Snapshots that wow!

  • 01st June 2024

Tale of two beasts!

Costco’s same store sales growth (SSG) table shows the power of two beasts- the american consumer and the brilliance of the Costco’s business model! After 4 decades of being in existence, in a mature economy, the company still delivers a 6.6% SSG!

Source : Costco Investor Presentation

Das Gaya!

Another story of impeccable execution is that of Varun Beverages’ with Pepsi’s new energy drink Sting. They have displaced Red Bull by expanding the market 10x by operating at a competitive 20/- price point!

Source: InShorts

Living up to its name!

Monster Energy was launched in 2002 and quickly became one of the most successful soft drink brands.

22 years after "unleashing the beast," $MNST is expected to reach almost $8 billion in revenue in 2024, implying an incredible 22% CAGR since inception.

Since April 2002, the stock has returned an insane ~120,000%.

Source: Quartr

There is no sugar coating this!

Only 55% of the 54cr of world population that has diabetes ever get formally diagnosed with it.

Only 27% of patients with diabetes, receive some form of treatment/ care for it.

A mere 1.4% of diabetes patients use continuous glucose monitor!

The global annual cost of diabetes and diabetes management sits at a whopping trillion dollars!

Source: Roche Investor Presentation

400 paar 400 par

Given the weak movie release calendar, theatres in Bombay are now doing a live show of the election results counting on the big screen!

Wondering if 400 paar happens, pay 400 for popcorn and tickets!

Source: BookMyShow

Black Hole in reverse!

New tech- data centres, AI data centres and crypto together will see a doubling in demand for energy over the next four years. At over 800 Tera Watt hours, this is over 65% of India’s total electricity consumption!

Source:Economist