Thoughts on Investing
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Why we bought Amrutanjan Healthcare and continue to like it!
‘While, I was reading about this company I literally fell asleep’ said a smart analyst during one of our Chai pe Charcha meetings sometime in mid 2014. ‘You know.. it’s a 120-year old company and still does only about 140 Crores in sales, and by the way who really uses balm these days? I guess […]
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Indian Markets at Cross Roads
Disclaimer: We are totally into bottom-up stock-picking and are amateurs when it comes to making sense out of Macros. This post is just a small attempt to share our thought process regarding current market environment and some interesting observations 🙂 Imagine a conversation between two investors regarding a hot mid-cap which has recently done pretty […]
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[Video] Talk delivered at FIL Alumni Meet, Pune – July 2016
Recently I had the privilege of sharing my thoughts on investing with my fellow FIL Alumni at Flame University, Pune. The video, along with the presentation, is shared below. I talked about ‘India’s Consolidation Wave’; how the organized players stand a great chance to grow amidst an on-going shift in consumer preferences towards standardised and branded offerings. Video_India’s Consolidation […]
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What makes Wonderla Holidays an amazing business?
What is the idea of a full-day outing/picnic for an average Indian middle class family? Think about it, what are the entertainment options available for a family even in Metro cities on weekends or when you have some relatives visiting you from outstation? I bet the first thing that would come to your mind would […]
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Tasty Bite Eatables turning Tastier
We had invested in Tasty Bite Eatables in April 2015 when the stock price was Rs 640. In this post, we will briefly cover what attracted us to the company and how the thesis is playing out. Tasty Bite Eatables (TBE) is a company incorporated in 1986 and is mainly into ready-to-eat food. It was promoted by […]
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What makes Thyrocare a great business?
What makes Thyrocare a great business? I probably first got to know about Thyrocare Technologies Limited (a company into Healthcare Diagnostic) through a 2010 ET article titled ‘PE firm buys 30% in Thryocare as comapany seeks to tap radiology segment‘ and later in 2012 when Thyrocare had second round of funding ‘Norwest Venture Partners invests Rs 120 cr […]
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Is VLS Finance really a deep value stock?
VLS Finance is a Delhi-based listed company which holds big chunks in some other listed companies like Relaxo Footwear, Ambika Cotton, Accelya Kale and many others, having a combined market value of Rs 950+ Cr. (as on 18th April 2016) The market cap of VLS Finance, on the other hand is just Rs 150 Cr. which implies one is getting […]
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3-wave framework & its implications on growth potential
In the long run if there is one key variable that determines the return we make on any stock, it is the earnings growth of that company. Earnings can grow through growth in sales, sales-mix change and profit margin expansion. However, it is the first variable; sales, that is most important in the long run […]
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Significance of Management Quality in Long Term Investing
What would you do if I give you the following information about a listed B2C company: The brands of the company are jointly owned with promoter’s private entity. The most premium brand owned by this company which brings a third of the revenue and bulk of the profitability, is under litigation, filed by company’s closest […]
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Obsession with P/e Multiple
Maruti says we are a country obsessed with mileage; see its famous NASA ad ‘Kitna Deti Hai’ Indians are known to be very smart consumers; always looking for value-for-money offerings. Fortunately or unfortunately, that should make us very good ‘Value Investors’ as defined by Ben Graham. However, how do we know if a stock is […]