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Screens Investing in Hidden Assets By Bradley Kay Use this screen to find high-growth businesses that have big ideas to keep competitors at bay. The traditional definition of a value stock relies on a low market price relative to the book value of the company’s assets minus debt. However, this misses the value of all the assets that aren’t on balance sheets: internally developed patents, close connections with customers, and institutional knowledge. Although accounting ignores these assets, the market certainly doesn’t; these intangibles can produce higher returns for a business than any investment in real estate or factories. This screen identifies fast-growing firms with substantial intangible assets that should produce wealth for years to come. These firms already have the market somewhat excited, but their true potential still has not been priced into the stock. The screen can be created in Morningstar Principia and Advisor Workstation. Our first priority is to identify the companies where the market believes much of their value does not appear in the accounting books. We screen for a high price/book ratio, which implies that the company is expected to produce very high future returns off a small base of tangible assets. It is a good sign that the company has some major intangible assets enabling those high returns. For our P/B minimum, we will use 6.0, which is 50% higher than the average P/B ratio of Russell 3000 stocks at the time of the screen. nies with tiny book values due to their high debt load. These companies do not necessarily possess any valuable intangible assets and are extremely risky in the current credit crunch. To eliminate any highly leveraged companies from our screen, along with any companies that have insufficient cash to fuel future growth, we will narrow our search to companies with Morningstar Financial Health Grades of B or better. And Financial Health Grade >B PB Ratio Current > 6.0 Because the book value is the accounting value of its tangible assets minus the value of its debt, any screen for companies with high P/B will identify a lot of highly leveraged compa- Plenty of companies have valuable intangible assets, but many of them are mature large-cap names whose major growth happened years ago. The other set of companies that our high P/B ratio screen produces are very cyclical companies that are currently on the upswing: 76 Morningstar Advisor Fall 2008
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Contents
New on MorningstarAdvisor.com
Letter from the Editor
Contributors
Inbox
Are You Preparing for Higher Taxes?
State of Financials
Oracles of Alabama
Investment Briefs
Managers’ Investment Secrets Revealed
Conformity Becomes a Growing Concern at American
Gimme Shelter
Location, Location, Location
Rooted in Buffett, Going for Growth
Keeping Little Company
Away from the Numbers
Consumer Confidence
What about Natural Gas?
TIPS to Beat Back Inflation
Investing in Hidden Assets
Funds That Have an Edge Come Tax Time
Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
Undervalued Stocks
Most Popular Variable Annuities
New at Morningstar
One for You, 19 for Me
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - State of Financials
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Oracles of Alabama
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Investment Briefs
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Managers’ Investment Secrets Revealed
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Conformity Becomes a Growing Concern at American
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Consumer Confidence
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - TIPS to Beat Back Inflation
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Investing in Hidden Assets
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Funds That Have an Edge Come Tax Time
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - 50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Undervalued Stocks
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