Saturday 17 December 2022

Public Bank Berhad

 

Fiscal year is January-December. All values MYR Millions.
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 5-year trend 


INCOME STATEMENT
Interest Income 15,092 15,500 17,565 17,330 16,282 
Interest Income Growth -2.63% -11.76% 1.36% 6.44% - 
Total Interest Expense 5,160 7,004 8,857 8,698 7,861 
Total Interest Expense Growth -26.34% -20.92% 1.83% 10.65% - 
Net Interest Income 9,932 8,495 8,708 8,632 8,420 
Net Interest Income Growth 16.92% -2.45% 0.88% 2.52% - 
Loan Loss Provision 1,201 1,106 154 169 203 
Loan Loss Provision Growth 8.58% 616.21% -8.75% -16.74% - 
Net Interest Income after Provision 8,731 7,389 8,554 8,463 8,217 
Net Interest Inc After Loan Loss Prov Growth 18.17% -13.62% 1.08% 2.99% -
 Net Interest Margin 2.20%
 Non-Interest Income 3,601 3,588 3,113 3,011 3,143 
Non-Interest Expense 4,966 4,672 4,587 4,424 4,246 
Operating Income 7,367 6,305 7,080 7,050 7,114 
Operating Income Growth 16.83% -10.94% 0.43% -0.91% - 
Pretax Income 7,367 6,285 7,134 7,096 7,121 
Pretax Income Growth 17.21% -11.90% 0.54% -0.35% -
 Pretax Margin 39.41%
 Net Income 5,657 4,872 5,512 5,591 5,470 
Net Income 5,657 4,872 5,512 5,591 5,470
 Net Income Growth 16.11% -11.61% -1.41% 2.20% -
 Net Margin 30.26% F



CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Funds from Operations 6,985 6,496 6,329 5,989 6,204 
Funds from Operations Growth 7.52% 2.64% 5.69% -3.48% -
 Net Operating Cash Flow 7,889 4,744 6,564 5,679 6,700 
Net Operating Cash Flow / Interest Income 52.27% 30.60% 37.37% 32.77% 41.15% 
Capital Expenditures (143) (373) (205) (218) (312) 
Free Cash Flow 7,746 4,370 6,358 5,461 6,389
 Free Cash Flow Growth 77.24% -31.27% 16.43% -14.52% -
 Free Cash Flow Yield 4.66% 

 Cash Dividends Paid - Total (3,979) (1,553) (2,717) (2,555) (2,278)
 Cash Dividend Growth -   156.25% 42.86% -6.35% -12.15% - 


BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
 Total Cash & Due from Banks 6,691 5,689 15,213 14,298 13,421
 Investments - Total 80,572 78,225 72,162 72,246 61,157 
Investments Growth 3.00% 8.40% -0.12% 18.13% - 
Net Loans 366,114 357,947 337,383 325,981 313,156 
Real Estate Other Than Bank Premises 807 904 931 845 796
 Loans - 1 Yr Growth Rate 2.28% 6.10% 3.50% 4.10% - 
Net Property, Plant & Equipment 2,577 2,697 2,570 1,567 1,564
 Other Assets (Including Intangibles) 5,316 5,612 4,370 4,604 5,076 
Total Assets 462,739 451,257 432,831 419,693 395,276
 Assets - Total Growth 2.54% 4.26% 3.13% 6.18% -
 Return On Average Assets 1.24% - - - - 


LIABILITIES & EQUITY
 Total Deposits 380,394 365,871 353,340 339,160 319,259 
Total Debt 26,506 29,501 28,370 32,561 31,081 
Other Liabilities 6,197 6,533 6,193 5,671 6,325
 Total Liabilities 413,314 402,830 388,084 377,597 356,831
 Common Equity (Total) 48,163 47,248 43,594 40,973 37,365 
Accumulated Minority Interest 1,263 1,178 1,152 1,123 1,081
 Total Equity 49,425 48,427 44,746 42,096 38,446
 Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 462,739 451,257 432,831 419,693 395,276


Average Growth Rates 
Public Bank Bhd 
Past Five Years Ending 12/31/2021 (Fiscal Year) 
Revenue -0.75%
 Net Income +0.68%
 Earnings Per Share -15.89% 
Capital Spending -10.82%
 Gross Margin -
 Cash Flow +4.25% 


 KEY STOCK DATA 
P/E Ratio (TTM) 14.69(12/16/22) 
EPS (TTM) RM0.30 
Market Cap RM85.02 B 
Shares Outstanding 19.41 B 
Public Float 11.82 B 
Yield 4.50%(12/16/22) 
Latest Dividend RM0.0399999991(12/23/22) 
Ex-Dividend Date 12/14/22 ? 

SHORT INTEREST () 
N/A

Southern Acids Berhad

 

Fiscal year is April-March. All values MYR Millions.
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 5-year trend 


INCOME STATEMENT
Sales/Revenue 1,176 741 660 599 763
 Sales Growth 58.72% 12.24% 10.30% -21.55% - 
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl. D&A 979 625 541 476 636 
COGS Growth 56.50% 15.54% 13.69% -25.08% -
 Gross Income 197 116 119 123 128 
Gross Profit Margin 16.79% 
SG&A Expense 76 74 84 101 79 
EBIT 135 - 45 31 - 
Interest Expense 1 0 0 0 0 
Pretax Income 150 60 49 39 51
 Pretax Margin 12.74% 
Net Income 94 37 32 21 33
 Net Income Growth 152.75% 16.75% 48.94% -34.02% - 


CASH FLOW STATEMENT
 All values MYR Thousands. 
Net Income before Extraordinaries 149,855.0 60,345.0 48,740.0 38,574.0 51,019.0 
Funds from Operations 153,255.0 77,043.0 64,831.0 47,043.0 61,646.0 
Net Operating Cash Flow 89,981.0 62,125.0 37,191.0 72,833.0 63,704.0 
Capital Expenditures (20,421.0) (22,960.0) (15,840.0) (38,963.0) (34,453.0) 
Free Cash Flow 69,560.0 39,165.0 21,351.0 33,870.0 29,251.0 
Free Cash Flow Yield 11.90% 

 Cash Dividends Paid - Total (6,847.0) (6,847.0) (6,847.0) (6,847.0) (6,847.0)


BALANCE SHEET
 All values MYR Thousands. 
Cash & Short Term Investments 322,288.0 242,163.0 208,938.0 199,911.0 174,381.0
 ST Debt & Current Portion LT Debt 21,502.0 2,870.0 2,531.0 187.0 217.0 
Long-Term Debt 3,852.0 6,615.0 8,662.0 212.0 123.0

 Total Accounts Receivable 134,847.0 97,975.0 73,619.0 68,848.0 86,844.0 
Accounts Payable 32,832.0 33,070.0 21,142.0 21,875.0 36,688.0 

 Total Current Assets 593,116.0 433,061.0 362,435.0 341,173.0 339,648.0 
Total Current Liabilities 115,399.0 73,897.0 51,574.0 60,563.0 67,373.0 
Current Ratio 5.14 5.86 7.03 5.63 5.04
 Quick Ratio 4.13 4.72 5.68 4.54 3.98
 Cash Ratio 2.79 3.28 4.05 3.30 2.59 

 Total Assets 974,221.0 812,407.0 727,388.0 731,557.0 717,050.0 
Total Equity 823,350.0 709,349.0 650,222.0 656,015.0 637,069.0 
Return On Average Assets 10.59%



 Average Growth Rates 
Southern Acids (Malaysia) Bhd 
Past Five Years Ending 03/31/2022 (Fiscal Year) 
Revenue +10.83%
 Net Income +37.33%
 Earnings Per Share +37.33% 
Capital Spending -8.15%
 Gross Margin +20.04%
 Cash Flow +27.56% 


 KEY STOCK DATA 
P/E Ratio (TTM) 6.26(12/12/22) 
EPS (TTM) RM0.58 
Market Cap RM499.81 M 
Shares Outstanding N/A 
Public Float 36.73 M 
Yield 1.37%(12/12/22) 
Latest Dividend RM0.0500000007(11/28/22) 
Ex-Dividend Date 11/08/22

United Plantation

 

Fiscal year is January-December. All values MYR Millions.
 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 5-year trend 

INCOME STATEMENT
 Sales/Revenue 2,033 1,340 1,173 1,306 1,474 
Gross Income 890 596 492 556 580 
Gross Profit Margin 43.76% 
EBIT 676 462 350 469 -
 Interest Expense 0 0 0 0 0 
Pretax Income 683 495 355 491 504 
Pretax Margin 33.59% 


CASH FLOW STATEMENT
All values MYR Thousands. 
Funds from Operations 537,382.0 402,078.0 311,725.0 557,308.0 590,081.0
 Net Operating Cash Flow 537,382.0 402,078.0 311,725.0 557,308.0 590,081.0 
Capital Expenditures (114,409.0) (111,313.0) (112,556.0) (181,234.0) (147,415.0) 
Free Cash Flow 422,973.0 290,765.0 199,169.0 381,975.0 443,836.0 
Free Cash Flow Yield 0.50% 
 Cash Dividends Paid - Total (394,045.0) (300,719.0) (290,789.0) (311,687.0) (238,960.0) 


BALANCE SHEET
All values MYR Millions.
 Cash & Short Term Investments 478 465 459 916 852 
ST Debt & Current Portion LT Debt 0 0 0 0 0 
Other Liabilities 23 0 8 - 1 

 Total Current Assets 1,143 972 874 1,356 1,305 
Total Current Liabilities 294 177 127 170 164
 Current Ratio 3.88 5.49 6.90 7.98 7.96
 Quick Ratio 3.25 4.51 5.66 6.92 6.82
 Cash Ratio 1.62 2.62 3.63 5.39 5.20 

 Total Equity 2,685 2,631 2,554 2,589 2,531
 Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 3,153 2,975 2,858 2,918 2,850 


 Average Growth Rates 
United Plantations Bhd 
Past Five Years Ending 12/31/2021 (Fiscal Year) 
Revenue +7.59%
 Net Income +6.55%
 Earnings Per Share +6.60% 
Capital Spending -4.48%
 Gross Margin +48.87%
 Cash Flow -0.94% 

 KEY STOCK DATA 
P/E Ratio (TTM) 10.80(12/16/22) 
EPS (TTM) RM1.43 
Market Cap RM6.23 B 
Shares Outstanding 416.27 M 
Public Float 157.49 M 
Yield 6.78%(12/16/22) 
Latest Dividend RM0.400000006(12/05/22) 
Ex-Dividend Date 11/21/22

Topglove

Fiscal year is February-January. All values MYR Millions.
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
5-year trend 

INCOME STATEMENT 
Sales/Revenue 5,572 16,361 7,237 4,801 4,221 
Gross Income 953 11,102 2,850 884 842 
SG&A Expense 612 1,153 604 402 308 
EBIT 341 9,949 2,248 482 - 
Interest Expense 4 4 34 80 37 
 Pretax Income 362 10,031 2,167 424 523 


CASH FLOW STATEMENT
 Net Income before Extraordinaries 358 10,034 2,166 424 523 
Net Operating Cash Flow 153 7,837 3,454 537 353 
 Capital Expenditures (954) (1,335) (816) (624) (459) 
 Free Cash Flow (800) 6,502 2,638 (31) (106) 

 Cash Dividends Paid - Total (529) (5,474) (372) (217) (196) 
Net Financing Cash Flow (690) (6,851) (17) (35) 1,281 


BALANCE SHEET
 Cash & Short Term Investments 951 2,508 2,883 253 359 
ST Debt & Current Portion LT Debt 309 318 316 1,041 883 
Long-Term Debt 1,284 1,459 1,531 1,379 1,330 

 Total Current Assets 2,111 4,346 4,288 1,539 1,607 
Total Current Liabilities 996 2,198 2,133 1,592 1,452 

 Total Equity 5,618 5,925 4,896 2,554 2,398
 Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 8,117 9,782 8,706 5,688 5,297


Average Growth Rates 
Top Glove Corp. Bhd 
Past Five Years Ending 01/01/0001 (Fiscal Year) 
Revenue +6.44%
 Net Income -9.61%
 Earnings Per Share -10.04% 
Capital Spending +21.53%
 Gross Margin +36.35%
 Cash Flow +133.03% 


 KEY STOCK DATA 
P/E Ratio (TTM) N/A 
EPS (TTM) RM-0.01 
Market Cap RM5.89 B 
Shares Outstanding 8.21 B 
Public Float 4.57 B 
Yield 1.66%(12/16/22) 
Latest Dividend RM0.252000004(04/06/21) 
Ex-Dividend Date 03/23/21

Friday 16 December 2022

GENTING MALAYSIA 5 YEARS FINANCIAL DATA

LAST 5 YEARS ANNUAL RESULTS

Fiscal year is January-December. All values MYR Millions. 
2021
 2020
 2019
 2018
 2017
 5-year trend 

INCOME STATEMENT
 Sales/Revenue
 4,157
 4,529
 0,407
 9,928
 9,330 

 Gross Income
 155
 (101)
 2,495
 2,662
 2,195 

 SG&A Expense
711
706
972
852
962 

 EBIT
(556)
(805)
1,522
1,811
 -

 Interest Expense
382
332
332
156
115 

 Pretax Income
(964)
 (1,852)
1,521
(4)
1,320


CASH FLOW STATEMENT

Net Income before Extraordinaries
(1,148)
(2,138)
 1,489
(4)
1,320 

 Funds from Operations
68
 (337)
2,161
 2,465
 1,997 

  Net Operating Cash Flow
35
(850)
2,208
2,488
2,062 

 Capital Expenditures
(876)
(1,079)
(2,521)
(1,854)
(2,659) 

 Free Cash Flow
(830)
(1,920)
(310)
634
(597)

 Free Cash Flow Yield -8.05% 

Cash Dividends Paid - Total 
(480) 
(1,130) 
(1,074) 
(1,075)
 (991)

 Net Financing Cash Flow
2,747
(1,778)
(988)
1,502
1,679


BALANCE SHEET

Cash & Short Term Investments
4,641
2,845
7,306
8,508
6,196 

ST Debt & Current Portion LT Debt
490
463
1,615
478
384 

Long-Term Debt
13,297
9,775
9,263
9,283
6,591 

 Total Current Assets
5,526
 3,965
 8,063
 9,339
7,059

 Total Current Liabilities
3,046
2,978
4,727
3,383
3,253

 Current Ratio
1.81
1.33
1.71
2.76
2.17

 Quick Ratio
1.77
1.29
1.68
2.73
2.14

 Cash Ratio
1.52
0.96
1.55
2.51
1.90



LAST 5 QTRS RESULTS

Fiscal year is January-December. All values MYR Millions.
30-Sep-2022
30-Jun-2022
31-Mar-2022
31-Dec-2021
30-Sep-2021
5-qtr trend 

INCOME STATEMENT
Sales/Revenue
2,271
2,176
1,721
1,889
 826 

ttm-Revenue 8,057

Gross Income
 535
 543
328
453
(66) 

SG&A Expense
303
318
287
242
243 

 Interest Expense
142
135
170
104
95 

 Pretax Income
102
93
(67)
219
(348) 

ttm-PBT  347


CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Fiscal year is January-December. All values MYR Thousands.
 Net Income before Extraordinaries
95,672.0
50,620.0
(116,072.0)
162,226.0
 (379,215.0) 

 Funds from Operations
394,910.0
472,556.0
192,591.0
580,900.0
(165,520.0) 

 Net Operating Cash Flow
636,401.0
 526,595.0
101,251.0
813,439.0
(93,035.0) 

 Capital Expenditures
(184,111.0)
(116,436.0)
 (137,682.0)
(207,040.0)
 (247,623.0) 

 Free Cash Flow
452,290.0
410,159.0
(36,431.0)
617,699.0
 (340,658.0) 

 Cash Dividends Paid - Total
 (339,913.0)
-
(508,787.0)
55.0
 -

 Net Investing Cash Flow
(201,307.0)
(177,975.0)
 (126,141.0)
 (669,399.0)
(272,969.0) 


PROFILE SUMMARY
Average Growth Rates 
Genting Malaysia Bhd 
Past Five Years Ending 12/31/2021 (Fiscal Year) 
Revenue -11.09%
 Net Income -36.33%
 Earnings Per Share -36.41% 
Capital Spending -13.41%
 Gross Margin +31.42%
 Cash Flow +7.81% 

 KEY STOCK DATA 
P/E Ratio (TTM) 317.86(12/16/22) 
EPS (TTM) RM0.01 
Market Cap RM15.09 B 
Shares Outstanding N/A 
Public Float 2.69 B 
Yield 4715 is not currently paying a regular dividend. 
Latest Dividend RM0.0599999987(09/29/20) 
Ex-Dividend Date 09/10/20 ? 

SHORT INTEREST () 
N/A ? 

STOCK MONEY FLOW 
N/A

Friday 7 October 2022

12 Blue Chips you wish you'd bought in 1998

Total return for 1,000 shares bought on Sept 1, 1998 as at Nov 23,2007.


Company  Sept 1, 1998  Nov 23,2007  Total return %

Public Bank  RM0.363   RM 20.32   6,023%

Hap Seng Con 0.17  9.39  18,327%

IOI  0.10  4.52  27,082%

Nestle  5.089  91.98  1,707%

PBB  0.538  16.76  8,207%

KLK  1.191  24.26  2,955%

MBB  0.514  9.21  3,641%

Tenaga  0.933  14.84  2,385%

TM  0.384  6.00  5,484%

GEM  0.367  5.10  6,848%

BAT  3.76  38.06  912%

PetGas  1.853  16.54  793%


To know which blue chips to bet on for the decades to come, a key question to ask is if the company is future-proof and is likely to continue to have a stable and sustainable earnings stream for a long time to come.




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Thursday 4 August 2022

Margin of Safety

The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future. 

If the margin is a large one, then it is enough to justify the assumption that future earnings will roughly approximate those of the past in order for an investor to feel sufficiently protected against the vicissitudes of time.

Tuesday 14 June 2022

Fundamentals of Alphabet Inc. Cl C GOOG (U.S.: Nasdaq)

INCOME STATEMENT ANNUAL 

Fiscal year is January-December. All values USD Millions.
 2021
 2020
 2019
 2018
 2017 5-year trend 

 Sales/Revenue
 257,488
 182,350
 161,402 
136,958
 111,024 

 Gross Income
 146,549
 97,618
 89,506
 77,409
 65,441 

 Gross Profit Margin 56.91 

 Non-Operating Interest Income
 1,499
 1,865
 2,427
 1,878
 1,312 

 Pretax Income
 90,734
 48,082
 39,625
 34,913
 27,193 

 Pretax Margin 35.24% 

 Net Income
 76,033
 40,269
 34,343
 30,736
 12,662 

 Net Margin 29.53% 

 EPS (Basic)
 112.20
 58.61
 49.16
 43.70
 18.00 

 EBITDA
 91,006
 54,744
 47,254
 40,566
 35,966 



 CASH FLOW STATEMENT 

 Operating Activities 
 Fiscal year is January-December. All values USD Millions.
 2021
 2020
 2019
 2018
 2017 5-year trend 

 Net Income before Extraordinaries
 76,033
 40,269
 34,343
 30,736
 12,662

 Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization
 12,441
 13,697
 11,781
 9,035
 6,915 

 Funds from Operations
 93,175
 63,297
 53,701
 43,063
 27,845 

 Net Operating Cash Flow
 91,652
 65,124
 54,520
 47,971
 37,091 

 Capital Expenditures
 (24,640)
 (22,281)
 (23,548)
 (25,139)
 (13,184)

 Repurchase of Common & Preferred Stk.
 (50,274)
 (31,149)
 (18,396)
 (9,075)
 (4,846) 

 Free Cash Flow
 67,012
 42,843
 30,972
 22,832
 23,907 

 Free Cash Flow Yield 3.41% 



 BALANCE SHEET 

 ANNUAL 
Assets Fiscal year is January-December. All values USD Millions.
 2021
 2020
 2019
 2018
 2017 5-year trend 

 Cash & Short Term Investments
 139,649
 136,694
 119,675
 109,140
 101,871 

 ST Debt & Current Portion LT Debt
 2,302
 2,794
 1,199
 -
 - 

 Long-Term Debt
 26,206
 25,078
 14,768
 4,012
 3,969 


 Total Current Assets
 188,143
 174,296
 152,578
 135,676
 124,308 

 Total Current Liabilities 
64,254
 56,834
 45,221
 34,620
 24,183 

 Current Ratio 2.93
 Quick Ratio 2.91
 Cash Ratio 2.17

 Total Assets
 359,268
 319,616
 275,909
 232,792
 197,295 

 Asset Turnover 0.76
 Return On Average Assets 22.40% 

 Total Liabilities
 107,633
 97,072
 74,467
 55,164
 44,793 

 Total Shareholders' Equity
 251,635
 222,544
 201,442
 177,628
 152,502

 Total Shareholders' Equity / Total Assets
 70.04%
 69.63%
 73.01%
 76.30%
 77.30% 




 KEY STOCK DATA 
P/E Ratio (TTM) 19.33(06/13/22) 
EPS (TTM) $110.56 
Market Cap $1.40 T (@ 06/13/22 $2,137.53USD / share) 
Shares Outstanding 313.38 M 
Public Float 273.83 M 
Yield GOOG is not currently paying a regular dividend. 
Latest Dividend N/A 
Ex-Dividend Date N/A 


 Average Growth Rates 
Alphabet Inc. Cl C Past Five Years Ending 12/31/2021 (Fiscal Year) 
Revenue +26.38%
 Income +100.10%
 Earnings Per Share - 
Capital Spending +17.38%
 Gross Margin +62.77%
 Cash Flow +36.06%



Share price

Alphabet Inc Class A
2,130.43 USD-769.63 year to date
14 Jun, 9:41 am GMT-4 


Alphabet Inc Class A
2,131.91 USD-318.71 past year
14 Jun, 9:41 am GMT-4 


Alphabet Inc Class A
2,131.91 USD+1,171.58 past 5 years
14 Jun, 9:41 am GMT-4 


Alphabet Inc Class A
2,131.91 USD+2,076.04 all time
14 Jun, 9:41 am GMT-4 

Peak price  US $2,997 (18.11.20210




Stock Price Target GOOG

High$4,533.34
Median$3,200.00
Low$2,650.00
Average$3,247.34
Current Price$2,137.53



Ratios & Margins Alphabet Inc. Cl C

All values updated annually at fiscal year end

Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM) 19.44
P/E Ratio (including extraordinary items) 20.99
Price to Sales Ratio 7.62
Price to Book Ratio 7.62
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 21.42
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 15.74
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.31
Total Debt to Enterprise Value -
Total Debt to EBITDA 0.16
EPS (recurring) 101.46
EPS (basic) 113.88
EPS (diluted) 112.20

Efficiency

Revenue/Employee -
Income Per Employee -
Receivables Turnover -
Total Asset Turnover 0.76

Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.93
Quick Ratio 2.91
Cash Ratio 2.17

Profitability

Gross Margin +56.91
Operating Margin +30.51
Pretax Margin +35.24
Net Margin +29.53
Return on Assets 22.40
Return on Equity 32.07
Return on Total Capital 29.62
Return on Invested Capital -

Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity -
Total Debt to Total Capital -
Total Debt to Total Assets 7.94
Interest Coverage -
Long-Term Debt to Equity -
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital -
Long-Term Debt to Assets 0.07

Thursday 27 January 2022

Here’s how to invest like billionaire Warren Buffett during a volatile market

The wild swings in the stock market may have you stressed about your investments.

Yet if you took a page from self-made billionaire Warren Buffett, you shouldn’t be too concerned about daily market moves.

“You’ve got to be prepared when you buy a stock to have it go down 50% or more and be comfortable with it, as long as you’re comfortable with the holding,” the Berkshire Hathaway CEO said during the company’s 2020 annual shareholders meeting.

The 91-year-old, who is worth $109.2 billion according to Forbes, has been called the greatest investor in the world. 

In fact, of the top 10 billionaires, Buffett is the only one who gained wealth so far this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

When Buffett looks at the stock market he sees companies instead of stocks.

“We ignore 99.9% of what we see, although we run our eyes over them. And then every now and then we see something that looks like it’s attractively priced to us as a business,” Buffett said at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2008 meeting.

If you want to take a page from Warren Buffett, here are some of his key principles you can integrate into your investing practice.


Think long term

When Buffett buys stocks, he’s in it for the long haul.

“If there is one quality that you need in order to invest like Warren Buffett it is patience,” said Berkshire Hathaway shareholder Robert Johnson, professor of finance at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett’s hometown.

You’ve got to be prepared when you buy a stock to have it go down 50% or more and be comfortable with it, as long as you’re comfortable with the holding.













Warren Buffett

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CEO


Buffett has driven home this philosophy over the years.

“When we buy a stock, we would be happy with that stock if they told us the market was going to close for a couple of years. We look to the business,” he has said.

He compared it to buying a farm.

“You would not get a price on it every day and you wouldn’t ask whether the yield was a little above expectations this year or down a little bit. You’d look at what the farm was going to produce over time.”


Invest in what you know

Buffett has famously said to “never invest in a business you cannot understand.”

“You have to learn how to value businesses and know the ones that are within your circle of competence and the ones that are outside,” Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick during an interview on “Squawk Box” in 2019.

That doesn’t mean he thinks you have to be an expert on every company.

Investors need to have the “ability to correctly evaluate selected businesses,” he wrote in his 1996 annual shareholders’ letter.


Focus on good companies

Buffett likes to focus on companies that have a good business model that is sustainable over a very long period of time, Johnson said.

It has to be at the right price. Buffett is well known as a value investor, which is someone who chooses equities that seem to be trading for less than their intrinsic value.

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price,” he famously wrote in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in 1989.


Keep learning

Buffett is a big believer in continuously learning throughout life.

By the time he was 10 years old, he read every book on investing in the Omaha public library and many of them he read twice.

And he hasn’t stopped.

“l was in his office several years ago. His desk is just piled with books and they are books on very many diverse topics,” Johnson said.

Buffett once said he reads about 500 pages a week.

“I remain very big on the idea of reading everything in sight,” Buffett said at the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway meeting.



PUBLISHED TUE, JAN 25 20223:43 PM 

Michelle Fox

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/25/heres-how-to-invest-like-billionaire-warren-buffett-during-a-volatile-market.html