⁠Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
A quality valuation analysis on $AMD 🧘🏽‍♂️

•NTM P/E Ratio: 30.59x
•3-Year Mean: 32.10x

•NTM FCF Yield: 2.97%
•3-Year Mean: 3.10%

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

Going forward, investors can receive ~5% MORE in earnings per share & ~4% LESS in FCF per share 🧠***

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

BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $4.54B
•Long-Term Debt: $1.72B

$PYPL has an excellent balance sheet, an A- S&P Credit Rating, & 21x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅➡️❌
•2019: 17.9%
•2020: 21.5%
•2021: 44.7%
•2022: 2.1%
•2023: 0.7%
•LTM: 2.3%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅➡️❌*
•2019: 16.7%
•2020: 57.5%
•2021: 47.4%
•2022: 4.2%
•2023: 1.5%
•LTM: 3.3%

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

*the notable drop in ROIC can be attributed to Xilinx acquisition in 2022, increased expenses and investments, among other things

REVENUES✅
•2018: $6.48B
•2023: $22.68B
•CAGR: 28.47%

FREE CASH FLOW❌➡️✅
•2018: ($0.13B)
•2023: $1.12B

*2024E FCF is $3.68B 📈

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2018: $0.46
•2023: $2.65
•CAGR: 41.93%

SHARE BUYBACKS❌
•2018 Shares Outstanding: 1.06B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 1.64B

By increasing its shares outstanding by 54%, $AMD decreased its EPS by 35% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINS🆗
•LTM Gross Margins: 52.1%
•LTM Operating Margins: 5.6%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 7.5%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~5% MORE in EPS & ~4% LESS in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $AMD has to grow earnings at a 15.30% 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 (15.30%) required growth rate:

2024E: $3.32 (25.5% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $5.11 (53.8% YoY)
2026E: $7.10 (38.9% YoY)
2027E*: $9.11 (28.2% YoY)

$AMD has a mediocre track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so let’s assume $AMD ends 2027 with $8.20* in EPS (10% below estimates) & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

26x P/E: $213.20💵 … ~15.0% CAGR

24x P/E: $196.80💵 … ~12.1% CAGR

22x P/E: $180.40💵 … ~8.9% CAGR

20x P/E: $164.00💵 … ~5.7% CAGR

As you can see, $AMD appears to have attractive return potential if we assume >24x earnings & aggressive return potential if we assume >26x earnings

Assuming 24x is very reasonable given $AMD growth rate — however this is a high degree of uncertainty when it comes to $AMD multi-year projections (for better or for worse)

Today at $138💵 $AMD still appears to be a decent consideration for investment

To account for the high uncertainty and aggressive growth projections, I would require a more substantial margin of safety

I’d consider $AMD a strong consideration closer to $120💵 (~13.5% below today’s price) or at ~26.50x NTM estimates, where I can expect ~14% CAGR assuming 22x

#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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⁠Startup Archive
RT @foundertribune: "Startup Thinking" by Peter Thiel https://t.co/XXP3ngZAVK
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⁠Startup Archive
"A startup is the largest group of people you can convince of a plan to build a different future."

- Peter Thiel

"Startup Thinking" by Peter Thiel https://t.co/XXP3ngZAVK - The Founders' Tribune
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⁠Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
A quality valuation analysis on $AMD 🧘🏽‍♂️

•NTM P/E Ratio: 30.59x
•3-Year Mean: 32.10x

•NTM FCF Yield: 2.97%
•3-Year Mean: 3.10%

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

Going forward, investors can receive ~5% MORE in earnings per share & ~4% LESS in FCF per share 🧠***

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

BALANCE SHEET✅
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $4.54B
•Long-Term Debt: $1.72B

$AMD has an excellent balance sheet, an A- S&P Credit Rating, & 21x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅➡️❌
•2019: 17.9%
•2020: 21.5%
•2021: 44.7%
•2022: 2.1%
•2023: 0.7%
•LTM: 2.3%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅➡️❌*
•2019: 16.7%
•2020: 57.5%
•2021: 47.4%
•2022: 4.2%
•2023: 1.5%
•LTM: 3.3%

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

*the notable drop in ROIC can be attributed to Xilinx acquisition in 2022, increased expenses and investments, among other things

REVENUES✅
•2018: $6.48B
•2023: $22.68B
•CAGR: 28.47%

FREE CASH FLOW❌➡️✅
•2018: ($0.13B)
•2023: $1.12B

*2024E FCF is $3.68B 📈

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2018: $0.46
•2023: $2.65
•CAGR: 41.93%

SHARE BUYBACKS❌
•2018 Shares Outstanding: 1.06B
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 1.64B

By increasing its shares outstanding by 54%, $AMD decreased its EPS by 35% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINS🆗
•LTM Gross Margins: 52.1%
•LTM Operating Margins: 5.6%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 7.5%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~5% MORE in EPS & ~4% LESS in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $AMD has to grow earnings at a 15.30% 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 (15.30%) required growth rate:

2024E: $3.32 (25.5% YoY) *FY Dec

2025E: $5.11 (53.8% YoY)
2026E: $7.10 (38.9% YoY)
2027E*: $9.11 (28.2% YoY)

$AMD has a mediocre track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so let’s assume $AMD ends 2027 with $8.20* in EPS (10% below estimates) & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

26x P/E: $213.20💵 … ~15.0% CAGR

24x P/E: $196.80💵 … ~12.1% CAGR

22x P/E: $180.40💵 … ~8.9% CAGR

20x P/E: $164.00💵 … ~5.7% CAGR

As you can see, $AMD appears to have attractive return potential if we assume >24x earnings & aggressive return potential if we assume >26x earnings

Assuming 24x is very reasonable given $AMD growth rate — however this is a high degree of uncertainty when it comes to $AMD multi-year projections (for better or for worse)

Today at $138💵 $AMD still appears to be a decent consideration for investment

To account for the high uncertainty and aggressive growth projections, I would require a more substantial margin of safety

I’d consider $AMD a strong consideration closer to $120💵 (~13.5% below today’s price) or at ~26.50x NTM estimates, where I can expect ~14% CAGR assuming 22x

#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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⁠Startup Archive
Jack Dorsey on why building something for yourself can be better than trying to solve a problem

When a 29 year old Jack Dorsey joined the podcasting startup Odeo, he soon learned that no one there really cared about podcasting either:

“That was one of Odeo’s biggest failures. We were not building tools for us. We were building tools for other people.”

As Odeo struggled, the team began to look for new ideas, and Jack presented his idea for Twitter. Somewhat counterintuitively, the product would not solve a specific problem:

“Twitter solves no one’s problem at all. It was something we wanted to use. It was something we wanted to see in the world. It was something we wanted to use on a daily basis, and that’s all that drove us. That’s what got us up every single morning, and that’s what made it meaningful.”

It turns out there were more people like Jack and the Odeo team who wanted to use it to.

“I think that is one of the biggest lessons I learned—Twitter did not start as a company. Twitter started as a product within another company that was failing. And to me, this really emphasized the fact that entrepreneurship is not necessarily starting a new company. It’s actually just taking significant risk to build what you want to see in the world.”

Video source: @Cal_Engineer (2013)
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⁠Ahmad Jivraj
Stop Investing in Index Funds!

If you’re between 20-50, here’s why you should try and beat the market:

Let’s say you aim for 15% returns for the next 20 years => that’s 16X

Say the market return is 8% => That’s 4.6X

You could be off by ~70% and still breakeven!

That’s a pretty big margin of safety.

What’s your idea? https://t.co/LBeGxeOuCo - Sidecar Investor
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⁠Ahmad Jivraj
RT @mrjivraj: The thing is, there have been plenty of opportunities for Bitcoin to die:
•Multiple Hacks
•Multiple Massive Price Declines
•Multiple new and improved Crypto currencies created (better tech than Bitcoin)

To me it no longer matters whether Bitcoin is the best crypto-currency or whether it has the best underlying technology.

Bitcoin is THE established brand in the Crypto world. It has “crossed the chasm”.

For the layman, Bitcoin is actually synonymous with Crypto.

Bitcoin is the barometer that everything else in the Crypto-world is compared to.

I compare this to the FICO Score. In the US, lenders use FICO scores to gauge a potential borrower's creditworthiness.

The way the score is calculated isn’t known.

Many argue that at best it is old and outdated and doesn’t best represent a borrower’s creditworthiness.

That clearly doesn’t matter. FICO is the accepted standard.

I believe Bitcoin will remain the accepted standard in the Crypto-world.
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