The Misfits: NetApp (NTAP)
Who would have thought the boxes in a server room would challenge my investing framworks
One of the best parts of writing a stock newsletter is finding a company that challenges you and working through it with the audience.
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) challenges me in several ways.
For one, technology companies frequently land in the “too hard” pile. I almost titled this piece, “The least technology-capable person under 60 analyzes a tech hardware company”, but that was too long for an email headline. Also, leaning on market history and hardware in tech-forward industries, data storage infrastructure sounds like a “race to the bottom” type of business.
Even as I dug into the aspects I’m more familiar with — the financial profile and management’s incentives — I kind of struggled to piece it all together. How does a company with this profile generate returns like this?
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