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I can't remember if I covered this stock in one of my fund holdings posts or Monday links post as maybe another Substack wrote about it. Anyway, I included a link to this post in my latest post:

Emerging Market Links + The Week Ahead (July 10, 2023)

https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/emerging-markets-week-july-10-2023

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Either way, whether it was your post or someone else's, it's a fantastic company worth covering!

Appreciate you linking the article and spreading it around! Means a lot to have my first stock article shared exclusively on Substack to have gotten that recognition. All the best.

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It was the Q4 Portfolio Manager Commentary for Polen Global Emerging Markets Growth (NASDAQ: PGEIX) - they own the stock and covered it.... https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/em-fund-stock-picks-commentary-march-28-2023

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Mar 15·edited Mar 15

My assumptions (base case):

- TAM in Poland is ~4900 stores, or a double vs today. This is lower than other estimates I've seen (including yours and Jon Cukierwar's) but in line with Shree's 5300 (SVN Capital). My rationale: similar to Jon, I extrapolate from Dino's home town population to the countrywide TAM, but I cut out the population that is living in towns too large or too small for their Dino's strategy. I got my population statistics from this source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_localities_and_their_parts_in_Poland)

- This expansion will take 7-8 years. This is quite a bit slower than your (and probably everyone's) estimate. I just based this off their current and planned pace.

- Beyond that, I'm not assuming any further growth pipeline (international, convenience stores at gas stations... the latter looks promising though).

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Hmm, we have a pretty large GAP between our estimates then. You’re going to make me do a double verification of my numbers😂

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Mar 17·edited Mar 17

Oh boy ;)

Shree lays out his math here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OXYwcYNkdnM

Another data point came from management: last October they said they can easily 2-3x their store count domestically: https://twitter.com/pedroleongarci2/status/1708777793692053723

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