By May of 2016 I had booked gains of 30 % and 20 % respectively in positions I didn't consider as core holdings, but I took advantage
of at attractive valuations after favourable market conditions.
Not exact matches
The bottom line: there is a higher probability
of funding — and
at more
attractive valuations — if you live locally in the Bay Area, particularly in the early stages.
And with public markets
at current
valuations, private strategies offering target returns
of 15 percent to 20 percent have never been more
attractive.
My response has been to be extremely disciplined
at passing on deals, even
attractive ones, if the
valuations exceed the traditional limits
of seed stage investments.
As you can see below, these forward
valuation multiples make the stock look
attractive compared to the kind
of multiples it's traded
at in recent years.
At less than 14x our estimate
of normalized EPS and with over a 3 % dividend yield, we believe the current
valuation is
attractive for this good collection
of businesses.
This isn't to say that stocks can't deliver adequate returns between now and some narrow set
of future dates, but to expect that stocks purchased
at these levels will deliver
attractive long - term returns in general requires the assumption that current
valuations will remain elevated into the indefinite future.
Our investment philosophy is based on the long - term ownership
of outstanding businesses through common stocks purchased
at attractive valuations.
Also, when it comes to managing other people's money
at Saber Capital Management, I don't feel comfortable owning low - quality businesses, regardless
of how
attractive the
valuation appears to be.
They each lasted for more than 15 years, they each ended
at extremely
attractive levels
of valuation (generally about 7 - 9 times trailing 10 - year earnings), and, and they each endured many years
of growing volatility in output and inflation, which eventually created the mindset for investors to price stocks
at attractive levels
of valuation.
In fact they will share a common portfolio
of 15 - 30 high quality global business trading
at attractive valuations, and in their absence both strategies also have the ability to hold up to 30 percent in cash.
«We believe that by investing in an actively managed and diversified portfolio
of companies that benefit from long - term industrial, technological or general market trends, and trading
at attractive valuations, are going to lead to superior growth
of capital over time.
With charts like this, looking
at relative
valuation, you can expect some «mean reversion» over time and you have to make a judgement about what you think is an appropriate level
of premium / discount, and in turn, what you think is an
attractive level.
Given the current high level
of dispersion in profitability across companies, many high - quality companies are trading
at reasonably
attractive valuations.
We believe in the long - term ownership
of great businesses purchased
at sound and
attractive valuations.
That being said, even
at today's historically
attractive valuation multiples, investors should likely only expect to earn a potential total annual return
of about 5.9 % to 6.9 % (1.9 % yield plus 4 % to 5 % annual earnings growth) over the next decade, far below the company's historical return rate and the returns offered by most other dividend aristocrats.
I'm still well over 50 % cash
at this point and plan to continue holding more or less this level
of cash until market
valuations become more
attractive.
The aim
of the investment management / research team is to invest in companies which on average have high return on capital invested, are not excessively leveraged, are run by competent and minority shareholder friendly managers and are available
at reasonably
attractive valuations.
«Canada is a great place to invest and certainly Canadian banks are great but even so, if we look
at the
valuations of TD or Scotiabank, and JPMorgan looks more
attractive, we'll invest there,» says Belaiche.
We pay particular attention to
valuation, as stocks purchased
at attractive prices provide a margin
of safety and superior long - term return potential.
He said: «Active managers have the opportunity to take advantage
of volatility to buy good stocks
at attractive valuations and take profits in stocks as they rise - generating alpha or excess return in financial speak.
In other words,
at what point does
attractive valuation compensate you for the risk
of investing in lesser quality securities?
the European periphery is a bubble («The Euro crisis is not over... the European economies are not going to change for the better for years to come despite all the cheating and breaking
of laws»), Value investors need to venture to Russia («when you look
at today's opportunity set, you're left with a set
of assets where nothing looks
attractive from a
valuation point
of view») or buy gold mining stocks -LRB-» The down cycle could be much bigger than anybody believes if the market realizes that all the actions taken in recent years do not work.»)
History teaches us that
valuations typically become extremely
attractive at the end
of Bear markets.
In that case, the
valuation of the current share price would look
attractive at about 10x earnings.
I find that rental properties perform much like bonds — they provide a stable cash flow that can be used to pay living expenses or make purchases
of additional equities when they are
at attractive valuations.
«We want to make sure we buy long lead - life, low decline - rate assets
at attractive valuations, with good balance sheets, in order to survive the short - term and very intense volatility we're seeing in the price
of oil,» McKinley said.
The fundamental question to answer with any high dividend yield stock is whether the yield is high because it is trading
at an
attractive valuation with a substantial dividend payout ratio, or because the dividend is out
of control and ready to get cut.
And, as an advisor, the tough thing with buying value stocks is the reason things are typically trading
at an
attractive valuation is because they're out
of favor, they're the ugly duckling.
«A voracious appetite for quality triple net deals has resulted in extremely high
valuations and aggressive pricing but we were able to finance the acquisition
of this quality portfolio
at a very
attractive debt yield,» said Karlin Real Estate Lending Managing Director Larry Grantham.