Sentences with phrase «high book equity»

The returns of the Value vs. Growth portfolio were constructed using data that can be found at Kenneth R. French's website, where a value stock is defined as one having high Book Equity to Market Equity.

Finally, it is important to point out that, in these studies, value stocks are defined as companies with high book equity to market value (book - to - market).

In our analysis, we use the portfolio with the highest book equity to market value as the «value approach.»

Not exact matches

Compared to the broad XIC, XEG has a) a price to earnings ratio that is only slightly higher, b) a price to book ratio that is lower, c) a debt to equity ratio that is about half of XIC, d) a dividend yield that is comparable and e) profit margins that grew 30 % this year versus 18 % for XIC.

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.

Brazilian equities, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index, are 20 percent cheaper than their 2014 highs on a price to book basis.

We observed this as high profit margins (high earnings / sales), high return on equity (high earnings / book value), and low dividend payout ratios (dividends / high earnings).

With this method, assets are measured at their gross book value rather than at net book value in order to produce a higher return on equity (ROE).

A non-fiction book focusing on the rise of high - frequency trading in the US equity market.

By purchasing these companies after a price decline, we find we are able to control risk in the portfolio as these investments often have less downside while offering a decent potential return.The U.S. Equity Fund seeks to invest in companies with a lower Price to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 index.

Does that close the book on rising equities, or might there be another leg higher?

In this informative webinar based on their recent book, Disrupting Poverty: Five Powerful Classroom Practices, the authors will discuss the five classroom practices that permeate the culture of successful high - poverty schools: (1) caring relationships and advocacy, (2) high expectations and support, (3) commitment to equity, (4) professional accountability for learning, and (5) the courage and will to act.

Ruth has written numerous articles and has co-authored two books: Breaking Barriers: Equity and Excellence for All (Glaze, Mattingley, Levin: Pearson, Canada, 2012) and High School Graduation: K - 12 Strategies that Work (Glaze, Mattingley, Andrews: Corwin, Thousand Oaks, California, 2013).

In addition to leading her diverse suburban high school, Burris has authored or co-authored three books, as well as numerous journal articles on equity and excellence in schools.

This is the final post in this blog series, which draws from the book, «Outcomes - Based Funding and Race in Higher Education: Can Equity Be Bought?

These blog posts draw from the book, «Outcomes - Based Funding and Race in Higher Education: Can Equity Be Bought?»

In February, Bertrams, the UK's second - biggest book wholesaler, was sold to private equity backer Aurelius for half the sum it originally bid for the business (which itself seemed like a knock - down price for a business with sales of more than # 200m); last week the UK's biggest high street book chain Waterstones was sold to activist investor Elliott Advisors for a sum thought to be considerably less than its Russian owner Alexander Mamut once wanted; and this week the UK's biggest printer of black and white books, Clays, with sales of # 77m, was sold to Italian printer Elcograf for # 23.8 m.

IIRC, in Bersteins «Four Pillars» book, he said that rebalancing every two years provided superior returns, primarily because typically equities provide higher returns, and you allow those returns to work for a longer period prior to protecting the gains through rebalancing.

Due to accounting conventions on treatment of certain costs, the market value of equity is typically higher than the book value of a company, producing a P / B ratio above 1.

On a more structural basis, Canadian investors may have a higher bar for considering a foreign currency hedge in their global equity book, since the volatility dampening properties of the loonie typically have been beneficial — a stark contrast to the U.S. dollar which has tended to amplify risk.

Investment Strategy Risk: Securities that have high book to market ratios and / or high profitability may perform differently from the market as a whole and an investment strategy emphasizing these securities may cause the Portfolio to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.

And growing book value (producing high returns on equity over time) is something that Markel has excelled at:

If I had to be anywhere in equities, however, I'd start in the cheapest decile of the market on a price - to - book basis and work my way through to those with the highest proportion of current assets.

When equity markets climb higher, dynamic asset - allocation funds get busy booking profit and moving out of equities.

Let's say your preferred allocation is 80:20 (equity: debt), markets reach new highs and your equity unrealized gains may soar, this may result in higher % of equity investments corpus in your portfolio, so you may have to book some profits and move the monies to debt category, to maintain 80:20 ratio.

Traded (not necessarily closing) at 52 Week High on Friday March 19th Price / Book < 1 Total Debt / Equity < 1 Positive Return on Assets Positive Return on Equity Positive Return on Investment Market Cap > $ 100 million

In fact, the cyclically adjusted price - to - earnings ratio (CAPE) 1 for U.S. equities is at a record high relative to its past history — in the 100th percentile2 — while price - to - book (P / B) ratios are in the 96th percentile3 of historical values.

Merryn: One of the chapters in your book, or part of one of the chapters, is about the equity risk premium, and you suggested it's higher than it should be, rationally, simply because of people thinking that stocks are much riskier than they actually are, because they look at short - term returns rather than long - term returns.

If the company can continue to clock up even a fraction of its YTD return on equity, it more than deserves to trade on at least 2/3 times book — which would still offer a cheap ground - floor entry price to a sector that trades at much higher multiples on average — hence my 13.7 p & 23.6 p price targets (vs. 6.875 p per share today).

They are: (1) a market factor, as measured by the excess return of a broad equity market portfolio relative to a risk - free rate; (2) a size factor, as measured by the difference between the returns of a portfolio of small stocks and the returns of a portfolio of large stocks; and (3) a value factor, as measured by the difference between the returns of a portfolio of high book - to - market (or value) stocks and the returns of a portfolio of low book - to - market (or growth) stocks.

In 1992, the Fama - French three factor model (market risk, size and value) found that both the size (small vs large cap) and book - to - market equity (value vs growth) factors deliver a higher risk - adjusted return in NYSE stocks, and thus the model adjusts for the outperformance of size and value when valuing a stock.

Lenders must now apply the same restrictions for high - ratio mortgages to the entirety of their insured mortgage books, regardless of their equity, meaning the following product types will no longer qualify for portfolio insurance:

The larger REITs have seen large buying for yield seekers, ETFs and asset allocators that has driven the valuation of large REITS like Simon Properties (SPG) and Mr. Zell's own Equity Residential Properties (EQR) prices up to 2 times book value and higher, while many of the smaller ones have languished and trade at discounts to their asset value.