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Finding Durable Moats is the Keyto Finding Good Investments
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DISCLAIMER:
This document does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy.
No part of this document is a recommendationor a solicitation. The information and beliefscontained herein are believed to be correct,
but there is no guarantee.
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Background
Played poker full-time for a few years
Got into investing first as a side hobby
Self-taught investor, no Wall Street experience
Started Wiedower Capital in 2015
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6 traits I look for in companies
1. Founder-led
2. Industry tailwinds at their back
3. Long runway for growth
4. Profitable
5. Safe balance sheet (cash > debt)
6. Durable competitive advantage
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Why founder-led
They care more: “This company is my baby”
High insider ownership
Job security = able to focus on long-term
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Why tailwinds / growth runway
Encourages me to invest for many years
I believe many world trends are inevitable:
E-commerce
Renewable energy
Healthy eating
Animal rights
Marijuana legalization
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Why profitable / safe balance sheet
Long-term focus = inevitable I will own the company during a downturn
Profitable companies with lots of cash and little debt can take advantage of weaker
competitors during downturns
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Why durable moats are important
A company is worth its future FCF discounted back to today
70%+ of total intrinsic value comes after year 5
2-5% of intrinsic value comes from next 12-months
Thus, how long-lasting a company’s moat is matters far more than this year’s financial results
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Finding Durable Moats is the Keyto Finding Good Investments
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Case Study #1
Amazon (AMZN)
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Amazon Overview
• E-commerce• ~50% of US e-commerce
• Growing internationally
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)• ~33% market share globally
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Amazon’s Tailwinds
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US e-commerce growth
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Cloud computing
1. Local data centers → cloud
2. Demand for computing power
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Amazon’sCompetitive Advantages
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Barriers to entry
Massive physical infrastructure
Warehouses, data centers, planes, trucks, last-mile delivery
>200 million square feet of fulfillment and data centers
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Scaled economies shared
Sell service
Moredata centers
Lowerprices
E-commerce
AWSSell product
Increase buyingpower
Lowerprices
Economiesof scale
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Marketplace network effects
Buyers Sellers
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AWS switching cost
Companies take 1-2+ years to switch cloud providers
“we cannot easily switch our AWS operations to another cloud provider”
(ZG 2017 10-K)
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How AWS benefits e-commerce
AWS subsidizing e-commerce = lower prices for longer
E-commerce competitors don’t have a high margin business to subsidize their low margin e-commerce business with
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How durableare Amazon’s moats?
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Economies shared + network effects
Scaled economies shared and marketplace network effects get stronger with scale
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Each year, Amazon’s lead gets larger
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AWS switching cost
This is a very durable moat
Really have to mess up for a customer to spend 1-2+ years switching to a competitor
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Physical infrastructure
Extremely hard to replicate
in a reasonable period of time
Billions of dollars + many years to build logistics network and data centers
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Case Study #2
Facebook (FB)
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Facebook Overview
• Owns 4 of the largest social media and messaging services in the world: • Facebook (2.2B users)
• Instagram (1B users)
• WhatsApp (1.5B users)
• Messenger (1.3B users)
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Facebook’s Tailwinds
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Internet penetration
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Digital ad spend
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FB market share of digital
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Facebook’sCompetitive Advantages
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Network effects
More users
Moreadvertisers
Betterplatform
Users
AdvertisersMore users
Betterplatform
Better ads
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Scale
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Facebook's % of addressable internet users
~60% of all Internet-connected humans on Earth use one of Facebook’s platforms!
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User switching cost
No comparable platform = The option is Facebook vs no Facebook
Facebook is the default way to prove your identity online
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Advertiser switching cost
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger operated as one ad platform
One platform = simple and efficient
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Barriers to entry
Government regulation entrenches incumbents due to compliance expense
Facebook growing its security and content review teams to 20,000
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How durableare Facebook’s moats?
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Ability to keep advertisers
Facebook has the most users +
Best ad targeting =
Advertisers won’t leave if users are there
Facebook’s durability is dependent on keeping its user base
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Ability to keep users
Every generation is different:
Taste in music, movies, etc
Gen Z not as active on Facebook
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Ability to keep users
Millennials through baby boomers are on Facebook en masse
Gen Z very active on Instagram
A generation not using a Facebook service is a very long-term risk (after Gen Z)
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Case Study #3
Tesla (TSLA)
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Tesla Overview
• Leading the inevitable change to electric vehicles: • Model S: best-selling large premium sedan
• Model 3: best-selling mid-sized premium sedan
• Model X: high-end large SUV (sells well, but not #1)
• In development: crossover SUV, semi-truck, new sports car
• Vision is to own the entire solar energy stack: solar roofs to capture the energy + Powerwalls to store it and power the house and Tesla cars
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Does Tesla have any moats?
• Network effects: very little
• Scale: much smaller than other automakers
• Switching costs: no customer lock-in
• Brand name: less name recognition than competitors
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Tesla does have someadvantages though…
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Cars transitioning to software
Tesla is only tech-first automaker
All their cars built as one piece of software
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EVs are different
Fewer parts + different supply chain + different manufacturing process
Tesla is 100% focused on EV manufacturing, others are just learning it
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Better car buying experience
Modern, luxurious stores
No sleazy car salesmen
(don’t work on commissions)
No negotiating on price
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Better car owning experience
Over-the-air updates
Mobile repair service
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Controls the customer experience
Tesla owns their dealerships, repair shops, and charging stations
The big automakers don’t control most of their customer interactions
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How durableare Tesla’s advantages?
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All their advantages can be copied
There’s no reason other automakers can’t:
Transition supply chain and manufacturing
Improve dealership model
Focus more on software
Easier said than done?
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Potential for stronger moats?
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Self-driving network effects
AutonomousMiles driven
Softwareimproves
Cars aresafer
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Solar energy
Customer lock-in via owning the entire solar energy stack:
Solar roof
Powerwall
Car
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Conclusions
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• Tesla has the softest moats, but also the most upside • Especially if they build stronger moats via autonomy or
packaging solar energy solutions
• Facebook has many strong moats, but they are the most susceptible to consumer preferences
• Amazon has the most durable moats• Scale of their physical infrastructure is the most durable moat:
impossible to replicate without tens of billions of dollars and many years to build out
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Why I don’t own Tesla
Autonomy uncertainty:
Major risk and major opportunity
Would be more interested if:
Consistent profitability
Debt load decreases
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Why I don’t own Amazon
Since I’ve been following, the stock hasn’t been cheap enough
Would love to own it at the right price
Has one of the strongest and most durable moats I’m aware of
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Why I do own Facebook
I think the user risk is a much longer-term risk than others do (10-20+ years)
Trust Zuckerberg is a very high-quality CEO
Tons of recent negative headlines that I don’t think affect the company long-term
have made the stock very cheap