Businesses with 'MOAT'. Investment Strategy & Discussions

Hi @Karan_Lakhwani

Welcome to ValuePicker!
Good to know my portfolio is certified as ‘decent’ by a CA’s Assessment. :wink: Thank you!

I have written about my investment process in my first thread above, you may go through, I am happy if it can help you in any way -

My investment theme is also explained above, few pointers listed herewith if it helps you.
I look for following.

1 Business has Large addressable opportunity for growth & Capital reinvestment? Say for 10 years!
2 Business has High and growing ROCE ? >20-25% with High retension?
3 Are you certain on ability to generate High ROIIC- Return On incremental invested capital?
4 Business has High Earnings margin(>20-25%) and Earnings growth (Profit growth) >10%
5 Business has Raising Cash flow from operations and Raising positive Free Cash flow? >20%
6 Business’s Competative advantages (MOAT). Qualitative insight.
a) Strong Intangible Assets - Brand, Patents?
b) Switching Cost advantage? (like SAP, oracle )
c) Monopoly business?
d) Low-Cost Advantages - process, scale, niche, and interrelatedness.
e) Product or service that is far superior to their competitors?
f) Proven result oriented High R&D spending on new tech?
g) Network effects in play? (Uber, Affle, OYO etc)
h) Low-cost production resulting in Pricing power?
I) Cultural MOAT - (Improving customer experience, Scale of Economy…
j) smart competitor with unlimited financial resources Can’t replicate business? in 3 years
k) Business is part of Industry with structural
tail winds of growth?
Sector/niche Leadership?
Learning organization? Focus on few business
lines? Disciplined on Capital
Allocation?
8) Track Capital allocation decisions of surplus cash flow of company, is it in Healthy zone for business

Thanks for sharing about SOIC, I am a very big fan of Ishmohit bhai and his work for long time now and learnt a lot from him. He is adding value in this forum too @Worldlywiseinvestors , check it out.

I am still new & I am looking to learn from the forum members by their comments and advises.

If this reply has helped you, then am happy; that this thread is useful in some way :innocent:

Cheers!

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