TIP780: Top Stocks for 2026 w/ Shawn O'Malley, Daniel Mahncke, & Clay Finck
Episode
92 min
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2 min
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Relationships, Investing, Fundraising & VC
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Key Takeaways
- ✓Holding Company Discount Strategy: Exor NV trades at 60% discount to net asset value versus historical 25-30% discount, with Ferrari stake alone worth more than Exor's entire market cap. Investors effectively buy Ferrari at half price plus get Stellantis, CNH Industrial, and other assets free, creating asymmetric upside even if NAV grows only 5% annually.
- ✓Latin American E-Commerce Runway: MercadoLibre maintains 27 consecutive quarters of 30%+ revenue growth with e-commerce penetration at just 14-15% in Latin America versus 24% in US and 30% in UK. The company operates hybrid logistics model owning fulfillment centers and fleet while partnering with local delivery services for last-mile, achieving Amazon-like reliability without full capital intensity.
- ✓Meta's AI Monetization Advantage: Meta generates $50 billion annual run rate from Reels while ad pricing increased 10% year-over-year through AI-enhanced targeting and recommendation algorithms. The company trades at 22x adjusted PE despite 20%+ revenue growth and deploys $40 billion in buybacks, with WhatsApp's 3 billion users representing untapped monetization opportunity ahead.
- ✓Ferrari's Luxury Business Model: Ferrari compounds earnings per share at 18% annually for a decade with 20%+ returns on invested capital, driven by 8-10% annual price increases that customers accept without resistance. Approximately 80% of sales come from repeat customers, and vehicles appreciate over time rather than depreciate like traditional automobiles.
- ✓MercadoPago's Data Advantage: MercadoPago achieves 20%+ risk-adjusted margins on lending, double Nubank's rate, by leveraging first-party behavioral data from marketplace transactions including purchase history, return rates, and payment patterns. This proprietary data enables more aggressive but informed credit decisions with NPLs managed through reserves exceeding expected losses across major markets.
What It Covers
Three TIP analysts pitch their top 2026 stock picks: Sean O'Malley presents Exor NV as a discounted Ferrari proxy trading at 60% below net asset value, Daniel Mahncke pitches MercadoLibre's 27-quarter streak of 30%+ growth, and Clay Finck advocates for Meta's AI-driven advertising dominance.
Key Questions Answered
- •Holding Company Discount Strategy: Exor NV trades at 60% discount to net asset value versus historical 25-30% discount, with Ferrari stake alone worth more than Exor's entire market cap. Investors effectively buy Ferrari at half price plus get Stellantis, CNH Industrial, and other assets free, creating asymmetric upside even if NAV grows only 5% annually.
- •Latin American E-Commerce Runway: MercadoLibre maintains 27 consecutive quarters of 30%+ revenue growth with e-commerce penetration at just 14-15% in Latin America versus 24% in US and 30% in UK. The company operates hybrid logistics model owning fulfillment centers and fleet while partnering with local delivery services for last-mile, achieving Amazon-like reliability without full capital intensity.
- •Meta's AI Monetization Advantage: Meta generates $50 billion annual run rate from Reels while ad pricing increased 10% year-over-year through AI-enhanced targeting and recommendation algorithms. The company trades at 22x adjusted PE despite 20%+ revenue growth and deploys $40 billion in buybacks, with WhatsApp's 3 billion users representing untapped monetization opportunity ahead.
- •Ferrari's Luxury Business Model: Ferrari compounds earnings per share at 18% annually for a decade with 20%+ returns on invested capital, driven by 8-10% annual price increases that customers accept without resistance. Approximately 80% of sales come from repeat customers, and vehicles appreciate over time rather than depreciate like traditional automobiles.
- •MercadoPago's Data Advantage: MercadoPago achieves 20%+ risk-adjusted margins on lending, double Nubank's rate, by leveraging first-party behavioral data from marketplace transactions including purchase history, return rates, and payment patterns. This proprietary data enables more aggressive but informed credit decisions with NPLs managed through reserves exceeding expected losses across major markets.
Notable Moment
When discussing Meta's 2022 drawdown of nearly 80% from peak, one analyst admitted avoiding the investment despite recognizing extreme pessimism because he wanted to follow Buffett's tech avoidance strategy. He now views this disciplined approach as being too smart for his own good, missing a generational opportunity in one of capitalism's best businesses.
Episode Transcript
You're listening to TIP. On today's episode, I'm joined by Sean O'Malley and Daniel Manca to share our top stock ideas for 2026. Sean is pitching Exer NV, which is an indirect way to get exposure to Ferrari through a holding company. Daniel is pitching the Latin American e commerce giant MercadoLibre, which has posted 30% plus top line revenue growth for twenty seven consecutive quarters. And I'm pitching Meta, which is a stock I felt I've sat on the sidelines on for far too long. Sean and Daniel co hosts TIP's very own intrinsic value podcast. On the show, they do comprehensive research and share a stock deep dive every week while publicly building out their intrinsic value portfolio. In the near future, they'll be publishing an episode on Exer and MercadoLibre. So if you'd like to learn more about these picks, go and follow their show on your favorite podcasting app so you don't miss them. With that, I bring you today's episode with my friends, Sean O'Malley and Daniel Manca. Since 2014 and through more than 180,000,000 downloads, we've studied the financial markets and read the books that influence self made billionaires the most. We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected. Now for your host, Clay Finck. Welcome back to The Investor's Podcast. I'm your host, Clay Finck. Today, I'm joined by Sean O'Malley and Daniel Manca, host of TIP's very own intrinsic value podcast. Gentlemen, so great to have you here. Great to be here. Of course, these are not intended to be investment recommendations and we encourage each of the listeners to do their own due diligence before investing in any company. So with that, Sean, how about we start with you today? Sean Ellis (zero 50 Three:forty seven): Let's do it. I would say that to call my pitch a success in maybe three to five years from now, if we can look at it as being this kind of weird bet on an overlooked Italian holding company that did actually kind of quietly beat the market for us, largely because we were willing to own Ferrari in a slightly unconventional way. So that's sort of the setup. And yeah, without any further ado, my stock pick today is technically Exer NV, but that is really a proxy for making a discounted bet on Ferrari. So Ferrari is ultimately the company that I'm most interested in. And so I'll explain what I mean by that in a moment, but I should personally disclose that this is a company I've personally invested in, and actually just recently personally invested in. And because I'm in The US though, I can't buy the Dutch shares traded in euros, but I did buy the OTC shares with the ticker EXXRF in The US at a price around $85 So, all right, let me start with a few words on Ferrari first. Matt Spielman (zero fifty three:fifty one): Ferrari to me is one of the most special …
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