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Rent and Repeat: A Profitable Platform with Strong Margins Trading Below 8x NTM EBIT

Profitable, capital-light, and built to compound—one transaction at a time, with strong margins and room to run.

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Apr 20, 2025
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In the hunt for quality compounders, the obvious names are often the most expensive, and the best opportunities, quietly tucked away in corners of the market that are often overlooked. But every so often, it’s possible to find something that combines true profitability, strong unit economics, and large upside. Even rarer is when that business is trading at modest multiples, with net cash, and is already returning capital to shareholders.

The company in focus here is quietly reshaping how real estate is used in one of the most space-constrained, service-oriented economies in the world. It’s a marketplace, it’s profitable, growing, and structurally aligned with long-term behavioral shifts. In short, it’s the kind of overlooked platform that could compound quietly for years.

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