On January 15, 2017, we reviewed Helmerich and Payne (HP) after it achieved our July 2, 2016 upside target of $79.16. At the time, we reflected on the following thoughts:
“The only question now is the selling of the stock.”
For all intents and purposes, HP should have been considered for selling the principal or the entire position. Since the January 15, 2017 posting the stock has had the following price action:
Our fear then was, “Can we handle see[ing] the stock fall back to where we bought it?” This thought only comes to mind when or if the stock price substantially exceeds the norm for an individual investment. At the time, HP had annualized gains of more than +60%.
For now, it is back to the drawing board for HP. We’ll have to re-examine the attributes for the stock to determine if investment is warranted or not.