Red Flag Update – Getting Scary
Competition from the likes of Progressive are positioned to steal share – and profits – from Erie.
If you missed this from Sunday’s Watch List Weekly, here’s a revised version.
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I’m always thrilled when others come along with reports on a company you likely first read about here, which is what happened last Friday when Spruce Point Capital issued quite a lengthy report with its own red flags on Erie Indemnity ERIE -1.29%↓.
Spruce Point takes a different deeper angle than what I did in my Levitated by Lunacy on Erie and another company, adding yet another dimension to the story.
But wait, there’s more…
While Spruce Point touched on competition, with a great “competitive analysis” chart, it pays to dive deeper into what that really means and why that matters.
As it turns out, a friend who has done his own research on the company did just that…