Value Investment Basics
What is the value investments and how to make money with them?
The roots of value investing go back to the books and practical actions of Benjamin Graham, who was the first investor who applied the methods of economic analysis in the stock market.
Later, Graham‘s ideas were developed and put into practical use by Warren Buffett.
After studying these approaches we established our service and since January 2016 made more than 634% compared to 209% for the S&P 500 (all numbers at May 15, 2025):

The essence of value investing is generally simple and understandable:
1. There is an intrinsic Value of a stock. We designate it as V. This is the share value calculated by the investor himself, based on his assumptions about the future of this company.
2. There is also a share price on the market, which we will designate as P, for this amount of money the share can be purchased.
3. If V is greater than P (V > P), then the analyzed stock is undervalued by the market.
4. After we have V and P, we can calculate the absolute and relative investment performance indicators:
NPV (or Margin of Safety) is the net present value, which is calculated as NPV = V – P.
The higher the NPV (Margin of Safety), the higher the potential earnings of the investor.
Knowing the NPV, you can determine to what amount in dollar the share can grow.
But Margin of Safety is an absolute indicator to compare stocks with each other, we need a relative one, we use profitability index – PI for this purpose.
PI (profitability index or return on investment) calculated as PI=V/P. Accordingly, the higher the PI –the more attractive the stock.
We calculate both NPV and PI for you in each report of Value Calculation.
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We analyze financial statements, perform complex dynamic calculations for various scenarios, and even independently determine the creditworthiness rating of the issuers being evaluated.
Every fundamental report that is or will appear on this site represents a comprehensive assessment of the company‘s shares in terms of risk and profitability, while we are conservative in our calculations and do not lay down more than 5% of the annual growth of any company.
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