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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Industrial Companies with Moats

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

“When the party is happening in the penthouse, this is a sector that’s in the basement.” Industrial companies aren’t the sexiest stocks, but that’s where investors can find strong moats. You just have to look at “micro-verticals” like fluid-handling, label making, and aircraft replacement parts. Nick Santhanam is the CEO of the Fernweh Group and a co-author of the new book “The Titanium Economy: How Industrial Technology Can Create a Better, Faster, Stronger America.” Ricky Mulvey caught up with Santhanam to talk about: - Why investors often misunderstand the industrial sector - How companies are using 3D printing and blockchain technology - Why family-run companies have key advantages for long-term investors - The biggest challenge for companies in the Titanium Economy Companies mentioned: GGG, HEI, SEE, BRD, CWST, AZZ Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: Nick Santhanam Engineer: Dan Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Really, it is finding out companies with the point you made with very strong moves.

0:05.4

Right? Where they have a very good operational performance, they have a very good management team,

0:10.1

they have a very good product line and you'll identify the next high-go, you'll identify the next

0:14.8

crack-go, you'll identify the next tracks. And the beautiful part is you're not looking for a needle

0:21.0

in a haystack, you're really shooting fish in a barrel, which means you know, you look, you're going to find.

0:34.8

I'm Chris Hill and that's Nick Santanam. He's the CEO of the Fernway Group and co-author of the

0:39.6

brand new book, The Titanium Economy. How industrial technology can create a better, faster, stronger

0:46.5

America? Ricky Mulvey caught up with Santanam to dig into some under-the-rate our manufacturing

0:52.3

companies and talk about why family-run businesses have key advantages for long-term investors.

1:09.8

You start the book with kind of a kind of a heater. You're saying this this sector is under-appreciated,

1:15.0

under-value, disrespected by investors. Actually, I'm not even going to read the quote from the book

1:19.6

because those are the themes. Talk to me about why you believe that it's those three things.

1:25.0

You know, Ricky, if you sort of ask one line to describe the industrial sector, it's exactly what

1:30.5

you just said, right? Misunderstood, undervalued, unappreciated. Let's start with why it's misunderstood.

1:37.6

First of all, you know, when people talk about industrial, people talk as if it's one monolith,

1:42.1

one big sector. In reality, it's 90 plus what we call micro-virtuals. Think of it as Amazon

1:48.3

rainforest on one end, the Sahara desert on the other. So which one are we talking about?

1:53.4

The second actually very related to that, whenever you talk about industrial, most people and not

1:58.2

all of them will have a rufull past. Oh, it was a great sector. The 50s was wonderful. It was the

2:05.1

sector which was lost, stolen, given away. And the reality is none of that is true. It is actually

2:11.2

we are on the beginning of a great innings. We are on the first innings. We are the best things

2:16.3

I yet to come. So let's start with that. It's completely misunderstood. Now then let's talk about

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