@JohnHuber72@WallStRollup 100% niche distributors who aggregate long tail of suppliers are the classical network effects business generate high ROICs with minimum investment in working capital if ran well
@Finding_Moats I think real pricing power is in the regulatory asset base whether AENA can have the same ROIC on the large Capex their adding while getting price hikes on IMAAJ which barely moving higher. One more wildcard Catalonia government (big part of AENA total earnings power)
@Finding_Moats Another point on merchant business is that retail don't come to the airport to make money The best case it's customer acquisition tool. Maybe over indexing on minimum rents hikes in one of the strongest tourist cycles maybe not be the strongest assumptions (I could be wrong)
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@DrewCohenMoney In $MCO proxy part of the management comps is linked to the rating quality however I don't know what that means (not the case with $SPGI did you encounter any qualitative insights while researching?
@webaficionado@jack Not to mention SQ should be the higher margin business structurally as they earn higher profits per customer than larger merchant companies like Adyen serves
@webaficionado@jack so my math tells me he just trim the fat along with that probably let go of some really talented employees to join more focus & efficient competitors sounds like a plan
@RealJimChanos@IndraStocks@GothamResearch I don't understand this logic if this is the case isn't the whole used car dealership sector not investable? ๐ more or less all of them have similar business model financing, other Value adds are bigger part of their profit pie demands proper comparison.