Investors are often guided by the idea of discovering ‘the next big thing’, even if that means buying ‘story stocks’ without any revenue, let alone profit. But as Peter Lynch said in One Up On Wall Street, ‘Long shots almost never pay off.’ While a well funded company may sustain losses for years, it will need to generate a profit eventually, or else investors will move on and the company will wither away.
Despite being in the age of tech-stock blue-sky investing, many investors still adopt a more traditional strategy; buying shares in profitable companies like Ingredion (NYSE:INGR). While profit isn’t the sole metric that should be considered when investing, it’s worth recognising businesses that can consistently produce it.
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Ingredion’s Improving Profits
Over the last three years, Ingredion has grown earnings per share (EPS) at as impressive rate from a relatively low point, resulting in a…
