Objective, Concept and Methodology
Objective
The foundation of Wealth Creation is in buying businesses at a price substantially lowerthan their “intrinsic value” or “expected value”. The lower the market value is comparedto the intrinsic value, the higher is the margin of safety. In this year’s study, we continueour endeavor to cull out the characteristics of businesses, which create value for theirshareholders.As Phil Fisher says, “
It seems logical that even before thinking of buying any commonstock, the first step is to see how money has been most successfully made in the past.
” Our Wealth Creation studies are attempts to study the past as a guide to the futureand gain insights into How to Value a Business.
Concept
Wealth Creation is the process by which a company enhances the market value of thecapital entrusted to it by its shareholders. It is a basic measure of success for any commercialventure. Wealth Creation is achieved by the rational actions of a company in a sustainedmanner.
Methodology
For the purpose of our study*, we have identified the top 100 Wealth Creators in the Indianstock market for the period 2003-2008. These companies have the distinction of havingadded at least Rs1b to their market capitalization over this period of five years, afteradjusting for dilution. We have termed the group of Wealth Creators as the ‘
MOSL - 100’
.The biggest and fastest Wealth Creators have been listed in Appendix I and II on page 39and 41, respectively. Ranks have been accorded on the basis of Size and Speed of WealthCreation (speed is price CAGR during the period under study).On the cover page, we have presented the top 10 companies in terms of Size of WealthCreation (called THE BIGGEST), the top 10 companies in terms of Speed of WealthCreation (called THE FASTEST), and the top 10 companies in terms of their frequency of appearance as wealth creators in our Wealth Creation studies (called THE MOSTCONSISTENT).
Theme 2009
Our Theme for 2009 is
The Great, the Good and the Gruesome
, discussion onwhich starts from page 20.
* Capitaline database has been used for this study
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19 December 2008
Wealth Creation Study 2003-2008
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