TIVP050: Portfolio Review: Performance and New Positions w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley
Daniel and Shawn review the Intrinsic Value Portfolio after nearly one year of searching for the best opportunities in the market. In this episode, they break down the portfolio’s current performance, share updates on existing holdings, and revisit watchlist companies that may now deserve a spot — either because they’ve become cheaper or their outlook has changed.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:15 - How the Intrinsic Value Portfolio performed
00:05:03 - How we think about Reddit’s price increase
00:11:33 - What way we found to invest in Ferrari
00:21:30 - Why Crocs has become even more interesting
00:36:25 - Why we are bullish on Uber
00:46:28 - How we think about our retail investments
00:58:57 - About the similarities between Salesforce and Adobe
01:14:16 - What we think of Ulta Beauty
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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TIVP049: DoorDash (DASH): Can It Keep Delivering Returns? w/ Shawn O’Malley & Daniel Mahncke
Shawn and Daniel break down DoorDash (ticker: DASH), America’s dominant meal-delivery company that’s rapidly expanding into all forms of local commerce.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - How DoorDash came out of nowhere to become America’s leading meal-delivery service, usurping Uber Eats and Grubhub
00:07:57 - What opportunity DoorDash’s founders saw and the story of its origins as Palo Alto Delivery
00:10:26 - What DoorDash has done to finally crack the code of positive unit economics in restaurant delivery
00:19:21 - Why DoorDash is well-positioned to continue growing both domestically and internationally
00:28:41 - How a tipping scandal nearly destroyed the brand
00:16:21 - Why the COVID-19 pandemic was such a significant boon to DoorDash’s business
01:15:35 - The company’s approach to management comp
01:21:07 - How to think about modeling DASH’s intrinsic value
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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Business Breakdowns’ coverage of DoorDash
The Acquired podcast’s coverage of DoorDash
Modern MBA on DoorDash and the myth of profitable food delivery
Explore our previous Intrinsic Value breakdowns: Paypal, Uber, Nike, Reddit, Amazon, Airbnb, TSMC, Alphabet, Ulta, LVMH, and Madison Square Garden Sports.
Related books mentioned in the podcast.
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TIVP048: S&P Global (SPGI): The Company behind the Market w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley
Daniel and Shawn dive into S&P Global – the data and benchmark giant that is best-known for the S&P 500 index.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:02 - About S&P’s Rating Business
00:03:56 - What businesses S&P Global operates
00:04:32 - About S&P’s Market Intelligence Business
00:07:54 - About S&P Global’s founding story
00:38:52 - About S&P’s Index Business
00:48:45 - About S&P’s Commodity Insight Business
00:58:10 - About S&P’s Mobility Business
01:03:45 - How S&P thinks about Capital Allocation
01:24:43 - Whether Shawn & Daniel add SPGI to The Intrinsic Value Portfolio
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
The Investors Podcast Network is excited to debut a new community known as The Intrinsic Value Community for investors to learn, share ideas, network, and join calls with experts: Sign up for the waitlist(!)
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Barron’s Interview with Former SPGI CEO Doug Peterson.
S&P Global Investor Day Presentation 2025.
TIVP Episode on MSCI.
Explore our previous Intrinsic Value breakdowns: Paypal, Uber, Nike, Reddit, Amazon, Airbnb, TSMC, Alphabet, Ulta, LVMH, and Madison Square Garden Sports.
Related books mentioned in the podcast.
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TIVP047: Booking Holdings (BKNG): Does Booking.yeah = Value.yeah? w/ Shawn O’Malley & Daniel Mahncke
Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down Booking Holdings (ticker: BKNG), the world’s largest travel company.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:24:07 - What are the subtle differences between Expedia, Booking, and Airbnb
00:26:18 - How Booking.com established a foothold in Europe despite Expedia’s dominance in North America
00:55:59 - What Alphabet could do to seriously disrupt Booking
01:01:14 - How Booking uses price parity to protect its value-add to customers
01:03:56 - Whether Booking can be disrupted by AI
01:09:50 - About the flawed approach the company has taken with its management comp
01:19:04 - Why the global travel industry should continue to outpace GDP growth
01:22:09 - How to think about modeling BKNG’s intrinsic value
01:23:53 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add BKNG to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
The Investors Podcast Network is excited to debut a new community known as The Intrinsic Value Community for investors to learn, share ideas, network, and join calls with experts: Sign up for the waitlist(!)
Sign up for The Intrinsic Value Newsletter to track our Portfolio.
Shawn & Daniel use Fiscal.ai for every company they research — use their referral link to get started with a 15% discount!
Our colleagues Clay Finck and Kyle Grieve’s discussion of BKNG on We Study Billionaires.
How Booking’s management thinks about stock-based comp.
Interview with Booking's CEO on the promise of AI in travel.
Booking’s CEO interview with Time Magazine.
Explore our previous Intrinsic Value breakdowns: Paypal, Uber, Nike, Reddit, Amazon, Airbnb, TSMC, Alphabet, Ulta, LVMH, and Madison Square Garden Sports.
Related books mentioned in the podcast.
Ad-free episodes on our Premium Feed.
NEW TO THE SHOW?
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Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
Try Shawn's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance.
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TIVP046: TransDigm (TDG): A Conglomerate of Monopolies w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley
Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley dive into TransDigm — the aerospace supplier that turned “boring parts” into a compounding machine. Built around proprietary, often sole-source components installed across nearly every commercial and military aircraft in service, TransDigm monetizes decades of aftermarket demand through premium pricing and enviable margins.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:19 - What TransDigm does, and how was it founded
00:14:45 - What makes TransDigm’s founders and philosophy so special
00:18:05 - How TransDigm uses debt to leverage returns
00:34:34 - Why TransDigm is basically a monopoly
00:49:41 - What TransDigm’s M&A Playbook looks like
00:54:14 - Where future growth is coming from
01:16:15 - Whether TransDigm is fairly valued
01:20:06 - Whether Shawn & Daniel add TDG to The Intrinsic Value Portfolio
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
The Investors Podcast Network is excited to debut a new community known as The Intrinsic Value Community for investors to learn, share ideas, network, and join calls with experts: Sign up for the waitlist(!)
Sign up for The Intrinsic Value Newsletter to track our Portfolio.
Howley Interview with William Thorndike at the 50x Podcast.
Clay’s Deep Dive into TransDigm Competitor Heico.
Clay’s Interview with Niklas Sävås about Serial Acquirers.
TransDigm 2024 Analyst Day Webcast.
Explore our previous Intrinsic Value breakdowns: Paypal, Uber, Nike, Reddit, Amazon, Airbnb, TSMC, Alphabet, Ulta, LVMH, and Madison Square Garden Sports.
Related books mentioned in the podcast.
Ad-free episodes on our Premium Feed.
NEW TO THE SHOW?
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Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
Try Shawn's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance.
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