Today we will have a close look at 4 stocks that have shown price action that does not actually make any sense from a very strict fundamental analysis, proving that many times stock market is irrational and driven by emotions and strong behavioral finance.

Twilio Inc.(NYSE: TWLO)

An IPO this year with losses and negative EPS last 11 quarters, Operating Margin (TTM) is -14.87%, Net Profit Margin (TTM) -14.99 %, negative Free Cash Flow during last 2 quarters. Initial IPO price was $15 per share, went up to $70 per share now is trading at almost $30 per share. Wondering who really bought at $70 per share?

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Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) 

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Tesla Motors Inc revenues grew 26.50% in FY 2015 as compared to FY 2014 to 4.05B. Net income fell 202.23% to -888.66M. Operating Margin (TTM) is -11.15 %, Net Profit Margin (TTM) -14.74%, losses again. Recently Tesla completed the acquisition of SolarCity Corporation (NASDAQ: SCTY) for $2.6Billion, a company again with losses. And Tesla recently made a nice rally of about 15% up from $180 per share to $208.79 per share. 

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX)

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The current PE Ratio (TTM) is 338.16, Operating Margin (TTM) is 3.49%, Net Profit Margin (TTM) is 1.99%, yet a negative Free Cash Flow during all last 4 quarters; the stock went up to $130 per share and found buying interest on a dip around $112.50, now is trading at $125.12 per share. Is it a bargain with such a high P/E ratio and a negative Free Cash Flow? 

Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ: Stock NTNX)

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Another IPO this year with issue price of $16 per share, went up to almost $40 per share now is trading at $29.41 per share, having negative EPS last 10 quarters, Operating Margin (TTM) is -50.43% and Net Profit Margin (TTM) is -55.75%

Conclusion:

The stock market is often irrational and does not make sense from strict fundamental and valuation analysis points of view. All these 4 stocks have shown price actions that are very hard to justify. Losses yet are going up, or very high P/E ratio still goes up. But prices are very often lead by emotions and logic may not always be present. Let’s wait to see what 2017 will bring for stock market investing with a new US presidency and many challenges. Irrational exuberance, expectations, and valuation analysis, or technical analysis do not often make it easy to understand and justify.