Not exact matches
(i) Assist
companies in determining and interpreting their
ratio (revenue stream number one); (ii) Sell the data back to
companies to compare and explain
ratios among their peers on an industry - by - industry basis, because
average worker compensation for Bank of America will be different
than that of Apple, for example (revenue stream number two); and (iii) Sell the data to labor groups to assist them in collective bargaining (revenue stream number three).
I highlighted the 1.08 percent
average expense
ratio of «similar funds,» which is 1.03 percentage points higher
than Vanguard's advertised expense
ratio.5 The Investment
Company Institute finds an
average expense
ratio of 0.89 percent for actively managed equity funds, versus 0.12 percent for equity index funds, or a 0.77 percentage point difference.
VFC's 10 - year
average P / E
ratio has been 16.0 instead of 15, meaning that the market has tended to more highly value VF
than companies as a whole.
Grainger's 10 - year
average P / E
ratio has been 19.0 (see the dark blue box in the right panel), meaning that the market has tended to value it about 27 % higher
than the historic valuation of all the
companies at 15.0.
The stock's price - to - earnings
ratio (P / E) is relatively high, meaning that investors think Coke will continue to increase its earnings faster
than the
average consumer products
company.
A: Amazon (AMZN) is a
company we have long admired, but only recently were we afforded an opportunity to purchase it at a lower price - to - sales
ratio than the
average bricks and mortar store (defining sales as gross market value of all items sold on its website).
The
company's higher -
than -
average exposure to equities and its high combined
ratio make the
company a mediocre choice for an investment hedge against rising interest rates.
According to Brian, not only is the stock's forward P / E
ratio of 15.0 much lower
than its historical norm of 19.1, but its current dividend yield of 2 % is nearly double the
company's 22 - year
average yield of 1.2 %.
The
company's 19.5 forward P / E
ratio is considerably lower
than its 5 - year
average P / E of 23.2.
Its
average company size is about $ 51 billion, it charges slightly lower expenses
than VOOV and has a slightly lower price - to - book
ratio.
For example, the
company's leverage
ratio (Debt / EBITDA) is less
than 25 % of the industry's
average.
Value Line's Relative P / E for Disney is under 1.00 (red circle in clip below), meaning the
company's P / E
ratio is lower
than the
average of the 1,700 stocks VL analyzes.
These
companies have increased their dividend for at least 15 years and have a lower
than average price to earnings (PE)
ratio, a higher operating margin, a low price to book, a reasonable dividend yield and payout
ratio.
Cardinal's 10 - year
average P / E
ratio has been 16 instead of 15, meaning that the market has tended to value CAH a little higher
than its historic valuation of all the
companies.
This created a comparison
ratio that led to a blanket policy where if a
company had more
than one and a half times the
average defaulted mortgages, then they may have found their lender status withdrawn.
Common characteristics associated with stocks selling at less
than 66 % of net current asset value are low price / earnings
ratios, low price / sales
ratios and low prices in relation to «normal» earnings; i.e., what the
company would earn if it earned the
average return on equity for a given industry or the
average neti ncome margin on sales for such industry.
A study of 888 campaigns mounted by activist hedge funds between 2001 and 2005 finds that the typical target
companies are small to mid cap
companies, have above
average market liquidity, trade at low price to book value
ratios, are profitable with solid cash flows and pay their CEOs more
than other
companies in their peer group.
Superior value is seen in those
companies that have a lower
than average price - to - book
ratio.
I filtered out ADRs, non-US
companies,
companies in the miscellaneous financial services industry category (to mainly filter out closed - end funds), stocks trading below $ 2, market caps less
than $ 433 million (approximately matching the
average cut - off Tortoriello used), and
companies that did not have a current fiscal year earnings to price
ratio due to missing data.
A quick
ratio that is greater
than industry
average may suggest that the
company is investing too many resources in the working capital of the business which may more profitably be used elsewhere.
MO's Relative P / E of just over 1 indicates that its P / E
ratio is slightly higher
than the
average of
companies in VL's analytical universe.
If the
company is expected to grow at a faster rate
than its competition, it should have a higher P / E
ratio than the industry
average.
The bad news is they have been in the bottom 37 % for the last 5 years, I would not expect the fund to be in the top 9 % in the next 15 years as the
average size
company is 3 times that of the
average small - cap value fund and their price - to - book
ratio is higher
than the
average small - cap
average P / B.
Since the current payout
ratios are slightly higher
than the
company's historical
average, investors should probably expect annual dividend growth that's slightly less
than EPS and FCF growth, along the lines of 6 % to 8 % a year.
Many value - investors would look at a low P / E
ratio as a good thing if they believe nothing has changed with the
company since they would consider a value stock as a
company that is temporarily undervalued for no good reason (which a lower
than average P / E
ratio might suggest).
An index value of one indicates that a
company's complaints are in line with the industry, while a value higher
than one means the
company is worse
than average (the
company has a higher
ratio of complaints to business versus the market).
Alfa gets decent ratings from industry organizations and has a lower
than average complaint
ratio - good signs for an auto insurance
company.