Sentences with phrase «current earnings power»

Focus on the quantitative measures of value of existing assets and current earnings power

After doing some calculations, including figuring the expected return on equity on Freddie's mortgage portfolio, he estimates the company's current earnings power is $ 6.30 per share (analysts, on average, expect the company to earn $ 1.62 per share in 2008).

The earnings power value with growth is where you may be paying a full price for the current earnings power but you are getting all the growth for free.

But in a typical year, based on current earnings power, Berkshire will earn $ 20 billion.

And if recent peak earnings don't represent the true current earnings power of the index, the price to earnings figures may be overstating the attractiveness of their valuations.

When compared to current earnings power of about $ 120, the multiple is 16x.

Not exact matches

The purchasers view the good current earnings as equivalent to «earning power» and assume that prosperity is equivalent to safety.»

As a result, to quote the legendary value investor Benjamin Graham, «The purchasers view the good current earnings as equivalent to «earning power» and assume that prosperity is equivalent to safety.»

The company also considered factors such as occupancy costs, as well as each store's track record of profitability and forecasts for the earnings power of those stores going forward, given current sales trends and projections for the future.

The new technology, parts of its business improving off of a low base, and room for a large jump in margins lead to the conclusion that Atmel's earnings power is significantly above current levels.

Bargain Issues — here Graham focuses on «average past earning power» and compares it with current market value and recommends stocks which have high earnings yield (i.e. low P / E) ratios based on average plus a strong balance sheet.

However, LinkedIn is more attractive at current levels than Twitter as its potential earnings power is easier to determine and has greater visibility.

Jeremy Grantham — until now, a vocal advocate of caution when CAPE ratios are stretched — argued recently «this time seems very, very different» because current high CAPE ratios are supported for structural reasons, reflecting high earnings growth rates driven by «increased monopoly, political, and brand power» (2017, p. 16).

Though the distribution of the income by segment was quite different in the two quarters I take this as some kind of indication as to the potential earnings power on the current asset base.

Or else he will be partial to such as reveal other attractive statistical features besides their liquid - asset position, e.g., satisfactory current earnings and dividends, or a high average earning power in the past.