⁠Investing visuals
Teladoc $TDOC was a 2021 favorite, now down 93%.

Will Him & Hers $HIMS face the same fate, or is it built differently?🤔 https://t.co/XW1GZCF951
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⁠Stock Analysis Compilation
Lindsell Train on Intuit $INTU US

Thesis: Intuit’s AI-driven innovations enhance productivity, customer satisfaction, and pave the way for strong revenue growth

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/QE7Emy5vCz
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⁠Startup Archive
Spotify founder Daniel Ek explains why he doesn’t worry about competition from Google and Apple

In this interview from 2015, Daniel Ek is asked how Spotify will compete against tech giants like Google and Apple who recently entered the music space. He responds:

“Apple and Google do this and 10,000 other things. We’re specialized. We don’t do anything other than our own service. This is all I do every day. We think with that focus and the thousands - if not millions of hours - that we put into creating [our] experience, we will win.”

He continues:

“The way you win in this fast-moving world… is by being super focused on solving one problem better than anyone else and by moving faster than everyone else in solving that problem. It’s really simple if you think about it like that… Sooner or later you’re going to get defocused if you do a thousand things. You can’t do all 1,000 things super well.”

In 2015 Spotify was valued at $8 billion. Today it’s valued at almost $100 billion.

Video source: @twistartups @jason (2015)
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⁠Quiver Quantitative
BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi's portfolio just hit ANOTHER all-time high.

She has made $9M in the stock market this week, per our estimates.

We estimate that she is now worth $269M: https://t.co/AuWvzthh9q
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⁠Quiver Quantitative
I’ve been writing code that lets people track politicians’ portfolios on Quiver.

Here’s much money different members of Congress have made in the stock market in December.

Can you guess who the outlier is, without looking at the x-axis? https://t.co/6ESv8vuarU
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⁠Stock Analysis Compilation
Loomis Sayles on Alphabet $GOOGL US

Thesis: Alphabet’s unrivaled dominance in digital advertising positions it to thrive in the shift from traditional media

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/h2dV9XnLHx
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⁠Quiver Quantitative
This keeps getting more suspect.

We recently caught a STOCK Act violation by Senator Markwayne Mullin.

He bought stock in a company called Stride, $LRN.

It's a for-profit education company.

Mullin sits on the Senate Committee on Education.

The stock has now risen 47% since. https://t.co/Rkw2f4t3vc
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⁠Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
RT @DimitryNakhla: A sober valuation analysis on $PYPL 🧘🏽‍♂️

•NTM P/E Ratio: 18.47x
•All-Time Mean: 29.55x

•NTM FCF Yield: 7.42%
•All-Time Mean: 5.07%

As you can see, $PYPL appears to be trading below fair value

Going forward, investors can receive ~53% MORE in earnings per share & ~46% MORE in FCF per share 🧠***

Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $PYPL is a good business

BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $11.92B
•Long-Term Debt: $9.98B

$PYPL has an excellent balance sheet, an A- S&P Credit Rating, & 20x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2019: 12.4%
•2020: 11.5%
•2021: 13.6%
•2022: 12.7%
•2023: 14.8%
•LTM: 16.6%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2019: 15.2%
•2020: 22.7%
•2021: 20.0%
•2022: 11.5%
•2023: 20.5%
•LTM: 22.2%

$PYPL has strong return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUES✅
•2018: $15.45B
•2023: $29.77B
•CAGR: 14.01%

FREE CASH FLOW❌*
•2018: $4.66B
•2023: $4.22B
•Decrease: (9.44%)

*LTM FCF is $7.05B 📈

*Also, FCF in 2017 was $1.86B, so FCF rose ~150% in 2018 start date (“normalizing” the decline above)

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2018: $2.42
•2023: $5.10
•CAGR: 16.07%

SHARE BUYBACKS✅
•2018 Shares Outstanding: 1.20B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 1.06B

By reducing its shares outstanding by 11.6%, $PYPL increased its EPS by 13.1% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 40.1%
•LTM Operating Margins: 17.7%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 14.1%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~53% MORE in EPS & ~46% MORE in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $PYPL has to grow earnings at a 9.29% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2025 - 2027 EPS growth over the next few years to be greater than the (9.29%) required growth rate:

2024E: $4.57 (-10.3% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $4.89 (6.9% YoY)
2026E: $5.43 (11.1% YoY)
2027E: $6.37 (17.3% YoY)

$PYPL has an ok track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but let’s assume $PYPL ends 2027 with $6.37 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

21x P/E: $133.77💵 … ~14.3% CAGR

20x P/E: $127.40💵 … ~12.5% CAGR

19x P/E: $121.03💵 … ~10.6% CAGR

18x P/E: $114.66💵 … ~8.7% CAGR

As you can see, $PYPL appears to have attractive return potential if we assume >19x earnings & aggressive return potential if we assume >20x earnings

The 🔑 isn't a mean reversion in $PYPL's multiple, but a modest increase (still below its historical average) - a reasonable and safe assumption

Everyone wanted $PYPL when it traded 50x earnings, not many wanted it when it traded for 12x earnings ☯️

There’s STILL negative sentiment around $PYPL and this sentiment is already being changed as management continues to make good progress

Today at $88.50💵 $PYPL still appears to be a good consideration for investment (albeit, with some turnaround / competitive risks & a smaller margin of safety)

#stocks #investing
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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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