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Income Statement • Analysts focus on the income statement because is the core input for any valuation model. Do profits exceed or lag industry standards? Can profits be sustained or improved over the cycle ahead? Depending on the business, revenue growth may be less important than expense management.
Supply Chains • Executives prioritize supply-chain management in ways that may have been unnecessary prior to the pandemic. Just-in-time techniques now seem high risk, given what we learned about plant closures and shipping delays. Onshoring is a preferred approach in many cases.
Food Security • For the farmer in West Africa, this essential need may relate to crop yields. For the family in the American Midwest, the issue could be one of household income. For the policymaker in Southeast Asia, the concern may be tied to natural-resource management. Our focus offers cross-border dimensions.
Mexican Affairs • The majority of Mexican exports head to the United States, but the economy is much more than America’s backyard. The nation has a GDP similar in heft to Indonesia. A distinguishing economic feature is extreme income inequality. That wealth profile plays out in the political arena.
Automobiles • Car manufacturing is a different business today, than it was a decade ago. The industry wrestles with the impact of electric-vehicle adoption, but there are other issues, such as role of micro-mobility. China now produces almost three times more automobiles than the United States.
Sustainable Tourism • Government officials advocate tourism development because of the outsized impact on local economies, at least that is the classic view. Tourism is increasingly viewed as a two-edged sword because of the stress on public services and infrastructure. Economic gains can be fleeting.
Infrastructure Business • Typically defined as roads and bridges or even electricity grids and waterworks, our view of infrastructure in this column is framed by connectivity projects. Airports and seaports have evident economic impact, involving an array of public- and private-sector constituents.
Muslim Style • Creative arts in the Islamic world are inspired by the Quran. For architecture and interior motifs, geometric patterns prevail since images of people are forbidden. Clothing embraces ideas of modesty and humility. Interpretations of these standards are found throughout Western culture.
Venture Capital • The successes of Silicon Valley have made venture capital into a marquee source of funding for startup founders. The priority of these institutional investors is generating a financial return for their limited partners, not subsidizing a young company on a recurring basis.
Medical Biotechnology • Long lead times to market and high burn rates of capital may be typical in this healthcare business, but the upside potential for institutional investors can be enormous. Scientists-founders often take a backseat to management as these companies grow into profitability.
Read the fine print. Cranganore operates worldwide. However, the company cannot offer all services in every jurisdiction or to all businesses. We may act in concert with locally-regulated entities in some cases.
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