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Wonderful businesses at a margin of safety

2026-10-02

16fat pitches
200on watchlist
4/22cleared gate today
102%universe scanned
5.2%risk-free
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PYPL PayPal

Cash cow with an eroding checkout moat; the price assumes decline, and buybacks at a 10% yield do the work.

BUY wonderful · 85 ▟ narrow moat payments
Owner-earnings value$73.33
Price$53.06
Margin of safety +38.2%

PayPal earns a percentage fee on payment volume it processes. Its main products are branded PayPal checkout (the high-margin core), Braintree's unbranded card processing for large merchants (high volume, thin margins), Venmo, and Xoom. It also earns interest on customer balances and income from credit products and value-added merchant services.

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Today's wonderful businesses · 3 deep-dived of 22 scanned

VRSK HOLD

Verisk Analytics · industrial

wonderful · 90 ▟ wide moat
Value$166.53
Price$168.38
MoS -1.1%

Toll booth on U.S. P&C insurance data; wonderful business, but the price already implies its ~8% growth.

PPG HOLD

PPG Industries · materials

good · 70 ▟ narrow moat
Value$100.79
Price$104.67
MoS -3.7%

Sticky specialty coatings franchise, but flat growth means the price already pays for its prospects.

Watchlist · 200 wonderful businesses · 16 at a margin of safety

The quality gate has scanned 511 of 503 names; these are the ones worth owning at the right price. See the full watchlist →

Ticker Sector Quality Moat Price Value Margin of safety Rating
CF materials wonderful · 85 ▟ narrow moat $114.54 $188.21 +64.3% STRONG BUY
ZTS pharma wonderful · 90 no moat $69.10 $108.02 +56.3% HOLD
LULU apparel wonderful · 95 ▟ narrow moat $95.86 $141.64 +47.8% HOLD
CTSH software wonderful · 81 ▟ narrow moat $60.88 $86.92 +42.8% STRONG BUY
PYPL payments wonderful · 85 ▟ narrow moat $53.06 $73.33 +38.2% BUY
ACGL insurance wonderful · 81 ▟ narrow moat $94.26 $129.84 +37.8% HOLD
INTU software wonderful · 84 ▟ wide moat $282.78 $388.00 +37.2% HOLD
GDDY technology wonderful · 82 no moat $96.98 $132.44 +36.6% HOLD
INCY pharma good · 77 no moat $117.14 $156.30 +33.4% HOLD
DECK apparel wonderful · 97 ▟ narrow moat $79.57 $105.10 +32.1% HOLD
APA energy good · 76 ▟ narrow moat $43.34 $56.70 +30.8% BUY
SOLV healthcare good · 73 ▟ narrow moat $87.77 $114.71 +30.7% BUY
NVR retail wonderful · 88 ▟ wide moat $6,126.38 $7,666.75 +25.1% HOLD
UHS healthcare good · 69 no moat $175.07 $218.86 +25.0% HOLD
ADBE software wonderful · 96 no moat $241.28 $300.84 +24.7% HOLD
UBER industrial good · 69 ▟ narrow moat $67.88 $84.06 +23.8% HOLD
IT software wonderful · 94 ▟ narrow moat $192.80 $231.17 +19.9% HOLD
PTC software good · 72 no moat $146.47 $175.01 +19.5% HOLD
BR industrial good · 75 ▟ wide moat $161.15 $190.08 +18.0% HOLD
AOS industrial wonderful · 88 ▟ wide moat $56.67 $65.45 +15.5% HOLD