Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFN8NY10IzM&t=576s

Deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11XgjVRobD-QxZV9xDAPwvMBAN76W23zOI0NrecgQX0o/edit#slide=id.p

  • BPV Framework; Business, People, and Valuation

  • Business: How good is the business itself?

  • People: How good is the management and do they have minority shareholder friendly mindset?

  • Valuation: Where does the valuation fall in the risk return profile?

  • As soon as you land on a company page, go to the P&L section

  • The data is for previous 10-12 years and it is important to look through 10-12 years to see how a company has managed to ride through the business cycles

  • In the P&L look at the top line growth over time and is it steadily growing across time frames

  • Next, look at the OPM over time, is it increasing or decreasing? Is it single digits or double digits?

  • Look at the RoCE trend over time; generally 15% consistent RoCE over time is a good signal

  • Similarly, look at the RoE trend

  • Initially looking at these parameters should give a good sense of whether or not to dig deeper into the company

  • While looking at the P&L, look for changes in years for sales growth, OPM, RoE, RoCE and then try to understand why the changes happened

  • Then look at the balance sheet to understand how is growth funded i.e. through equity dilution, debt, or internal accruals

  • Look at how the company is allocating its profits i.e. paying dividends, investing in assets

  • While analyzing the allocation, look at how much of the profit of past 4-5 years goes to dividends, next how much has gone to the reserves, and how much has gone to fixed assets

  • To judge management look at how much growth is through debt and how are they controlling the working capital cycle i.e. do they have a tight handle on the trade receivables and inventories

  • Ideally smaller the company, higher the promoter holding

  • For valuation, you can look at the peer comparison table, PE ratio trends over time

  • The SCREENS tab is useful for stock idea generation