Now that most companies have reported earnings, it is a good time to assess where current valuation multiples stand and the estimates of revenue CAGR for the next few years.
This is the consolidated graph with all the companies:
In this other one, I included some companies that I had to exclude in the first graph:
$AFRM
$SNOW
$DLO
$GLBE
Valuation and growth are just some of the variables to take into account. But once you know a company really well, it can help to add at better valuations over time.
I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting September/October period. Let's keep compounding! 🔥📈
This earnings season the market is adjusting post covid. Seems like we are back to a stock pickers market. One of the important variables to look for is multiple expansion.
The following graph is a comparison of this metric for some companies pre and post pandemic.
To calculate the multiple expansion of each company, I compared the average multiple of every quarter from 2018-2019 vs today, using the following metrics:
- EV/GP
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/FCF
This has some limitations as multiples in 2018-2019 may be considered high or low.
But I wanted to get an estimate of how the pandemic and its consequences have affected valuations.
I used only positive metrics, so if FCF or EBITDA multiples were negative, I excluded those from the average. Gross profit was always used.
I like to compare companies with different metrics. It helps me understand a little better each business. This time, I am sharing the metric Gross Profit / Employee.
Hope you find it interesting 🙂
This is the consolidated graph. The next graphs are grouped by industry 👇
After a few volatile days, it is a good time to assess where current valuation multiples stand and the estimates of revenue CAGR for the next few years.
This is the consolidated graph with all the companies. The next graphs are grouped by industry.
The past 6 months I have been working to determine my personal (and biased) quality score for most of the companies on my checklist and others I see on fintwit.
Valuation was not a part of this score. Also, this list is not meant to be a stock recommendation.
In order to assign a quality score, I used standard parameters to score aspects such as:
- Management
- Culture
- Financial Resilience
- Moat
- Competitive landscape
- Potential
- Past performance
- Share dilution
- Risks
I am sharing this list for three reasons:
1. I put a lot of work and hours to this, so I thought that this might be useful for others on fintwit.
2. I benefit so much from investors constantly sharing valuable information in here, that I like to add some value in return.
Struggling with the decision to add between $BABA $AMZN or $JD 🤔
$AMZN
✅ E-commerce tailwinds
✅ AWS Cloud
✅ Ads business
✅ Solid moat with logistics
🔢 Good valuation
⛔ Size/Market Cap
⛔ Jeff Bezos out
⛔ Google and Microsoft Cloud
$BABA
✅ E-commerce tailwinds
✅ AliCloud
✅ Potential Multiple Expansion
✅ Margin Expansion w/Cloud
✅ Higher Growth %
🔢 Cheapest valuation
⛔ China Anti-trust
⛔ Jack Ma
⛔ More E-commerce competition