TIP829: Kaspi Stock ($KSPI): The Cheapest E-Commerce Monopoly in the World w/ Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O'Malley
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Episode Description
Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O'Malley take a deep dive into Kaspi.kz (NASDAQ: KSPI), the Kazakhstani super-app that combines payments, e-commerce, and fintech into a single platform that most of the country uses every day. They unpack why its dominance at home has been so hard for competitors to challenge, and how a company this profitable ends up trading at only around seven times earnings.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
(00:00:00) Intro (00:01:49) How Kaspi became Kazakhstan's No.1 superapp (00:16:56) What business units Kaspi operates (00:35:38) What role the fintech business plays (00:37:54) How the marketplace differs from Mercado Libre and Shopee (00:45:11) What the competitive environment in Kazakhstan looks like (00:52:30) What the Turkey expansion means for the business (01:23:43) Valuation discussion of Kaspi (01:27:11) Whether Kaspi is valued attractively (01:30:34) Whether Shawn and Daniel add KSPI to the Intrinsic Value Portfolio
Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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