When you invest in gold, your returns solely depends on what somebody else will pay for it rather than
what cash it generates, therefore it falls more within the space of speculation in my view.
As the company acquires more assets and the stream of
cash it generates gets larger, the value of the business increases.
The goal, he says, is to see if the present value of
the cash it generates is greater than the stock price.
«The value of a business is determined by the present value of
the cash it generates over its lifetime, not based on what next year's earnings are going to be.
IBM seems to be a fascinating case study — revenues declining for years, but dividends still increasing due to
the cash it generates.
A Reinvestment Moat company has the strong competitive advantages around their core business as seen in the Legacy Moats, but their market is not yet saturated and the company has the ability to reinvest
the cash they generate into growing.
Second, it indicates whether management has good discipline in deciding what to do with
the cash it generates.
They don't worry about the allocation of overhead because they know
the cash they generate by working at the hot dog stand must exceed their costs in order to produce a profit.