Tim McElvaine on Value Investing, His Process, and Selected Case Studies

May 6, 2024 in Audio, Case Studies, Equities, Full Video, Interviews, Invest Intelligently Podcast, Member Podcasts, Podcast, Transcripts

We had the pleasure of speaking with Tim McElvaine, founder and president of McElvaine Investment Management, based in Victoria, British Columbia.

In the wide-ranging interview, Tim discussed the following:

  • His path as an investor, and some of the lessons learned along the way
  • How investing has changed, and to what extent investors have to adapt
  • Case studies, and why some theses worked out while others did not
  • Other interests and engagements, including Tiny (Canada: TINY)
  • Other topics related to Tim’s investment philosophy and process

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About the interviewee:

Tim McElvaine is the Founder and President of McElvaine Investment Management Ltd.

Tim developed his value-oriented philosophy during his 12-year career with Peter Cundill & Associates where, amongst other capacities, he served as Manager of the Cundill Security Fund (1992-1996), Co-Manager of the Cundill Value Fund (1998-2003) and Chief Investment Officer (1998-2003).

Tim had previously earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in 1986, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988, and as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1991. After working at Touche Ross in Toronto (1986-1989), Tim joined the Bank of N.T. Bufferfield in Bermuda (1989-1991). Tim moved to Vancouver to join Peter Cundill’s firm in 1991.

Tim has served on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed companies including Sun-Rype Products Ltd, Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc, Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., Glacier Media Inc, We Commerce Holdings Ltd. and Bastion Square Partners Inc.

Tim has been a speaker at value investing conferences including The Value Investing Seminar in Italy, Institute of Advanced Financial Planners Annual Symposium and The Ben Graham Centre’s Value Investing Conference in Toronto. In addition, Tim has appeared on BNN, Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Outstanding Investor Digest, The Manual of Ideas and has been featured in the investment book, Stock Market Superstars.

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Grupo Catalana Occidente: Una Inversión Prometedora en el Sector de Seguros

May 6, 2024 in Ideas de inversión, MOI Global en Español

NOTA DEL EDITOR: La siguiente idea de inversión es obtenida de una carta semestral a los inversores de Buy & Hold Gestión de Activos.

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Grupo Catalana Occidente [BME: GCO] es una empresa española, controlada familiarmente, con más de un siglo de historia, 25 años de recorrido en bolsa y que conocemos bien porque ya hemos tenido en nuestras carteras en el pasado.

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JB Financial: Domestic-Led Activism Unlocking Value at Korean Bank

May 3, 2024 in Asia, Asian Investing Summit 2024, Asian Investing Summit 2024 Featured, Audio, Discover Great Ideas Podcast, Equities, Ideas, Member Podcasts

Florian Weidinger of Santa Lucia Asset Management presented his investment thesis on JB Financial Group (Korea: 175330) at Asian Investing Summit 2024.

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Florian Weidinger is the CEO of Santa Lucia Asset Management (SLAM), a pan-Asian Singapore-based investment management business. Prior, he was the founder of Hansabay a specialist in active engagement and special situation investing, and one of the early adopters of the PRI Principles for Responsible Investment in Singapore. Hansabay contributed its activities into SLAM during 2021. Earlier in his career, Florian Weidinger was a vice president at Lehman Brothers where he last worked for the insolvency administration, after several years with the risk arbitrage, principal investing and investment banking divisions in London. Mr. Weidinger has sourced, managed and executed public and private investments in Europe, Africa and Asia, and across the capital structure. Strategies included event-driven, long/short, distressed/credit and special situations investing. Mr. Weidinger has held multiple board directorships across sectors, including in the public markets. Mr. Weidinger holds a BSc from City University London, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an MS in Environment and Resources from Stanford University’s School of Earth Sciences.

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El valor de la lealtad del cliente: lecciones de Amazon

May 3, 2024 in Miscelánea, MOI Global en Español

NOTA DEL EDITOR: Esta idea de inversión presentada por Emérito Quintana es obtenida de una carta semestral a los inversores de Numantia Patrimonio Global.

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Deleitar al consumidor crea clientes fieles y empresas que perduran. Durante la pandemia Amazon [AMZN] tuvo un fuerte aumento de demanda, y tenía dos opciones: podía exprimir los activos actuales, subir precios y aumentar los tiempos de entrega, multiplicando los beneficios; o podía mantener la experiencia del consumidor como prioridad, lo que supuso sobredimensionar su red de logística rápidamente para cumplir con los clientes. Amazon escogió la segunda opción, ganando más confianza y lealtad de los clientes.

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El potencial de Arima Real Estate

April 29, 2024 in Ideas de inversión, MOI Global en Español

NOTA DEL EDITOR: Esta idea de inversión es obtenida de una carta trimestral del fondo DLTV Europe.

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Arima Real Estate [BME: ARM] es una inmobiliaria española especializada en la creación y transformación de edificios de oficinas y naves logísticas, en activos generadores de rentas estables y crecientes. Esta Socimi está centrada en Madrid, aunque no descarta comprar algún activo en Barcelona.

El equipo gestor liderado por Luis López de Herrera-Oria, goza de todo nuestro respeto y confianza. Su último proyecto empresarial, fue Axiare Real Estate, por el que Inmobiliaria Colonial acabó lanzando una OPA, produciendo magníficas rentabilidades para los inversores que le apoyaron a él y a su equipo. Desde mediados del 2014 (IPO) hasta finales del 2017 (OPA), los inversores que acompañaron a Luis y a su equipo ganaron un 87% (TIR 19.6%). Esta rentabilidad vino creada por 3 factores: un mercado inmobiliario que acompañaba con tipos de interés a la baja, un magnífico trabajo del equipo de Axiare en la compra y transformación de los activos inmobiliarios y, por último, una defensa a ultranza de la OPA de Colonial por parte del equipo directivo que acabó forzando a Colonial pagar el 20.8% de prima sobre el último NAV. Este último punto refuerza la honradez y la alineación de intereses del equipo. Este último punto parece lo normal, pero por desgracia en el mundo empresarial y en el sector inmobiliario cotizado no siempre es la norma general.

Arima sale a bolsa a finales del año 2018 a 10 euros por acción levantando 100m eur. Dos sucesivas ampliaciones de capital en 2019: una a 10 euros por acción que suponen 40 millones, y otra a 10.40 euros por acción que equivalen a 150 millones más. En total 290 millones que le da una potencia de inversión de entre 550-600 millones aproximadamente.

Desde la salida a bolsa hasta la actualidad Arima ha comprado nueve proyectos de oficinas y una nave logística en frío. La tesis de inversión de las adquisiciones es variada. Procederé a dar unos ejemplos sobre las tesis de compra:
a. Compra de un conjunto de edificios en los cuales se invierte un capex importante y creas un gran producto cambiando el uso,
b. Compra de un conjunto de plantas de oficinas las cuales requieren inversión. Se compran con la idea de comprar el resto del edificio o vender tus plantas con una buena prima al resto de los propietarios,
c. Comprar un solar para promover un edificio de oficinas con los mejores
estándares,
d. Comprar un edificio con necesidad de capex, el inquilino cesa, y por lo tanto se compra a mejor precio porque no esté alquilado. Se invierte el capex necesario para atraer inquilinos de primer nivel,
e. Acudir a una subasta del último activo de un concurso de acreedores que se queda desierta debido a la crisis bancaria en EEUU (Silicon Valley Bank, etc.), sabiendo que el edificio está un -40-50% infra arrendado. El resultado es comprar a un -40-50% de valoración de las transacciones en la misma zona.

En el párrafo anterior damos un conjunto de ejemplos de cómo añade valor Arima. Esta Socimi, no es el típico inversor que sólo busca rentas y está a merced de la dirección del mercado inmobiliario. Son stock-pickers de proyectos inmobiliarios, que con su gran conocimiento crean producto que acaban vendiendo a inversores financieros/family offices que sólo buscan rentas y no tienen ni el conocimiento ni la ambición de tener riesgo de ejecución.

También hay que mencionar que, debido a la actual regulación y a la falta de inversión, la oferta y la demanda de oficinas están balanceadas en Madrid. Además, el teletrabajo no afecta de la misma manera que en ciudades como Londres, Nueva York, Los Ángeles, etc., con lo cual, en DLTV vemos que el mercado de oficinas de Madrid es un buen mercado para crear producto de calidad.

Desde finales de 2018 hasta la actualidad Arima ha invertido cerca de 400m de euros en ciertos proyectos en los que ha ido creando valor. Recientemente ha vendido uno de sus proyectos donde le ha conseguido alrededor de un 26% en 5 años (rentabilidad sin apalancar). El Net Asset Value por acción ha pasado de los 10 euros de la salida a bolsa a los 11.91 euros actuales. En cambio, el precio por acción en bolsa ha ido cayendo desde el máximo que tocó en febrero del 2020 en 12.20 euros, hasta la cotización actual de 6.50 euros, aproximadamente un -46.7%.

¿Cuáles son las razones que descuenta el mercado para que la acción caiga como una piedra en el estanque? En 2020 fue el covid, luego la disrupción del teletrabajo en las oficinas, la incertidumbre por la invasión rusa a Ucrania, más adelante las subidas de los tipos de interés, y finalmente que si Arima está muy apalancada (el LTV cuando termine el capex pendiente será del 25%).

Sin embargo, la realidad es que Arima ha ido ejecutando poco a poco sus proyectos y ya ha cristalizado la primera desinversión. Actualmente tiene cerca de 100 millones de firepower para seguir comprando proyectos y edificios que tengan sentido.

Una vez todos los proyectos estén finalizados y alquilados, el perímetro actual tendrá alrededor de 22 millones de rentas que se traducirá en un FFO de algo más de 0.40 euros por acción. Si el conjunto de los edificios se tasasen a un cap rate del 4.75% (no nos parece nada descabellado), el NAV de Arima sin contar el FFO que se va a ir generando sería de alrededor de 13.3 euros por acción.

Para finalizar creemos que cómo la capitalización bursátil de Arima son 170 millones de euros, nos da la sensación en DLTV que nadamos solos. Cada vez hay menos inversores que inviertan en empresas de esta capitalización bursátil. En 3-4 años, esperamos que la acción cotice a un mínimo de 10 euros por acción. Creo que somos conservadores ya que eso es un buen descuento respecto al NAV. Desde los niveles actuales nos daría un potencial de un 53%. Si el mercado sigue siendo ineficiente, seguiremos aumentando nuestra posición en esta empresa. Dicho de una manera más sencilla; en 6.5 euros por acción tenemos un 1.2% del fondo, pero si el mercado siguiese siendo ineficiente y Arima bajase un -20-25% adicional, es muy probable que siguiésemos comprando con intensidad, ya que nuestro potencial conservador subiría a más de un 100%. Todo nuestro apoyo y admiración al gran equipo gestor de Arima.

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360 One Wam: Leading Wealth and Alternatives Asset Manager in India

April 26, 2024 in Asia, Asian Investing Summit 2024, Asian Investing Summit 2024 Featured, Audio, Discover Great Ideas Podcast, Equities, Ideas, Member Podcasts, Transcripts

Sameer Shah of ValueQuest Investment Advisors presented his investment thesis on 360 One Wam Ltd (India: 360ONE) at Asian Investing Summit 2024.

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Sameer Shah manages VQ Growth, the flagship PMS strategy since its inception which has delivered 20%+ returns over the last decade. With an extensive career spanning over 24 years in various facets of the financial industry, his professional background includes notable stints at Sharekhan, Brics, and Centrum. Sameer heads the Research at VQ and plays a key role in fostering a strong research culture at ValueQuest. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has also served as a former board member of the Association of Portfolio Management of India.

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Three Japanese Net Nets: Mitachi (3321), Soiken (2385), ItoKuro (6049)

April 26, 2024 in Asia, Asian Investing Summit 2024, Asian Investing Summit 2024 Featured, Audio, Discover Great Ideas Podcast, Equities, Ideas, Member Podcasts

Gaurang Merani of Global Investing Insight discussed his journey to becoming an investor and outlined each of his investment strategies, along with their performance, at Asian Investing Summit 2024. Gaurang also detailed his process for identifying candidates for his “net net” strategy. Finally, he highlighted three standout Japanese “net nets” that met his criteria: Mitachi (Tokyo: 3321), Soiken (Tokyo: 2385), and ItoKuro (Tokyo: 6049).

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Gaurang Merani is a dedicated individual investor. Following 15 years in corporate finance, forensic accounting and financial risk management in 2016 Gaurang focused his attention on global equity research and portfolio management. His research efforts resulted in the development and implementation of two systematic investment strategies based on the value and momentum factors, in addition to two more conventional strategies based on principles of deep value and event driven situations. Gaurang has had the distinction of having his research published by Alpha Architect, a highly regarded research based asset management firm led by Wes Gray PhD. Gaurang graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a Bachelor of Business and is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA), Australia member.

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HEG: Dual Growth Engine: Low-Cost Graphite Electrodes, Li-Ion Batteries

April 26, 2024 in Asia, Asian Investing Summit 2024, Asian Investing Summit 2024 Featured, Audio, Discover Great Ideas Podcast, Equities, Ideas, Member Podcasts, Transcripts

Nandan Madhiwalla of Punctilious One presented his investment thesis on HEG Ltd (India: HEG) at Asian Investing Summit 2024.

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Nandan Madhiwalla is the founder of Punctilious One and has more than a decade of experience in the investment industry. He has previously worked as a research analyst with PPFAS Mutual Fund – Mumbai, Roosevelt Investment Group and Lebenthal Asset Management in New York. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from D.J.Sanghvi School of Engineering, Mumbai University and a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and is also a CFA Charterholder.

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Intellect Design Arena: Financial Tech Leader With Long Growth Runway

April 26, 2024 in Asia, Asian Investing Summit 2024, Asian Investing Summit 2024 Featured, Audio, Discover Great Ideas Podcast, Equities, Ideas, Member Podcasts, Transcripts

Rahul Saraogi of Atyant Capital Advisors presented his investment thesis on Intellect Design Arena (India: INTELLECT) at Asian Investing Summit 2024.

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Rahul Saraogi is the founder and managing director of Atyant Capital Advisors, advisor to the Atyant Capital family of funds. In the last two decades he has focused on the Indian markets. His mission is to consistently identify the best 10-15 investment ideas from among the thousands of publicly- traded Indian corporations. Rahul’s value-based investment philosophy stands apart due to his belief in the paramount importance of corporate governance, specifically how management operates with its minority shareholders in mind. Rahul is the author of “Investing in India: A Value Investor’s Guide to the Biggest Untapped Opportunity in the World”, a definitive guide on navigating the Indian markets published by John Wiley & Sons. Rahul graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics. Outside of Atyant, he practices Vipassana, a 2,500 year-old meditation technique that helps people see things as they really are. Rahul splits time between Chennai and New York.

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Lemon Tree Hotels: Strong Position, Capital-Light Growth Opportunity

April 26, 2024 in Asia, Asian Investing Summit 2024, Asian Investing Summit 2024 Featured, Audio, Discover Great Ideas Podcast, Equities, Ideas, Member Podcasts

Amit Kumar of HDFC Securities Limited presented his investment thesis on Lemon Tree Hotels (India: LEMONTRE) at Asian Investing Summit 2024.

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Amit Kumar, CFA has fifteen years of experience in financial analysis, investment research, and corporate banking. He focuses on researching mid- and small-cap stocks in the Indian market. He looks for sustainable earning growths and healthy return on equity . He holds an MBA (finance) degree from XLRI Jamshedpur. His graduation was in the field of production engineering from NIT Trichy, a top engineering colleges in India. Apart from investment research, his hobby is long-distance running. He is part of Striders, a leading running club in Mumbai and has completed dozens of half marathons.

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