⁠Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
A sober valuation analysis on $TSM 🧘🏽‍♂️

•NTM P/E Ratio: 21.75x
•5-Year Mean: 21.17x

•NTM FCF Yield: 2.31%
•5-Year Mean: 2.32%

As you can see, $TSM appears to be trading near fair value

Going forward, investors can receive about the same in earnings per share & FCF per share 🧠***

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

BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $54.98B
•Long-Term Debt: $29.91B

$TSM has a strong balance sheet, an AA- S&P Credit Rating & 103.50x FFO Interest Coverage Ratio

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅
•2018: 21.0%
•2019: 20.8%
•2020: 25.7%
•2021: 22.2%
•2022: 29.1%
•2023: 20.6%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅
•2018: 23.0%
•2019: 21.6%
•2020: 29.6%
•2021: 29.8%
•2022: 39.6%
•2023: 26.0%

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

REVENUES✅
•2013: $19.98B
•2023: $70.42B
•CAGR: 13.42%

FREE CASH FLOW✅
•2013: $2.00B
•2023: $9.52B
•CAGR: 16.88%

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2013: $1.22
•2023: $5.18
•CAGR: 15.55%

MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 54.4%
•LTM Operating Margins: 42.6%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 38.8%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive about the same in EPS & FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $TSM has to grow earnings at a 10.88% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be more than the (10.88%) required growth rate:

2024E: $6.29 (21.5% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $7.81 (24.1% YoY)
2026E: $9.02 (15.5% YoY)

$TSM has a great track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, but let’s just assume $TSM ends 2026 with $9.02 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

22x P/E: $198.44💵 … ~12.8% CAGR

21x P/E: $189.42💵 … ~10.8% CAGR

20x P/E: $180.40💵 … ~8.8% CAGR

19x P/E: $171.38💵 … ~6.7% CAGR

As you can see, $TSM appears to have attractive return potential if we assume a 21x - 22x multiple (a multiple more than justified by its growth rate & quality)

$TSM appears to be one of the more attractively valued semiconductor businesses today (due to perceived geopolitical risks, among other things)

Today, at $150💵 $TSM appears to be a decent consideration for investment

While $TSM offers compelling value, geopolitical risks add uncertainty. If you're highly risk-averse, $TSM may not be for you & that’s okay — there are many other semiconductors to select from that will likely be attractively valued at some point in the next few years

#stocks #investing
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$MYTE Mytheresa considering going private.

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RIP to one of the best and brightest investors of all time, Jim Simons.

Here's a 15-minute video of Simons talking about his life and passion, math. https://t.co/6PheF5ZyD8
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RT @gurgavin: ALIBABA IS CURRENTLY WORTH $195 BILLION AND IT HAS $92 BILLION IN CASH

IN 4 YEARS ALIBABA WILL HAVE MORE CASH ON HAND THAN ITS ENTIRE MARKET CAP

ALIBABA SPENT ~$5 BILLION ON SHARE BUYBACKS IN Q1 OF THIS YEAR AND STILL HAS $32 BILLION DOLLARS LEFT IN ITS BUYBACK PLAN

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⁠Antonio Linares
RT @alc2022: There's something in $PLTR Q1 2024 earnings which I did not like at all.

Adj. gross margin came in at 83% in Q1 2024, which is actually down 1% QoQ from Q4 2023.

In Q4 2023, they included a graph clearly showing adj. gross margin trending up. It's a beautiful graph.

In the Q1 2024 presentation, the graph is not present. In the call, they simply say adj. gross margin was "83% for the quarter."

They give no QoQ or YoY references. The reporting feels muted.

On the contrary, adj. operating margin is trending up in Q1 2024 and management does include a graph for this metric:

This sugar-coated form of reporting is not optimal for a company like $PLTR.
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