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Avoid investing in business with poor economics

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  Economics matter – Manugraph

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“When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.” – Warren buffet

A company with clean and transparent management running a business with bad economics is a bad investment choice. In today’s post we will try to explain this with example of Manugraph India

About Company

Established in the year 1972 by its founder Mr. S. M. Shah, Manugraph India Ltd is India’s largest manufacturer of web offset presses. In India, Manugraph ranks as Numero Uno in the manufacture of web offset presses. With a whopping 70% market share and quality presses ranging in speeds from 35,000 – 70,000 copies per hour, Manugraph presses are present in nearly all major publication houses. For more details visit their website here

Our Method – Inferring management communication to share holders via annual reports

Here goes our analysis of annual reports and persistent economic problems articlated by management

– Inability to pass rise in cost to customers

– Inability to control wage / employee benefit cost

36th Annual report (2007-08)

Read the  Management discussion and Analysis … Read the rest