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by technicalrise2
Fri May 14, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussions
Topic: The Market
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Views: 23770

The Market

I have been rather shocked that the reaction to the major selloff in high-growth SaaS companies from most market observers has been advising people to sell. This seems like a once-every-few-years opportunity to buy these incredible stocks that compound at many time the annual rate of the market and ...
by technicalrise2
Fri May 07, 2021 11:30 am
Forum: Investing Discussions
Topic: Are SAAS valuations too high?
Replies: 0
Views: 23725

Are SAAS valuations too high?

**This is cross-posted from the off-topic forum because it's also relevant here (though the discussion should stay on-topic in this forum) This is a perennial question and of course almost unanswerable in the abstract. The unique features of an SAAS company certainly justify higher multiples than th...
by technicalrise2
Fri May 07, 2021 11:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussions
Topic: Are SAAS valuations too high?
Replies: 0
Views: 16616

Are SAAS valuations too high?

This is a perennial question and of course almost unanswerable in the abstract. The unique features of an SAAS company certainly justify higher multiples than the average company. Here are the considerations: No marginal cost to add new customers (extremely elevated margins) Old customers experience...
by technicalrise2
Thu Apr 29, 2021 1:09 am
Forum: Investing Discussions
Topic: Is it finally time to buy SNOW stock
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Views: 16576

Is it finally time to buy SNOW stock

Snowflake Inc. is a truly extraordinary company, but there has been an issue up to this point about its valuation. But now, 7 months after its initial public offering, trading at around the same price point at which it opened for trading on the NYSE, with two quarterly earnings reports under its bel...
by technicalrise2
Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:16 pm
Forum: Investing Discussions
Topic: Clouded Judgment
Replies: 0
Views: 17059

Clouded Judgment

This website, Clouded Judgment, is an absolutely stellar tool for finding, valuing, and understanding SaaS stocks. Highly recommended! https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/ I thought the latest post (from 4/23/2021) was particularly impressive and useful: https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clo...
by technicalrise2
Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:01 pm
Forum: Investing Discussions
Topic: Valuing Idiosyncratic Risk -- The Case of Crowdstrike
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Views: 16733

Valuing Idiosyncratic Risk -- The Case of Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike (CRWD) is a modern-day marvel of a company. The financials are stunning. Consider some materials from the Crowdstrike Investor Briefing on April 8 Webcast (95 min): https://crowdstrike.wistia.com/medias/1lnesevuc5 Presentation deck: https://ir.crowdstrike.com/static-files/2852082c-2ce8-4...
by technicalrise2
Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:23 pm
Forum: Investing Discussions
Topic: What makes a stock SaaS?
Replies: 0
Views: 17560

What makes a stock SaaS?

Everyone of course knows what the acronym "SaaS" stands for -- it is "software as a service" -- but it is surprisingly harder to define than one might think. Consider three examples: 1. A traditional business software platform like Microsoft Word, Excel, or Photoshop. Here, it se...
by technicalrise2
Sat Apr 24, 2021 6:02 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussions
Topic: Hello world!
Replies: 0
Views: 16864

Hello world!

Hi there! Welcome to the SaaS investor board. I have been a longtime lurker on Saul's Investing Discussions for the past several years, but for a variety of reasons I decided I wanted to start a forum dedicated specifically to SaaS stocks. I realized it would only cost about $10 to do it, so I figur...