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Listen to the @alluvialcapital Q3 2024 investor letter๐ŸŽง

The letter discusses... ๐Ÿ‘‡

Fund performance
Two new holdings
Current holdings updates
Portfolio Themes

https://t.co/4KoNtGKiKc
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Guinness GI on Haitian International $1882 HK

Thesis: As the global leader in injection molding machines, Haitian is primed to benefit from government incentives, consumer goods upgrades, and reshoring trends.

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/UDHsjDlGds
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Altria: Post-Q3 Review today
$MO $PM $BATS $BTI $IMB
https://t.co/RIJ9xOK554
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Japan Tobacco 24Q3 Tobacco results (31-Oct)

Q3 volume +2.4%, o/w Combustibles +2.1%
Core revenue +8.1% ex-FX
Adj. EBIT +3.7% ex-FX, +0.4% in ยฅ

Q1-3 volume +2.2%, o/w Combustibles +1.8%
Core revenue +7.5% ex-FX
Adj. EBIT +4.7% ex-FX, +3.4% in ยฅ

EM-driven

cc: $MO $IMB $PM $BATS https://t.co/ux9QncNZDF
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Ennismore on Deutsche Wohnen SE $DWNI GR

Thesis: With stable rental income, strong market position in Berlin, and the potential for a favorable takeover by Vonovia, Deutsche Wohnen offers attractive value for patient investors.

(Extract from their Q3 letter) https://t.co/oRpsOjy2Sr
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RT @AccountableGOP: NEW AD: Trumpโ€™s professional references agree: Trump is unfit for the job. https://t.co/rDEizLkOd5
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British American Tobacco upcoming Velo Plus is from an acquisition

Because pouches need to have PMTA submitted pre May-22 to remain in US market

Altria is trying to redesign NJOY to avoid Juul patent

But each change needs new application

FDA = barrier to entry

$BATS $MO $PM https://t.co/GdXLZgvP2D
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RT @Liz_Cheney: This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala

Trump on Liz Cheney: "Let's put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face." https://t.co/Mtx1fbLtwE
- Aaron Rupar
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โ Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capitalยฎ
A sober valuation analysis on $IDXX ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 34.64x
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 49.42x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 2.83%
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 1.95%

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

Going forward, investors can receive ~42% MORE in earnings per share & ~45% MORE FCF per share ๐Ÿง ***

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

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Short-Term Inv: $308.64M
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $524.76M

$IDXX has a strong balance sheet, reflected by its 25x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITALโœ…
โ€ข2019: 44.0%
โ€ข2020: 42.1%
โ€ข2021: 53.9%
โ€ข2022: 43.1%
โ€ข2023: 42.9%
โ€ขLTM: 44.6%

RETURN ON EQUITYโœ…
โ€ข2019: 507.5%
โ€ข2020: 143.6%
โ€ข2021: 112.6%
โ€ข2022: 104.6%
โ€ข2023: 80.7%
โ€ขLTM: 59.4%

$IDXX has excellent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2013: $1.38B
โ€ข2023: $3.66B
โ€ขCAGR: 10.24%

FREE CASH FLOWโœ…
โ€ข2012: $168.38M
โ€ข2022: $792.60M
โ€ขCAGR: 16.75%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2013: $1.79
โ€ข2023: $10.06
โ€ขCAGR: 18.84%

SHARE BUYBACKSโœ…
โ€ข2013 Shares Outstanding: 107.97M
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 83.59M

By reducing its shares outstanding ~22.5%, $IDXX increased its EPS by ~29.0% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINSโœ…
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 60.7%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 28.9%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 22.5%

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive about ~42% MORE in EPS & ~45% MORE FCF per share

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $IDXX has to grow earnings at a 17.32% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2025 EPS growth over the next few years to be less than the (17.32%) required growth rate:

2024E: $10.69 (6.2% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $12.19 (14.1% YoY)
2026E: $13.88 (13.8% YoY)

$IDXX has a great track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so letโ€™s assume $IDXX ends 2026 with $13.88 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

38x P/E: $527.44๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~12.7% CAGR

36x P/E: $499.68๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~9.9% CAGR

34x P/E: $471.92๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~7.1% CAGR

32x P/E: $444.16๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~4.1% CAGR

As you can see, even weโ€™d have to assume a >36 P/E just for $IDXX to compound at an attractive rate, an assumption that leaves us with little margin of safety & still the risk of more multiple compression offsetting the benefits of earnings growth

However, you can see $IDXX historically bottoms near these levels and has traded for 30x twice in the past 10-years (both instances in 2015 when the company did not have the scale it has today

Today, at $407๐Ÿ’ต $IDXX is starting to peaks my interest (perhaps worth a nibble)

I consider $IDXX a strong buy at closer to $365๐Ÿ’ต (~10% lower from todayโ€™s price) which gets $IDXX near 31x earnings, a level of very strong fundamental support and a level thatโ€™s justified by its growth rate & quality

At $365๐Ÿ’ต, given todayโ€™s estimates, I can reasonably assume ~11% CAGR at a 33x multiple

#stocks #investing
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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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