Overview

Two Rivers delivers short alpha for institutional equity investors:

Stocks at Risk Framework

Our Stocks at Risk (SAR 2.0) models are a comprehensive framework for identifying short sale candidates. Each model is tailored to the various types of short situations. The models generate ideas to match different client preferences in shorting styles, from lower beta, long horizon Declining Businesses, to higher volatility Breaking Growth short types. They help in diversifying short portfolios by type, beta, time horizon, risk/return, and other characteristics. On net, this framework produces more ideas, boosting returns, and saving time for portfolio managers and analysts.
Serial Acquirer

Guiding Principle:
Acquisitions hiding weak fundamentals.

Key Questions:
Are acquisitions masking poor organic growth or financial deterioration? Is acquisition accounting hiding expenses or serial write-offs?
Breaking Growth
Guiding Principle:
Growth slows causing re-rating. Is slowdown temporary?

Key Questions:
What is the catalyst?
Breaking Estimates

Guiding Principle:
Sudden cuts in sales or earnings estimates

Key Questions:
Are the cuts warranted? Is the issue(s) temporary?
Suspicious Overearners

Guiding Principle:
Margin improvements are unsustainable or fraudulent

Key Questions:
Sustainable? Cyclical pull-back?
Earnings Quality

Guiding Principle:
Unsustainable or artificial earnings.

Key Questions:
Does accounting hide material weaknesses? Catalyst?
Liquidity Risk

Guiding Principle:
Insufficient cash to meet debt or operating loss cash needs.

Key Questions:
Will company run out of cash? Can they refinance?
Solvency Risk

Guiding Principle:
Company is unable to overcome debt

Key Questions:
Will company run out of cash?

Past notable short ideas have included:

Some of our current favorite short ideas include: