Your Margin of Safety

The results are in!  Last week’s poll at Value Investing News asked, “What is your minimum required margin of safety for buying stocks?”  Sixty-eight of you voted and here are the results:

Responses ranged from under 10% to over 60%.  The most popular response was for a margin of safety between 25% and 32%.  I voted for the 33% to 49% margin of safety category.  Thirty percent of the respondents sought margins of safety above 50%! I wish I could be skilled enough to find opportunities in quality companies that had that high a margin of safety.

Be sure to vote in this week’s poll.  We are asking members of Value Investing News: “As a shareholder, which would you rather have, buybacks or dividends? ” Please visit the previous link and voice your opinion.