When I‘m screening markets for my investable universe I look for high-quality compounders with:
- Strong and consistent capital returns (ROCE)
- High and stable profitability (gross, operating, and FCF margins)
- Steady revenue growth over time
- Large market capitalization (mature, established companies)
In detail I’m screening for:
- Market Cap: at least $ 10B
- ROCE 3-Year Avg: ≥ 25%
- ROCE 10-Year Avg: ≥ 25%
- Gross Margin 3-Year Avg: ≥ 50%
- FCF Margin 3-Year Avg: ≥ 20%
- Operating Margin 10-Year Avg: ≥ 25%
- Revenue per share CAGR 3-Year: ≥ 5%
- Revenue per share CAGR 10-Year: ≥ 5%
- FCF per share CAGR 3-Year: ≥ 10%
- FCF per share CAGR 10-Year: ≥ 10%
- Consistency/stability of earnings (from max. 1.0): ≥ 0.8
- No more than 75% revenue exposure to one single country/market (eg. USA)
Here are my current holdings: