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Conclusion
Never Forget
Buffett Checklist - Read, Remember, Follow!
Source - Buffettology by Mary Buffett & David Clark
Explanation
Seek out companies that have no or less competition, either due to a patent or brand name or similar intangible that
makes the product unique. Such companies will typically have high gross and operating profit margins because of their
unique niche. However, don't just go on margins as high margins may simply highlight companies within industries with
traditionally high margins. Thus, look for companies with gross, operating and net profit margins above industry norms.
Also look for strong growth in earnings and high return on equity in the past.
Try to invest in industries where you possess some specialized knowledge (where you work) or can more effectively
judge a company, its industry, and its competitive environment (simple products you consume). While it is difficult to
construct a quantitative filter, you should be able to identify areas of interest. You should "only" consider analyzing
those companies that operate in areas that you can clearly grasp - your circle of competence. Of course you can
increase the size of the circle, but only over time by learning about new industries. More important than the size of the
circle is to know its boundaries.
Seeks out companies with conservative financing, which equates to a simple, safe balance sheet. Such companies tend
to have strong cash flows, with little need for long-term debt. Look for low debt to equity or low debt-burden ratios. Also
seek companies that have history of consistently generating positive free cash flows.
Rising earnings serve as a good catalyst for stock prices. So seek companies with strong, consistent, and expanding
earnings (profits). Seek companies with 5/10 year earnings per share growth greater than 25% (along with safe balance
sheets). To help indicate that earnings growth is still strong, look for companies where the last 3-years earnings growth
rate is higher than the last 10-years growth rate. More important than the rate of growth is the consistency in such
growth. So exclude companies with volatile earnings growth in the past, even if the "average" growth has been high.
Like you should stock to your circle of competence, a company should invest its capital only in those businesses within
its circle of competence. This is a difficult factor to screen for on a quantitative level. Before investing in a company, look
at the company’s past pattern of acquisitions and new directions. They should fit within the primary range of operations
for the firm. Be cautious of companies that have been very aggressive in acquisitions in the past.
Buffett prefers that firms reinvest their earnings within the company, provided that profitable opportunities exist. When
companies have excess cash flow, Buffett favours shareholder-enhancing maneuvers such as share buybacks. While
we do not screen for this factor, a follow-up examination of a company would reveal if it has a share buyback plan in
place.
Seek companies where earnings have risen as retained earnings (earnings after paying dividends) have been
employed profitably. A great way to screen for such companies is by looking at those that have had consistent earnings
and strong return on equity in the past.
Consider it a positive sign when a company is able to earn above-average (better than competitors) returns on equity
without employing much debt. Average return on equity for Indian companies over the last 10 years is approximately
16%. Thus, seek companies that earn at least this much (16%) or more than this. Again, consistency is the key here.
That's what is called "pricing power". Companies with moat (as seen from other screening metrics as suggested above
(like high ROE, high grow margins, low debt etc.) are able to adjust prices to inflation without the risk of losing significant
volume sales.
Companies that consistently need capital to grow their sales and profits are like bank savings account, and thus bad for
an investor's long term portfolio. Seek companies that don't need high capital investments consistently. Retained
earnings must first go toward maintaining current operations at competitive levels, so the lower the amount needed to
maintain current operations, the better. Here, more than just an absolute assessment, a comparison against
competitors will help a lot. Seek companies that consistently generate positive and rising free cash flows.
Sensible investing is always about using “folly and discipline” - the discipline to identify excellent businesses, and wait
for the folly of the market to drive down the value of these businesses to attractive levels. You will have little trouble
understanding this philosophy. However, its successful implementation is dependent upon your dedication to learn and
follow the principles, and apply them to pick stocks successfully.
Net Block 4,836 5,494 6,612 6,629 6,792 6,645 6,596 7,144 7,139 7,286
Capital Work in Progress 2,243 1,707 684 1,002 769 550 688 566 915 883
Investments 987 1,332 754 1,490 1,245 951 1,010 1,261 711 257
Other Assets 5,333 6,585 7,658 7,430 7,998 8,201 8,653 5,791 6,202 7,154
Total 13,400 15,117 15,709 16,551 16,804 16,347 16,947 14,762 14,967 15,579
Working Capital 2,338 2,647 3,664 2,812 3,317 4,651 4,901 1,286 1,785 2,126
Debtors 182 112 138 149 244 121 235 184 258 241
Inventory 945 1,071 1,196 1,381 1,174 1,166 1,055 1,156 1,194 1,210
Cash & Bank** 4,735 3,367 3,190 3,393 2,605 3,546 4,618
** Manually enter this number; Convert to Rs Crore if not already done in the Annual Reports; Use Cash+Bank+Current Investments from Consolidated Balance Sheet in Annual Reports
Debtor Days 13 7 8 8 13 6 13 9 10 8
Inventory Turnover 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 10
Fixed Asset Turnover 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.6
Debt/Equity 0.0 0.0 - - - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0
Return on Equity 8% 10% 7% 5% 5% 10% 6% 7% 13% 17%
Return on Capital Employed 6% 10% 3% 3% 3% 6% 1% 4% 2% 15%
Vishal: This
number shows
how much wealth
the business has
created for
Vishal: Check for
shareholders
sales growth. If a
(excluding
business is not
Profit & Loss Account / Income Statement
dividends) for
growing for a few
every Rupee it has
years, or growing
retained over NATIONAL ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD
Rs Cr slower than
Mar-10 the
Mar-11 Mar-12 Mar-13 Mar-14 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Mar-18 Mar-19 Trailing
years.
industry and
Sales 5,056 6,057 6,612 6,916 6,781 7,383 6,818 7,543 9,509 11,499 10,610
peers, you may
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give it a pass. 20% 9% 5% -2% 9% -8% 11% 26% 21%
Expenses Warren
3,977 Buffett 4,364 5,475 5,841 5,693 5,510 5,858 6,463 8,158 8,607 8,514
who wrote this in
Material Cost (% of Sales) 15% 13% 16% 17% 16% 14% 16% 16% 15% ### Check for wide fluctuations in key
his 1984 letter –
Power and Fuel “For32% a number29% of 34% 36% 30% 25% 28% 30% 29% 26% expense items. For manufacturing firms,
Other Mfr. Exp 9% managers
reasons 10% 10% 10% 11% 10% 11% 9% 9% 8% check their material costs etc. For
Employee Cost like17%
to withhold16% 16% 17% 18% 19% 21% 20% 24% 18% services firms, look at employee costs.
Selling and Admin Cost unrestricted
5% readily
5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 5% 5%
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Operating Profit 1,079 especially
number
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of the future – that
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TRENDS: 10 YEARS 7 YEARS
corporation, at 5 YEARS 3 YEARS
Sales Growth 9.6%
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Check for long term vs short term trends here. Check if the growth over
past 3 or 5 years has slowed down /produces
improved compared to long term (7 to
incremental
10 years) growth numbers.
earnings equal to,
or above, those
generally available
to investors.”
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Market Cap
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Common Size P&L
Rs Cr Mar-08 Mar-09 Mar-10 Mar-11 Mar-12 Mar-13 Mar-14 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17
Sales 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Raw Material Cost 15% 13% 16% 17% 16% 14% 16% 16% 15% 17%
Change in Inventory 0% 1% 0% 1% -1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Power and Fuel 32% 29% 34% 36% 30% 25% 28% 30% 29% 26%
Other Mfr. Exp 9% 10% 10% 10% 11% 10% 11% 9% 9% 8%
Employee Cost 17% 16% 16% 17% 18% 19% 21% 20% 24% 18%
Selling and Admin Cost 5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 5% 5%
Other Expenses 1% 0% 2% 1% 2% 1% 5% 5% 3% 2%
Operating Profit 22% 26% 17% 14% 18% 25% 14% 12% 15% 25%
Other Income 10% 6% 10% 7% 8% 11% 10% 5% 12% 3%
Depreciation 6% 7% 7% 7% 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 4%
Interest 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% 2% 0% ### 0% 0%
Profit Before Tax 23% 25% 18% 13% 14% 29% 17% 13% 21% 24%
Tax 7% 8% 5% 5% 4% 11% 6% 4% 7% 9%
Net Profit 16% 18% 13% 9% 9% 18% 12% 9% 14% 15%
Dividend Amount 3% 6% 4% 5% 6% 6% 8% 7% 12% 9%
Vishal: A number
less/more than
100% means that
EPV with Different Cost of Capital the Intrinsic Value
Discount Rate EPV Net Cash** Total EPV Peras
Share
per EPV
10% ### 4,551 ### calculation is
13,860
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11,554
15% ### 4,551 ### current
9,248 market
cap, which makes
Current Market Cap (Rs Crore) 8,059
the stock
EPV as % of Market Cap 26746% overpriced/underpr
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** Change the "Cash & Bank" number in "Balance Sheet" sheet
(Row #19) so that the correct number automatically reflects here
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Calculation
by Mohnish Pabrai
EXPLANATION
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META
Number of shares 186.56
Face Value 5
Current Price 43.2
Market Capitalization 8059.47
Quarters
Report Date Mar-17 Jun-17 Sep-17 Dec-17 Mar-18 Jun-18
Sales 2549.71 1802.69 2454.76 2388.82 2863.16 2973.31
Expenses 2122.24 1575.19 2119.3 2045.11 2373.49 1962.22
Other Income 58.94 85.86 97.18 878.08 63.72 153.12
Depreciation 108.61 116.97 112.32 124.34 126.77 121.7
Interest 0.99 0.44 0.44 0.51 0.56 0.57
Profit before tax 376.81 195.95 319.88 1096.94 426.06 1041.94
Tax 108.44 67.01 85.25 375.16 169 354.89
Net profit 268.37 128.94 234.63 721.78 257.06 687.05
Operating Profit 427.47 227.5 335.46 343.71 489.67 1011.09
BALANCE SHEET
Report Date Mar-10 Mar-11 Mar-12 Mar-13 Mar-14 Mar-15
Equity Share Capital 644.31 1288.62 1288.62 1288.62 1288.62 1288.62
Reserves 9751.27 9875.99 10426.46 10643.83 10833.83 11508.68
Borrowings 8.61 14.88
Other Liabilities 2995.69 3937.57 3993.74 4618.17 4681.11 3549.68
Total 13399.88 15117.06 15708.82 16550.62 16803.56 16346.98
Net Block 4836.31 5493.53 6612.35 6628.89 6791.94 6645.42
Capital Work in Progress 2243.4 1706.82 684.44 1001.92 768.74 549.73
Investments 986.75 1,331.67 754.26 1490.06 1245.04 951.04
Other Assets 5333.42 6585.04 7657.77 7429.75 7997.84 8200.79
Total 13399.88 15117.06 15708.82 16550.62 16803.56 16346.98
Receivables 181.78 111.66 138.12 148.65 243.57 120.82
Inventory 944.92 1,071.00 1,195.80 1,380.64 1,173.93 1,165.56
Cash & Bank 3152.35 3795.23 4168.35 3504.38 4048.29 4627.98
No. of Equity Shares 644309628 2.577E+09 2.577E+09 2.577E+09 2.577E+09 2.577E+09
New Bonus Shares ###
Face value 10 5 5 5 5 5
CASH FLOW:
Report Date Mar-10 Mar-11 Mar-12 Mar-13 Mar-14 Mar-15
Cash from Operating Activity 1171.65 1630.48 886.7 441.46 981.34 520.47
Cash from Investing Activity -593.14 -768.48 -82.28 -876.92 78.05 565.72
Cash from Financing Activity -295.2 -219.12 -431.3 -228.51 -515.48 -506.5
Net Cash Flow 283.31 642.88 373.12 -663.97 543.91 579.69
DERIVED:
Adjusted Equity Shares in Cr 257.72 257.72 257.72 257.72 257.72 257.72
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