{"podcast":{"title":"Charged Alpha Stock Encyclopedia","slug":"charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792","podcast_index_feed_id":7819792,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/chargedalpha/feed.xml","website_url":"https://chargedalpha.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22241603/charged_alpha_logo_2048.png","author":"Colton Thomas","episode_count":1630,"summary":"Charged Alpha reviews earnings for each stock in the Russel 1000 every quarter. Each podcast gives thorough analysis, along with an in-depth profile in the beginning of the episode of the company, what they do, how they earn money and what to look for.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T06:17:14.359815+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792"},"episode":{"title":"Vita Coco Stock: It CRUSHED Earnings and RAISED Guidance — So Why We Say HOLD","slug":"vita-coco-stock-it-crushed-earnings-and-raised-guidance-so-why-we-say-hold","published_at":"2026-07-24T13:50:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792/vita-coco-stock-it-crushed-earnings-and-raised-guidance-so-why-we-say-hold","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792","url":"https://chargedalpha.podbean.com/e/vita-coco-stock-it-crushed-earnings-and-raised-guidance-%e2%80%94-so-why-we-say-hold/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6cpw1hiq4ql2pjdk/audio_u.mp3","summary":"The Vita Coco Company (COCO) Q2 2026 — The Vita Coco Company (COCO), the #1 coconut-water brand, reported a blowout Q2 2026: EPS of $0.82 crushed the ~$0.55 estimate (+116% YoY) on net sales of $216M (+28%), gross margin of 49% (vs 36% a year ago), and adjusted EBITDA of $67M (+$38M). Management RAISED full-year 2026 guidance (net sales $790–805M, adjusted EBITDA $154–161M) and announced the $175M acquisition of super-premium coconut-water maker Copra. Yet the stock gapped up over 7% at the open and then faded all day to close down ~6.8% at ~$69. The catch: ~700bps of that 49% gross margin came from one-time tariff refunds, ocean freight (the key margin swing factor) is cyclically low, and after roughly tripling off its $32 low the stock trades ~24x EV/EBITDA and ~38x earnings. Our owner-earnings DCF lands fair value near $62 — below the price. Our call: HOLD, 3/5. The Vita Coco Company is the little brand that built the modern coconut-water category — and it's still the #1 brand in the U.S. and globally, an asset-light, net-cash, founder-led compounder growing fast. Q2 2026 was a blowout on the headline: EPS of $0.82 crushed the ~$0.55 estimate (+116% YoY), net sales rose 28% to $216M, gross margin jumped to 49% from 36%, adjusted EBITDA rose $38M to $67M, and management RAISED full-year guidance (net sales $790–805M, adj EBITDA $154–161M) while announcing a $175M deal for super-premium Copra. So why did the stock gap up 7% and then fade to close down ~7%? Because the beat was partly borrowed. Management disclosed that ~700 basis points of the 49% gross margin came from one-time tariff refunds — strip them out and underlying margin was ~42%. The rest leaned on cyclically low ocean freight, the single biggest swing factor in Vita Coco's margin. Underneath, demand is re…","meta_description":"The Vita Coco Company (COCO) Q2 2026 — The Vita Coco Company (COCO), the #1 coconut-water brand, reported a blowout Q2 2026: EPS of $0.82 crushed the ~$0.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":862,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792/episodes/vita-coco-stock-it-crushed-earnings-and-raised-guidance-so-why-we-say-hold/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792/vita-coco-stock-it-crushed-earnings-and-raised-guidance-so-why-we-say-hold.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}