Hi, As promised, here are some historical data (the last five years) on Catering International Services (a stock which I own and have in my portfolio) on the following items : - Total shareholder equity (thus including minority interests) - Total net...

Hi, I will share with you one of my investing ideas (which is also one of my investments !) : the name of the company is Catering International Services. It is a share which I have held in my portfolio for the last two years. I will begin with an explanation...

Hi, Through more research in the annual report, there was some interesting information concerning the different repurchase programs (both ongoing and past ones). These elements confirm that Visa Inc has a consistent policy to reduce the number of outstanding...

Hi, I will do an analysis of Visa Inc's consolidated statements of cash flows as it gives us a good overview of what the company is doing with it's cash ( where does it come from and how it is spend). There are three main themes in cash flow statements...

Hi, I will do a swot analysis as it will enable us to have a good overview of Visa Inc. Strengths - A brand: when we think credit or debit card we think Visa, Mastercard or Amex. We don't think about the name of the bank which provided us with the card....

Hi, I am going to focus on an interesting indicator: outstanding shares. This item is interesting for different reasons: 1/ Warren Buffett likes companies which buy back their shares (the same cake (profits) but fewer slices of cake (shares)). 2/ An increase...

Hi, as promised, here are some financial data and analysis concerning Visa inc. I will for the time being look at the 2011-2010 data. In other posts, I look into the previous years so that we have a good overall view. - Long term debt is at 0 in 2011...

Hi, there is stock which I am following and will try to invest in. The name of the stock is Visa inc. My first intake on the company: - a great moat: there are only three major card providers (Visa, Mastercard and American Express). Visa and Mastercard...

Hi, just a quick post just to add a ratio to the investment checklist: the ROTC. In other words, it means the Return on Total Capital. I calculate it in the follwong way: Net profit /(Shareholder equity+Long term debt (non current debt)+ Short Term debt...

Hi, Warren Buffett has always been great with his quotes and I think that we definitely can learn a lot through them. I will give you the one's which I really like and share with you my thoughts. Tell me what you think about it! - "A public opinion is...