The investment strategy of BugleRock Capital Core Value Investment Approach is to restrict the choice of companies that fulfil the following criteria for Non Financial companies:
-A track record of at least 15 years;
-A minimum of Rs.5 billion in annual revenues
-Consistency in generating positive free cash flows, and
-Consistency in generating Return on capital of 20%.
and for Banking & NBFC companies:
-25+ Years of business operations, – Consistent RoA > 1% for Banks & 2% for NBFC, – Consistent RoE > 15% for Banks & NBFC, – Consistent NPA < 2% for Banks & NBFC,            – Consistent Cost to Income < 50% for Banks, – Consistent CASA > 30% for Banks, -Consistent Debt/Equity < 5 times for NBFC.
In addition, we look at the track record of the management in capital allocation decisions and governance issues, and the prospect of the company’s revenues and profits growing at a trajectory higher than industry’s average growth rate over the foreseeable future.
Such companies are purchased during times of temporary distress, or when the general consensus in the market is that the earnings triggers are too distant in the future. Only under such conditions do we get the share of a good company at reasonable valuations.