David Baran

5 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 8, 2021 by David Baran · across every show →

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Feb 8, 2021
Insight
Baran: Planning the exit is far more important than finding cheap stocks
“Because thinking about getting out is way more important than thinking about getting in. I can give you a 150 cheap names that you can buy, but once you've bought them, it's like, okay, what causes the share price to go up and you get out?”
David Baran Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 45:06 David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata – Friendly Activism in Japan at Symphony (Capital Allocators, EP.176)
Feb 8, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Baran: Nagao generated a 24% return on leasing temporary shelters
“And so effectively, it's a leasing business. They make these things, they lease them. And the return on the lease was 24%.”
David Baran Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 51:30 David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata – Friendly Activism in Japan at Symphony (Capital Allocators, EP.176)
Feb 8, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Baran: Nagao's inventory resale value was 8x its market cap
“The interesting thing about this company was when we found it, they were trading at a discount to the value of the units that they owned. If the company at the time said we're going to sell all the units, And take the cash and dividend it out. It would have be…”
David Baran Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 50:09 David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata – Friendly Activism in Japan at Symphony (Capital Allocators, EP.176)
Feb 8, 2021 negative
Opinion
Baran: Early hostile activists failed in Japan because society resisted their methods
“The business culture and, you know, society was not ready for the kind of hostility and just pure greed that it looked like in these transactions.”
David Baran Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 29:06 David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata – Friendly Activism in Japan at Symphony (Capital Allocators, EP.176)
Feb 8, 2021 positive
Insight
Baran: Cooperative activism beats hostile campaigns in Japan over long time horizons
“This is going to take a long, long time before you get a real market for corporate control, and it's going to take a long time to digest all the companies that could be digested even after that's understood. So let's not play the hostile game and have people a…”
David Baran Feb 8, 2021 ▶ 31:31 David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata – Friendly Activism in Japan at Symphony (Capital Allocators, EP.176)
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