Sentences with phrase «metric than stock price»

Not exact matches

One way to control sky - high C - suite pay packages is to base compensation on better metrics than just stock prices

Furthermore, as of October 2017, European stocks remained generally less expensive than US peers on metrics such as price - to - book and price - to - cash - flow.

The cyclically adjusted price - to - earnings ratio, which is a favorite metric of Nobel Prize - winning economist Robert Shiller, suggests stock prices are higher than any other time in history other than the dot - com bubble of 2000.

Knowing how stocks are priced historically relative to some metric like earnings or cash flows is far more instructive than knowing whether stocks are at an all time high or not (we've addressed the predictive utility of stock valuations in several posts, including here and here).

Stocks were sold if any of the valuation metrics listed above exceeded 25 % of the sector median, if the three - month price momentum turned negative, or if the stock surprised negatively by more than 5 %.

An additional benefit of using dividends in evaluating a company is that since dividends only change once a year, they provide a much more stable point of analysis than metrics that are subject to the day - to - day fluctuations in stock price.

If the Board were to apply the same valuation metrics to its own stock as it did to the recently completed acquisition of Alliance Systems Inc., they would undoubtedly conclude that at these price levels the Company's shares represent an equal or greater value than Alliance Systems.

I have learned this lesson the hard way, missing out on a stock that was falling, and the metrics looked good, but I bid a lower than market price thinking it was going to drop to my price, but then of course, it turned, and never looked back... being stubborn I did not raise my bid until after it was no longer appealing to me.