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Textbook Multibagger with the Perfect Catalyst

Textbook Multibagger with the Perfect Catalyst

High switching costs, decentralized operations, and management that thinks like owners

Apr 28, 2025
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I just found the perfect example of what makes a true compounder.

You know the type - a business that:

  • Generates high returns on invested capital

  • Operates with a formidable moat

  • Has a management team that thinks in decades, not quarters

  • Boasts a long runway for reinvestment

  • Dominates fragmented niche markets

Today's stock checks every single box.

Just look at what this business delivered in its most recent quarter alone:

  • Net profit up 20.4%

  • Earnings per share up 21.1%

  • Return on capital employed excluding goodwill: 131% (not a typo)

The company operates a decentralized model that's proven itself time and again.

Think of it as a mini-Berkshire - finding high-quality businesses, letting them operate independently, but providing capital and expertise to accelerate their growth.

The business has completed six acquisitions already this year - and that's just warming up.

With its current debt level at only 1.1x EBITDA (against a target maximum of 3x), there's massive firepower for additional deals.

Its customers are locked in with mission-critical products. The switching costs are enormous, creating predictable, recurring revenue streams that fund the growth machine.

Best of all? It operates in boring, essential markets that the tech bros won't touch with a ten-foot pole. That means less competition and more reasonable acquisition multiples.

"But what's the catalyst?"

That question misses the point entirely.

The catalyst is time and compounding.

This is a business designed to grow at 15-20% annually for a decade or more.

You don't need a rerating or a special event - you just need to let the machine work.

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