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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Future Consolidation in Gaming

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

If the consumer economy is going well, why do our portfolios not reflect it? (0:20) Asit Sharma discusses: - Sonos being "underrated" as a business - Revenue growth being Sonos' key metric to watch - Why we keep hammering the point about taking the long view in stock investing (15:30) Jon Quast and Ryan Henderson talk with Reggie Fils-Aime, former president of Nintendo of America, about finding great business leaders and the future of consolidation in gaming. Stocks discussed: SONO, NTDOY, DIS, NFLX, TTWO, ZNGA, ATVI, SNMSF Host: Chris Hill Guests: Asit Sharma, Jon Quast, Ryan Henderson, Reggie Fils-Aime Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've got an inside look at the gaming industry and why more consolidation is on the way.

0:10.4

Motley Fool Money starts now.

0:12.4

I'm Chris Hill joining me today, Motley Fool Senior Analyst, Asa Charma.

0:25.2

Thanks for being here.

0:26.6

Chris, thank you for having me.

0:29.2

Sonos, like most companies, is talking about the impact of supply chain problems, but Sonos

0:36.8

second quarter revenue was higher than expected.

0:39.4

The demand for high-end audio products seemingly is there.

0:43.6

This morning you and I were going back and forth.

0:45.4

You said this is a company that you think is underrated.

0:48.8

How so?

0:50.8

I think that investors have been trained to look for companies that are really, really capital

0:56.3

light over the last few years.

0:58.5

If you can avoid investing in a manufacturer, do it.

1:02.4

Find the equivalent software as a service model.

1:05.3

Invest in that.

1:06.3

It's going to have higher margins.

1:08.8

It's a company you'll be able to ride for long-term growth.

1:13.6

That always great in a lower interest rate environment, but as interest rates have ticked

1:19.8

up, investors are starting to second-guess some of the fees around only owning those fast

1:27.0

growers.

1:28.5

Just like in real life, if you go to a basketball game, a pro-game or a college basketball

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