![]() ![]() Operating Margins (Operating Income / Revenue) - Companies who have increasing or maintained operating margins show their ability to produce higher operating income net of their operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, depreciation and amortization, and other expenses). That drop, of course, lowers their profit margins and therefore their profitability." Without a competitive advantage, companies have to compete by lowering the price of the product or service they are selling. “What creates a high gross profit margin is the company’s durable competitive advantage, which allows it the freedom to price the products and services it sells well in excess of its cost of good sold. Gross Margins (Gross Income / Revenue) - A business whose gross margins are maintained or increasing may indicate that they are able to control the price of their products and services.Īs stated from Mary Buffett's & David Clark's book titled Warren Buffett and The interpretation of financial statements. This just means that the rate of profitability increases year-on-year faster than the increase of its costs of goods sold/revenue, operating expenses, interest payments and taxes. Having good to increasing margins may indicate a durable competitive advantage for the business. ![]() What’s important for me is that I understand how the company works and how it generates its revenue.Ģ.) Maintained or Increasing Margins (Gross margins, Profit Margins & Net Income Margins) For instance, a tech company usually has a revenue growth of more than 10% or sometimes 20% yearly, whereas a utility company only has roughly mid single digit growth. ![]() I don’t put emphasis that much on the percentage year-on-year growth of a company, because this is relative to the industry where the it operates. If not, then the company could either be in the mature phase where they’ve reached their maximum growth (stagnated or their market have saturated already), or declining phase where they’re losing their dominance and market share. This is a no brainer, a growing company should not just be profitable but also expanding. Now that aside, let’s now go ahead with my simple investment checklist.ġ.) Increasing Revenue/Operating Income & Net Income. Consult an independent financial professional before making any major financial decisions. ![]() This blog is only for educational sharing purposes and is not in any form of financial advice or recommendation. I am just a person who found what he loves to do on the side and only has an informal education from the said fields including its disciplines. Value investing is dynamic, it changes with time, but the general philosophy has always been the same since Benjamin Graham coined this investment approach.įirst of all, disclaimer: I am not a financial professional nor a finance, economics, accounting and business management degree holder. Investing is not about what specific philosophy or style of investing you follow, it is whether that method works well with you.įind that investment and/or trading method that will be in sync with your time, effort, understanding and personality. This doesn't mean that if a value investor deviates from the what some claims the "generally accepted" value investing method, that they're automatically wrong. There are some who mixes value investing with price action, or with momentum, or with macroeconomic conditions of a country more than the microeconomics of the business, to name a few. I’m a value investor, though its philosophies generally are the same for investors who follow this method of investing, the investment approach is still different for every single value investor. Every investor and trader has their own strategy. ![]()
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