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Intro to Micro Caps

2025/3/15
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Ian Cassel: 我专注于投资市值低于5亿美元的微型股公司,特别是那些市值低于1亿美元的公司。这些公司通常缺乏机构投资者和分析师的关注,这使得它们存在被低估的可能性,同时也迫使我进行独立的尽职调查,这对于培养独立的投资思维至关重要。我将盈利能力视为微型股投资的关键因素,并倾向于投资那些能够持续盈利并实现增长的公司。此外,我非常重视管理团队的能力和过往业绩,特别是那些能够带领公司实现转型的管理团队。我将那些能够带领公司市值突破5亿美元,实现可持续增长的管理者定义为'智慧狂热者'。我通常会关注那些主导特定细分市场并实现有机增长的公司。我的投资组合通常包含十余家公司,平均持有期约为两年,但有些股票我会持有十年以上,有些则只有几个月。我根据公司表现和市场情况决定是继续持有、卖出还是增持。卖出股票的主要原因包括:找到更好的投资机会;股票涨幅过大过快;公司业务出现问题;管理层不值得信赖或能力不足。在初始投资时,我会非常关注估值,而在后续投资中,我会更关注管理团队的执行能力。我建议初学者专注于盈利公司,这能够显著降低投资风险。 Buck Hartzell: 我认同Ian Cassel的观点,并补充说明了在微型股投资中,需要对管理团队进行持续的监督,确保其言行一致,并按照既定计划执行。此外,建立投资信念的过程类似于建立人际关系,需要时间和持续的关注。在投资组合管理中,我们需要根据公司表现决定是继续持有、卖出还是增持。

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This chapter defines microcap stocks (market cap under $500 million), highlighting the lack of institutional ownership and analyst coverage as both a challenge and an opportunity for independent research and stock picking. It emphasizes the historical success of great stock pickers who started in microcaps and the high percentage of top-performing stocks originating from this sector, particularly profitable ones.
  • Microcap stocks have market caps under $500 million, often under $100 million.
  • They lack institutional ownership and analyst coverage.
  • Many successful stock pickers started investing in microcaps.
  • A high percentage of top-performing stocks (87%) originated as microcaps, with most being profitable.

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How does a maker of pesto sauce become a 28-bagger? The recipe calls for profitability, focused management, and sustainable earnings, along with a few other ingredients.

Ian Cassel is a micro-cap investor, the founder of MicroCap Club, and the author of two books. Motley Fool Senior Analyst Buck Hartzell caught up with Cassel for a conversation about investing in the smallest kinds of public companies. They also discuss:

  • How to evaluate companies with market caps less than $500M.

  • What makes an “intelligent fanatic.”

  • Why growing a stock position is like cultivating a relationship.

Host: Buck Hartzell

Guest: Ian Cassel

Producer: Mac Greer, Mary Long

Engineer: Chace Pryzlepa, RIck Engdahl

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