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Food Empire (F03) Key Drivers: Product innovation, geographic expansion, and brand building. Potential Growth: Food Empire's growth prospects depend on its ability to execute its expansion plans, maintain brand loyalty, and adapt to changing consumer preferences.

Company Background An investment holding company, manufactures, trades in, and retails jewelry, bullion, precious and semi-precious stones, and gold ornaments primarily in Malaysia. Their product range includes gold bars, notes, and coins; rings, couple rings, bracelets, pendants, necklaces, bangles, and earrings; white and rose gold, diamonds, pearls, jades, and personalized and fine jewelry.

Company Background An investment holding company, operates in the property development and construction businesses in Malaysia and Fiji. The company is divided into three segments: Property Development, Construction, and Others.

🪥Business Overview Founded in 1837, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a global leader in household and personal care products. With a portfolio of trusted brands spanning personal care, cleaning, and healthcare, P&G is known for its brand strength, pricing power, and operational efficiency.

️Business Overview Founded in 1994 as an online bookstore, Amazon has grown into a global tech powerhouse. Its business is now highly diversified, with improving margins largely driven by the rapid expansion of Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), its high-margin cloud segment.

Despite near all-time-low valuations, Unity remains a leader in 2D/3D content development, particularly in mobile and indie games and the XR market. With analysts predicting no real growth until 2028 Unity holds a significant upside if it executes its strategy successfully.

LegalZoom is an online legal technology and services company that helps consumers and small businesses with their legal, compliance, and business management needs. Their services include: Business formation products Intellectual property products Tax services Consumer, estate planning, and other services Subscriptions services LegalZoom was founded in July 1999 by Brian P.

Update as of 27 March: With specific auto tariffs announced by the Trump administration, Renault is the one European car maker in the green, confirming this narrative. The company's competitive edge, hence, ought to reward it with an even higher PE than originally anticipated here, so I now pencil in a ratio of 12.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 12-Month Price Target: $142 Current Price: $105.71 Implied Upside: 34.3% Rating: STRONG BUY Risk Assessment: MODERATE INVESTMENT THESIS Global Payments (GPN) presents a compelling investment opportunity at current levels, with three key catalysts driving potential outperformance in 2025: Q4 2024 momentum in Merchant Solutions with strong POS adoption (added ~3,000 new locations) Strategic sale of AdvancedMD for $1.125 billion at attractive multiple with $700M earmarked for shareholder returns Successful integration of EVO Payments enhancing B2B capabilities and geographic reach VALUATION METHODOLOGY Our $142 price target reflects: Forward P/E multiple of 13x (below historical average, reflecting current market dynamics) applied to our 2025 EPS estimate of $10.92 EV/EBITDA multiple of 11x on projected 2025 EBITDA, reflecting recent sector compression DCF analysis using 9.5% WACC (adjusted for higher rate environment) and 3% terminal growth KEY GROWTH DRIVERS Recent Performance Highlights Q3 2024 adjusted net revenue increased 6% to $2.36 billion Adjusted operating margin expanded 40 basis points to 46.1% Added 92 new software partners in Q3, up 60% year-over-year Macro Environment U.S. GDP growth projected at 2.4% for 2025, supporting payment volumes Fed funds rate expected to decrease to 3.88%, reducing funding costs Resilient high-income consumer spending evidenced by recent holiday data RISK FACTORS Near-term margin pressure from technology investments and compensation costs Integration execution risk from recent acquisitions Increasing competition in digital payments space Potential policy changes under new administration FINANCIAL METRICS Key Financial Metrics for Q4 2024E: Revenue Growth: 5-6% Operating Margin: 46.1% EPS Growth: 11-12% Free Cash Flow Conversion: 92% Projected Metrics for 2025E: Revenue Growth: 8-9% Operating Margin: 46.6% EPS Growth: 13-14% Free Cash Flow Conversion: 93% STRATEGIC POSITIONING Recent developments reinforce GPN's leadership in: Integrated payments with strong new partner acquisition B2B payments expansion through EVO integration Software-driven solutions with continued innovation International market penetration RECOMMENDATION RATIONALE Our STRONG BUY recommendation at current price of $105.71 is based on: Current valuation represents significant discount to intrinsic value Strong Q3 2024 execution with improving operating leverage Strategic initiatives creating clearer growth path Robust free cash flow generation supporting shareholder returns