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ServiceNow $NOW: the first big software player to report Q3 earnings after-hours today.

Earnings preview:
๐Ÿ”นEst. Revenue: $2.75 Bln (+20%)
๐Ÿ”นEst. Earnings per share: $0.60 (+18%) https://t.co/3Ki0gT61J5
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ThermoFisher $TMO Reports an OK Q3

โŒ Revenue: $10.60B vs $10.64B (est)

โœ… Adjusted EPS: $5.28 vs $5.24 (est)

๐ŸŸฐFY Guidance

Would love to see $TMO trade closer to $525

#stocks #investing https://t.co/HOGKDntlqj
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Pernas Research on Enterprise Group $E CN

Thesis: Enterprise Group's growth potential in clean energy and mining sectors, combined with new gas turbine deployments, positions it for strong profit generation in the next five years.

(Extract from their Stock Sonar Report) https://t.co/WFUAGd5QN9
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Hedge funds' best ideas #15 is in your inbox ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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One of the older guys I worked with back in the day, hardcore fundamental long term (years) investor: fuck any research that is overly obsessed with comps
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Patient Capital Management on Expedia Group $EXPE US

Thesis: Expediaโ€™s successful transformation efforts, undervalued B2C business, and consistent share buybacks offer strong potential for long-term growth.

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/p4QFYWqzWZ
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(Tutorial): ROIC and acquisitions- Questions to ask yourself when running an ROIC for the 1st time

$HEI https://t.co/enWeDMgRAL
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Nancy Pelosi has lost $3.4M in the stock market today, per our estimates.

She is still up $22M on the year. https://t.co/E32jFlzW53
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RT @DimitryNakhla: A sober valuation analysis on $ELV ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 11.52x
โ€ข5-Year Mean: 14.05x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 8.28%
โ€ข5-Year Mean: 6.87%

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

Going forward, investors can expect to receive ~22% MORE in earnings per share & ~20% MORE in FCF per share๐Ÿง ***

Before we get into valuation, letโ€™s take a look at why $ELV is a quality business

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Equivalents: $7.86B
โ€ขTotal Investments: $40.35B
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $24.68B

$ELV has a strong balance sheet, an A S&P Credit Rating & 1.93x FFO Interest Coverage Ratio (temporarily lower FFO)

RETURN ON CAPITALโœ…
โ€ข2019: 12.3%
โ€ข2020: 14.7%
โ€ข2021: 14.3%
โ€ข2022: 13.4%
โ€ข2023: 14.7%
โ€ขLTM: 14.5%

RETURN ON EQUITYโœ…
โ€ข2019: 16.0%
โ€ข2020: 14.1%
โ€ข2021: 17.7%
โ€ข2022: 16.3%
โ€ข2023: 15.8%
โ€ขLTM: 15.5%

$ELV has solid return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2013: $71.02B
โ€ข2023: $171.34B
โ€ขCAGR: 9.20%

FREE CASH FLOWโœ…
โ€ข2013: $2.41B
โ€ข2023: $6.77B
โ€ขCAGR: 10.88%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2013: $8.52
โ€ข2023: $33.14
โ€ขCAGR: 14.54%

SHARE BUYBACKSโœ…
โ€ข2013 Shares Outstanding: 303.80M
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 234.10M

By reducing its shares outstanding ~23%, $ELV increases its EPS by ~30% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINS๐Ÿ†—
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 9.4%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 6.1%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 3.7%

PAID DIVIDENDSโœ…
โ€ข2013: $1.50
โ€ข2023: $5.92
โ€ขCAGR: 14.71%

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~22% MORE in EPS & ~20% MORE in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $ELV has to grow earnings at a 5.76% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be greater than the (5.76%) required growth rate:

2024E: $35.36 (6.7% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $39.00 (10.3% YoY)
2026E: $44.01 (12.8% YoY)

$ELV has a great track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so letโ€™s assume $ELV ends 2026 with $44.01 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

14x P/E: $616.14๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~19.1% CAGR

13x P/E: $572.13๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~15.2% CAGR

12x P/E: $528.12๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~11.2% CAGR

As you can see, $ELV has attractive CAGR potential if we assume a >12x multiple (below its 14.05x 5-year mean & below its 14.22x 10-year mean)

More importantly, 12x is MORE than reasonable for a business thatโ€™s expected to grow earnings at a >10% rate & has a strong history of linear earnings growth ( $ELV has increased EPS annually since 2008 ๐ŸŽฏ)

I also like the negative price correlation $ELV can have, relative to tech, in the short-term โ€ฆ adding a layer of safety in a portfolio

In short, $ELV appears to be a strong consideration at $430๐Ÿ’ต

However, knowing that health insurers often face volatility amid the perception of political risks (among other things), itโ€™s wise to piece in & perhaps be prepared to add a second tranche at lower prices (as Iโ€™ve mentioned before)

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๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’๐”๐‘๐„โ€ผ๏ธ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅยฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐›๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.
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