The Importance of Free Cash Flow in Deep Value Investing

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Aaron Carroll: Share buybacks are terrible for investors because they tend to be done. If the stock is very undervalued though, it has a different effect. The cash buys more value. A dollar of cash is worth more than a dollar of value and a buyback means you can buy these things back undervalued. It tells me that they have the free cash flow to do something about their business. And so it might help to do some additional work in there looking cash flow and other things like that. But we've got this thesis for the companies that are in that area - I love to see it confirmed by a management team who says yeah,. We're going to use genuine free cash

Robert Leonard chats with Tobias Carlisle about the global economy, market assessment, value investing opportunities, mean reversion trades, quality assessment in deep value strategies, using screeners, and more!

Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®. He is also the founder of Acquirers Funds® which manages ZIG, the Acquirers Fund, and DEEP, the Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value Fund.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:33 - His current assessment of the global economy and markets.

08:59 - Why he thinks the current market conditions create a favorable set up for value investors going forward?

20:32 - How long a mean reversion trade typically takes and how this differs from a time horizon of a quality investor.

24:39 - How to use his screeners and find companies that are cheap on an acquirer’s multiple basis?

44:39 - How an assessment of quality plays a role in a deep value strategy.

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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Tobias Carlisle’s book The Acquirer’s Multiple.
Tobias Carlisle’s book Deep Value.
Tobias Carlisle’s book Quantitative Value.
The Acquirer’s Podcast.
The Acquirer’s Multiple.
The Acquirer’s Fund.
Related Episode: Listen to MI025: Deep Value Investing w/ Tobias Carlisle or watch the video.
Related Episode: Listen to MI084: Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, And Berkshire Hathaway w/ Adam Mead or watch the video.

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