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Brandon Beylo
What are the odds the Taliban IPOs their copper company via SPAC? https://t.co/ZleH9FwkoG
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What are the odds the Taliban IPOs their copper company via SPAC? https://t.co/ZleH9FwkoG
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Brandon Beylo
NGL I kinda love this setup in copper right now.
• Bombed-out sentiment
• Overextended on the downside
• Found support at the 200D MA
Seems like a decent R/R trade with a stop below yesterday's lows.
#copper https://t.co/4Y030crLzt
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NGL I kinda love this setup in copper right now.
• Bombed-out sentiment
• Overextended on the downside
• Found support at the 200D MA
Seems like a decent R/R trade with a stop below yesterday's lows.
#copper https://t.co/4Y030crLzt
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$JPM
FT:
JPMorgan has given employees of its asset and wealth management division access to a large language model the bank is calling LLM Suite, according to an internal memo seen by the Financial Times.
Executives told staff LLM Suite can help them with writing, idea generation and summarising documents. “Think of LLM Suite as a research analyst that can offer information, solutions and advice on a topic,” the memo told employees. It was signed by Mary Erdoes, head of JPMorgan’s asset and wealth management business in the memo, Teresa Heitsenrether, the bank’s chief data and analytics officer, and Mike Urciuoli, the asset and wealth management unit’s chief information officer. They described it as a “ChatGPT-like product” that was to be used for “general purpose productivity” to complement its other apps that handle sensitive financial information called Connect Coach and SpectrumGPT.
JPMorgan started introducing LLM Suite to pockets of the bank earlier this year and about 50,000 employees, or roughly 15 per cent of its staff, now have access to it, said a person familiar with the matter. The company does not disclose how many research analysts it employs. The rollout, which has not previously been reported, is one of Wall Street’s largest use cases for an LLM, especially one that has been built in-house. Morgan Stanley has partnered with OpenAI to use products for its wealth management business.
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$JPM
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JPMorgan has given employees of its asset and wealth management division access to a large language model the bank is calling LLM Suite, according to an internal memo seen by the Financial Times.
Executives told staff LLM Suite can help them with writing, idea generation and summarising documents. “Think of LLM Suite as a research analyst that can offer information, solutions and advice on a topic,” the memo told employees. It was signed by Mary Erdoes, head of JPMorgan’s asset and wealth management business in the memo, Teresa Heitsenrether, the bank’s chief data and analytics officer, and Mike Urciuoli, the asset and wealth management unit’s chief information officer. They described it as a “ChatGPT-like product” that was to be used for “general purpose productivity” to complement its other apps that handle sensitive financial information called Connect Coach and SpectrumGPT.
JPMorgan started introducing LLM Suite to pockets of the bank earlier this year and about 50,000 employees, or roughly 15 per cent of its staff, now have access to it, said a person familiar with the matter. The company does not disclose how many research analysts it employs. The rollout, which has not previously been reported, is one of Wall Street’s largest use cases for an LLM, especially one that has been built in-house. Morgan Stanley has partnered with OpenAI to use products for its wealth management business.
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Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
A sober valuation analysis on $MA 🧘🏽♂️
•NTM P/E Ratio: 29.16x
•10-Year Mean: 31.32x
•NTM FCF Yield: 3.48%
•10-Year Mean: 3.41%
As you can see, $MA appears to be trading below fair value
Going forward, investors can receive ~7% MORE in earnings per share & ~2% MORE in FCF per share 🧠***
Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $MA is a super business
BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short Term Inv: $7.66B
•Long-Term Debt: $13.54B
$MA has a strong balance sheet, an A+ S&P Credit Rating & 19.79x FFO Interest Coverage
RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2019: 62.9%
•2020: 40.6%
•2021: 45.7%
•2022: 58.5%
•2023: 61.1%
•LTM: 64.1%
RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2019: 141.4%
•2020: 102.5%
•2021: 124.7%
•2022: 144.0%
•2023: 167.4%
•LTM: 186.3%
$MA has excellent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business
REVENUES✅
•2013: $8.31B
•2023: $25.10B
•CAGR: 11.68%
FREE CASH FLOW✅
•2013: $3.98B
•2023: $11.61B
•CAGR: 11.30%
NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2013: $2.61
•2023: $12.26
•CAGR: 16.73%
PAID DIVIDENDS✅
•2013: $0.29
•2023: $2.37
•CAGR: 23.37%
SHARE BUYBACKS✅
•2013 Shares Outstanding: 1.21B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 939M
By reducing its shares outstanding ~22.4%, $MA increased its EPS by ~28.8% (assuming 0 growth)
MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 100.0%
•LTM Operating Margins: 58.1%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 46.1%
***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠
As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~7% MORE in EPS & ~2% MORE in FCF per share
Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $MA has to grow earnings at a 14.58% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation
Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be slightly more than the (14.58%) required growth rate:
2024E: $14.27 (16.4% YoY) *FY Dec
2025E: $16.57 (16.1% YoY)
2026E: $19.33 (16.7% YoY)
$MA has a good track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but let’s assume $MA ends 2026 with $19.33 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples
31x P/E: $599.23💵 … ~14.9% CAGR
30x P/E: $579.90💵 … ~13.4% CAGR
29x P/E: $560.57💵 … ~11.9% CAGR
28x P/E: $541.24💵 … ~10.6% CAGR
As you can see, $MA appears to have attractive return potential EVEN if we assume greater or equal to 28x earnings (well-below the 10-year mean & more than justified given its quality & growth rate)
$MA is such a high-quality business & has the potential to compound in the mid teens for the next 5 years & companies with strong & consistent earnings growth tend to look cheap years later (even if investors thought they were “expensive” or even better, slightly undervalued, at the time)
Today at $429💵 $MA appears to be a strong consideration for investment
Given that $MA has historically bottomed near 26x earnings, I'd also leave some room to purchase additional shares if the stock were to trade at that multiple, which would be about 10% lower, or around $386💵
#stocks #investing
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𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄‼️: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥® 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬.
𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.
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A sober valuation analysis on $MA 🧘🏽♂️
•NTM P/E Ratio: 29.16x
•10-Year Mean: 31.32x
•NTM FCF Yield: 3.48%
•10-Year Mean: 3.41%
As you can see, $MA appears to be trading below fair value
Going forward, investors can receive ~7% MORE in earnings per share & ~2% MORE in FCF per share 🧠***
Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $MA is a super business
BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short Term Inv: $7.66B
•Long-Term Debt: $13.54B
$MA has a strong balance sheet, an A+ S&P Credit Rating & 19.79x FFO Interest Coverage
RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2019: 62.9%
•2020: 40.6%
•2021: 45.7%
•2022: 58.5%
•2023: 61.1%
•LTM: 64.1%
RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2019: 141.4%
•2020: 102.5%
•2021: 124.7%
•2022: 144.0%
•2023: 167.4%
•LTM: 186.3%
$MA has excellent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business
REVENUES✅
•2013: $8.31B
•2023: $25.10B
•CAGR: 11.68%
FREE CASH FLOW✅
•2013: $3.98B
•2023: $11.61B
•CAGR: 11.30%
NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2013: $2.61
•2023: $12.26
•CAGR: 16.73%
PAID DIVIDENDS✅
•2013: $0.29
•2023: $2.37
•CAGR: 23.37%
SHARE BUYBACKS✅
•2013 Shares Outstanding: 1.21B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 939M
By reducing its shares outstanding ~22.4%, $MA increased its EPS by ~28.8% (assuming 0 growth)
MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 100.0%
•LTM Operating Margins: 58.1%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 46.1%
***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠
As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~7% MORE in EPS & ~2% MORE in FCF per share
Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $MA has to grow earnings at a 14.58% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation
Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be slightly more than the (14.58%) required growth rate:
2024E: $14.27 (16.4% YoY) *FY Dec
2025E: $16.57 (16.1% YoY)
2026E: $19.33 (16.7% YoY)
$MA has a good track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but let’s assume $MA ends 2026 with $19.33 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples
31x P/E: $599.23💵 … ~14.9% CAGR
30x P/E: $579.90💵 … ~13.4% CAGR
29x P/E: $560.57💵 … ~11.9% CAGR
28x P/E: $541.24💵 … ~10.6% CAGR
As you can see, $MA appears to have attractive return potential EVEN if we assume greater or equal to 28x earnings (well-below the 10-year mean & more than justified given its quality & growth rate)
$MA is such a high-quality business & has the potential to compound in the mid teens for the next 5 years & companies with strong & consistent earnings growth tend to look cheap years later (even if investors thought they were “expensive” or even better, slightly undervalued, at the time)
Today at $429💵 $MA appears to be a strong consideration for investment
Given that $MA has historically bottomed near 26x earnings, I'd also leave some room to purchase additional shares if the stock were to trade at that multiple, which would be about 10% lower, or around $386💵
#stocks #investing
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𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄‼️: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥® 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬.
𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.
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RT @DimitryNakhla: 20 Stocks That Have Maintained A ROIC Of 20% Or More For The Last 5 Years 💸
💳 Visa $V
🍎 Apple $AAPL
🏢 NVR Inc $NVR
🚗 Copart $CPRT
🤖 Fortinet $FTNT
🔩 Fastenal $FAST
💵 Paychex $PAYX
📐 Graco Inc $GGG
📈 MSCI Inc $MSCI
🚿 A O Smith $AOS
💵 Mastercard $MA
☁️ Microsoft $MSFT
📲 Taiwan Semi $TSM
⚙️ W W Grainger $GWW
💰Automatic Data $ADP
🖨️ Lam Research $LRCX
🎥 Meta Platforms $META
🐶 Idexx Laboratories $IDXX
🫀 Edwards Lifesciences $EW
🚛 Old Dominion Freight $ODFL
#stocks #investing
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RT @DimitryNakhla: 20 Stocks That Have Maintained A ROIC Of 20% Or More For The Last 5 Years 💸
💳 Visa $V
🍎 Apple $AAPL
🏢 NVR Inc $NVR
🚗 Copart $CPRT
🤖 Fortinet $FTNT
🔩 Fastenal $FAST
💵 Paychex $PAYX
📐 Graco Inc $GGG
📈 MSCI Inc $MSCI
🚿 A O Smith $AOS
💵 Mastercard $MA
☁️ Microsoft $MSFT
📲 Taiwan Semi $TSM
⚙️ W W Grainger $GWW
💰Automatic Data $ADP
🖨️ Lam Research $LRCX
🎥 Meta Platforms $META
🐶 Idexx Laboratories $IDXX
🫀 Edwards Lifesciences $EW
🚛 Old Dominion Freight $ODFL
#stocks #investing
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Brandon Beylo
Jack Dorsey (@jack) remains one of the most underrated entrepreneurs/founders of his generation.
Love this move from him at Block.
Bullish $SQ https://t.co/h1FxFlXSGb
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Jack Dorsey (@jack) remains one of the most underrated entrepreneurs/founders of his generation.
Love this move from him at Block.
Bullish $SQ https://t.co/h1FxFlXSGb
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Fenix Resources $FEX releases its feasibility study for the Beebyn-W11 Iron Ore Project.
First production expected early 2025.
Some highlights:
• $23M in initial capex
• $48M in annual average EBITDA
• $105M in post-tax NPV10 value
Read our thesis below 👇 https://t.co/h3LfxECwhq
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Fenix Resources $FEX releases its feasibility study for the Beebyn-W11 Iron Ore Project.
First production expected early 2025.
Some highlights:
• $23M in initial capex
• $48M in annual average EBITDA
• $105M in post-tax NPV10 value
Read our thesis below 👇 https://t.co/h3LfxECwhq
We are long Fenix Resources $FEX.
The market sees a single-asset iron ore producer w/ low mine life.
We see a business growing production to 4Mt/year in 1-2 years w/ path towards 10Mt/yr.
900% upside + net cash/port asset value protection
Read here 👇
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RT @DividendDynasty: $MA deep dive into the numbers!
Excellent break down Dimitry as always 👏🏻
I’ve recently added to $V but am not looking past $MA as another potential addition to the portfolio.
Higher valuation but higher anticipated growth. Something to consider for sure.
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RT @DividendDynasty: $MA deep dive into the numbers!
Excellent break down Dimitry as always 👏🏻
I’ve recently added to $V but am not looking past $MA as another potential addition to the portfolio.
Higher valuation but higher anticipated growth. Something to consider for sure.
A sober valuation analysis on $MA 🧘🏽♂️
•NTM P/E Ratio: 29.16x
•10-Year Mean: 31.32x
•NTM FCF Yield: 3.48%
•10-Year Mean: 3.41%
As you can see, $MA appears to be trading below fair value
Going forward, investors can receive ~7% MORE in earnings per share & ~2% MORE in FCF per share 🧠***
Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $MA is a super business
BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short Term Inv: $7.66B
•Long-Term Debt: $13.54B
$MA has a strong balance sheet, an A+ S&P Credit Rating & 19.79x FFO Interest Coverage
RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2019: 62.9%
•2020: 40.6%
•2021: 45.7%
•2022: 58.5%
•2023: 61.1%
•LTM: 64.1%
RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2019: 141.4%
•2020: 102.5%
•2021: 124.7%
•2022: 144.0%
•2023: 167.4%
•LTM: 186.3%
$MA has excellent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business
REVENUES✅
•2013: $8.31B
•2023: $25.10B
•CAGR: 11.68%
FREE CASH FLOW✅
•2013: $3.98B
•2023: $11.61B
•CAGR: 11.30%
NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2013: $2.61
•2023: $12.26
•CAGR: 16.73%
PAID DIVIDENDS✅
•2013: $0.29
•2023: $2.37
•CAGR: 23.37%
SHARE BUYBACKS✅
•2013 Shares Outstanding: 1.21B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 939M
By reducing its shares outstanding ~22.4%, $MA increased its EPS by ~28.8% (assuming 0 growth)
MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 100.0%
•LTM Operating Margins: 58.1%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 46.1%
***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠
As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~7% MORE in EPS & ~2% MORE in FCF per share
Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $MA has to grow earnings at a 14.58% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation
Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be slightly more than the (14.58%) required growth rate:
2024E: $14.27 (16.4% YoY) *FY Dec
2025E: $16.57 (16.1% YoY)
2026E: $19.33 (16.7% YoY)
$MA has a good track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but let’s assume $MA ends 2026 with $19.33 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples
31x P/E: $599.23💵 … ~14.9% CAGR
30x P/E: $579.90💵 … ~13.4% CAGR
29x P/E: $560.57💵 … ~11.9% CAGR
28x P/E: $541.24💵 … ~10.6% CAGR
As you can see, $MA appears to have attractive return potential EVEN if we assume greater or equal to 28x earnings (well-below the 10-year mean & more than justified given its quality & growth rate)
$MA is such a high-quality business & has the potential to compound in the mid teens for the next 5 years & companies with strong & consistent earnings growth tend to look cheap years later (even if investors thought they were “expensive” or even better, slightly undervalued, at the time)
Today at $429💵 $MA appears to be a strong consideration for investment
Given that $MA has historically bottomed near 26x earnings, I'd also leave some room to purchase additional shares if the stock were to trade at that multiple, which would be about 10% lower, or around $386💵
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