Sentences with phrase «measured by the ratio»

But the gender differences — as measured by the ratio of the prevalence of women's exposure relative to men's — were greatest in the Scandinavian countries.

Value investing relies on buying cheaply priced companies as measured by a ratio of price to company fundamentals.

He examined the stock market performance of companies based on their profitability, as measured by the ratio of gross profits to assets.

(1) Percentage of uninsured drivers, as measured by the ratio of uninsured motorists (UM) claims to bodily injury (BI) claim frequencies.

Percentage of uninsured drivers, as measured by the ratio of uninsured motorists (UM) claims to bodily injury (BI) claims frequencies.

(1) Percentage of uninsured drivers, as measured by the ratio of uninsured motorists (UM) claims to bodily injury (BI) claim frequencies.

Not exact matches

Shiller's CAPE ratio measures the stock price divided by the average of ten years of earnings, adjusted for inflation.

Since 1980, tech companies have gone public with average price - to - sales ratios of 5.8, so by that measure valuations aren't out of whack.

Railroad efficiency is measured by the industry standard «operating ratio,» with a lower number reflecting a leaner operation.

Finally, desperation was measured by the assist - to - turnover ratio, reflecting disciplined care of each possession while simultaneously moving the ball to facilitate «great, not good» scoring opportunities.

«It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons... to measure their investment «risk» by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks,» Buffett wrote in the February 24 letter.

It will also lead to the bank's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of its financial strength, falling by about 20 basis points, the lender said.

Success will be measured by CP's operating ratio, an expression of a railway's operating costs relative to its revenues.

The ratio of construction job openings to hiring, as measured by the Department of Labor, is at its highest level since 2007.

The forward price / earnings (PE) ratio — the price of the S&P 500 divided by the expected earnings of those S&P 500 companies — is probably the most popular way to measure value in the stock market.

The equities - to - commodities ratio, as measured by the S&P 500 Index and the S&P GSCI Index, is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years.

The impact of mortgage interest rates can be further assessed by Figure 3, which measures the evolution of the mortgage to cash cost ratio of purchasing a residential property in terms of labour time.

The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is the combined ratio, which is computed by adding total incurred losses and LAE, including the impact of catastrophe losses and loss and LAE reserve development from prior years, with the insurance expense ratio.

Underlying Combined Ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure that is computed by adding the current year non-catastrophe losses and LAE ratio with the insurance expense rRatio is a non-GAAP financial measure that is computed by adding the current year non-catastrophe losses and LAE ratio with the insurance expense rratio with the insurance expense ratioratio.

The CAPE ratio (cyclically adjusted price - earnings ratio), a widely followed measure designed by Yale economist Robert Shiller that compares stock prices to corporate earnings, is currently at about 32, or double its historical median of 16.

The Tier 1 common ratio is a non-GAAP measure and may not be comparable to similar non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

At Berkshire Hathaway's recent annual shareholders meeting, an investor asked Buffett about the relevance of two popular measures of stock market value: 1) market cap - to - GDP, which Buffett once heralded as «probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment» and 2) the cyclically - adjusted price - earnings ratio (CAPE), which was made famous by Nobel prize winner Robert Shiller and was seen as accurately predicting the dot - com bubble and the housing bubble.

Our paper examines a comprehensive suite of volatility measures including actual volatility, volatility implied by option pricing, beta, credit default spreads, preferred stock yields and earnings price ratios.

Value can be determined by a variety of measures, including price - to - earnings ratio, price - to - book ratio, or dividend yield.

Among the valuation measures most tightly correlated across history with actual subsequent S&P 500 total returns, the ratio of market capitalization to corporate gross value added would now have to retreat by nearly 60 % simply to reach its pre-bubble average.

Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of household income (205 %).

However, turnover ratios, which measure trading volumes divided by outstanding amounts, broadly gauge differences across countries in both sovereign and corporate bond markets (Graph 2, left - hand panel).

This variability in average costs within categories as well as the range of averages across categories, as measured by expense ratios, highlights why it's important to evaluate each investment opportunity on its own merit and, perhaps more importantly, to determine whether an investment is right for you.

In our 1Q2015 letter, we noted that equity - market valuations were at dangerous levels by three different measures: the CAPE ratio, the Q - ratio, and the Buffett indicator, which are discussed at length in our last letter.

India's openness to trade as measured by the sum of exports and imports as a ratio to GDP was around 30 per cent in 2003.

To alleviate the slowdown and offset the liquidity drain due to continuing capital outflows the People's Bank of China, the central bank, undertook further easing measures, cutting the reserve requirement ratio by a further 50 basis points to 17 % and 15 % for large and small banks respectively at the beginning of March.

Sharpe Ratio The Sharpe ratio, developed by Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe, provides a measure of a fund's historical risk - adjusted performRatio The Sharpe ratio, developed by Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe, provides a measure of a fund's historical risk - adjusted performratio, developed by Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe, provides a measure of a fund's historical risk - adjusted performance.

The Magic Formula diverges from Graham's strategy by exchanging for Graham's absolute price and quality measures (i.e. price - to - earnings ratio below 10, and debt - to - equity ratio below 50 percent) a ranking system that seeks those stocks with the best combination of price and quality more akin to Buffett's value investing philosophy.

Lenders assess how reasonable an applicant's debt burden is by looking at his or her debt - to - income ratio, which measures the debt an individual is carrying as a percentage of their income.

Based on measuring the asset - weighted expense ratio of the entire mutual fund and ETF industry, our research found that an investor could save from 0.35 % to 0.46 % annually by moving to low - cost funds.

The PE ratio (price - to - earnings ratio) is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual net income or profit earned by the firm per share.

If we compare operating spending by municipalities to GDP, which is a broad measure of ability to pay, it remains within historical averages of close to 3 % of GDP.  In 2012, operating spending by all municipalities in Canada amounted to just 3.1 % of GDP, the same that it was twenty years ago, and down from the 3.3 % reached in 2009 during the depths of the recession.  This ratio was higher during the recession because GDP had dropped and governments sensibly embarked on stimulus spending to prevent a depression. This was before their misguided adventures in austerity (which presumably the CFIB supports, but have caused devastation to small businesses in countries elsewhere).

By that measure, today's P / E ratio is a bit above average, but nothing scary.

These periods are driven by generally rising multiples of valuation as measured by the price / earnings ratio (P / E).

For the purposes of the study, a fund was considered «low cost» if its fees and expense ratios placed it in the lowest quartile of all U.S. funds, as measured by data from Morningstar, the Chicago - based fund research firm.

The current valuation of the S&P 500 is lofty by almost any measure, both for the aggregate market as well as the median stock: (1) The P / E ratio; (2) the current P / E expansion cycle; (3) EV / Sales; (4) EV / EBITDA; (5) Free Cash Flow yield; (6) Price / Book as well as the ROE and P / B relationship; and compared with the levels of (6) inflation; (7) nominal 10 - year Treasury yields; and (8) real interest rates.

This is measured by the debt - to - worth ratio.

Netflix's stock valuation has been a constant source of debate for years, and currently is trading at a price - to - earnings (P / E) ratio of 123x, which is rich by almost every measure — no matter what kind of business model it is.

It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons — among them, pension funds, college endowments and savings - minded individuals — to measure their investment «risk» by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks.

Return on Investments (ROI)-- Measures a business's gains and / or losses generated by spending activities; a standard profitability ratio.

Does optimal asset allocation, as measured by Sharpe ratio, depend on investment horizon?

Value is easy to find Share prices, as measured by low P / E ratios, will be near to historical lows.

He measures the attractiveness of adding anomaly premiums to the benchmark portfolio by comparing Sharpe ratios, Sortino ratios and performances during recessions of five portfolios: (1) a traditional portfolio (TP) that equally weights equity, term and default premiums; (2) an equal weighting of size, value and momentum premiums (SVM) as a basic anomaly portfolio; (3) a factor portfolio (FP) that equally weights all 10 anomaly premiums; (4) a mixed portfolio (MP) that equally weights all 13 premiums; and, (5) a balanced portfolio (BP) that equally weights TP and FP.

The Russell 2000 Value Index is a subset of the securities found in the Russell 2000 selected based on a «probability» of value as measured by their relative book - to - price (B / P) ratio.

The ratio of 153 to 265 was referred to by the Pagan Archimedes as «the measure of the fish.»