How much should we value the business at? If we're a ten cap investor, we want to buy it at a ten cap, how much should we pay for this rigt? Right? And the answer might seem to be pretty obvious. Well, it's got a billion dollars of owner earnings, and we just did the math, it's ten billion. But it isn't ten billion any more because something has happened here. Yoow. This is actually pretty standard. Is is not weird anything you're saeing. Ok, so now a let's take the company public. Now that we've done this and it's now available to be purchased in shares, in partial ownership
Debt matters. So how do you find the value of a company you want to invest in if they’re carrying around debt?
Stemming from a conversation about the role of debt in Liberty Media Corporation’s purchase of Formula One Racing from last week’s episode, Phil and Danielle dive deep into a conversation about how to use the 10 cap formula to accurately find the true valuation of the company you’re investing in, even when they’re carrying around debt, to ensure you’re making the right investment decision.
Phil and Danielle also discuss the level of unpredictability of investing you should almost always expect, using the history and future of Tesla as an example.
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Topics discussed in this podcast:
- Value Investing
- How to factor debt into investment opportunities
- The 3 Fs of Shorting
- Unpredictability in Investing
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