AryaFin Gems Closed Positions - Profit & Loss Analysis

Below table shows our past stock buys & sells. We compare it with the S & P 500. If we would have held the market index for the same time, instead of underlying stock, what would be the returns? We are keeping a track of performance of our hidden gem picks vs. S&P 500 returns. Currently the market is doing extremely well. So beating market index, such as S&P500, with individual stocks picks is extremely difficult. In addition, we are cautious with our picks because our engine is indicating that the market is considerably overbought. We are keeping a cautious approach and our signals are working on tight boundaries and parameters keeping risk to minimum.

Ticker	Company	Date Recommended	Date Sold	Buy Price	Sell Price	Profit/Loss	AryaFin Return %	S&P500 Return %	Comments
MMM	3M Company	05/01/24	08/23/24	$86.15	$130.55	$44.4/share	51.16%	12.34%	Stock reached intended target price in 4 months.
LRN	Stride Inc	08/05/24	08/23/24	$73.0	$81.52	$8.52/share	11.0%	8.0%	Moved too fast in 19 days. Overbought.
STRL	Sterling Infrastructure	08/05/24	08/26/24	$104.0	$118.57	$14.57/share	14.0%	7.5%	Moved too fast in 20 days. Overbought.
NBIX	Neurocrine Biosciences	08/05/24	08/27/24	$130.0	$152.27	$22.27/share	17.1%	7.3%	Moved too fast in 21 days. Overbought.
ACMR	ACM Research	08/05/24	08/28/24	$15.0	$18.05	$3.05/share	20.0%	8.2%	Up 20% in 22 days, taking profit.
RCL	Royal Caribbean Cruises	05/01/24	09/04/24	$140.4	$160.4	$20.0/share	16.0%	10.1%	Taking profit of 16% in 4 months.
MO	Altria Group Inc.	06/10/24	09/17/24	$44.32	$51.2	$6.88/share	15.5%	9.0%	Taking profit of 15% in 3 months.
SKYW	Skywest Inc.	09/06/24	10/18/24	$75.25	$96.0	$20.75/share	27.5%	7.0%	Taking profit of 27% in 1.5 months.
KEX	Kirby Corporation	09/06/24	12/03/24	$114.5	$126.0	$11.5/share	10.04%	8.0%	Taking profit of 10% in 3 months.