A business that increases its revenue and earnings throughout the years while keeping shareholder value will always see its share price go up in the long run - Philip Fisher
Dear 3iii, Good morning, compliment from Kcchong on your golden rule and PE> 50.
Posted by kcchongnz > Oct 6, 2019 10:43 PM | Report Abuse "A business that increases its revenue and earnings throughout the years while keeping shareholder value will always see its share price go up in the long run - Philip Fisher"
But does the "Golden Rule" we are talking about here has any similarity with what Philip Fisher said?
Did Fisher named his statement as "Golden Rule"?
I would also like to add that the above statement is generally true, but not all the time.
If you buy those stocks at a lofty price, your return won't be encouraging, even for a long period.
Warren Buffet through Berkshire Hathaway invested in Coca Cola from year 1987. He invested in it because in his analysis, Coca Cola was an excellent quality company, and it still is. On 1st July 1990, share price of Coke was $5.69. At earnings of 30 cents per share, PE was only 19, a fair price to pay for a company which grew its earnings at a CAGR of 13.4% over the next 8 years to 82 cents a share in 1998. The share price grew at a much faster rate at a CAGR of 29% over the next 8 years to $42.59, six and a half baggers. PE ratio of Coca Cola in 1998 expanded to 52.
Over the next 21 years from July 1998 to July 30th, 2019, EPS of Coca Cola still grew by 83%, but just at CAGR of 2.9%. Its share price barely grew by 22.6% to $52.2 per share, or a CAGR of just 1%, while the Dow Industrial Index has doubled during the same period. The PE ratio of Coke has contracted to about 35. Those investors who bought Coke, a great company, at its peak price 21 years ago way under-performed the broad market during the same period.
It is the same story for Microsoft. If you have bought it in year 2000, your return won't be good. There are many others.
Historical daily share price chart and data for Coca-Cola since 1962 adjusted for splits. The latest closing stock price for Coca-Cola as of October 04, 2019 is 54.54.
#The all-time high Coca-Cola stock closing price was 55.77 on September 04, 2019.#
The Coca-Cola 52-week high stock price is 55.92, which is 2.5% above the current share price.
The Coca-Cola 52-week low stock price is 44.25, which is 18.9% below the current share price.
The average Coca-Cola stock price for the last 52 weeks is 49.48.
Look at the 52 weeks high and low prices of each of your stock.
You will notice that it was not unusual for your stock prices to go up 50% for the year and to drop the equivalent 1/3rd for the same year. That is the nature of the stock prices fluctuation. Do you think the intrinsic value (or the business) of the company fluctuates so much too? Of course, not.
Therefore, as an investor, you should have your own strategy to take advantage of these price fluctuations. As a value investor, these price fluctuations offer you the opportunity to buy when the prices are obviously undervalued to intrinsic value. As to whether you wish to sell when it is highly priced or not to sell (hold long term), this is not so critical, especially if you are holding a great company with a very long run way ahead. You will still be fine.
On the other hand, you will definitely need to sell your gruesome companies when they are overpriced.
IN 2007/2008, the market crashed. Yes, my portfolio went down 30%+. But I did not lose my capital. Still has a profit based on my initial costs. Still received dividends from the stocks I own.
I did not sell. Many sold at the depth of the market and guess what happened? That was also the best time to buy and hold for the long term.
Anyway, the same stocks I had are many times higher than before 2007 crash.
Risk in investing is when you do not know what you are doing.
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....
Posted by 3iii > 2018-08-12 08:05 | Report Abuse
My Golden Rule of Investing: Companies that grow revenues and earnings will see share prices grow over time.