Why grocery stores make poor investments…
Dear readers:
Investing is all about making the most out of our available capital.
With that in mind, the companies we buy must have the highest possible ROIC if we are to maximize our returns. Again…it”s just common sense.
In the long term, there is no substitute for purely excellent companies with high ROIC. I know from my experience owning Coach, a company that averages 42% ROIC.
That said, let’s take a look at average ROIC from some top grocery names:
1) Whole Foods: 8%
2) Kroger: 8%
3) Supervalu: -2.3%
4) Costco: 10%
As you can plainly see, grocery chains are just not very good companies. They are simply not worth owning over the long term. There are far, far better companies out there.
Peace. JB
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