Motivation
The motivation of estimating the intrinsic value of a company or business is to provide a benchmark and reliable information for us to make a better investing decision (Buy or Sell or Hold).
Example of valuation
The reliable information that we are going to compute is the intrinsic value of the company or business. This is slightly similar to a situation for us to figure out whether the price of "Nasi Lemak" is reasonable, cheap or expensive.
That is, we need to quantitatively and qualitatively compare the price of a "Nasi Lemak" with others, and also other related products such as "Nasi Goreng", "Mee Goreng", and "Fast food".
In other words, the more information we have, the better the estimation we will make, and also the more complex the estimation is.
Investment Objective
Just like doing anything else, we need a clear objective. Otherwise, we will easily be affected by others and may do something that never lead us to the place we want to reach in the end of our life.
My Investment Objective is very clear, that is, maintain or even improve the purchasing power of my hard-earned money. To reach this objective, all I need to do is to maintain a return of more than six percent annually.
Limitation of Stock Market Investment
Unlike doing our own business, one limitation of stock market investment is we do not have the right to involve in the business we have invested.
Therefore, it is very important to invest in a business that managed by a team who takes care the interests of all shareholders. One solution to minimise this limitation is to only invest in a business with a good track records based on what they have done in the last few years (the longer the better).
Dividend amount is another way to evaluate whether the management team is willingly to share the profits. Besides, I think we need to evaluate whether the management team is capable of using the money or profit wisely.
Personally, I like to invest businesses with good dividend payout. Nonetheless, I also invest in businesses that used their money wisely for greater profit return in the future if opportunity is available. In short, we need to know WHY we buy the shares of this business, for dividend return, future profits or simply speculation.
One failure strategy is to use the speculation strategy to buy a good business; and to use long term strategy to buy a bad business.
That's all for today. After having a short introduction about the motivation, example of valuation, investment objective, and the limitation of stock market investment, I will try my best to further explain the way to estimate the intrinsic value of a company or business from other perspectives.
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Written by: Xaivier Chia
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