All intrinsic value calculations and formulas are based on the opportunity cost relative to the risk - free interest rate.
You can start by watching a few youtube videos on the topic (like this one on Intrinsic Value of a Stock Problem or this one on Warren Buffett's
Intrinsic Value Calculation).
Prices were eroding fast, and here I was focused on
my intrinsic value calculation of a year ago.
But in any case I have sold out 50 % of my position because the shares reached
my intrinsic value calculation based on the balance sheet and I don't really have enough information about the new ASCMA's operations to revise that upwards or downwards.
However, other value investors who are Buffett stock guys follow a different process where they don't look at the implied P / E of
the intrinsic value calculation.
There is a third, more subjective, element to
an intrinsic value calculation that can be either positive or negative: the efficacy with which retained earnings will be deployed in the future.
The difference here is merely that you apportion the «bleed out» up front, and you've got a little better visibility on pricing of your security — since derivatives are not exactly amenable to
intrinsic value calculations.
«I focused mainly on stocks that were trading at 30 to 40 percent below
my intrinsic value calculations.»
«There is no point asking about a company's earnings outlook because if we are investing for the long term, then short - term earnings never affect
our intrinsic value calculation.