TIVP057: Doximity (DOCS): A Profitable Social Media Platform For Doctors w/ Shawn O’Malley & Daniel Mahncke

TIVP057: Doximity (DOCS): A Profitable Social Media Platform For Doctors w/ Shawn O’Malley & Daniel Mahncke

1:10:13 Feb 1, 2026
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Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down Doximity (ticker: DOCS), known as “the LinkedIn for doctors,” with a suite of productivity apps supporting physicians’ workflows, too. Incredibly, 80% of physicians in the U.S. are on Doximity, giving them fertile real estate to monetize those eyeballs with high-margin advertising opportunities for pharma companies. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:22 - Why Doximity is so uniquely positioned to capitalize on pharmaceutical marketing 00:01:42 - How much of the U.S. health care system is still plagued by bureaucratic admin work, and the opportunity that creates for Doximity 00:03:40 - What makes Doximity’s ecosystem so useful for physicians at all stages of their career 00:10:32 - Why Doximity uses subscription-based advertising options 00:25:26 - How the company protects doctors’ privacy and saves them hours a week doing admin tasks with HIPAA-compliant generative AI tools 00:26:01 - How Doximity uses productivity tools to complement its social networking service 00:44:22 - The risks and moats of having a business so concentrated on one industry 00:56:17 - How to think about modeling DOCS’ intrinsic value 01:02:36 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add DOCS to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES The Investors Podcast Network is excited to debut a new community known as The Intrinsic Value Community for investors to learn, share ideas, network, and join calls with experts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for the waitlist(!)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Intrinsic Value Newsletter.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shawn & Daniel use ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fiscal.ai⁠⁠⁠⁠ for every company they research — use their ⁠⁠⁠⁠referral link⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get started with a 15% discount! Learn how to ⁠⁠⁠⁠join us⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Omaha for the 2026 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. Check out Doximity Pitch on Value Investors Club. Doximity’s 2023 Shareholder Presentation. Doximity’s
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