Self-financeable Growth (SFG) – How Fast A Company Can Grow On Its Own?

Self-financeable Growth (SFG) – How Fast A Company Can Grow On Its Own?

Here is the concept of self-financeable growth. I first read about it on Harvard Business Review (HBR). The write-up was interesting. Hence I thought to write about it, in my words, for my readers. How I landed up on HBR? Recently Indian stock market is buzzing with IPO’s. Most of the IPO’s attracted the attention of…

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Working Capital Management: Importance Of Operating Cash Cycle & Liquidity Ratios For Companies

Companies need cash to run their day-to-day operations. Working capital management focuses on factors that generate and consumes cash. A company must be capable of generating more cash than it consumes. Cash parked in the company’s bank account is not working capital. We will dig deeper to get a better understanding of the concept of working capital. What Is…

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Financial Health Of A Company: How To Identify A Company With Healthy Finances?

Talking about stocks, investing only in a financially healthy company is advisable. But it is easier said than done. Why? Because analyzing the financial health of a company is not easy for a novice? It is a thing that must be learned. In this article, we will try to do just that. Generally speaking, investors…

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Asset Coverage Ratio (ACR): ACR as a share price valuation tool

Generally, for banks and lenders, the asset coverage ratio (ACR) is one way to check the loan-friendliness of the company. Investors can also use the concept of ACR to check two things about the company. First, they can check if the company is risky due to a high debt load. Second, they can also check the price…

The Margin Of Safety: How To Apply The Theory During Stocks Purchase?
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The Margin Of Safety: How To Apply The Theory During Stocks Purchase?

People who know about value investing will be familiar with the term called “margin of safety”. Generally, people prefer to apply a rule of thumb when it comes to the margin of safety. A stock trading at two-third of its estimated intrinsic value can be said to be available at a good margin of safety….

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Discounted Cash Flow (DCF): How to use it for Stock Valuation?

[Updated] Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method is a better way of intrinsic value calculation. The DCF model is derived from a concept called Net Present Value (NPV). Why Intrinsic Value is required? Because based on it, one can judge if the stock is fairly priced or not. DCF method is not an easy way of doing price…

Leverage Analysis: How To Analyze A Company Based On Leverage
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Leverage Analysis: How To Analyze A Company Based On Leverage

Before we can do a leverage analysis of a company, we must know the basic definition of “leverage.” What is leverage? There can be two sources of capital for a company. First, equity and second is borrowed money (loan/debt). When a company uses loans to fund its capital requirements, we can say it is leveraged.  What does the…

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How To Identify Moat Companies – Having Strong Competitive Advantage

In our series of articles about stock basics, we talked about the economic moat of a company. A wider Moat gives an edge to the company over their rivals. Such companies operate with high margins. But how to identify moat companies? In our previous article, we’ve talked mainly about the qualitative factors that give moat to companies. But it is also…

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Quality of Management: How To Analyze A Company’s management?

Generally, when we analyze stocks, it is based on quantitative data. But everything about a company is not quantifiable. Judging the quality of Management based on the numbers alone is not possible.  Hence, before digging into the numbers, starting stock research by just observing a company is considered good. What to watch in a company? We can look at the group of people who…

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Sector’s Competitive Advantage Analysis Using Porter’s Five Forces

A business that operates in an industry (sector) having fierce competition cannot display a competitive advantage. But a company dwelling as a monopoly (like Microsoft) will have an exceptional advantage. So, a sector with too many competitors in it is not good for its companies. As a customer, we would like to buy products of…

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Analysis of Stocks Having Less Than Ten Years Financial Data [Mrs. Bector Food]

Analysis of stocks that are new in the market is not so simple. What is the problem? The analyst must make some assumptions. For the company which has 10-year records, the assumptions-list is much shorter.  Recently I met a friend who enquired me about the recent IPO (in Dec’2020) of Mrs. Bector Food. Someone advised…