MBIA INC

MBIdata completeness 75%18 fiscal years on file
i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$189M1$154M2$7M3$42M3$80M3
Net income−$445M4−$195M5$477M6$435M6−$177M6
Operating cash flow$511M7−$418M8−$195M9−$176M9$38M9
Capital expenditure$1M10$010$010
Free cash flow (derived)$510M7−$418M8−$195M9
Total debt
Cash & equivalents$160M11$78M12$108M12$87M12$71M12
Diluted shares49.5M49.8M48.2M47.4M49.3M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
Net assets behind them
−$453.95
your share of equity
Profit it earned you last year
−$35.92
Free cash flow it threw off
Debt you’d be carrying

10 shares is a claim on −$453.95 of net worth that earned you −$35.92 last year.

iii. Is this a good business?
Moat signal · return on equity
avg · 5y

Not enough data in the filings for a return-on-capital reading.

seeing a moat in the numbers →
Management signal · capital allocation
−0% shares · 5y

Share count is roughly flat over 5 years — little dilution, little buyback.

reading capital allocation →

Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.

iv. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
not applicable
3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
not applicable
3y-median FCF non-positive — growth-exit DCF not applicable (see EPV)
Earnings Power Value
not applicable
normalized (5y-median) earnings non-positive — EPV undefined
Graham Number
not applicable
diluted EPS missing or non-positive — Graham Number undefined

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

Sources — the receipts
  1. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-022129 (Revenues)
  2. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-029081 (Revenues)
  3. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-076834 (Revenues)
  4. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-022129 (NetIncomeLoss)
  5. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-029081 (NetIncomeLoss)
  6. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-076834 (NetIncomeLoss)
  7. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-022129 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  8. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0000950170-25-029081 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  9. 10-K · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-076834 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  10. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0000950170-24-022129 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  11. 10-K · period ending 2021-12-31 · accession 0001193125-22-058160 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)
  12. 10-K · period ending 2022-12-31 · accession 0001193125-26-076834 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)