Our Philosophy

"With a good perspective on history, we can have a better understanding of the past and present, and thus a clear vision of the future." - Carlos Slim Helu

Impeccable Management Quality

Impeccable Management Quality

We invest in companies where management quality stands out. We do thorough background checks on track record of management looking for red flags if any or past governance issues. We analyze their past capital allocation decisions. We analyze their past ability to drive business through difficult times. We look for teams we can trust with our investments.

Identifying Sectoral Business cycles early

Identifying Sectoral Business cycles early

Businesses and industries go through cycles. We look for early signs for cycle changes. Business cycles lead to earnings cycles (upgrades and downgrades) and earnings cycle lead to valuation cycles (undervalued and overvalued). We avoid the herd.

Superior Business Quality

Superior Business Quality

Within each sector we look for businesses which have clear moats around themselves. We look for both category leaders as well as challengers. We bet on companies who display strong right to win in an industry

Inflection points in Earnings

Inflection points in Earnings

We are looking out for improvement in topline bottom-line growth, margin improvement, ROE improvement, Debt reductions as indicators for P/E expansion. At the same time we keep an eye for portfolio company’s earnings to see when slowdown in growth or margin and ROE compression happens as these are indicators for P/E contraction

Timing entry and exit right

Timing entry and exit right

We keep an eye on valuations at the time of entry to avoid overpaying for growth. We monitor existing portfolio companies to avoid froth being built and helping in timely profit booking and weight management in portfolio