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Douglas Kim

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<ul><li>NS Shopping represents value investing at its core.</li><li>It is an unfairly cheap stock with base case 47% upside from current levels. (Trading at 3.8x EV/EBITDA).</li><li>NS Shopping boasts the highest ROE, operating margins, sales growth, and operating profit growth among its peers.</li><li>Net cash is 35% of its market cap. </li><li>We like the company's focus on food related products for home shopping.  For the company, food related items are returned only 2-3%. This is much lower than other items such as clothing. </li><li>One of the significant trends in the Korean TV industry in the past year has been the increasing popularity of the <em>"Cook-Bang"</em> TV shows, which combine both cooking and entertainment. In particular, four cable TV shows, including "Take Care of My Refrigerator," "What Shall We Eat Today?", "Master Chef Korea," and "Mr. Baik: The Homemade Food Master" have gained rapid popularity. Increasing popularity of the food oriented TV shows also help NS Shopping as these food focused programs mention specific food items and these items often become hot selling items in NS Shopping. </li></ul>

NS Shopping represents value investing at its core.It is an unfairly cheap stock with base case 47% upside from current levels. (Trading at 3.8x EV/EBITDA).NS Shopping boasts the highest ROE, operating margins, sales growth, and operating profit growth among its peers.Net cash is 35% of its market cap. We like the company's focus on food related products for home shopping.  For the company, food related items are returned only 2-3%. This is much lower than other items such as clothing. One of the significant trends in the Korean TV industry in the past year has been the increasing popularity of the "Cook-Bang" TV shows, which combine both cooking and entertainment. In particular, four cable TV shows, including "Take Care of My Refrigerator," "What Shall We Eat Today?", "Master Chef Korea," and "Mr. Baik: The Homemade Food Master" have gained rapid popularity. Increasing popularity of the food oriented TV shows also help NS Shopping as these food focused programs mention specific food items and these items often become hot selling items in NS Shopping. 

Value Investing at Its Core (NS Shopping - 138250KS)

South Korea

Sewon Precision Industry Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets motor vehicle parts and car accessories.  The Company's products include front side members, cowl cross members, dash panels, and radiator supports.  Sewon Precision Industry is a vendor of Hyundai Motor Company.

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Value Investing at Its Core (NS Shopping - 138250KS)

NS Shopping represents value investing at its core. It is an unfairly cheap stock with base case 47% upside from current levels. (Trading at 3.8x...

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