{"podcast":{"title":"The Intrinsic Value Podcast - The Investor’s Podcast Network","slug":"the-intrinsic-value-podcast-the-investor-s-podcast-network-786362","podcast_index_feed_id":786362,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PPLLC9062165992","website_url":"https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/076071ee-759b-11ee-a791-d70f8c95e681/image/7d404f4d1bcf638fd482f8c84dba08cc.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Investor's Podcast Network","episode_count":778,"summary":"Presented by The Investors Podcast Network with over 10 million downloads — home to the popular We Study Billionaires podcast, The Intrinsic Value Podcast is a new show focused on breaking down businesses, estimating their intrinsic value per share, and deciding whether they should be added to an ongoing portfolio of stocks built out each week. From assessing the monopoly power of Google to determining the fair value of publicly-traded sports franchises, no topics is off limits in the pursuit of understanding as many different businesses as possible and putting together the ultimate long-term stock portfolio. Every week, The Intrinsic Value Podcast will you help get smarter about business, valuation, and investing — don’t miss out on the journey! Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T18:18:43.322431+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intrinsic-value-podcast-the-investor-s-podcast-network-786362"},"episode":{"title":"TIVP080 (Video): Auto1 Stock (AG1): Is this the Amazon for Cars? w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley","slug":"tivp080-video-auto1-stock-ag1-is-this-the-amazon-for-cars-w-daniel-mahncke-shawn-o-malley","published_at":"2026-07-05T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intrinsic-value-podcast-the-investor-s-podcast-network-786362/tivp080-video-auto1-stock-ag1-is-this-the-amazon-for-cars-w-daniel-mahncke-shawn-o-malley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-intrinsic-value-podcast-the-investor-s-podcast-network-786362","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/PPLLC4593684806.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/PPLLC4593684806.mp3","summary":"Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O'Malley take a deep dive into Auto1 Group (ETR: AG1), the Berlin-based used-car platform. What trips most investors up about Auto1 is that it's two different businesses in one – a capital-light merchant marketplace on one side, a capital-heavy consumer retail bet on the other – and the asset-heavy model that everyone points to as the risk is arguably the same thing that kept Auto1 alive while better-funded competitors went bankrupt. The market tends to fixate on the inventory sitting on Auto1's books and misses that the two halves of the business earn their returns in entirely different ways. Daniel and Shawn walk through how the thin margins on each car turn into something far more attractive once you account for how fast Auto1 cycles its inventory, and why none of it works without the funding structure underneath: a non-recourse ABS architecture that lets Auto1 carry enormous inventory without raising equity to match. That's the piece capital-light rivals skipped, and a large part of why they didn't survive. Daniel and Shawn examine whether Auto1's instant-guaranteed-pricing model is a genuine consumer moat or a balance-sheet liability in disguise, what the economics actually look like in 2026 once you separate the merchant flywheel from the retail build-out, and the more uncomfortable side of the bull case – that net income can read positive while cumulative free cash flow stays deeply negative when new debt is funding operations. They also assess whether Auto1 Group deserves a spot in The Intrinsic Value Portfolio. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:31) Why the traditional used-car market doesn’t work well (00:07:42) About the size of the used-car market (00:10:32) How Auto1’s business model works (00:13:58) Who Auto1’s…","meta_description":"Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O'Malley take a deep dive into Auto1 Group (ETR: AG1), the Berlin-based used-car platform. 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