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Warren Buffett says these are the very best businesses to own<blockquote>沃伦·巴菲特表示这些是最值得拥有的企业</blockquote>
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href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>主要原因：从投资者那里获取资金并赚取回报。</blockquote></p><p> That’s why it makes sense for investors to look for businesses, with durable competitive advantages, that are able to consistently deliver high returns on capital.</p><p><blockquote>这就是为什么投资者寻找具有持久竞争优势、能够持续提供高资本回报的企业是有意义的。</blockquote></p><p> As Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett once said, “[T]he best business to own is one that over an extended period can employ large amounts of incremental capital at very high rates of return.”</p><p><blockquote>正如伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司首席执行官沃伦·巴菲特曾经说过的那样，“拥有的最佳企业是能够在很长一段时间内以非常高的回报率利用大量增量资本的企业。”</blockquote></p><p> With that in mind, here are three companies with returns on invested capital above 15%.</p><p><blockquote>考虑到这一点，以下是三家投资资本回报率超过15%的公司。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>Home Depot</h3> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/42cc1d26c7f68a596cdc03e5bb1fb718\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">Sundry Photography/Shutterstock</p><p><blockquote><h3>家得宝</h3>杂项摄影/Shutterstock</blockquote></p><p> Kicking things off is Home Depot, which consistently generates returns on invested capital around 30%.</p><p><blockquote>家得宝(Home Depot)拉开了序幕，该公司的投资资本回报率始终在30%左右。</blockquote></p><p> Thanks to the home improvement giant’s massive economies of scale, well-recognized brand, and concise merchandising, management has been able to produce above-average operating metrics while rewarding shareholders in the process.</p><p><blockquote>得益于这家家装巨头巨大的规模经济、知名品牌和简洁的营销，管理层能够制定高于平均水平的运营指标，同时在此过程中回报股东。</blockquote></p><p> Over the past five years, the company has returned more than $55 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases.</p><p><blockquote>过去五年，该公司以股息和股票回购的形式向股东返还了超过550亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> While growth has been a bit disappointing of late — customer transactions dropped 5.8% in the most recent quarter — the long-term trend of investing in the home should continue to work in Home Depot’s favor</p><p><blockquote>尽管最近的增长有点令人失望——最近一个季度的客户交易量下降了5.8%——但投资房屋的长期趋势应该会继续对家得宝有利</blockquote></p><p> With a total yield of 3.8% — 2% dividend yield and 1.9% buyback yield — the stock’s risk/return tradeoff looks attractive enough to act on.</p><p><blockquote>总收益率为3.8%-2%的股息收益率和1.9%的回购收益率，该股的风险/回报权衡看起来足够有吸引力，值得采取行动。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>Apple</h3> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/94390fd25d97a4309c032cd4b32f12c6\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">Vytautas Kielaitis/Shutterstock</p><p><blockquote><h3>苹果</h3>维陶塔斯·基莱蒂斯/Shutterstock</blockquote></p><p> Next up, we have consumer technology gorilla Apple, which boasts a five-year return on invested capital of 26%, much higher than that of rivals like Nokia (12%) and Sony (7%).</p><p><blockquote>接下来是消费科技巨头苹果，该公司的五年投资资本回报率为26%，远高于诺基亚（12%）和索尼（7%）等竞争对手。</blockquote></p><p> Even in the cutthroat world of consumer hardware, the iPhone maker has been able to generate outsized returns due to 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The company’s Intelligent Cloud segment increased 35% to $3.9 billion driven largely by strong demand for its key cloud computing service Azure.</p><p><blockquote>第二季度，净利润增长47%，达到165亿美元，收入增长21%，达到462亿美元。该公司的智能云部门增长了35%，达到39亿美元，这主要是由于对其关键云计算服务Azure的强劲需求。</blockquote></p><p> More importantly, gross margin expanded 25% during the quarter, suggesting that Microsoft’s competitive position is only getting stronger.</p><p><blockquote>更重要的是，本季度毛利率增长了25%，这表明微软的竞争地位只会越来越强。</blockquote></p><p> Currently, Microsoft shares offer a dividend yield of 0.7% and a buyback yield of 1.1%. The stock has traded sluggishly over the past week, providing contratrian investors with a possible entry point.</p><p><blockquote>目前，微软股票的股息收益率为0.7%，回购收益率为1.1%。该股过去一周交易低迷，为contratrian投资者提供了一个可能的切入点。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>A different high-return path</h3> Even if you don't like these specific stock picks, you should still look to implement Buffett's time-tested strategy of investing in stable, high-return assets at discounted prices.</p><p><blockquote><h3>不一样的高回报路径</h3>即使您不喜欢这些特定的股票选择，您仍然应该寻求实施巴菲特久经考验的策略，即以折扣价投资稳定、高回报的资产。</blockquote></p><p> One steady asset that Buffett's good friend Bill Gates is partial to is investing in U.S. farmland.</p><p><blockquote>巴菲特的好朋友比尔·盖茨偏爱的一项稳定资产是投资美国农田。</blockquote></p><p> In fact, Gates is America's biggest owner of farmland and for good reason: Over the years, agriculture has been shown to offer higher risk-adjusted returns than both stocks and real estate.</p><p><blockquote>事实上，盖茨是美国最大的农田所有者，这是有充分理由的：多年来，农业已被证明比股票和房地产提供更高的风险调整回报。</blockquote></p><p></p>","source":"lsy1621813427262","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>Warren Buffett says these are the very best businesses to own<blockquote>沃伦·巴菲特表示这些是最值得拥有的企业</blockquote></title>\n<style 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basics.</p><p><blockquote>永远不要忘记最基本的。</blockquote></p><p> While we’re constantly bombarded with confusing investment mumbo jumbo, we should never forget that companies largely exist for <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> main reason: to take capital from investors and earn a return on it.</p><p><blockquote>虽然我们不断被令人困惑的投资术语轰炸，但我们永远不应该忘记，公司的存在很大程度上是为了<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>主要原因：从投资者那里获取资金并赚取回报。</blockquote></p><p> That’s why it makes sense for investors to look for businesses, with durable competitive advantages, that are able to consistently deliver high returns on capital.</p><p><blockquote>这就是为什么投资者寻找具有持久竞争优势、能够持续提供高资本回报的企业是有意义的。</blockquote></p><p> As Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett once said, “[T]he best business to own is one that over an extended period can employ large amounts of incremental capital at very high rates of return.”</p><p><blockquote>正如伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司首席执行官沃伦·巴菲特曾经说过的那样，“拥有的最佳企业是能够在很长一段时间内以非常高的回报率利用大量增量资本的企业。”</blockquote></p><p> With that in mind, here are three companies with returns on invested capital above 15%.</p><p><blockquote>考虑到这一点，以下是三家投资资本回报率超过15%的公司。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>Home Depot</h3> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/42cc1d26c7f68a596cdc03e5bb1fb718\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">Sundry Photography/Shutterstock</p><p><blockquote><h3>家得宝</h3>杂项摄影/Shutterstock</blockquote></p><p> Kicking things off is Home Depot, which consistently generates returns on invested capital around 30%.</p><p><blockquote>家得宝(Home Depot)拉开了序幕，该公司的投资资本回报率始终在30%左右。</blockquote></p><p> Thanks to the home improvement giant’s massive economies of scale, well-recognized brand, and concise merchandising, management has been able to produce above-average operating metrics while rewarding shareholders in the process.</p><p><blockquote>得益于这家家装巨头巨大的规模经济、知名品牌和简洁的营销，管理层能够制定高于平均水平的运营指标，同时在此过程中回报股东。</blockquote></p><p> Over the past five years, the company has returned more than $55 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases.</p><p><blockquote>过去五年，该公司以股息和股票回购的形式向股东返还了超过550亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> While growth has been a bit disappointing of late — customer transactions dropped 5.8% in the most recent quarter — the long-term trend of investing in the home should continue to work in Home Depot’s favor</p><p><blockquote>尽管最近的增长有点令人失望——最近一个季度的客户交易量下降了5.8%——但投资房屋的长期趋势应该会继续对家得宝有利</blockquote></p><p> With a total yield of 3.8% — 2% dividend yield and 1.9% buyback yield — the stock’s risk/return tradeoff looks attractive enough to act on.</p><p><blockquote>总收益率为3.8%-2%的股息收益率和1.9%的回购收益率，该股的风险/回报权衡看起来足够有吸引力，值得采取行动。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>Apple</h3> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/94390fd25d97a4309c032cd4b32f12c6\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">Vytautas Kielaitis/Shutterstock</p><p><blockquote><h3>苹果</h3>维陶塔斯·基莱蒂斯/Shutterstock</blockquote></p><p> Next up, we have consumer technology gorilla Apple, which boasts a five-year return on invested capital of 26%, much higher than that of rivals like Nokia (12%) and Sony (7%).</p><p><blockquote>接下来是消费科技巨头苹果，该公司的五年投资资本回报率为26%，远高于诺基亚（12%）和索尼（7%）等竞争对手。</blockquote></p><p> Even in the cutthroat world of consumer hardware, the iPhone maker has been able to generate outsized returns due to its loyalty-commanding brand and high switching costs (the iOS experience can only be had through Apple products).</p><p><blockquote>即使在竞争激烈的消费硬件世界中，由于其忠诚度高的品牌和高昂的转换成本（iOS体验只能通过苹果产品获得），这家iPhone制造商也能够产生巨额回报。</blockquote></p><p> And with the company continuing to penetrate emerging markets like India and Mexico, Apple’s long-term growth trajectory remains healthy.</p><p><blockquote>随着该公司继续渗透印度和墨西哥等新兴市场，苹果的长期增长轨迹仍然健康。</blockquote></p><p> In the most recent quarter, Apple’s revenue jumped 36% to $81.4 billion. The company also generated a whopping $21 billion in operating cash flow and returned about $29 billion to shareholders.</p><p><blockquote>最近一个季度，苹果的收入增长了36%，达到814亿美元。该公司还产生了高达210亿美元的运营现金流，并向股东返还了约290亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> The stock currently sports a dividend yield of just 0.6%, but with a buyback yield of 3.2%, Apple is doling out more cash to shareholders than you might think.</p><p><blockquote>该股目前的股息收益率仅为0.6%，但回购收益率为3.2%，苹果向股东发放的现金比你想象的要多。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>Microsoft</h3> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2310cfaff2ad64046291142442bea876\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">Volodymyr Kyrylyuk/Shutterstock</p><p><blockquote><h3>微软</h3>弗拉基米尔·凯里柳克/Shutterstock</blockquote></p><p> With a solid five-year return on invested capital average of 20%, software giant Microsoft rounds out our list.</p><p><blockquote>软件巨头微软凭借平均20%的五年投资资本回报率跻身我们的行列。</blockquote></p><p> While many consider Microsoft to be a slow and stodgy tech play these days, the company’s still-monopoly-like position with Windows and Office, coupled with an expanding presence in the fast-growing public cloud space, gives the stock a solid risk/reward tradeoff.</p><p><blockquote>虽然许多人认为微软如今是一家缓慢而乏味的科技公司，但该公司在Windows和Office中仍然具有垄断地位，再加上在快速增长的公共云领域不断扩大的影响力，为该股带来了坚实的风险/回报权衡。</blockquote></p><p> For the June quarter, net income jumped 47% to $16.5 billion as revenue increased 21% to $46.2 billion. The company’s Intelligent Cloud segment increased 35% to $3.9 billion driven largely by strong demand for its key cloud computing service Azure.</p><p><blockquote>第二季度，净利润增长47%，达到165亿美元，收入增长21%，达到462亿美元。该公司的智能云部门增长了35%，达到39亿美元，这主要是由于对其关键云计算服务Azure的强劲需求。</blockquote></p><p> More importantly, gross margin expanded 25% during the quarter, suggesting that Microsoft’s competitive position is only getting stronger.</p><p><blockquote>更重要的是，本季度毛利率增长了25%，这表明微软的竞争地位只会越来越强。</blockquote></p><p> Currently, Microsoft shares offer a dividend yield of 0.7% and a buyback yield of 1.1%. The stock has traded sluggishly over the past week, providing contratrian investors with a possible entry point.</p><p><blockquote>目前，微软股票的股息收益率为0.7%，回购收益率为1.1%。该股过去一周交易低迷，为contratrian投资者提供了一个可能的切入点。</blockquote></p><p> <h3>A different high-return path</h3> Even if you don't like these specific stock picks, you should still look to implement Buffett's time-tested strategy of investing in stable, high-return assets at discounted prices.</p><p><blockquote><h3>不一样的高回报路径</h3>即使您不喜欢这些特定的股票选择，您仍然应该寻求实施巴菲特久经考验的策略，即以折扣价投资稳定、高回报的资产。</blockquote></p><p> One steady asset that Buffett's good friend Bill Gates is partial to is investing in U.S. farmland.</p><p><blockquote>巴菲特的好朋友比尔·盖茨偏爱的一项稳定资产是投资美国农田。</blockquote></p><p> In fact, Gates is America's biggest owner of farmland and for good reason: Over the years, agriculture has been shown to offer higher risk-adjusted returns than both stocks and real estate.</p><p><blockquote>事实上，盖茨是美国最大的农田所有者，这是有充分理由的：多年来，农业已被证明比股票和房地产提供更高的风险调整回报。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-says-very-best-210000641.html\">MoneyWise</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":{"SONY":"索尼","HD":"家得宝","AAPL":"苹果","MSFT":"微软","NOK":"诺基亚"},"source_url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-says-very-best-210000641.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2165350183","content_text":"Never forget the basics.\nWhile we’re constantly bombarded with confusing investment mumbo jumbo, we should never forget that companies largely exist for one main reason: to take capital from investors and earn a return on it.\nThat’s why it makes sense for investors to look for businesses, with durable competitive advantages, that are able to consistently deliver high returns on capital.\nAs Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett once said, “[T]he best business to own is one that over an extended period can employ large amounts of incremental capital at very high rates of return.”\nWith that in mind, here are three companies with returns on invested capital above 15%.\nHome Depot\nSundry Photography/Shutterstock\nKicking things off is Home Depot, which consistently generates returns on invested capital around 30%.\nThanks to the home improvement giant’s massive economies of scale, well-recognized brand, and concise merchandising, management has been able to produce above-average operating metrics while rewarding shareholders in the process.\nOver the past five years, the company has returned more than $55 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases.\nWhile growth has been a bit disappointing of late — customer transactions dropped 5.8% in the most recent quarter — the long-term trend of investing in the home should continue to work in Home Depot’s favor\nWith a total yield of 3.8% — 2% dividend yield and 1.9% buyback yield — the stock’s risk/return tradeoff looks attractive enough to act on.\nApple\nVytautas Kielaitis/Shutterstock\nNext up, we have consumer technology gorilla Apple, which boasts a five-year return on invested capital of 26%, much higher than that of rivals like Nokia (12%) and Sony (7%).\nEven in the cutthroat world of consumer hardware, the iPhone maker has been able to generate outsized returns due to its loyalty-commanding brand and high switching costs (the iOS experience can only be had through Apple products).\nAnd with the company continuing to penetrate emerging markets like India and Mexico, Apple’s long-term growth trajectory remains healthy.\nIn the most recent quarter, Apple’s revenue jumped 36% to $81.4 billion. The company also generated a whopping $21 billion in operating cash flow and returned about $29 billion to shareholders.\nThe stock currently sports a dividend yield of just 0.6%, but with a buyback yield of 3.2%, Apple is doling out more cash to shareholders than you might think.\nMicrosoft\nVolodymyr Kyrylyuk/Shutterstock\nWith a solid five-year return on invested capital average of 20%, software giant Microsoft rounds out our list.\nWhile many consider Microsoft to be a slow and stodgy tech play these days, the company’s still-monopoly-like position with Windows and Office, coupled with an expanding presence in the fast-growing public cloud space, gives the stock a solid risk/reward tradeoff.\nFor the June quarter, net income jumped 47% to $16.5 billion as revenue increased 21% to $46.2 billion. The company’s Intelligent Cloud segment increased 35% to $3.9 billion driven largely by strong demand for its key cloud computing service Azure.\nMore importantly, gross margin expanded 25% during the quarter, suggesting that Microsoft’s competitive position is only getting stronger.\nCurrently, Microsoft shares offer a dividend yield of 0.7% and a buyback yield of 1.1%. The stock has traded sluggishly over the past week, providing contratrian investors with a possible entry point.\nA different high-return path\nEven if you don't like these specific stock picks, you should still look to implement Buffett's time-tested strategy of investing in stable, high-return assets at discounted prices.\nOne steady asset that Buffett's good friend Bill Gates is partial to is investing in U.S. farmland.\nIn fact, Gates is America's biggest owner of farmland and for good reason: Over the years, agriculture has been shown to offer higher risk-adjusted returns than both stocks and real estate.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"AAPL":0.9,"HD":0.9,"MSFT":0.9,"NOK":0.9,"SONY":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":776,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":6,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/880746035"}
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