Analyses on Serial Acquirer
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Foxtons Group: The Lettings Core Holds, the Valuation No Longer Does
Lettings is growing and the 24–26% M&A ROIC stands, but H1 2026 cuts the earnings base by 19%. Fair value £0.45, bear case at the share price: Hold.
Five VMS Stocks, One Yardstick: Who Ends Up Owning the Cash Flow
Five compounders on one yardstick. H1 2026 flips two findings: Lumine is the cleanest offshoot, Topicus the second most expensive name after correction.
Topicus: An Excellent Company, but Not a Simple Stock
Operationally an exceptional software compounder. Since the Asseco deal, however, harder to read, harder to value and harder to buy with a margin of safety.
Lumine Group: The Quality Holds, the Discovery Discount Is Gone
Recurring revenue, niche markets, strong cash generation: the quality is not in dispute. The open question is the price.
Constellation Software: The Capital-Allocation Machine at Full Price
A ROIC spread of almost 13 percentage points and still no margin of safety. Quality yes, price no: why CSU is a Hold.
CHAPTERS Group: The Loss Is Accounting, the Price Is the Problem
HGB accounting forces a book loss while cash grows 64% a year. Still: watchlist, not a core position. At 20x EBITDA there is no margin of safety.