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10 stocks that have what it takes to be a ‘perfect’ company<blockquote>10只具备成为“完美”公司所需条件的股票</blockquote>
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They’re worth sharing and may even provide the basis for constructing a portfolio.</p><p><blockquote><b>强有力的领导、明智的收购以及地方感和目标感是成功组合的一部分。</b>我最近描述“完美公司”的专栏获得了读者的几个提名。它们值得分享，甚至可以为构建投资组合提供基础。</blockquote></p><p> As a recap, a colleague once defined the perfect company as requiring no incremental capital, yielding functionally infinite returns, and maintaining a long-term view. The perfect company’s leader must excel at allocating capital, chiefly through serial acquisitions of businesses thereafter managed in a decentralized structure based on trust.</p><p><blockquote>回顾一下，一位同事曾经将完美公司定义为不需要增量资本、产生功能性无限回报并保持长期视野。完美公司的领导者必须擅长分配资本，主要是通过一系列收购企业，然后在基于信任的分散结构中进行管理。</blockquote></p><p> Acknowledging that such companies are rare, readers suggested numerous examples. These 10, listed below in alphabetical order, were mentioned multiple times:</p><p><blockquote>读者承认这样的公司很少见，并提出了许多例子。以下按字母顺序列出的这10个被多次提及：</blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li>1. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ADBE\">Adobe</a> ADBE,+0.71%</li> <li>2. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a> (Google) GOOGL,-0.37%</li> <li>3. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">Berkshire Hathaway</a> BRK.A,-0.88% BRK.B,-1.07%</li> <li>4. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ\">Constellation</a> Brands STZ,-0.88%</li> <li>5. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DHR\">Danaher</a> DHR,+1.09%</li> <li>6. Fairfax Financial Holdings FFH,+4.70%</li> <li>7. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ITW\">Illinois Tool</a> Works ITW,-1.31%</li> <li>8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ,-0.59%</li> <li>9. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MKL\">Markel</a> MKL,+0.30%</li> <li>10. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ROP\">Roper</a> Technologies ROP,-0.44%</li> </ul> These companies operate in industries generally requiring zero or modest incremental capital — insurance, sciences, technology and software. That meets the first hurdle.</p><p><blockquote><ul><li>1.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ADBE\">土坯</a>ADBE,+0.71%</li><li>2.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>（谷歌）GOOGL，-0.37%</li><li>3.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">伯克希尔哈撒韦</a>BRK.A,-0.88%BRK.B,-1.07%</li><li>4.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ\">星座</a>品牌STZ,-0.88%</li><li>5.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DHR\">丹纳赫</a>DHR，+1.09%</li><li>6.费尔法克斯金融控股FFH，+4.70%</li><li>7.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ITW\">伊利诺伊工具</a>工程ITW,-1.31%</li><li>8.强生JNJ，-0.59%</li><li>9.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MKL\">马克尔</a>MKL,+0.30%</li><li>10.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ROP\">罗珀</a>科技ROP,-0.44%</li></ul>这些公司所处的行业通常不需要或只需要适度的增量资本——保险、科学、技术和软件。这就遇到了第一个障碍。</blockquote></p><p> Their leadership is strong, often iconic, and certainly long-term. Berkshire’s Warren Buffett, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ.B\">Constellation</a>’s Mark Leonard, and Fairfax’s Prem Watsa have personified their companies for decades, and all developed a deep bench of like-minded managers. A succession of impressive leaders has run all the others, such as the Rales brothers at Danaher and the Markel family at their eponymous company.</p><p><blockquote>他们的领导力是强有力的，通常是标志性的，当然也是长期的。伯克希尔的沃伦·巴菲特，<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ.B\">星座</a>公司的马克·伦纳德(Mark Leonard)和费尔法克斯(Fairfax)的普雷姆·瓦萨(Prem Watsa)几十年来一直是他们公司的化身，并且都培养了一大批志同道合的经理人。一系列令人印象深刻的领导者掌管着所有其他公司，例如丹纳赫(Danaher)的罗尔斯兄弟(Rales brothers)和同名公司的马克尔(Markel)家族。</blockquote></p><p> Acquisition discipline is evidenced by high returns on capital deployed, the companies’ opportunistic character, and their relative obscurity. 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For instance, these companies repeatedly lead the pack in rankings of attributes of the perfect company, such as capital allocation prowess and decentralized trust-based cultures.</p><p><blockquote>数据支持了印象。例如，这些公司在完美公司的属性排名中多次领先，例如资本配置能力和基于分散信任的文化。</blockquote></p><p> They are also notable for the longevity of their leadership and insider ownership of the stock (especially by directors, suggesting they “get” the perfect company).</p><p><blockquote>他们还因其长期的领导力和股票的内部所有权（尤其是董事，这表明他们“得到”了完美的公司）而闻名。</blockquote></p><p> Not coincidentally, all 10 companies rank high in attracting long-term focused (“quality”) shareholders. They also rank high in the caliber of their shareholder communications — a logical add-on of the perfect company from the shareholders’ viewpoint.</p><p><blockquote>并非巧合的是，所有10家公司在吸引长期关注（“优质”）股东方面都排名靠前。他们在股东沟通方面的水平也很高——从股东的角度来看，这是完美公司的合乎逻辑的补充。</blockquote></p><p> In short, readers have helpfully identified “perfect companies” in the sense my colleague described. 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But they certainly warrant a close look.</p><p><blockquote>简而言之，读者在我的同事描述的意义上识别“完美公司”是很有帮助的。这些公司是否是完美的投资取决于它们当时的股价。但它们确实值得仔细观察。</blockquote></p><p></p>","source":"lsy1603348471595","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>10 stocks that have what it takes to be a ‘perfect’ company<blockquote>10只具备成为“完美”公司所需条件的股票</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\n10 stocks that have what it takes to be a ‘perfect’ company<blockquote>10只具备成为“完美”公司所需条件的股票</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">MarketWatch</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-08-05 19:43</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p> <b>Strong leadership, smart acquisitions, and a sense of place and purpose are part of a winning combination.</b> My recent column describing the “perfect company” elicited several nominees from readers. They’re worth sharing and may even provide the basis for constructing a portfolio.</p><p><blockquote><b>强有力的领导、明智的收购以及地方感和目标感是成功组合的一部分。</b>我最近描述“完美公司”的专栏获得了读者的几个提名。它们值得分享，甚至可以为构建投资组合提供基础。</blockquote></p><p> As a recap, a colleague once defined the perfect company as requiring no incremental capital, yielding functionally infinite returns, and maintaining a long-term view. The perfect company’s leader must excel at allocating capital, chiefly through serial acquisitions of businesses thereafter managed in a decentralized structure based on trust.</p><p><blockquote>回顾一下，一位同事曾经将完美公司定义为不需要增量资本、产生功能性无限回报并保持长期视野。完美公司的领导者必须擅长分配资本，主要是通过一系列收购企业，然后在基于信任的分散结构中进行管理。</blockquote></p><p> Acknowledging that such companies are rare, readers suggested numerous examples. These 10, listed below in alphabetical order, were mentioned multiple times:</p><p><blockquote>读者承认这样的公司很少见，并提出了许多例子。以下按字母顺序列出的这10个被多次提及：</blockquote></p><p> <ul> <li>1. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ADBE\">Adobe</a> ADBE,+0.71%</li> <li>2. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a> (Google) GOOGL,-0.37%</li> <li>3. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">Berkshire Hathaway</a> BRK.A,-0.88% BRK.B,-1.07%</li> <li>4. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ\">Constellation</a> Brands STZ,-0.88%</li> <li>5. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DHR\">Danaher</a> DHR,+1.09%</li> <li>6. Fairfax Financial Holdings FFH,+4.70%</li> <li>7. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ITW\">Illinois Tool</a> Works ITW,-1.31%</li> <li>8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ,-0.59%</li> <li>9. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MKL\">Markel</a> MKL,+0.30%</li> <li>10. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ROP\">Roper</a> Technologies ROP,-0.44%</li> </ul> These companies operate in industries generally requiring zero or modest incremental capital — insurance, sciences, technology and software. That meets the first hurdle.</p><p><blockquote><ul><li>1.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ADBE\">土坯</a>ADBE,+0.71%</li><li>2.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>（谷歌）GOOGL，-0.37%</li><li>3.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">伯克希尔哈撒韦</a>BRK.A,-0.88%BRK.B,-1.07%</li><li>4.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ\">星座</a>品牌STZ,-0.88%</li><li>5.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DHR\">丹纳赫</a>DHR，+1.09%</li><li>6.费尔法克斯金融控股FFH，+4.70%</li><li>7.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ITW\">伊利诺伊工具</a>工程ITW,-1.31%</li><li>8.强生JNJ，-0.59%</li><li>9.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MKL\">马克尔</a>MKL,+0.30%</li><li>10.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ROP\">罗珀</a>科技ROP,-0.44%</li></ul>这些公司所处的行业通常不需要或只需要适度的增量资本——保险、科学、技术和软件。这就遇到了第一个障碍。</blockquote></p><p> Their leadership is strong, often iconic, and certainly long-term. Berkshire’s Warren Buffett, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ.B\">Constellation</a>’s Mark Leonard, and Fairfax’s Prem Watsa have personified their companies for decades, and all developed a deep bench of like-minded managers. A succession of impressive leaders has run all the others, such as the Rales brothers at Danaher and the Markel family at their eponymous company.</p><p><blockquote>他们的领导力是强有力的，通常是标志性的，当然也是长期的。伯克希尔的沃伦·巴菲特，<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STZ.B\">星座</a>公司的马克·伦纳德(Mark Leonard)和费尔法克斯(Fairfax)的普雷姆·瓦萨(Prem Watsa)几十年来一直是他们公司的化身，并且都培养了一大批志同道合的经理人。一系列令人印象深刻的领导者掌管着所有其他公司，例如丹纳赫(Danaher)的罗尔斯兄弟(Rales brothers)和同名公司的马克尔(Markel)家族。</blockquote></p><p> Acquisition discipline is evidenced by high returns on capital deployed, the companies’ opportunistic character, and their relative obscurity. As for the latter, only a few of the thousands of acquisitions made by these 10 companies are marquee names on the order of Adobe’s Photoshop, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOGL\">Alphabet</a>’s YouTube, or Berkshire’s Dairy Queen. Most people haven’t heard of the majority of the businesses these companies have acquired. ISCAR, Pall, Quipp, Vertafore anyone?</p><p><blockquote>高资本回报率、公司的机会主义特征及其相对默默无闻证明了收购纪律。至于后者，这10家公司进行的数千次收购中只有少数是与Adobe的Photoshop齐名的大牌，<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOGL\">Alphabet</a>YouTube，或者伯克希尔的乳品皇后。大多数人没有听说过这些公司收购的大部分业务。伊斯卡、颇尔、奎普、维塔福尔有人吗？</blockquote></p><p> Acquisition frequency and scale vary. Constellation, for example, has made hundreds of small acquisitions while Illinois Tool Works has made perhaps 1,000. Adobe, Danaher, Fairfax, and Markel have made dozens or scores of purchases, some of considerable size. The others are all over the map in number and sizes. One thing these investors have in common is that they wait for their pitch.</p><p><blockquote>采集频率和规模各不相同。例如，Constellation已经进行了数百次小型收购，而Illinois Tool Works则进行了大约1,000次收购。Adobe、Danaher、Fairfax和Markel已经进行了数十次或数十次收购，其中一些规模相当大。其他的在数量和大小上遍布地图。这些投资者的一个共同点是他们等待他们的推销。</blockquote></p><p> All of these companies are organized along decentralized lines. Headquarters delegates substantial autonomy to the heads of the various businesses. Trust permeates their cultures.</p><p><blockquote>所有这些公司都是按照分散的路线组织的。总部将相当大的自主权授予各业务负责人。信任渗透在他们的文化中。</blockquote></p><p> The data back up the impressions. For instance, these companies repeatedly lead the pack in rankings of attributes of the perfect company, such as capital allocation prowess and decentralized trust-based cultures.</p><p><blockquote>数据支持了印象。例如，这些公司在完美公司的属性排名中多次领先，例如资本配置能力和基于分散信任的文化。</blockquote></p><p> They are also notable for the longevity of their leadership and insider ownership of the stock (especially by directors, suggesting they “get” the perfect company).</p><p><blockquote>他们还因其长期的领导力和股票的内部所有权（尤其是董事，这表明他们“得到”了完美的公司）而闻名。</blockquote></p><p> Not coincidentally, all 10 companies rank high in attracting long-term focused (“quality”) shareholders. They also rank high in the caliber of their shareholder communications — a logical add-on of the perfect company from the shareholders’ viewpoint.</p><p><blockquote>并非巧合的是，所有10家公司在吸引长期关注（“优质”）股东方面都排名靠前。他们在股东沟通方面的水平也很高——从股东的角度来看，这是完美公司的合乎逻辑的补充。</blockquote></p><p> In short, readers have helpfully identified “perfect companies” in the sense my colleague described. Whether these companies are perfect investments depends on their prevailing stock price. But they certainly warrant a close look.</p><p><blockquote>简而言之，读者在我的同事描述的意义上识别“完美公司”是很有帮助的。这些公司是否是完美的投资取决于它们当时的股价。但它们确实值得仔细观察。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-stocks-that-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-perfect-company-11628125333?mod=newsviewer_click\">MarketWatch</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","ROP":"儒博实业","MKL":"Markel Corp","ADBE":"Adobe","JNJ":"强生","DHR":"丹纳赫","STZ":"星座品牌","ITW":"伊利诺伊机械","FAXRF":"Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.","BRK.A":"伯克希尔"},"source_url":"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-stocks-that-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-perfect-company-11628125333?mod=newsviewer_click","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1162240698","content_text":"Strong leadership, smart acquisitions, and a sense of place and purpose are part of a winning combination.\n\nMy recent column describing the “perfect company” elicited several nominees from readers. They’re worth sharing and may even provide the basis for constructing a portfolio.\nAs a recap, a colleague once defined the perfect company as requiring no incremental capital, yielding functionally infinite returns, and maintaining a long-term view. The perfect company’s leader must excel at allocating capital, chiefly through serial acquisitions of businesses thereafter managed in a decentralized structure based on trust.\nAcknowledging that such companies are rare, readers suggested numerous examples. These 10, listed below in alphabetical order, were mentioned multiple times:\n\n1. Adobe ADBE,+0.71%\n2. Alphabet (Google) GOOGL,-0.37%\n3. Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A,-0.88% BRK.B,-1.07%\n4. Constellation Brands STZ,-0.88%\n5. Danaher DHR,+1.09%\n6. Fairfax Financial Holdings FFH,+4.70%\n7. Illinois Tool Works ITW,-1.31%\n8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ,-0.59%\n9. Markel MKL,+0.30%\n10. Roper Technologies ROP,-0.44%\n\nThese companies operate in industries generally requiring zero or modest incremental capital — insurance, sciences, technology and software. That meets the first hurdle.\nTheir leadership is strong, often iconic, and certainly long-term. Berkshire’s Warren Buffett, Constellation’s Mark Leonard, and Fairfax’s Prem Watsa have personified their companies for decades, and all developed a deep bench of like-minded managers. A succession of impressive leaders has run all the others, such as the Rales brothers at Danaher and the Markel family at their eponymous company.\nAcquisition discipline is evidenced by high returns on capital deployed, the companies’ opportunistic character, and their relative obscurity. As for the latter, only a few of the thousands of acquisitions made by these 10 companies are marquee names on the order of Adobe’s Photoshop, Alphabet’s YouTube, or Berkshire’s Dairy Queen. Most people haven’t heard of the majority of the businesses these companies have acquired. ISCAR, Pall, Quipp, Vertafore anyone?\nAcquisition frequency and scale vary. Constellation, for example, has made hundreds of small acquisitions while Illinois Tool Works has made perhaps 1,000. Adobe, Danaher, Fairfax, and Markel have made dozens or scores of purchases, some of considerable size. The others are all over the map in number and sizes. One thing these investors have in common is that they wait for their pitch.\nAll of these companies are organized along decentralized lines. Headquarters delegates substantial autonomy to the heads of the various businesses. Trust permeates their cultures.\nThe data back up the impressions. For instance, these companies repeatedly lead the pack in rankings of attributes of the perfect company, such as capital allocation prowess and decentralized trust-based cultures.\nThey are also notable for the longevity of their leadership and insider ownership of the stock (especially by directors, suggesting they “get” the perfect company).\nNot coincidentally, all 10 companies rank high in attracting long-term focused (“quality”) shareholders. They also rank high in the caliber of their shareholder communications — a logical add-on of the perfect company from the shareholders’ viewpoint.\nIn short, readers have helpfully identified “perfect companies” in the sense my colleague described. Whether these companies are perfect investments depends on their prevailing stock price. 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