Nevertheless, the disciplined value investor actually received more dividend income because they purchased more
shares at the better valuation.
Not exact matches
The prospectus reveals the company's most recent
valuation, as
well as the number of
shares owned by its executive officers, directors, and the likely number of
shares held by stockholders with
at least a 5 % stake.
United Parcel Service — UPS
shares were upgraded to «buy» from «hold»
at Stifel, with analysts citing strength in package and general freight markets, as
well as an attractive
valuation.
Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and
Valuation Guide,
Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the
best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party
valuations of our common stock; the prices
at which we sold
shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.
Specifically,
shares of
Best Buy are now trading
at a mid-teens multiple while the EBITDA
valuation has gone from a trough of four times to now seven times.
A
good look
at the
valuation indicates the stock could be intrinsically worth approximately $ 82 /
share, which would point to 12 % upside.
Successful investing depends on knowing: When all the
good news has already been factored into the
share price,
at what price is the
valuation just too high?
On a
valuation basis it seems that the
share price of ECL has run way ahead of its earnings as the PE stands
at 33.4,
well above the S&P and industry peers.
I agree that buybacks
at a high
valuation are likely foolish, but increasing the attractiveness of the stock to those focused on the immediate payback would seem to make acquiring more
shares at a
good price more difficult.
Management said it sees its own
shares as a
good long - term investment of cash
at current
valuations.
AbbVie, a stock that had its own
share of problems this year, after all, is still trading
at over 11 times forward earnings, and the vast majority of Gilead's immediate peer group (large - cap biotechs) are trading
at valuations well north of 13 times forward - looking earnings.
Index funds are okay if you want to safeguard your money in terms of protecting capital, when it comes to making money they are a bit dubious as with dividends invested you are looking
at between 50 - 100 years to make meaningful gains a  # 1000 invested might come up to  # 100,000 or  # 2,000 as it depends on the
valuation of the
shares, my advice is if you really want to do it then invest in one or two and see if you can handle the psychological dips over 3 - 5 years otherwise just invest in
well managed companies.
The research is clear: Investors should seek the rare companies with a manager like Henry Singleton — described by Warren Buffett as having «the
best operating and capital deployment record in American business» —
at the helm, who only buy back
shares at trough
valuations, are miserly with options, and only issue
shares when the
share price exceeds the stock's intrinsic value.
A
good look
at the
valuation indicates the stock could be intrinsically worth approximately $ 82 /
share, which would point to 12 % upside.
Likely I missed the
best opportunity I will ever have to snatch up
shares of Manulife
at such a low
valuation; $ 0.37 per
share away from a 5 % yield.
Now, I must point out: i) Independent News & Media is currently in the throes of a debt & pension restructuring — this could possibly improve things, but I'm not convinced it's going to be sufficient, and / or dilution for existing shareholders might be so bad ultimately the
shares might as
well be worthless, and ii) I still say my zero
valuation for Continental Farmers Group was about right (God, just look
at cash, debt & cashflow in their latest results), but shareholders are v fortunately getting bailed out by the Saudis
at GBP 36p per
share.
When implementing this strategy, you simply need to look for stocks with a low absolute
share price, regardless of it's
valuation (meaning a stock selling
at $ 20.00 is
better than a stock selling
at $ 50.00, all else being equal —
valuation still matters).
I got my
shares at about $ 3 less than when I wrote the article in January, so its
valuation is a little
better now than it was then.
Our updated liquidation
valuation is still some 60 % higher
at $ 12.0 M or $ 1.31 per
share, so we believe that MATH still represents
good value.
Valuations are likely to be much better by that time, allowing an initial purchase of shares at reasonable valuations with good divide
Valuations are likely to be much
better by that time, allowing an initial purchase of
shares at reasonable
valuations with good divide
valuations with
good dividend yields.