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I screened 3,053 companies with 10 years of 10-Ks. 54 of them spent $1B+ on buybacks and still ended the decade with more shares outstanding.
Amazon's 10-K shows a nonzero stock buyback once in the last ten fiscal years, FY2022, at $6 billion. Every other year is effectively zero. Over that same decade, stock-based compensation ran up to $109 billion total, and diluted shares went from 9.54 billion to 10.72 billion, up 12.4%. How many …
23 years old, €8k to invest Complete beginner, what would you do?
Hey everyone, I’m 23 and I’ve got around 8k that I want to invest for the long term. I’m a complete beginner and still learning. I’ve been looking at **Google** and **Microsoft**, but I’m not sure if I should buy individual stocks or just go with ETFs. If you were …
Uber Finally Became a Cash Machine That Looks Deceptively Cheap – Opportunity or Trap?
For years, Uber was the poster child for growth at all costs. Revenue expanded rapidly, but profits remained elusive. The company burned billions of dollars in cash, relied heavily on external funding and faced constant questions about whether its business model could ever generate sustainable returns. [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I4zy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff31488c4-65dc-4e3d-b97b-df75d5b82b68_1000x667.webp) That story has …
Forward P/E is a bad metric to use when valuing cyclical stocks.
So you've heard that Micron (MU) has a forward P/E multiple of 4. Four! Sounds crazy undervalued, right? How is no one else seeing this, you might think? Well, it's because forward P/E multiples as they pertain to cyclicals at peak demand-supply imbalance don't really function the same as they …
Ok so FICO stock is down 24% the past 5 days. The current price is $1000
FICO seems to be favorite amongst value investors looking for margins, growth, competitive advantage, pricing power. FICO is the most trusted name in the credit game and on the Closing Settlement of a home, their fees are incredibly insignificant compared to everything else. The entire industry runs on FICO, and …
20 Investment write-ups to look at
Another batch of Substack company write-ups, all published within the last week. Not my work - sourced from Giles Capital's weekly compilation: [https://gilescapital.substack.com](https://gilescapital.substack.com) # Americas **longtermpick** on [**NVIDIA**](https://longtermpick.com/p/nvidia-analysis-2026) (🇺🇸 NVDA US - US$5tn) P/E 20.8x against a five-year average of 37.7x, with consensus expecting 44% EPS growth. Gross margins at …
We hate this three letters - NVO
I ran the DCF, FCFE, and Ben Graham formulas, all indicate fair value is well into triple digits. Yes, they are losing market share. Yes, margins are compressing. However, isn't the turnaround story real? The pill prescription numbers are not only promising, it is crushing LLY. However, NVO being NVO, …