"A Simple Guide to Your Company's Financial Statements" - Excellent document by Mastercard to help Small Business owners understand the importance & structure of Financial statements. Equally useful document for investors. 📊👍
Yes, a very valid predicament @IrnestKaplan especially with the current valuations.
SW/SaaS Companies usually have few advantages.
-A very high Gross Margin that affords them to spend in other areas.
-No Debt (or very low amount) saving them the interest.
However careful evaluation has to be done if the ongoing expenses for
-R&D is resulting in great Products/Services widening their Market leadership.
-S&M is resulting in acquiring higher value Customers, lowering churn and increasing stickiness.
-G&A is trending down with scale.
The company has to be trending towards Market leadership in an important and growing TAM, while the Management is executing well and building some type of moat.
In these cases, at some point the operating margins and FCF/Sales for good businesses could reach 25% or more.
Loved the article since it clearly explains the reasons on why they influenced his investing strategy along with including some highlights from each book.
Good info for beginner & long-term (business focused) investors.
Below are some clipped highlights for each book.⬇️