Morningstar's 10 Small Companies to Invest in Now

By Paul Larson

A downloadable guide to investing in some of today’s most-promising smaller companies

Investors are always on the look-out for new opportunities. This special digital report from Morningstar’s Paul Larson, equities strategist and Morningstar StockInvestor editor, reveals 10 lesser-known companies worth investigating.

Everyone knows about Coca-Cola. But how many investors know how to seek out the next Coca Cola? With this timely report, Morningstar’s Larson shares some of his favorite investing gems, and introduces you to some great companies you’ve probably never heard of.

• Includes an introduction that discusses how Larson selected these companies
• Contains individual company analysis written by the Morningstar analyst that covers that respective company
• Provides relevant statistics to the investment decision—fair value price, P/E, and much more

Smaller companies can hold great promise. And Morningstar’s guide provides the insight and research you need to invest wisely.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Oct 15, 2009
• ISBN: 9780470594612

Paul Larson

Paul D. Larson, Ph.D. is the CN Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba. He is also currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow/Professor in SCM and Social Responsibility at Hanken University. From 2005 to 2011, he was Head of the SCM Department and Director of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba. From 2006 to 2009, he led a curriculum development team, creating a new accreditation program for the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), which has since merged with Supply Chain Logistics Canada to become the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA). The Institute for Supply Management (ISM), under its former name, National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), funded Dr. Larson’s doctoral dissertation, which won the 1991 Academy of Marketing Science/Alpha Kappa Psi award. In 2012, working with the Greater Toronto Leadership Project, he wrote Supplier Diversity in the GTA: Business Case and Best Practices. Dr. Larson serves on the Editorial Review Boards of Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Supply Chain Mana. . On February 18, 2017, he stood at Uhuru peak, Tanzania, the highest point in Africa, for a second time. He can be reached via e-mail at: [e-mail].

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Morningstar’s 10 Small Companies to Invest in Now

by Paul Larson, Equities Strategist, Editor of Morningstar StockInvestor

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Title Page

Copyright

Morningstar’s 10 Small Companies to Invest In Now

About the Author…

Could You Use An Extra $53,329.94 Right Now?

Morningstar’s 10 Small Companies to Invest In Now

by Paul Larson

Stock prices, fair values, and recommendations as of Sept. 10, 2009.

The strong stock market rally experienced since early March has evaporated many of the bargains once present, but some still remain. It is not too late to be buying, especially if one is selective in what they purchase. In this report, I highlight 10 hidden gems you have probably not heard of before that we at Morningstar think look like attractive investment opportunities today.

At Morningstar, we view stocks for what they really are—ownership stakes in businesses. As such, we value any given stock like we would value a business, by estimating how much cash that business is expected to generate in the future and valuing it in today’s terms. This