Tag: Company Analysis

The leading low-cost gym operator in Europe.

How did Netflix defeat Blockbuster, grow to over 200M subscribers, and will they survive increasing competition?

Roy Mann, CEO of Monday.com (“Monday”) believes that the next phase of software will be focused on giving users the power to create software that fits their needs.

In this podcast, I share about my journey, the investment framework I favors, how I looks at loss-making companies as well as my thoughts on Chinese stocks such as Alibaba.

Sometimes a great investment has a simple thesis.

The happiest place on earth. It is near impossible to replicate Disney’s share of mind even if you have all the money in the world. The Disney name is well-known to billions of people. It has a meaning, an emotion perhaps, attached to it globally. It is hard to find another brand that is unanimously known as the happiest place on earth. With Disney+, it ...

Hilton first got my attention earlier this year when Ackman doubled down. This was after his incredible timing (both with buying and selling) with his hedge, profiting over $2b (on a $27m premium) during the sharp drawdown in March. Because of its cyclical nature, a traditional hotel company's earnings are extremely lumpy. This begs the question—Why would Ackman be interested in Hilton?

Initiated a stake in Fastly this week to make myself follow through on deep diving into this company. They reported a strong set of Q2 results, with revenue rising 61.7% y-o-y. It was also the first time their EPS became positive, at $0.02 per share. Yet its share price took a hit and declined 33%. Largely due to Donald Trump threatening to ban Tik Tok, ...

Using the gross profitability method, a dollar invested in the market between 1973 to 2011 grew to over $80. While the same dollar invested in businesses that have high gross profitability (i.e. above 33%) grew to $572 in the same period.

Where the key value driver of a company is in intangible investments, investors need to look beyond reported earnings. Especially for innovative companies in their early stage as they invest heavily in growth. Compressing their earnings and balance sheet assets.

The price-earnings (P/E) multiple has been one of the most popular tool analysts use to value stocks. A company trading at 10x P/E implies that investors are willing to pay 10 times the net income that was generated. In other words for every $1 in net income generated, investors are willing to pay $10 or a 10% earnings yield. Despite its popularity, it remains one ...

Investors who held Mastercard for the past 10 years, have been rewarded handsomely with a 27.4% returns compounded annually. A $10,000 investment would have returned approximately $113,000 over this period. In this article, we will discuss why Mastercard's wide moat has allowed it to reinvest its earnings at high returns.