In other words, it is the price you would be paying for the company if you could
buy the whole company at current prices.
You just appraise the timberland, appraise the lime deposits, appraise the dealerships and ask if you'd
buy the whole company on those terms.
In his role as a hedge - fund manager he has a different strategy to his earlier days, when he was an activist and would
even buy whole companies (in those days there were many deals which never came to fruition, but with enough noise and fuss the stock rose nevertheless and Pickens was able to exit with excellent profits).
You just appraise the timberland, appraise the lime deposits, appraise the dealerships and ask if you'd
buy the whole company on those terms.
As long - term value investors, we pick stocks as though we are
buying the whole company.
We pick stocks as though we are
buying the whole company and prefer businesses with a competitive advantage that will preserve the company's ability to deliver attractive returns going forward.
But outperforming the S. & P. 500 has become more difficult as Berkshire has grown and shifted to
buying whole companies.
A percent of funds under management would
buy the whole company.
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He bought the whole company, after all, in the second movie, just so he could keep tabs on her.
Yacktman looks for a stock that sells for less than what an investor would pay to buy the whole company
If they are in fact making decisions that way, than the economic results from buying a fraction of the company should be little different than
buying the whole company, and an analysis based on a whole owner perspective is justified.
The Chinese buyer bought a 31.6 % stake for ~ $ 72 million and the news article notes that the buyer expects to spend another $ 150 million to
buy the whole company.
Essentially, this is what you would be paying if you were
buying the whole company.
When buying shares, ask yourself, would
you buy the whole company?
This brings up the second way that Buffett is different than most investors: Buffett was willing to
buy whole companies, not replace management for the most part, and operate them.
We use enterprise value, debt + market capitalization - cash, because we want to know what it costs to
buy the whole company.
But if we focus on undervalued equities, we may own companies that those large enough to
buy whole companies will buy out, rewarding our patience in holding neglected companies.
«You can't
buy whole companies, you can't get on their board, you can't strike a special deal with Goldman Sachs because you can't write a $ 5 billion cheque.»
It may work if the investor can
buy the whole company but it is not the case most of the time.
I'm trying to find ideas where if I were
buying the whole company, I would be satisfied that the assets and / or free cash flow (i.e. owner earnings) would provide me -LSB-...]
So are they just going to sell off the video game division or are they looking for someone to
buy the whole company?
«The REITs have been hammered by the stock market recently, so what better way to acquire assets than
buying the whole company?»