Tencent Stock Fairly Priced / BEST AI STOCK TO BUY!
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The video presents a detailed analysis of Tencent Holdings, positioning it as a compelling investment opportunity within the artificial intelligence and technology sectors. The speaker argues that despite the stock's price stagnation over the past five years, the underlying business continues to compound through its vast ecosystem, which integrates communication networks, payment systems, gaming, digital content, and significant stakes in other companies like Spotify and Snap. This diversified model allows Tencent to operate as a "hyperscaler" with a unique advantage: unlike Western competitors that aggressively monetize social media with ads, Tencent prioritizes maintaining user engagement on its super-app, WeChat, to sustain its ecosystem's growth. The company generates stable cash flows from gaming, which accounts for roughly one-third of its revenue, and fintech services where it holds a dominant 40% market share in China, collecting fees on mobile transactions.
A key highlight of the analysis is Tencent's strategic approach to AI development and capital allocation, which differs significantly from Western tech giants. While investing heavily in AI infrastructure with quarterly capital expenditures around $7 billion, the company adopts a conservative stance focused on long-term returns rather than immediate profits or aggressive buybacks. The speaker notes that Tencent's investments are designed to be self-sustaining, allowing the company to rent out its infrastructure at cost-recovery prices if needed, thereby providing downside protection. Furthermore, the financial position remains robust with total equity exceeding 1.2 trillion RMB and manageable debt levels, even as dividend payouts have recently increased to cover 75% of net income before potentially declining again as the company rebalances toward future buybacks once profitability stabilizes.
The valuation section employs a conservative intrinsic value model that assumes an 8% growth rate over the next decade and a P/E ratio of 15, resulting in a calculated fair value close to the current stock price. This suggests that Tencent is currently fairly priced rather than being an absolute bargain, offering investors a high single-digit return potential with a margin of safety. The speaker outlines various scenarios, noting that while a pessimistic case involving low growth could theoretically lead to a 50% downside, such conditions are rare and typically occur only during major geopolitical crises or market downturns. Conversely, if the Chinese market experiences a boom cycle similar to historical patterns, the stock's value could rise significantly, but the presenter advises maintaining a disciplined approach by buying more shares when prices drop due to external fears rather than selling during temporary exuberance.
In conclusion, the video recommends Tencent as a solid addition to a diversified investment portfolio, particularly for those seeking exposure to Chinese AI and technology without taking on excessive risk. The speaker emphasizes that while the stock may not be cheap in the absolute sense, its scale, proven track record over decades, and diverse revenue streams make it an interesting starting position for long-term investors. The analysis suggests that patience is key, as waiting for periods of market distress or geopolitical tension could offer even better entry points, but at current levels, Tencent offers a balanced risk-reward profile suitable for building a resilient portfolio with more than twenty names. Ultimately, the investment thesis rests on the belief that Tencent's ecosystem will continue to evolve and compound value over time, rewarding investors who can look past short-term volatility and focus on the long-term stability of its business model.
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Good day fellow investors. Tencent stock
analysis. When it comes to a business
like Tencent that is compounding
especially the underlying business
situation constantly scaling on its
ecosystem and you see the stock going
nowhere for 5 years you know it's time
to take a deeper dive because when it
comes to 10 cent it's simply everything.
its communication network, payment,
games, digital content, movies, stakes
in other businesses is practically
Zach's wet dream all in one place. And
then you look at the business, you look
at other hyperscalers, the cheapest
ones, Meta P ratio of 20, you have
something perhaps stronger long-term.
market cap just half a trillion compared
to the others P ratio 15 and that might
mean opportunity diversification
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[sighs] Shenzen headquarters. Nice
building, interesting building. The
stock has been compounding for decades
now. We'll discuss tomorrow process
naspers that bought staken tenscent
before the IPO and that's how they make
their fortune. But all in all P ratio
15, a dividend yield and good growth
ahead. For US investors, you can also
buy the ADR in US dollars. same
principle there's nothing to think about
pretty good liquidity I also think which
is also always the issue with ADRs if we
go to the business for me Tenset is
simply a hyperscaler perhaps with even a
bigger mode because I feel that they
could make more money on the fintech
they could make more money on the social
networks but they are not pushing it
like Facebook is doing with hundreds of
ads because they just want to Keep the
mode first. Keep the number one, number
one, number one, number one, number one,
number one in the system and then just
spin this fly wheel. So in practice it
is WeChat, Alipe, this that gaming all
in one place and they are focused on
steadily growing. Their revenue over
time was a little bit slower 2023, 2024.
Now then again double digits slower but
it keeps on compounding. A big part of
their business are games 32% of revenues
and that has been pretty stable. 40% 3
years ago both international and
domestic now a little bit higher but
that depends on the launches on the
games. I'm not a gamer so you will know
much more than me on this situation. On
top of everything, on top of the social
networks and the gaming, there are the
marketing services with AI that helps
also Facebook and others, they can grow
it at 22%.
Then that might likely continue. There
is the fintech. Every transaction that
is made mobile, they own 40% of the
market in China, they get a small fee on
those transactions. So another very
strong very stable cash flow machine.
Then there are other stakes in Tencent
Music stakes in C Limited, Snapchat,
Spotify, others connections, Mate One,
Billy Billy. A lot of that we'll discuss
that a little bit later in the
valuation, but we are there. Revenues
have been constantly going up,
staggering growth over time from a PC
situation, delivering and winning on
mobile and now turning the situation
into growth for AI. If they deliver
again, this might look very very well
and they have the people to deliver that
already in that eco system. Of course,
smaller business growth rates in the
40%. Now we are down to the 10% perhaps
a little bit faster with AI but I would
take this 10% as a stabilizing long-term
situation. Now here a funny fact quo
says that Chinese people 700 million of
them are spending two hours on their
app. Then we have doin two hours. WeChat
80 minutes.
Chinese people are spending five to six
hours on average on mobile apps at the
gaming. It's not the that it's not
anything. It's not the population
getting older. They are spending their
time playing games and things like that.
That's a big risk for a country I think.
But apart from the skepticism there and
perhaps a joke but not that jokey we can
discuss capex huge increase in capex but
that's again 7 billion in the quarter.
So not at the 70 billion level like
others are doing or more but 7 billion
just that that's 28 billion for the
dominant AI force alongside a Alibaba in
China. You can see here the value of the
listed shareholdings is 72 billion. The
unlisted 50 billion. So that is
approximately what 20% of the market cap
is in other businesses. That is also
something to keep in mind. They are
really focused on their own AI model
incorporating that into the flywheel.
They're also investing as always 200
million in clink AI. the qua show
situation. We discussed this in a video,
but the stock was much higher when Bur
started discussing it. I will update
this and some other Hong Kong stocks in
the coming weeks and then we can
compare. looked a little bit at the
conference call focus is AI AI AI their
language model improving their language
model but also something very
interesting they are focused on the cost
and this is the first time I see it
whenever analyzing hyperscalers
because they say there is also clear
downside protection they are making the
investments they can rent out the
infrastructure at cost recover recovery
or even better prices if they needed. So
again conservative approach there more
Chinese way than the gambling in the
western way on returns they are not
focused as they never been on immediate
returns longer term returns there less
cash toward buybacks that's something
very important to say in this
perspective when it comes to tenscent
because they were making money dividend
dividend growth that stays then they
were focused on buybacks that will
likely now subdue a little bit and then
when they get another more profitability
likely return to buybacks but that's the
nature of these hyperscaler businesses
on the question on earnings
profitability they say it's the nature
of 10 cent so be patient gross margins
growing everything still looks good
marketing services fintech and then look
at this the margins without the
investments in AI those margins would
just be going higher and higher. Now the
investments in the to position
themselves in the market are key but
they are still not destroying the
current margins even if free cash flow
went negative but okay still not at the
scale we are seeing perhaps with the
hyperscalers in the west with the circle
of financing and things like that.
Financial position total equity 1.2 2
trillion remimi, a little bit more in
Hong Kong dollars. Everything looks
good. Not too much debt around what is
this? 360
billion should be manageable for the
company. They did push it a little bit
higher on the buybacks. They started
increasing that dividend. The payments
went to 75% of net income. that will now
likely decline, but we know what to
expect in the future. When they start
doing buybacks again like this, you
might expect a revaluation of the stock
price. Let's go to our intrinsic value
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cent. Just click here. everything goes
automatically. And now when it comes to
10 cent, I have taken a very
conservative 8% growth rate for the next
10 years, an expected return of 10% a P
ratio remaining there at 15 over time.
If we put in the earnings per share, the
20% dividend payout, the intrinsic value
for that expected 10% return is around
400, not far from the current stock
price. Thus at these levels
conservatively one can expect a high
singledigit return from 10 cent over
time. Let me change the discount rate 9%
that's it. 8.5%
8% if you expect an 8% then return
between 8 and 9% returns. So that is 10
cent. If I go to a 10% growth rate a P
ratio of 20 that can always happen in
the Chinese boom and bust stock market
cycles. then the present value is much
higher at 600. If we go to maybe 14%
growth on AI, then Tencent is extremely
cheap on that. Exuberant for Asia
perhaps, but not for the West growth
rates. But I'm much more conservative. I
stick to 10% and that would be a let's
say exuberant scenario. That always
happens in five years. You will have a
negative scenario and an exuberant
scenario. You might sell a little bit in
the exuberant buy more. In the worst
case scenario, 4% growth rate, 12%
terminal multiple that would be a
downside of 50%
I've just added put it here as worst
case scenario 20% situation. But that is
something that happens let's say every
once in a decade when China suddenly
becomes uninvestable. When you see on
Bloomberg China is uninvestable that's
the time to put more money into China.
So all in all likely return around 8%
very conservatively calculated. If you
want higher returns, then you should
wait for lower prices, perhaps a China
crisis, some shenanigans from Trump in
that relations and you might get it
cheaper, but it's already interesting at
the current levels. To conclude on 10
cent, very interesting business, has
been around for a while, has proven
itself for a while. I would say now it
is pretty fairly priced for what it's
doing, for how it is investing, for what
it owns. It looks very interesting from
this perspective. It's not an absolute
bargain, but if you have a diversified
portfolio, it doesn't look bad for a
starting position that given the scale
it has, if it goes lower, you can
happily buy more because you know that
long-term you are then just increasing
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