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50

Wall Street Drivers beta

📊 Professional Investors(wallstreet) pay a lot of heed at these numbers, long term history matters - specially 9+ year trends
Score 7.0 / 10.0

  • revenue cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['5.52 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which grow >= 5% YoY, better than GDP growth of >= 2-3%
  • cashflows cagr for last 3 years
  • insight: ['15.59 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which generate cashflows >= 5% YoY, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • operating profits cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['53.93 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which generate operating profits >= 5% YoY
  • shares outstanding cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['0.2 is less than equal to 2']
  • mental_model: As a business owner equity is important, We want less dilution over years OR it should reduce so our share of business increases with time, less than 2% is ideal, >=10% is potentially bad be careful
  • net profits cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['26.28 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which generate net profits >= 5% YoY
  • debt cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['79.2 is NOT less than equal to 2']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business with lower debt growth
  • sbc average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.09 is less than equal to 0.1']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which has lower sbc % wrt cashflow operating
  • equity cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['0.19 is NOT greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business having shareholder equity growth >= 5% YoY
  • interestCoverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['9.09 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can cover their interest payments with cashflows, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • leverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['3.01 is less than equal to 5', '3.01 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can pay their debts in less than 5 years using cashflows, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • interestRate average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.04 is less than equal to 0.05']
  • mental_model: We prefer lower interest rate than the current prevailing interest rates, we want long term debt profile too
  • roe_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['7.81 is NOT greater than equal to 10']
  • mental_model: Good Business have return on equity >= 10%
  • roce_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['6.36 is NOT greater than equal to 15']
  • mental_model: Good Business have return on capital >= 15%
  • roic_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['22.25 is greater than equal to 15']
  • mental_model: Good Business have return on invested capital >= 15%

Business Durability beta

🏰 Quality companies with moats show higher or stable trends, long term trends matters, Consistency is the Key
Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • margin cashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.17 wrt mean ratio: 0.16']
  • margin operating running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.11 wrt mean ratio: 0.028']
  • margin net running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.08 wrt mean ratio: 0.002']
  • roa_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 5.37 wrt mean ratio: 5.015']
  • mental_model: We want stability on increasing return on assets
  • roe_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 7.81 wrt mean ratio: 7.325']
  • mental_model: We want stability on increasing return on equity
  • roce_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 6.36 wrt mean ratio: 5.98']
  • mental_model: We want stability on increasing return on capital employed
  • roic_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is stable, last 3 year ratio: 22.25 wrt mean ratio: 21.76']
  • mental_model: We want stability on increasing return on invested capital
  • rotc_cashflow::operating average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is stable, last 3 year ratio: 38.27 wrt mean ratio: 36.89']
  • mental_model: We want stability on increasing return on tangible capital

Valuation is the Key beta

💎 Buying Quality companies at cheap provides the right Margin of Safety in the longer term
Score 5.0 / 10.0

  • pe average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['60.15 is NOT less than equal to 15', '60.15 is greater than 0']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want lower number here when we are BUY mode, PE <=15 preferred
  • pocf average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['25.12 is NOT less than equal to 15', '25.12 is greater than 0']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want lower number here when we are BUY mode, POCF <=15 preferred
  • pb average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['1.84 is less than equal to 2', '1.84 is greater than 0']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want lower number here when we are BUY mode, PB <=2 preferred
  • ps average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['4.05 is less than equal to 5', '4.05 is greater than 0']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want lower number here when we are BUY mode, PS <=5 preferred
  • evToEbitda average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['12.18 is less than equal to 15', '12.18 is greater than 0']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want lower number here when we are BUY mode, evToEbitda <=15 preferred
  • evToOcf average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['27.49 is NOT less than equal to 15', '27.49 is greater than 0']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want lower number here when we are BUY mode, POCF <=15 preferred

Business Trends last 3 years beta

Score 7.0 / 10.0

  • receivables running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is stable, last 3 year ratio: 0.18 wrt mean ratio: 0.188']
  • mental_model: receivables should always grow less with revenues otherwise there might be some payment/collection issues, Watch out
  • inventory running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is stable, last 3 year ratio: 0.24 wrt mean ratio: 0.23']
  • mental_model: inventory should always grow in relation with revenues, Inventory build can be positive depending on the industry cycle, but mostly it could be a CON as working capital is tied up, Be Careful
  • payables running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.09 wrt mean ratio: 0.106']
  • mental_model: the more this is the better, nothing bad about it.

Profits Matter beta

💰 Companies needs to have positive profits to reward its shareholders in the long term
Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • positive cashflows profits average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['1560666666.67 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We want to see positive cashflows profits for last 3 years, Profits determine Stock prices in the long term
  • positive operating profits average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['1041333333.33 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We want to see positive operating profits for last 3 years, Profits determine Stock prices in the long term
  • positive net profits average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['775666666.67 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We want to see positive net profits for last 3 years, GAAP net Profits determine Stock prices in the long term

Capital Allocation beta

🧠 Remember: Shareholders only gets rewarded if management does prudent capital allocation decisions
Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • stock based compensation to Cashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.09 wrt mean ratio: 0.1']

Business Performance beta

Score 5.0 / 10.0

  • Operating Leverage Cashflow cagr for last 3 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [2.06] for last 3 year ratio, threshold 0.9, value_1: 15.59, value_2: 7.55']
  • Operating Leverage cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [9.77] for last 5 year ratio, threshold 0.9, value_1: 53.93, value_2: 5.52']
  • debt cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [14.35] for last 5 year ratio, threshold 1, value_1: 79.2, value_2: 5.52']
  • debt-equity-cagr cagr for last 5 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [416.84] for last 5 year ratio, threshold 1, value_1: 79.2, value_2: 0.19']
  • mental_model: We want debt to grow less than equity

Balance Sheet Quality beta

📈 Quality companies can withstand darkest hours, strong balance sheet is the key
Score 8.0 / 10.0

  • debtToCashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 3.01 wrt mean ratio: 3.22']
  • debtToEquity running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.23 wrt mean ratio: 0.202']
  • interestCoverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['9.09 is greater than equal to 3']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can cover their interest payments
  • leverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['3.01 is less than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can pay their debts in less than 5 years
  • interestRate average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.04 is less than equal to 0.05']
  • mental_model: We prefer lower interest rate than the current prevailing interest rates, we want long term debt profile too

Valuation Insights Relative to History beta

Score 8.0 / 10.0

  • pe average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 60.15 wrt mean ratio: 72.04']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want stability on decreasing trend here
  • pocf average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 25.12 wrt mean ratio: 26.985']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want stability on decreasing trend here
  • pb average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is stable, last 3 year ratio: 1.84 wrt mean ratio: 1.85']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want stability on decreasing trend here
  • ps average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 4.05 wrt mean ratio: 4.35']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want stability on decreasing trend here
  • evToEbitda average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 12.18 wrt mean ratio: -15.403']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want stability on decreasing trend here
  • evToOcf average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 27.49 wrt mean ratio: 29.43']
  • mental_model: It depends which side of the equation you are, Buy, Hold or Sell but typically We want stability on decreasing trend here

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1. Showing CASHFLOW_COMPARE_DETAIL report for ALC [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 92.54 as of 2025-04-18
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
ALC StockMarketPrice 84.89 77.87 68.11 86.31 65.27 55.96
ALC YearPriceHigh 101.10 85.92 86.53 87.95 67.38 63.05 0.0 0.0
ALC YearPriceLow 74.06 63.37 54.86 64.13 38.95 53.20 0.0 0.0
ALC revenue 9.91B 9.46B 8.72B 8.29B 6.83B 7.51B 7.15B 6.79B
ALC assets 30.35B 29.61B 29.21B 28.00B 27.60B 27.66B 27.06B 0.0
ALC ppnenet 4.39B 4.37B 4.03B 3.71B 3.42B 3.11B 2.80B 0.0
ALC cashflow::operating 2.08B 1.39B 1.22B 1.34B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC netincome 1.02B 0.97B 0.34B 0.38B -0.53B -0.66B -0.23B 0.26B
ALC operatingincome 1.41B 1.04B 0.67B 0.58B -0.48B -0.19B -0.25B -0.08B
ALC marketcap 42.24B 38.30B 33.38B 42.42B 31.92B 27.37B 0.0 0.0
ALC ev 45.21B 42.02B 37.05B 44.93B 34.48B 30.03B 0.0 0.0
ALC equity 21.55B 20.62B 19.68B 19.26B 18.82B 19.30B 22.64B 0.0
ALC debt 4.64B 4.82B 4.65B 4.08B 4.12B 3.48B 0.05B 0.0
ALC interest_expense 0.19B 0.19B 0.13B 0.12B 0.12B 0.11B 0.02B 0.03B
ALC interestRate 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.51 inf
ALC shares_calc 0.50B 0.49B 0.49B 0.49B 0.49B 0.49B 0.49B 0.49B
ALC sbc 0.15B 0.14B 0.14B 0.14B 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC depreciation 1.23B 1.23B 1.11B 1.22B 0.00B 0.00B 0.0 0.0
ALC inventory 2.27B 2.32B 2.11B 1.90B 1.64B 1.50B 1.44B 0.0
ALC payables 0.77B 0.81B 0.86B 0.90B 0.88B 0.83B 0.66B 0.0
ALC receivables 1.74B 1.77B 1.67B 1.50B 1.36B 1.39B 1.25B 0.0
ALC opLeverage 31.18 46.14 10.72 -241.67 166.74 -29.56 216.76 0.0
ALC opLeverageFlag 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.0 1.00 0.0 1.00 0.0
ALC evToEbitda 11.70 12.04 12.80 14.88 -71.53 -160.57 0.0 0.0
ALC evToOpIncome 31.99 40.45 55.13 77.46 inf inf 0.0 0.0
ALC evToOcf 21.76 30.28 30.44 33.40 inf inf 0.0 0.0
ALC pocf 20.34 27.59 27.43 31.54 inf inf 0.0 0.0
ALC pe 41.49 39.32 99.64 112.82 inf inf 0.0 0.0
ALC ps 4.26 4.05 3.83 5.12 4.67 3.65 0.0 0.0
ALC pb 1.96 1.86 1.70 2.20 1.70 1.42 0.0 0.0
ALC roa_cfo 7.01% 4.75% 4.35% 4.87% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC roe_cfo 10.07% 7.05% 6.32% 7.15% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC roce_cfo 8.16% 5.71% 5.22% 5.86% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC roic_cfo 27.15% 19.98% 19.62% 24.22% 0.0 0.0 0.0 inf
ALC rotc_cfo 47.54% 34.48% 32.79% 39.27% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC margin_cfo 20.96% 14.68% 13.96% 16.22% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC margin_op 14.26% 10.99% 7.71% 7.00% -7.05% -2.49% -3.47% -1.13%
ALC margin_net 10.27% 10.30% 3.84% 4.54% -7.77% -8.74% -3.17% 3.77%
ALC yield_cfo 4.92% 3.62% 3.65% 3.17% 0.0 0.0 inf inf
ALC yield_cfo_ev 4.59% 3.30% 3.28% 2.99% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ALC goodwill 8.95B 8.93B 8.97B 8.90B 8.90B 8.90B 8.90B 0.0
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

2. CAGR report Showing CASHFLOW_COMPARE_DETAIL report for ALC Current Market Price: 92.54 as of 2025-04-18
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry CAGR_5Y_ENDING_2024 CAGR_3Y_ENDING_2024
ALC StockMarketPrice 8.69% -0.55%
ALC YearPriceHigh 9.90% 4.75%
ALC YearPriceLow 6.84% 4.92%
ALC revenue 5.71% 6.13%
ALC assets 1.88% 2.72%
ALC ppnenet 7.11% 5.75%
ALC cashflow::operating inf 15.59%
ALC netincome 28.85% 39.38%
ALC operatingincome 57.06% 34.56%
ALC marketcap 9.07% -0.14%
ALC ev 8.53% 0.21%
ALC equity 2.23% 3.83%
ALC debt 5.94% 4.40%
ALC interest_expense 11.18% 16.96%
ALC interestRate 5.92% 10.06%
ALC shares_calc 0.34% 0.41%
ALC sbc inf 2.82%
ALC depreciation 1431.32% 0.16%
ALC inventory 8.55% 6.10%
ALC payables -1.48% -5.05%
ALC receivables 4.55% 5.08%
ALC opLeverage 25.02% 28.65%
ALC opLeverageFlag inf inf
ALC evToEbitda 15.69% -7.70%
ALC evToOpIncome -94.98% -25.53%
ALC evToOcf -95.35% -13.31%
ALC pocf -95.41% -13.60%
ALC pe -94.71% -28.36%
ALC ps 3.14% -5.95%
ALC pb 6.66% -3.78%
ALC roa_cfo inf 12.91%
ALC roe_cfo inf 12.09%
ALC roce_cfo inf 11.67%
ALC roic_cfo inf 3.88%
ALC rotc_cfo inf 6.58%
ALC margin_cfo inf 8.92%
ALC margin_op 50.52% 26.77%
ALC margin_net 25.99% 31.27%
ALC yield_cfo inf 15.78%
ALC yield_cfo_ev inf 15.36%
ALC goodwill 0.09% 0.15%
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)


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