Francis Gaskins Grow Quotations

Their rate of growth is high. A lot about investing is getting in the market segments where the rate of growth is high.

They're in a brutally competitive market. I'm not going to buy anybody that's not a market leader. They say they're going to grow by acquisitions, but I don't know how many little niche companies are out there that they can grow.

On a strategic basis, big companies often are invested in protecting their market share and expanding from a big base. This leaves small market niches to be developed by companies that can understand and help grow 'under the radar' market niches. If the 'undiscovered niches' grow by leaps and bounds then shareholders reap big rewards.

They need to grow their customer base, ... They had a nice compound growth rate until you compare the March 1998 quarter with the March 1997 quarter. March 1998 sales are flat with the year-ago quarter. That's not a good sign in an intensely competitive industry.