So if your portfolio does well,
the earnings on the cash value of your policy may exceed what you would have earned through a standard UL.
In addition to the potential for higher
earnings on cash value balances, policyholders of universal life contracts have flexibility in terms of the level of total death benefit, premium amounts paid and payment frequency.
So if your portfolio does well,
the earnings on the cash value of your policy may exceed what you would have earned through a standard UL.
Not exact matches
The CEOs tend to be unassuming folk who ignore management trends to concentrate
on the nuts and bolts of running a business — focusing
on earnings per share instead of worrying about top - line growth, for example, and working to preserve
cash flow instead of increasing
earnings to build shareholder
value.
It's expected to be a noisy quarter for bank
earnings in general, thanks in part to the tax law, which has caused many banks to book losses
on repatriated
cash and deferred tax assets that declined in
value.
The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of any Incentive Award (other than Options and stock appreciation rights) that is intended to qualify as Performance - Based Compensation depends shall relate to one or more of the following Performance Measures: market price of Capital Stock,
earnings per share of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return
on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise
value,
cash flow (including but not limited to operating
cash flow and free
cash flow),
cash position, return
on assets or net assets, return
on capital, return
on invested
«The combination of Apple's low (and shrinking) price to
earnings multiple and $ 137 billion (and growing) hoard of
cash on the balance sheet supports Greenlight's contention that Apple has an obligation to examine all options to create and unlock additional
value.»
What worries me more about Arcelor is the fact that, while its stock looks cheap when
valued on GAAP
earnings, S&P Global Market Intelligence figures show that only about 20 % of the company's net income is backed up by real free
cash flow, which amounted to only $ 661 million over the past 12 months.
PDC's strategy is simple: increase shareholder
value through the growth of reserves, production, and per share
cash flow and
earnings, while focusing
on safe and efficient operations, environmental stewardship and community outreach.
Based
on his studies during the 1960s and his practical experience in the early 1970s, Milken was determined to focus, first,
on future
cash flow rather than the past as reflected in book
value and reported
earnings; and second, to consider human capital part of the balance sheet.
This is utterly different from true discounting - which does not rely
on multiples, but instead carefully traces out the likely path of future revenues, profit margins,
cash flows and
earnings over time, and explicitly discounts expected payouts and probable terminal
values back at an appropriate rate of return.
Valuation — with regards to valuation of the company at $ 240 per share, this includes
valuing the business at $ 216 per share (at 18x our FY 2016
earnings estimate of $ 12 per share) plus net
cash per share of $ 24 ($ 150 billion of net
cash less the tax effect
on international
cash for repatriation, which we estimate to ultimately be 6 %, and for simplicity purposes, apply to all
cash on balance sheet rather than just the international
cash).
A forward P / E ratio of 16.5 times
earnings isn't anything to write home about, even if the stock trades
on a forward free
cash flow - to - enterprise
value (market cap plus net debt) yield of 5.2 %.
If the business valuation is based
on earnings,
cash flow or
earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (commonly dubbed EBITDA), then the seller will now be motivated to remove those personal charges to present the highest
value to the buyer.
It's not that a business needs to be good (high ROC, free
cash flow generative, etc.) to be
valued on earnings.
No less a
value conscious investor than Warren Buffett commented
on this shift at the most recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, where he pointed to the fact that the largest companies in the S&P 500; Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and Google generate far more
cash per dollar of
earnings than companies of the past.
So there are some major differences between assessing a company's
value based
on earnings versus based
on using a discounted
cash - flow model.
Over the next year or so I think you may see the better mining companies such as the mid-tier South African platinum producers, and the London - listed silver producers evolve from being asset plays to actually being
valued on cash flow and
earnings.
The rate of return (
earnings)
on the
cash -
value portion of whole life historically has lagged behind other investments, such as stock mutual funds.
The strategy could be improved upon by removing book
value from the equation and looking for stocks that are undervalued based
on earnings and / or EBIT, EBITDA, or
cash flows.
In general, any
earnings in the
cash value are allowed to grow
on a tax - deferred basis until one of the following events occurs:
These stocks should offer good «
value» — that is, they should trade at reasonable multiples of
earnings,
cash flow, book
value and so
on.
If your stocks offer good «
value» — if they trade at reasonable multiples of
earnings,
cash flow, book
value and so
on — then your risk is lower.
Most of the Canadian blue chip stocks you hold in your portfolio should offer good «
value» — that is, they should trade at reasonable multiples of
earnings,
cash flow, book
value and so
on.
All these stocks should offer good «
value» — that is, they should trade at reasonable multiples of
earnings,
cash flow, book
value and so
on.
We create a Global Blend Rank by ranking our global universe of over 15,000 companies in terms of both their
Value (across range of metrics based
on dividends,
earnings,
cash flow, assets and sales) and Quality (based
on measures of profitability, stability and financial strength).
From a strategic standpoint, the popularity of
cash value life insurance stems from its ability to both provide insurance protection and grow funds
on a tax - deferred basis — interest and
earnings in policies of this type are not taxable unless a triggering event occurs, such as surrendering the policy.
The most theoretically sound stock valuation method, called income valuation or the discounted
cash flow (DCF) method, involves discounting of the profits (dividends,
earnings, or
cash flows) the stock will bring to the stockholder in the foreseeable future, and a final
value on disposal.
The
cash value account earns a modest rate of interest, with taxes deferred
on the accumulated
earnings.
The team ranks the stocks in this universe based
on a series of growth factors, such as the change in consensus
earnings estimates over time, the company's history of meeting
earnings targets,
earnings quality and improvements
on return
on equity, as well as a series of
value criteria, such as price - to -
earnings ratio and free
cash flow relative to enterprise
value.
People who focus
on Going Concern tend to believe that
value creation is a function of just one factor — estimated free
cash flows appropriately capitalized: EMH; or estimated
earnings appropriately capitalized: G&D.
•
Earnings potential The issuing insurance company may guarantee a minimum growth rate
on the
cash value of the policy in some cases.
And our definition of intrinsic
value is the recent
value of all the future
cash flows to be generated from a business, so to that end, we strive to invest in companies with high returns
on equity number one, and number two, sustainable and predictable, above - average, long - term
earnings growth rate.
Ideally, these stocks should offer good «
value» — that is, they should trade at reasonable multiples of
earnings,
cash flow, book
value and so
on.
Interestingly, you might note that it is a company generating a ROE of 20.2 %
on profit net margin of 22.3 % and trading at a modest valuation of Price -
Earnings ratio 6.2 x and Price - to - Book
Value 1.6 x, with downside protected by a seemingly healthy «net cash» balance sheet with net cash comprising 27 % of the market value of the company.&r
Value 1.6 x, with downside protected by a seemingly healthy «net
cash» balance sheet with net
cash comprising 27 % of the market
value of the company.&r
value of the company.»
In the process of scanning the investment landscape to find
value amidst the all time highs for the indices, I've noticed that a number of big cap tech stocks are priced at low valuations relative to their
earnings and free
cash flow, measured
on an absolute basis and relative to their own historical valuations.
On the other hand, corporate asset
values are valuable only insofar as they can be used in order to enhance future corporate
cash flows and economic
earnings, both qualitatively and quantitatively, or to enhance returns to corporate securities holders.
Growth is defined based
on fast growth (high growth rates for
earnings, sales, book
value, and
cash flow) and high valuations (high price -
earnings ratios and low dividend yields).
And, it is also an undeniable fact that a company (business) derives its true
value from its
earnings power, in other words, the amount of
cash flow it is capable of generating
on its shareholders» behalf.
They looked at two portfolios of
value stocks trading
on comparable multiples of price - to -
earnings,
cash flow, operating
earnings, book
value and sales, but with different historical rates of sales growth; one with a high rate of growth, the other low.
At this point, we're long past my original (
earnings &
cash based) Intrinsic Fair Value target, so it's only logical to opt for my Relative Fair Value target (3.5 Price / Sales & Cash, based on comparable M&A multiples — which, frankly, I've never really understood — again, see my original TRIB po
cash based) Intrinsic Fair
Value target, so it's only logical to opt for my Relative Fair
Value target (3.5 Price / Sales &
Cash, based on comparable M&A multiples — which, frankly, I've never really understood — again, see my original TRIB po
Cash, based
on comparable M&A multiples — which, frankly, I've never really understood — again, see my original TRIB post).
The research focuses
on our favorite indicator, price - to - book
value, but also includes price - to -
cash flow, price - to -
earnings, sales growth over the preceding five years and combinations of the foregoing.
Stocks were selected and held only if they appeared undervalued based
on ratios like price to
earnings, price to «owner
earnings» (similar to free
cash flow), enterprise
value to operating
earnings, and price to tangible book.
Value factors rely, for the most part,
on some comparison between current price and some fundamental measure of a company's production like sales,
earnings, or
cash flow.
A fundamentally weighted index puts an emphasis
on one or more factors like sales, book
value, dividends,
cash flow, or
earnings.
We
value companies based
on things like real
earnings power and
cash flow, not
on how many services and products they provide.
Our valuation methodology has a three pronged approach: free
cash flow (
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, minus the capital expenditures necessary to grow the business);
earnings per share trends; and private market
value (PMV), which encompasses
on and off balance sheet assets and liabilities.
We've got no idea about the future economics of YHOO's businesses or the industry as a whole, so we can't predict whether YHOO can continue to generate these types of returns and we won't be speculating as to its
value on an
earnings or
cash flow basis.
While we can only speculate as to Icahn's investment thesis for YHOO, that statement leads us to believe he is
valuing it
on an
earnings or
cash flow basis.
These ratings are based
on past, current and forecast growth rates for sales,
earnings, dividends,
cash flow, and book
value.