Go Symbol Lookup
Loading...

A Housing Play for Bulls and Bears?

 Text Size  
Published: Tuesday, 21 Sep 2010 | 6:23 PM ET
By:

Producer

What's your prediction for home buying this country, recovery or relapse? Well, if you buy this stock it might not matter.

House of Gains?
The housing numbers beat expectations but is there more to the story?

That's because CoreLogic, a four-month old company spun off by title insurer First American, benefits from both foreclosures and new mortgage originations.

Its business and information-services division, which represents half of its revenues, provides banks with information when they're considering issuing a loan or taking your house because you've missed too many payments. If the bulls are right, CLGX makes money as people take advantage of low interest rates. If the bears are right, it will profit from future foreclosures. Either way, the company makes money off the constant transactions being made.

About 25 percent of its revenues come from services related to foreclosures, so if you're a bear who thinks foreclosure will spike, Cramer said this is a good play. Its data and analytics division, which represents 35 percent of revenues, provides information to customers on a subscription basis. Cramer said management is focusing on growing this unit, which is good because it represents a higher-multiple, higher-margin industry that makes money regardless of the state of the housing market.

Cramer also thinks CoreLogic is "too cheap," as it's trading at six times estimated 2011 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

"If you’re a housing bull, a housing bear or even agnostic about the whole sector," Cramer said, "this CoreLogic is a buy."

Call Cramer: 1-800-743-CNBC

Questions for Cramer? madmoney@cnbc.com

Questions, comments, suggestions for the Mad Money website? madcap@cnbc.com

 Print
Love housing or hate it, Cramer said, this is the stock for you.
  Price   Change %Change
CLGX ---

   
Comments

 

More Comments

 
 

Add Comments

 

Your Comments (Up to 1100 characters):

Remaining characters

Your comments have not been posted yet.

Please review your submission to make sure you are comfortable with your entry.

Your Comments:


                
            
            
        

Featured

Contact Mad Money

  • Showtimes

    Monday - Friday 6p | 11p ET
  • Cramer is host of CNBC's "Mad Money," and co-anchor of the 9 a.m. ET hour of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street."

Mad Money Features

  • Grab the latest CNBC gear from the NBCUniversal Store!

  • Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Cramer formulates his investment advice. "Inside the Madness" is a column, which features e-mails and more with Cramer and his researcher Nicole Urken.

  • You’ve always wanted to hit the “Hallelujah!” button. Here’s your chance.