10 Stocks to Buy! Value Investing Quadrant Update 2H 2026
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The video presents an updated analysis of a value investing quadrant, which maps various stocks based on their risk levels on the vertical axis and potential reward on the horizontal axis. The speaker begins by placing SpaceX in the bottom-left corner, categorizing it as a high-risk, low-reward investment due to its volatility and the speculative nature of Elon Musk's ventures. In contrast, ASML is initially viewed as having good fundamentals but has shifted toward higher risk because its stock price surged significantly while earnings growth projections for 2030 suggest future valuations may not support current prices. Similarly, US Treasuries are flagged as high-risk given the potential for inflation and government debt issues to erode their value, leading the speaker to conclude that a 5% yield is insufficient compensation for these macroeconomic uncertainties.
Several established companies undergo re-evaluation as their market conditions change, illustrating the dynamic nature of this investment framework. Berkshire Hathaway is described as a long-term asset that will deliver steady returns but is currently fairly priced with all its positive attributes already reflected in the stock price, making it less attractive for immediate purchase compared to historical lows. Amazon is noted as having moved from a strong buy recommendation to a more neutral stance due to rising prices and high growth expectations; while the business remains healthy, the speaker waits for a market correction or recession to create a better margin of safety before adding it to a portfolio. Other stocks like Meta Platforms are adjusted based on AI growth potential and lawsuit adjustments, pushing them toward higher return expectations, whereas HPQ is moved up in risk due to rising stock prices that have outpaced its dividend yield and buyback activity.
The speaker also highlights emerging opportunities and specific sector nuances, such as the China Internet ETF, which is pushed toward a high-reward category despite a long period of stagnation, suggesting hidden value in these massive Asian corporations. Defensive plays like Verizon and QSR Brands are discussed with caution due to changing dividend yields and price movements, while growth stocks like Mercado Libre are monitored for credit issues that could impact their trajectory. The analysis emphasizes that the goal is not to own every stock but to continuously monitor fundamentals, intrinsic values, and market sentiment to identify true "great buys" rather than just "good buys." Ultimately, the video concludes by encouraging investors to tailor these risk-reward profiles to their specific portfolio needs, whether seeking stability in dividends, exposure to AI-driven growth, or speculative bets on emerging markets like China or Latin America.
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Good day fellow investors. Q2 results
are mostly in. So it's time to update
our value investing quadrant and there
are some very interesting situations
there. Let's start immediately with
SpaceX which is on the bottom left
corner. So we have reward on the x axis,
less reward on this side, more reward on
this side and risk on the y axis, high
risk on the bottom and less risk on the
top. So if I'm in the corner, this
should be the absolute highest reward
and lowest risk purchase, which is value
investing. And then we have others good
reward, good return compared to okay or
acceptable risks which in the most
expensive market in history is already
something. At the end we'll also add
some of the most recent stocks that we
discussed to the quadrant. But let's
start with SpaceX. SpaceX or translated
mask on space steroids has been very
volatile up from 130 above 2020 I think
for the year down more than 50% now up
again who knows where it is where you
will be watching this. However, this is
just a musk bet, very unlikely to ever
be profitable and therefore it is here
at the lowest possible reward and
highest possible risk when it comes to
investing. Next one, ASML. Much less
risk there from a business perspective.
However, risk from a price perspective
because we discussed ISML a year and
something ago. Good risk and reward
here. It was on this part of the
quadrant where we'll discuss other buys.
But then what happened? The stock price
went from 560
to almost 1,500.
The business is still the same. The P
ratio was in the 30s 20s. Now it is in
the 50s. That changes the risk and
reward for a long-term investor. If I
look a little bit at the earnings, okay,
total net sales 43 to 45 billion. If we
look at their investor day here, we are
already at the lower end of sales. They
project the higher end of sales will be
reached by 2030. And then if I look a
little bit at net income as percentage
of sales going up 30%, everything looks
good. So let's say they reach 70 billion
in revenues by 2030 times 30% that's 21
billion in profits. 21 billion in
profits on a 600 billion market cap is
still down the road a P ratio of what 30
a little bit less. However, I'm
investing to double my money let's say
in a few years. So to double my money
the market cap of ISML needs to go to
1.2 trillion still have a big P ratio
like now five, six, seven years down the
road. Will it hold? It might but it is
too risky and I have seen ISML risky go
to less risky now it's risky again if
the bubble pops and it goes down we will
move it somewhere here again in the
quadrant and then it will be a less
risky buy because a P ratio 57 is not
value investing then we have US
treasuries interest rates have gone up a
little bit 10 year 4.2 two here now it's
4.7 so close to a 5% return why it is
high risk well given the fundamentals of
the US government if inflation is 5%
four 5% over the next 10 years give it a
recession give it money printing give it
this it's not much more than the 5% and
it could be very risky for an investor
still not a fan of bonds given the
situation I think The 5%
yield is still not enough for
fairly valuing US government bonds, not
given the debt situation. We'll discuss
this situation more on Saturday. So tune
in then for this more government fiscal
money value video. Then we have this
bunch of companies BHP, Nutrian, Archer,
Daniel Midland, the dividend yield doing
okay. the PepsiCo, but those companies,
especially BHP, doing really good for
me, too expensive. Still this commodity
bubble. So, I'm going to skip those a
little bit, leave them, and then perhaps
turn back to them when the price is
better. I don't know, next year, in two
years or something. Next one, we have
Birkshshire Hatway. We did a few videos
recently after the earnings. I have said
that if I would own Birkshshire, I would
sell but Birkshshire as a long-term
investment will deliver. And this is why
I put it at similar to the US Treasury,
but much less risk or practically no
risk. I know that Bergkshire will
deliver its 6% long-term return no
matter what happens. If there is
inflation, Berkshire is a business
protected from them. There will be ups
and downs, insurance issues, things like
that. That's why I'm saying I'm not
buying it. I would sell it now and then
when it gets more fairly valued because
all the good that Bergkshire has is now
priced in. So long-term will deliver a
good return but not a great return. Is
Birkshshire risky from a price
perspective? In the short to medium
term, yes. In the long term, you know
what you get with Birkshshire at the
current price. Sooner or later, you will
get that five six% long-term return.
Whether you will have to wait 10 or 20
years, that's something I don't know. A
very interesting business, Ryioneer. We
have discussed it in a video. The stock
hasn't moved much, but the dividend
yield is 5%. The trees are still
growing. So if you're interested in that
and all our mentioned stocks deep dives,
check the videos in the link in
description below. Every video that I
mention will have its respective link.
Amazon
now I have had it here at a 7% return
but I am the one that was discussing
Amazon at 90 as a buy value. Now it's
much different. And another component of
our value investing quadrant is this
intrinsic value table where we have most
of these companies that we analyze
compare from a valuation intrinsic value
perspective. If I look at Amazon, if I
click here, if I use the earnings as
input, if I look at the growth rates, I
always expect for comparative reasons a
return of 10% that therefore the
discount rate of 10% be ratio of 20 down
the road, Amazon is slightly overvalued
for that. If they grow at a higher rate
20% for the next 5 years than 15 P ratio
of 25 then it's actually undervalued now
from a ugly margin of safety bad
recession market crash scenario then it
is nearly overvalued but let's put some
percentages probabilities from what the
market is expecting Amazon is not
expensive if I put here an 8% return
Amazon is fairly priced for an 8%
return. If I put it in the comparative
table, here you have it around 8%. So
from that perspective, I think it is a
good buy now, but I'm a value investor.
I need great buys, not good buys. My
target and my performance over the last
eight years has been 15%. I'm always
looking for those 15% potential returns.
And when I look at Amazon, I'm waiting
for that recession, for that ugliness,
for that bad investment, something that
goes wrong that say, "Oh, this was a
mistake." But the underlying business
staying healthy and that is the downside
and that is all you need one year in the
next 10 years to add a great business
like Amazon to your portfolio. That's
why we have it on the quadrant to follow
it over the next 10 years and we build
portfolios. So, I'm leaving Amazon
there. Perhaps as the stock price went a
little bit higher, I'm putting it a
little bit towards the left for a 7%
return. Next one is Gregs. That's a UK.
What was it? The worst not that's
German. Something that they love in the
UK. 24% up. It was an interesting
dividend. Now the dividend yield is a
little bit lower. P ratio is a little
bit higher. still the same business. So
I'm moving it and a little bit towards
the left. Calm main foods discussed in a
video. It's the egg segment depending on
egg prices, things like that. I'm going
to skip it for now. Check another when
the aven flu is there or not there
during the winter. We have Verizon
there. It's at 50. It was in the 30s.
Now everyone starts to like it. the
dividend, the safety, the P ratio,
things like that. I am moving it a
little bit from here with an 8% return,
moving it to a 6% return, the dividend
yield went down and therefore it is
risky earned. We have then meta
platforms Facebook when it comes to meta
B ratio even lower than represented. You
have again it here you have the links
also here to the videos of the research.
So you can click also here. You can
download this for free in my free value
investing course in the link in
description below. Now earnings per
share adjusted for the lawsuits 8%
growth rate 10% return P ratio of 20.
Meta is fairly priced for a 10% return.
If they grow a little bit faster on AI,
you can make a six time return on meta
stock. Worst case scenario, okay, that
would be crazy. 3% perhaps. That's too
crazy. Let's put 5%. Let's put a P ratio
15 just not to be called crazy. Too
much. I like what people call me crazy,
but too much is too much. So, present
value in this scenario 700. That means
12% return something like that from
meta. Therefore, I am pushing it a
little bit more to the right 10 11%
return. We'll see how the AI story ends
up the investment. So, I'm just more
positive on it as the price went lower.
The China internet ETF, this is
something very interesting. 26% down
year to date. Nobody likes China. We
have also discussed 10-centent process
in a recent video. Tencent is the core
holding. But there is something more
important. When an ETF representing a
great basket of businesses like China
internet shares does nothing for a
staggering 13 years. The stock price did
nothing. When that happens, you know,
there's something either wrong with the
companies and there isn't because these
are the biggest companies in the world,
especially in China and consequently
Asia world. Scaling, growing, working,
the businesses grew significantly over
the last 15 years. Nothing happened to
the stock price. That means there is
some potential hiding there. So, I'm
pushing que here. 10% return and then
let's see where it goes and how I
structure it in my diversified portfolio
them that I'm developing on my research
platform. For now I have three really
great lowrisk highreward investment
opportunities. Check that out too. QSR
Brands Accenture. I looked at this in
the video. Now the stock is already up
since I looked at this. So if I didn't
like it that much there I said it has
been fairly punished dividend good okay
now it's already at 180 I didn't have
any heartbeat when I relooked at it now
same as QSR brands 3% dividend it's all
there something good something yes did
the video you can check the video
nothing has changed but I'm going to
delete those just to not crowd too much
the quadrant and that's also something
that I just want to explain. You follow
a business over time and then you look
again, you make an analysis, you come
back to it and then you know better, you
understand, especially I read your
comments, you knew something more
something this and then you can make a
decision on thinking okay will I ever
add this to my portfolios. I don't need
to own every stock. I don't need to know
every stock. So I'm always learning.
It's always a process that we are
building. Then we have Netflix down
already up a little bit. We go to our
calculation table. Netflix one of the
last ones 80 free cash flow growth
double digits has to grow 15 to 12% and
then a P ratio of 25 to be really
undervalued but also this is not bad. I
have put perhaps it will grow at these
rates with all what's going on.
conservative scenario there is room for
downside but let's say 8% so the stock
is a little bit up it was better earlier
at 70 but it's not bad however you have
to play that momentum so I have moved it
a little bit to the left coart uh we did
a video analysis the stock is down
significantly over the last year and
then here again great comments everyone
was discussing sven the value of the
land the value of the land margin of
safety then I looked at corporate again
market cap 30 billion now and I said
okay if there is value in the land
that's something very interesting but
then I look at the total assets property
net equipment 3 billion let's say that
they acquired those over the years so
that's six to 8 billion but that land is
the producing asset of the profit so yes
it is valuable But it is working capital
or you can say that it's not like they
can sell it, refinance, do buybacks and
do shenanigans but then they destroy the
long-term value of the business. Equity
is 8 billion. If it would be 20 billion,
then we would be closer to margin of
safety. Yes, if the stock goes down,
it's unlikely it will ever go below this
value, but something to think about. So
not really wow margin of safety but just
okay you know a few billion extra but 8
billion to 30 there is still plenty of
room to go. We'll keep following
updating you and know over time you see
okay at some point it might get
interesting. So something that I'm not
cancelling but it's a little bit up. So
just a little bit to the left, Aden, the
European payment system. The market got
scared because it went from 25% growth
to 20% growth now 19. But then they are
still growing at 19% P ratio 30. And now
the market is liking it again a little
bit. So it's still a 19% growth company.
when you put it here in our valuation
still there the 8% return a little bit
of the left so that's something now
something very interesting we discussed
HPQ
printers things like that PCs and it was
cheap the dividend was 6% the buybacks
were very high and now the stock is
significantly above the levels we
discussed we also made a video whether
to sell HPQ now. Well, we went there at
25. So, it was smart for those that
didn't sell, but the dividend yield is
now 4%, the buybacks are still there, so
there will be some growth, but I have to
move it higher on the risk and lower of
the return to put it here like a 7%.
It's not as great as it was in the past.
Whether to sell or not, I wish I knew
where the stock price goes. I'm always
saying look again at the fundamentals.
Look how those fundamentals and returns
on equity, owner's earnings, build your
portfolio, and then make a decision. Did
you buy it for 50% up or did you buy it
for the dividends long-term business
that is HPQ? That's something you have
to decide. Domino's Pizza still good 5%
dividend. So, Gregs went up a little
bit. This is something interesting. So,
it stays there. Nomad Foods. The stock
went up a little bit over the last few
months. The dividend is there. They're
planning some restructuring, improving
things in the second part of the year.
If it works, it might go even higher. We
have Microsoft there. Stock up 38%. If
we look at the value, 487 stock price.
If we look at the value intrinsic value
if they keep on growing at 15% to 10%
then yes there is value if they grow
faster even more if they slow down then
it looks much much risky and given that
we discussed Microsoft how all the
growth comes from entropic and open AI
so fake revenues I'm putting at a high
risk reward now from that perspective
another
>> [clears throat]
>> one ferf and it is down. New CEO doesn't
look that great but the stock price has
stabilized. P ratio is low. Some
segments like Clover is still growing
there. And this is really a 2027 2028
situation. If they hit some of their
targets, the P ratio will be eight and
the business will be growing 8 time 15.
That's much better than the current
stock price, but not yet. I have also
updated on my research platform a little
bit and now it's to see the strategy. I
own it in my diversified portfolio and
we'll see whether I will add more next
month. So, it stays there. Next one.
Mercado Libé. I didn't buy at 1500. Now,
we are at 2,000. Good results.
Everything looks okay. Credit issues. as
there are issues if nothing happens over
a few months then those issues subdue
and we are back to the story of growth
so I'm leaving it there let's look a
little bit at some of the latest videos
10centent and process that is now
covered on my research platform gave you
the analysis the implementation will
remain on my research platform then we
discussed other companies Nike tomorrow
there will be a big fashion video and
then you will see how it might fit your
portfolio. Uber, okay, that's something
we can add to the platform. Ahold also
and we have the elevator stocks. As you
can see, I'm really working on a lot of
research, a lot of businesses, Iman's
everything in order to develop my
diversified portfolio on my research
platform. So Uber looks like a great buy
but on the quadrant goes on the bet
sides which is a special video that will
discuss all those bets some very
interesting bets next week subscribe for
that elevator stocks I have put them
here 6% return likely and then thinking
about it the verdict is there is
competition that's eating up the growth
the margin so it's not that good as It
looks likely Chinese competition. I hold
discussed it yesterday. Put it here. 4%
dividend 4% buybacks. That's 7 8%
defensive business. That would be the
buys. We'll discuss this next week. And
then you have to see perhaps the best
buy for you is Birkshshire. Perhaps you
want to own trees. Perhaps you want more
growth, more risk, more ideas. Perhaps
you want more China. Perhaps you want
more value, perhaps more growth Latin
America. And these are all interesting
risk and reward buys and you have to see
how those fit your portfolio. Look at
all the specific videos if you're
interested in some specific stocks in
the links in description below. If
you're interesting in what I do, check
my research platform. Thanks for
watching and I'll see you