Investing in the Wardrobe Mullet
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🗓️ 26 May 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Hertz Global files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, sending shares of Avis Budget Group up 15%. Jason Moser analyzes the increasingly changing automotive landscape, including AutoZone’s strong 3rd-quarter report. Crocs rises 10% on the news it’s the only top-30 footwear brand to see an increase in monthly sales.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 26th. Welcome to Market Foolery. I'm Chris Hill joining me from a safe social distance. Mr. Jason Moser, good to see you my friend. |
| 0:11.0 | Good to see you, my friend. |
| 0:12.0 | Good to see you. We've got to see you. We've got footwear news. |
| 0:14.6 | We've got a lot of automotive news and we're going to start there with Hertz because just like we saw with |
| 0:22.1 | JCPenney in retail, what had been rumored for a while is now official. |
| 0:27.0 | Hurt's Global has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. |
| 0:31.0 | The New York Stock Exchange is going to de-list the stock and this is, |
| 0:37.0 | I don't want to set this up as, wow, this was an unbelievably stable company from a financial standpoint to begin with, but just |
| 0:48.8 | when you look at the speed with which this stock went from the low 20s to its current price of $2 in change. |
| 0:59.5 | This is a swift end for Hertz Global. |
| 1:03.0 | Yeah, I mean it is it was I would say that this was kind of just the icing on the cake |
| 1:08.0 | really I mean this was a very challenged business before |
| 1:11.0 | the COVID-19 pandemic hit. |
| 1:14.1 | And that certainly accelerated its demise. |
| 1:17.7 | I mean, it's obviously accelerated the demise |
| 1:21.0 | of many businesses. |
| 1:21.8 | But I mean, Hertz was in was in a challenging it was in a challenge position before this I mean sales essentially flat |
| 1:28.3 | They were taking losses left and right and they've also been plagued by management upheaval. |
| 1:33.7 | I mean they've named it's fourth CEO in six years just this year. |
| 1:38.4 | And so, you know, the one thing I always think about when you see sort of a, |
| 1:42.2 | when you see a revolving door like that with |
| 1:44.4 | with leadership if you don't have a leader in place that's been there for a while |
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