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Good return on equity and manageable debt.
• Simple understandable business • Consistent earnings power •
Good return on equity • Little debt • Good management • $ 5 to $ 20 billion in size - the larger the better • Avoid turnarounds and hostile takeovers.
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Good return on equity and manageable debt.
Moreover, global stocks have delivered a slightly
better return on equity this century than Canadian listed companies, despite wide variability across geographies and time.
Most of our banks earn a mid-teens or
better return on equity (ROE), but with lower than average credit risk.
Most of our banks earn a mid-teens or
better return on equity (ROE), but with
(1) Large purchases (at least $ 75 million of pre-tax earnings unless the business will fit into one of our existing units), (2) Demonstrated consistent earning power (future projections are of no interest to us, nor are «turnaround» situations), (3) Businesses earning
good returns on equity while employing little or no debt, (4) Management in place (we can't supply it), (5) Simple businesses (if there's lots of technology, we won't understand it), (6) An offering price (we don't want to waste our time or that of the seller by talking, even preliminarily, about a transaction when price is unknown).
That said, P&C insurers and reinsurers that underwrite and invest carefully tend to make money regularly, and with
a better return on equity than most industries.
Moreover, global stocks have delivered a slightly
better return on equity this century than Canadian listed companies, despite wide variability across geographies and time.
The process would remain the same: look at as many similar projects from a riskiness perspective, and see which investment yielded
the best return on the equity.
The basic long case behind AEY is the fact that the company is trading at $ 2.02 while NCAV is roughly $ 2.55 per share and is at the same time profitable with
good returns on equity.
The company has been delivering
good returns on equity (ROE) for more than 10 years.
Banks and other credit - sensitive financials are staple investments of value managers, because they are mature businesses, with
good returns on equity under normal conditions.
Such businesses tend to make more money than their peers, achieve
a better return on equity and a better return on invested capital then their peers and over the long term, will usually gain more market shares then they will.
Not exact matches
However, the self - styled smartest guys in the room still only managed a
return on equity of 8.7 percent,
well below its estimated cost of capital at around 10 %.
Return on average common
equity (ROE), a measure of how
well the bank uses shareholder money to generate profit, was 6.4 % in the quarter, down from 14.7 % a year earlier.
The Thomson Reuters StarMine list, an annual ranking of
equity analysts based
on the
returns of their stock recommendations, shows analysts rarely score
well for long.
«Several decades back, a
return on equity of as little as 10 percent enabled a corporation to be classified as a «
good» business — i.e., one in which a dollar reinvested in the business logically could be expected to be valued by the market at more than 100 cents.
It's based
on the idea — borne out by the numbers since 1950 — that
equity returns follow seasonal patterns:
best between Halloween and May 1 (up around 7 %
on average) and essentially flat in the six months that follow.
Obviously, shareholders in a company with a low
return on equity would be
better off liquidating the company or paying 90 % of earnings out in dividends since investors may be able to earn a higher
return from another investment.
Time variation of the stochastic discount tells us to expect low
returns on equity during
good economic times.
Return on equity measures how
well any particular company is able to turn investors» dollars into earnings.
As a result, many investors who are looking for
better returns have given up
on bonds and piled into the
equities market, since many are still soured
on real estate as an investment vehicle.
The materials and energy sectors also scored notably
well on earnings growth, while energy's free - cash - flow yield and
return on equity remain challenged.
Simply Safe Dividends gives ALL of the criteria items I need in just one place in both numerical as
well as graphical format for each stock: dividend yield, P / E ratio, Dividend Safety & Growth scores, EPS & FCF payout ratios, ex-dividend dates, pay dates, 1 -, 3 -, 5 -, and 10 - year dividend growth rates, dividend payout history,
return on equity, and more.
An investor would be
well served to ignore the buy, sell or hold recommendation S&P attaches to each of the reports, instead looking at the growth in earnings, debt levels and the
return on equity rates for past several years.
This week we ran a screen to identify companies that delivered
returns on shareholders»
equity (a
well - regarded measure of company performance) of over 30 % in the past year.
A 2012 Credit Suisse Research Institute report evaluated the performance of 2,360 companies globally over six years and found that companies with one or more women
on boards delivered higher average
returns on equity, lower leverage,
better average growth and higher price / book value multiples.
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Good financials, including high
return on equity, moderate debt, and projected earnings growth in the 9 - 10 % range.
If that's the case then the portfolio's asset allocation reflects the fact that you can take more risk
on the
equity side — in the hope of
better returns — as long as you're not banking
on those
returns to enable you to live.
The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable
return on equity, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins,
good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year.
And if you can buy some business that earns high
returns on equity and has even got mild growth prospects, you know, at much lower multiple earnings, you are going to do
better than buying ten - year bonds at 2.30 or 30 - year bonds at three, or something of the sort.»
When times are
good, sales ticking higher, margins expanding and cash flows strong, only the advantages of leverage are visible - higher
returns on equity, faster growth rates and an enhanced benefit to stock holders as debt is repaid.
Although pension funds or bank deposits, as less risky investments, would have been
better options to
equities, they yield lower
returns on investment.
A U.S.
equity manager's
returns depend mostly
on how
well the U.S. stock market does.
When you sell a
well - branded, low - cost product in 207 countries that earns 30 %
returns on equity, you're going to be around for a long time.
The company is making
good progress towards a sustainable
return on equity of at least 10 % which is why the stock trades much closer to NTA today than when the Fund purchased it.
Recent research in the high tech entrepreneurship world finds companies that are most inclusive of women in top governing positions traditionally outperform other companies with less diversity, demonstrating 35 % higher
return on equity and 34 %
better total
returns.
But you might be
better aiming for 1.3 X by staying in
equities longer which would give all that discretionary spending
on fun, and give a
good buffer if the market did have a poor sequence of
returns.
Assuming this to be the case, investors may want to consider both a moderately lower
equity weighting as
well as a higher weight to quality stocks, i.e. those with high
return on equity, earnings consistency and low leverage.
Whether you're looking for great value stocks, businesses generating high
returns on equity or stocks with a strong competitive advantage, finding the
best stocks for your portfolio is easy with Skaffold.
Banks had plenty of deposits (often more than they could loan out), healthier spreads, strong capital ratios, and
returns on equity at the
best banks were in the mid to high teens.
Actually, as long as a company with a 5 %
return on equity isn't going to plow any of its cash flow back into the business - it could be a
good investment at the right price.
Goldman's
return on common
equity, a measurement of a bank's profitability by showing how
well it performs with the assets
on its books, was 10.9 percent in the quarter.
We're going to let you in
on a little secret: Investors focused
on economic growth are wasting their time... If anything, the evidence suggests a negative correlation between
equity returns and GDP growth... It may be that the
best prices can be had in times of low economic growth, whereas we tend to overpay in a growing economy.
A closely watched investment - performance ratio called
return on equity is
well below levels achieved a decade ago.
Klein in 2015 still received income from the firm through a
return on investment of
equity, amounting to $ 5,000 as
well as a $ 36,000 guaranteed payment.
If shareholders can make a higher
return on equity elsewhere, you may be in trouble: They may decide that some other company is a
better investment for them and pull out their funds.
Sure enough, the researchers found that companies with one or more women
on the board delivered higher average
returns on equity, lower gearing (that is, net debt to
equity) and
better average growth.
Stock /
equity funds — As you probably guessed, stock funds have basically the same risks and rewards as individual stocks — high volatility, risk of losing money, easy to buy and sell,
good investment to beat inflation, and historically among the
best returns,
on average over time.