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When is last time AMD had a multi-day winning streak ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Year-to-date, QQQ up just shy of 22%.

Was @DivesTech not bullish enough in his 25% call for 2024 ๐Ÿ˜‚

Or did Kolanovic departure finally signal the top, the horror ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
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A sober valuation analysis on $FDS ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 24.70x
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 26.06x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 3.95%
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 4.19%

As you can see, $FDS appears to be fairly valued

Going forward, investors can receive ~5% more in earnings per share & ~5% less in FCF per share***

Before we discuss valuation, letโ€™s analyze why $FDS is a high-quality business

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Short-Term Inv: $522.10M
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $1.24B

RETURN ON CAPITALโœ…
โ€ข2019: 34.7%
โ€ข2020: 25.4%
โ€ข2021: 24.9%
โ€ข2022: 15.2%
โ€ข2023: 18.9%
โ€ขLTM: 20.2%

RETURN ON EQUITYโœ…
โ€ข2019: 58.9%
โ€ข2020: 47.5%
โ€ข2021: 41.8%
โ€ข2022: 33.8%
โ€ข2023: 31.7%
โ€ขLTM: 28.8%

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

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2013: $0.86B
โ€ข2023: $2.09B
โ€ขCAGR: 9.28%

FREE CASH FLOWโœ…
โ€ข2013: $251.29M
โ€ข2023: $584.79M
โ€ขCAGR: 8.81%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2013: $5.04
โ€ข2023: $14.55
โ€ขCAGR: 11.18%

$FDS consistent growth in revenues, free cash flow, & net income is impressive especially when you consider the company has increased its revenues annually since for more than 20 years

SHARE BUYBACKSโœ…
โ€ข2014 Shares Outstanding: 44.62M
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 38.68M
โ€ขShare Reduction: ~15.4%

By reducing its shares outstanding ~13.3%, $FDS increased its EPS by ~15.3% (assuming 0 growth)

PAID DIVIDENDSโœ…
โ€ข2013: $1.32
โ€ข2023: $3.74
โ€ขCAGR: 10.97%

As you can see, $FDS is a quality business and the financials reflect its high % of recurring revenues ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฝ

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

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

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $FDS has to grow earnings at a 12.35% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2025 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be less than the (12.35%) required growth rate:

2024E: $16.29 (11.9% YoY) *FY Aug

2025E: $17.47 (7.3% YoY)
2026E: $19.33 (10.6% YoY)

$FDS has a good track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so letโ€™s assume $FDS ends 2026 with $19.33 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples:

26x P/E: $502.58๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~10.1% CAGR

25x P/E: $483.25๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~8.1% CAGR

24x P/E: $463.92๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~6.1% CAGR

23x P/E: $444.59๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~4.1% CAGR

As you can see, $FDS appears to have attractive return potential if we assume at least 26x earnings (a multiple at its 10-year mean & but may not be justified given its lower growth rate & excessively elevated multiple from 2020-2023 which skewed the average higher)

Today at $416๐Ÿ’ต $FDS appears to be fairly valued

Iโ€™d get more interested in $FDS at $385๐Ÿ’ต or at ~22.85x NTM earnings (7.5% below todays price) where I can reasonably anticipate double-digit CAGR potential with a 24x end multiple

Thank you @isaac_b12 for the request

#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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Kenyaโ€™s government has raised concerns about risks associated with the use of AI as youth-led, anti-government protests continue across the nation.
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RT @DimitryNakhla: And I still believe market participants are underestimating $AMZN FCF growth potential ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

#stocks #investing https://t.co/oPSI0YN0RD

Interesting to compare FCF Estimates of $AMZN $NVDA $GOOG & $MSFT ๐Ÿ’ต

โ€ข By the end of 2028, $AMZN is projected to generate more FCF ($142.34B) than the rest ๐Ÿ’ธ

โ€ข $NVDA is projected to nearly triple its FCF in 2 years (2024-2026) ๐Ÿคฏ

โ€ข Despite $NVDA outstanding growth, $GOOG & $MSFT FCF projections are still impressive ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Current valuations:

โ€ข $AMZN 1.96T
โ€ข $NVDA 3.00T
โ€ข $GOOG 2.25T
โ€ข $MSFT 3.34T

Any thoughts? Comment below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

#stocks #investing
- Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capitalยฎ
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A sober valuation analysis on $DHR ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 30.69x
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 25.18x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 4.34%
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 3.24%

As you can see, $DHR appears to be trading above fair value

Going forward, investors can receive ~18% LESS in earnings per share & ~25% LESS in FCF per share ๐Ÿง ***

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

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Short-Term Inv: $7.03B
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $16.42B

$DHR has a great balance sheet, an A- S&P Credit Rating, & 22x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL๐Ÿ†—*
โ€ข2019: 6.2%
โ€ข2020: 7.8%
โ€ข2021: 10.3%
โ€ข2022: 10.7%
โ€ข2023: 7.4%
โ€ขLTM: 7.2%

*ROIC relatively low partly due to $DHR growth strategy (acquisitions, capital allocation, etc)

RETURN ON EQUITY๐Ÿ†—
โ€ข2019: 8.3%
โ€ข2020: 10.8%
โ€ข2021: 12.8%
โ€ข2022: 13.3%
โ€ข2023: 8.2%
โ€ขLTM: 7.8%

$DHR has decent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2018: $17.05B
โ€ข2023: $23.89B
โ€ขCAGR: 6.97%

FREE CASH FLOWโœ…
โ€ข2018: $3.44B
โ€ข2023: $5.78B
โ€ขCAGR: 10.93%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2018: $7.58
โ€ข2023: $4.52
โ€ขCAGR: 10.89%

SHARE BUYBACKSโŒ
โ€ข2018 Shares Outstanding: 0.70B
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 0.74B

MARGINSโœ…
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 58.9%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 21.9%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 17.1%

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~18% LESS in EPS & ~25% LESS in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $DHR has to grow earnings at a 15.35% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2024 - 2026 EPS growth over the next few years to be less than the (15.35%) required growth rate:

2024E: $7.62 (0.5% YoY) *FY Dec
2025E: $8.74 (14.8% YoY)
2026E: $9.71 (11.0% YoY)

$DHR has a decent track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so letโ€™s assume $DHR ends 2026 with $9.71 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples

32x P/E: $310.72๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~11.3% CAGR

28x P/E: $271.88๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~5.5% CAGR

27x P/E: $262.16๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~4.0% CAGR

26x P/E: $252.46๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~2.5% CAGR

25x P/E: $242.75๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~1.0% CAGR

As you can see, $DHR needs to trade above 32x to have attractive return potential

While possible, I wouldnโ€™t want to rely on that assumption as it doesnโ€™t leave us with any margin of safety

While the 10-year mean multiple is 25.18x, Iโ€™d be content relying on somewhere closer to 27x - 28x earnings given $DHR quality, culture, competitive advantage, earnings growth rate & the quality of earnings, & long-term tailwinds in the sector

Yet, even at 27x - 28x earnings, the return potential outlook is bleak

Today at $240๐Ÿ’ต $DHR is trading at a substantial premium

Iโ€™d become interested in $DHR closer to $200๐Ÿ’ต or at ~25.50x NTM earnings (roughly 16.7% below todayโ€™s price)

At that price, I can reasonably expect ~12% CAGR while assuming 27x & ~10.2% CAGR while assuming 26x, a multiple I view as fair for $DHR

#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.
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