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Inspiring qualitative research – financial articles, shareholder letters, earnings call recaps, business wisdom, and much more.

Profitability Ratios
Profitability Ratios: Assessing Financial Performance
This article explains what profitability ratios are, their importance, how to measure profitability, and arguably the five most important ratios in financial analysis.
2023-05-11
Operating Cash
 Flow Margin
Operating Cash Flow Margin: Meaning, Formula, and Analysis
Operating cash flow margin is a key financial ratio that measures a company's ability to generate cash from its core operations. It assesses the percentage of operating cash flow relative to total revenue, providing insights into the company's cash generation efficiency.
2023-05-06
Fundamental analysis - a commonly used method when picking stocks
Fundamental Analysis: Understanding the Basics
In the world of financial markets, investors employ various techniques and valuation methods to make rational and informed decisions. Fundamental analysis is one such approach that focuses on evaluating the intrinsic value of a security, such as stocks, bonds, or commodities.
2023-05-03
Efficiency Ratio
Efficiency Ratio: Assessing Operational Effectiveness
One key metric used for this purpose is the efficiency ratio. The efficiency ratio provides insights into how efficiently a company utilizes its resources to generate revenue and control costs. In this article, we will explore the efficiency ratio, its formula, three common efficiency ratios, and what constitutes a good capital efficiency ratio.
2023-05-03
Leverage Ratio
Leverage Ratio: Understanding Financial Risk and Health
One key aspect of financial analysis is assessing a company's leverage ratio, which provides insights into its debt levels and the potential risks associated with them. This article delves into what a leverage ratio is, its formula, what constitutes a good leverage ratio, and the implications of specific leverage ratios.
2023-05-03
Liquidity Ratio
Liquidity Ratio: Understanding and Analyzing Financial Stability
In this article, we will delve into the essence of the Liquidity Ratio and answer crucial questions like what a good current liquidity ratio is, how you calculate it, what it signifies if it’s less than 1, and which the most common liquidity ratios are.
2023-05-02
Business Valuation - Trying to determine the value of a company
Business Valuation: Determine a Company's True Value
Determining the value of a business is a crucial step in various scenarios, whether you're considering buying or selling a company, seeking investment opportunities, or planning for the future. Business valuation provides insights into the financial worth of a business and serves as a foundation for informed decision-making. In this article, we will explore different methods to value a business and shed light on key considerations when assessing its value.
2023-05-02
Financial Ratios, ROIC, Operating Leverage, Current Ratio etc - What are they
What Are Financial Ratios?
Financial ratios are essential tools used by businesses, investors, and analysts to assess the financial health and performance of a company. These ratios provide valuable insights into various aspects of a company's operations, allowing stakeholders to make informed decisions.
2023-04-25
Waste Management is a boring business with intriguing investment outlooks
12 Boring Businesses With Strong Track Records
To get great or stable returns, you don't necessarily need to be on the hunt for the "next big thing."
2023-04-03
Illustration of Jeff Bezos, Amazon in a warehouse among boxes on shelves.
Collection: Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letters
The complete collection of Jeff Bezos' Amazon.com Shareholder Letters (1997-2020).
2023-04-03
Warren Buffett portrait in Quartr style
Warren Buffett Partnership Letters: 8 Key Lessons
Timeless wisdom on business building, long-term thinking, incentives, investing, and more.
2023-03-27
Brunello Cucinelli's 10 Core Ideas
Brunello Cucinelli: 10 Core Ideas
We have distilled a decade of Brunello Cucinelli shareholder letters, interviews and earnings call transcripts into 10 core ideas.
2023-03-23
Bezos 10 Core Concepts
Jeff Bezos: 10 Core Ideas
We have distilled 50,000 words and two decades of shareholder letters into what we consider Jeff Bezos' 10 core ideas.
2023-01-30
Ingvar Kamprad - Founder of IKEA
Get to know: Ingvar Kamprad
The story of how a 17-year-old farm boy from a rural village in Sweden founded the global furniture empire IKEA.
2023-01-30
Portrait of Terry Smith from behind in front of some computer screens in an office with lots of papers
Get to know: Terry Smith
An investor portrait of the quality-focused UK fund manager Terry Smith, founder of Fundsmith.
2023-01-19
Illustration of Magellan Fund Manager, Peter Lynch, sitting at his desk
Get to know: Peter Lynch
An investor portrait of the iconic US fund manager Peter Lynch, most known for his classic investing book One Up On Wall Street.
2023-01-09
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