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It's down, because BN's largest business is private credit, which the market is worried over. But he doesn't believe BN being in the same camp as private credit stocks that offer retail redemptions. He liked it in 2023, when it sold off sharply on commercial real estate concerns in the market. He took profits on it last year, but now it's time to look at it. BN is high quality and being unfairly tarred with the same brush.
It recently touched 40x PE, but has fallen to the mid-30s. Is a great business and likes it long term. He has scaled back his weighting over time because of valuation. Also, it is priced for perfection, so even good, but imperfect earnings impact the stock. He may add to it when its PE returns to the mid-20s.
It's a stretch that some AI tool will come along and replace what they do. The baby is being thrown out with the bathwater with these kinds of stocks that are information providers, not necessarily software. It enables AI in its own software. Their retention rate is 99%. Trades at an attractive valuation. Buy now and hold long term.