalytic events that few others can identify...until it's too late. These events often times result in massive gains for her followers.

Analyst Articles

On June 22 Air Transport Group (NASD: ATSG) bought 3.8 million shares from its largest shareholder for  $13.07 a share, a 3% discount to its closing price the previous night. The shareholder, Red Mountain Capital, owned 11.2 million shares as of the end of the first quarter. A private transaction… Read More

SolarEdge is getting clobbered today by a bearish story published by The Street Sweeper, a Web-based free research service. The basic premise of the story is that SolarEdge is suffering due to price cuts by rival Enphase. As an active short seller in my previous life, I take these stories… Read More

Air Transport Services GroupA recent survey by UPS of online shoppers demonstrates the shift in consumers’ online shopping habits. More than half of participants’ purchases were online versus in physical stores, and 20% chose two day shipping, twice the number of shoppers who did so in 2014. This overwhelming trend… Read More

We humans love rankings. In a world of chaos, we like the fictional supposition that life and all of its messy data can be corralled into neat silos. We love our top 10 song lists and rankings of the best colleges.Earnings season provides the perfect data set to create meaningful… Read More

BrunswickOn Tuesday Brunswick named Eric Hendrickson as president of the company’s Crestliner brand of freshwater boats. Prior to working at Brunswick, Hendrickson worked at Hollister in various roles including product development, engineering, marketing and operations.CriteoThe Paris-based digital-advertising company filed a lawsuit on Monday that alleges that rival firm SteelHouse ran… Read More

Air Transport Services GroupThe company announced its credit limit with its bankers was raised $100 million. Quint Turner, chief financial officer, said that the company will use the extra credit to keep up with demand for its planes. The company also announced it had approved an additional $25 million for… Read More

BrunswickMalibu Boats, which makes high-performance speed boats, recently gave us a small window into the current state of retail boat sales. Earlier in May the company noted that domestic unit sales are up high single digits and prices up 11%. International sales continue to be dampened by a weak European… Read More

 We’ve been waiting for Drew Industries (NYSE: DW) to hit a speed bump so that we could recommend the stock at a lower price but it shows no sign of slowing down. Even at this level the stock offers at least a 30% upside to investors.The manufacturer of RV and motor… Read More

Criteo dropped 2% yesterday on a report that Facebook had closed its ad exchange to third party tech companies.But Criteo (NSDQ: CRTO) remains a strong partner to Facebook with its dynamic product advertising software that matches relevant ads to users. In any case, the particular ad exchange (named FBX) that Facebook closed, and which Criteo… Read More