Company Profile: GARMIN LTD. (GRMN) “Garmin is a leading, worldwide provider of navigation, communications and information devices, most of which are enabled by Global Positioning System (“GPSâ€) technology. Garmin designs, develops, manufactures and markets a diverse family of hand-held, portable and fixed-mount GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communications and information products for the automotive/mobile, outdoor/fitness, […]
We’ve received a few questions regarding the valuation method we use, which is posted in detail in our post titled “New” Valuation Method. These range from where the 8.5 figure comes from to how we weight earnings. It’s time to tackle some of those questions. Sudeep commented a long time ago asking where the 8.5 […]
A writer’s conference that I attended last week gave me a new idea for the site. The idea is that people enjoy reading feature articles written in a narrative format much more than the enjoy those written in a news or interview format. Therefore, I decided a great feature would be about how people become […]
Yesterday while speaking with our new contributor, Aaron Horvitz, the topic of calculating growth came up. The calculation of a forecasted growth rate is one of the most significant variables in any company valuations. Growth is often miscalculated, leading to an inaccurate calculation of intrinsic value. We believe that growth is best forecasted using historical […]
Many of our frequent readers may recognize our latest addition to the staff, Aaron Horvitz. Aaron has been contributing as a commentor on a regular basis and we recently decided to extend a position to him as a regular contributor. Please extend your welcome to this talented and passionate individual! Aaron Horvitz left work as […]
Over the next few weeks, I hope to do an individual valuation of each of the components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For a brief overview of the Dow, please see our Glance at the Dow – a snapshot of the valuations on March 10. When I have completed the individual valuations, I will […]
Over the next few weeks, I hope to do an individual valuation of each of the components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For a brief overview of the Dow, please see our Glance at the Dow – a snapshot of the valuations on March 10. When I have completed the individual valuations, I will […]
We currently have over 1100 subscribers to our RSS feed, and almost 300 subscribers to our daily email of posts. But we don’t know who anyone who reads our work is.  Please take a moment to leave a comment and introduce yourself. Honestly, you may have noticed that our posting has been rather erratic over […]
Over the next few weeks, I hope to do an individual valuation of each of the components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For a brief overview of the Dow, please see our Glance at the Dow – a snapshot of the valuations on March 10. When I have completed the individual valuations, I will […]
Modern and Timeless Graham
I attended a seminar last week that was labeled: “educational.† It had been sponsored by one of the largest financial holding companies in the world. Various individuals from the financial services industry were in attendance to hear an expert, who happens to run a new mutual fund, discuss his views on the American economy and […]