Sentences with phrase «investors at a higher valuation»

He went on to say that the first round is closed and that the additional $ 50M will come from undisclosed strategic investors at a higher valuation.

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For one, investors are going to have to get comfortable taking on more risk in their equity portfolios by buying stocks at higher valuations.

Investors in highly valued start - ups have been concerned about the willingness of public market investors buy into those companies at or above those high valuations, said Smith, also an IPO exchange - traded fundInvestors in highly valued start - ups have been concerned about the willingness of public market investors buy into those companies at or above those high valuations, said Smith, also an IPO exchange - traded fundinvestors buy into those companies at or above those high valuations, said Smith, also an IPO exchange - traded fund manager.

DST solves this problem for entrepreneurs by coming in and buying stock from these early investors and employees at very high valuations.

The last thing a founder wants is to push hard for a high valuation at the start, only to have the investors write the company off down the road because they don't have much to gain anymore.

At these high equity valuations, that could really scare investors.»

Other value managers are buying stocks at higher valuations, but Chou is a deep - value investor who tries to find bigger discounts than his peers.

When you raise capital at a high valuation early on, your investors are most likely going to take a board seat for your company.

ILG serves some 2 million members through various networks and has faced pressure from investor FrontFour Capital Group, which has been urging a sale to cash in at a time when U.S. stock valuations are high and global travel demand is booming.

But valuations remain high and boards have recently become more cautious on large acquisitions, as it is more difficult to convince their investors of the potential for value creation at such price levels,» said Gilberto Pozzi, co-head of global M&A at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Many investors seem to believe that the cyclical factors that have brought valuations to the current precipice will maintain valuations at a permanently high plateau, or even allow them to advance indefinitely.

Still, even in an environment where the market trades in a range of high valuation, it is appropriate to hedge exposure to risk at points where conditions are overvalued, overbought, and overbullish, and to establish more constructive exposure when conditions are overvalued, but oversold on a short - term basis (provided that the broad tone of market action still indicates a general willingness of investors to speculate).

The key to this strategy is getting 5 people who form the social proof to help you get a bigger angel round done at a higher valuation by tons of industry insiders and thus offering the social proof you need attract great employees and ultimately venture capital investors.

With the S&P 500 within about 8 % of its highest level in history, with historically reliable valuation measures at obscene levels, implying near - zero 10 - 12 year S&P 500 nominal total returns; with an extended period of extreme overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions replaced by deterioration in market internals that signal a clear shift toward risk - aversion among investors; with credit spreads on low - grade debt blowing out to multi-year highs; and with leading economic measures deteriorating rapidly, we continue to classify market conditions within the most hostile return / risk profile we identify — a classification that has been observed in only about 9 % of history.

If company goes on to raise the next round at a high valuation, the investor doesn't get any increase in that value.

A year ago, Quixey raised $ 60 million from several high - profile investors, including Alibaba and Softbank, pegging its valuation at around $ 600 million, as Re / code reported.

Using private market valuations that were available at the time for Gannett's high quality TV stations and marking to market the company's investments in CareerBuilder and other internet companies, an investor could have concluded that those assets alone where worth north of $ 11 a share at the time.

Investors who buy growth at high starting valuations generally end up disappointed» Marathon Asset Management

Simply assuming a company can grow earnings at high rates into the future, and then relying on a valuation based on those optimistic forecasts, exposes the investor to undue capital risk should those optimistic forecasts not be met.

And later investors, who bought shares of Uber at a valuation higher than $ 50 billion, are unlikely to want to book a loss and sell.

In other words, if a very long - term investor is willing to rely on the notion that valuations when they sell will match or exceed the unusually high valuations of the present, that investor can reasonably expect stocks purchased at current levels to deliver long - term returns somewhere the range of 8 - 10 %.

The founders, under some pressure, agreed to top up all the friends and family investors with an allocation out of their shares (and they had lots given the fact that both the high initial valuation and convertible had protected their pool) at the price point mandated by the VC.

Overpaying may be harmful not only to the investors who will find it difficult to achieve their targeted ROI, but may also impact badly on the company itself: Many «unicorns» — who raise more and more capital at higher and higher valuations — are a great example of this, because when (and if) the time comes for their IPO, it's highly likely that they may not be able to live up to their inflated valuation.

While investors looking at the 2007 highs undoubtedly observe a significant amount of apparent «room to recover» for stocks, it is extremely important to recognize that those 2007 valuations were what one might call «Bubble Part II», and priced stocks for terribly poor long - term returns.

Every market cycle in history has drawn valuations to levels that have offered disciplined investors far higher return prospects than are available at present.

The question comes up: in a low rate world, with assets at historically high valuations, offering historically low returns, what should investors do?

An investment in OHI at its current valuation should reward investors very well in future years with the demographic tail wind pushing profits higher.

My guess is that, just as the typical investor always needs 25 percent of his portfolio to be stable (out of high - volatile asset classes), he also feels comfortable having 25 percent invested in volatile asset classes even at times of high risk (high valuation).

Investors still cite the low costs of ETFs, but with the S&P 500 trading at a P / E ratio of 21x of higher, and earnings growth remaining persistently low, Narhi and Barr don't think equity valuations are worth the risk.

I showed the draft of my note to Prof. Sanjay Bakshi, and he was kind enough as always to share his thoughts on how investors must look at valuations, especially when they are looking at expensive - looking, high P / E stocks in their portfolios.

It is more accurate to argue that following poor 10 - year returns, provided that valuations are depressed based on normalized earnings and the economy is likely to grow at double digits rates of nominal growth - investors can probably anticipate higher subsequent long - term returns.

Nevertheless, there are many investors unwilling to invest in any common stocks simply because they believe the market is too high, even though there may be many individual stocks available at attractive valuations.

Astute investors recognize that investing at a higher valuation will typically lead to a lower future level of capital appreciation than the business being invested in is capable of generating.

Dividend Growth Investor: My understanding is Japanese equities traded at sky high valuations and ultra low dividend yields in the 80s.

And Bogle has on numerous occasions argued that Reversion to the Mean is an «Iron Law» of stock investing and warned investors of the huge price drops likely to be experienced at times of insanely high valuations.

Last week I ran a post about the median stock trading at an all - time high valuation that included this chart from «Millennial Investor» Patrick O'Shaughnessy showing historical EBITDA yields for all stocks in the universe greater than $ 200 million market capitalization from the period 1971 to date:

The academic research shows that investors who change their stock allocations in response to big swings in valuations obtain fair higher returns at greatly reduced risk.

My good friend Mike Piper has written an article («Investing Based on Market Valuation») at his Oblivious Investor blog exploring my finding that the Old School safe withdrawal rate studies get the numbers wildly wrong (promoted recently by my other good friend Todd Tresidder) and the research done by my other good friend Wade Pfau showing that Valuation - Informed Indexing has for the entire 140 years for which we have market data available to us provided far higher returns at greatly reduced risk.

With asset valuations at record highs, it's easy for investors for decide they're going to move to cash, or change their asset allocations to something more conservative.

However, thanks to eight years of record low interest rates many of the best high dividend stocks (including utilities) are trading at unappealing valuations that can make for a higher degree of risk than many investors realize.

However, with Welltower trading near all - time highs and many bond - like stocks trading at premium valuation multiples relative to history, short - term, more risk averse investors need to keep in mind the risk of a short to medium - term correction if rates do begin to rise and cause capital outflows for bond - like stocks.

«We've seen cap rates and valuations stay the same over the past year or two» for high - quality centers with good tenants, with a widening of rates in lower - quality centers, says Matt Kopsky, a REIT analyst at Edward Jones who covers shopping center REITs Kimco Realty Corp. and Weingarten Realty Investors.

This suggests that NTRs may offer a better option for investors who are concerned about rich public REIT valuations that may overstate underlying asset value, especially now, when traded REIT prices are at historic highs and yields are near historic lows.