I want a stock that's
trading at a good valuation, that has good quality scores, a good balance sheet, that are good businesses, and then they've had some recent momentum.»
I want a stock that's
trading at a good valuation, that has good quality scores, a good balance sheet, that are good businesses, and then they've had some recent momentum.»
Not exact matches
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.
I prefer to take a «bottom up» approach and focus on trying to find
good quality,
good value businesses, or businesses that really seem to be
trading at low
valuations relative to their prospects.
European equities have done
well this year, but they are still
trading at a
valuation discount to U.S. peers.
«The Shanghai Composite in aggregate is now
trading back
well below average global equity
valuations at the headline index level,» says Jonathan Garner, Morgan Stanley's Chief Asia and Emerging Market Equity Strategist.
Given that most companies today are
trading at valuations well above their ten - year averages (i.e. investors usually pay $ 18 - $ 22 for each dollar of profit that Hershey generates, but today they are willing to pay $ 26 - $ 29).
Bank earnings are driven by lending, and banks in Europe are still
trading at what we think are
good valuations.
The
best way to answer that question is to assume that the S&P had always
traded at its current
valuation, and calculate what it's historical return would have been on that assumption.
Finally, looking
at valuation, European banks
traded at a material discount to tangible book value, one standard deviation3 below their historic forward price - earnings multiple, and near a 20 - year low relative to global banking peers as the year came to a close.4 We are also finding select financial sector values in Asia, in both mature, under - earning banking markets like South Korea and Singapore, as
well as underpenetrated, growth - oriented markets like China (particularly in insurance) and India (particularly in banking).
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.
In investing, a defensible position is a strong,
well - managed, highly profitable company with a pristine balance sheet and very little debt, and a stock price that
trades at reasonable (or discount)
valuations.
«After years of relative under performance against developed markets, emerging markets offer
good companies that
trade at (low)
valuations,» Zamorano says.
«They have very
good margins, made huge investments to grow the business and regularly increase their dividend while still
trading at a very reasonable
valuation.
IKAN is still
trading at a discount to both its net cash and liquidation
valuations, so it's difficult to exit when the possibility of additional upside is
good.
The opportunity to invest in and own
best - of - breed companies
trading at unjustified low
valuations is very rare.
Even more importantly, we further contend that
best - of - breed companies
trading at such unrealistically low
valuations,
at least in our opinion, offer the
best combination of low risk and future growth possible.
An unusual opportunity arises to invest in a private company that looks a lot
better than equivalent public companies and is
trading at a bargain
valuation with a sound management team.
European equities have done
well this year, but they are still
trading at a
valuation discount to U.S. peers.
It's a
good solid company
trading at a decent
valuation.
Judging by current sector
valuations, a RoE of
at least 6 - 8 % plus is probably required for EIIB to
trade at a price / book ratio of 1.0 (or
better).
However, thanks to eight years of record low interest rates many of the
best high dividend stocks (including utilities) are
trading at unappealing
valuations that can make for a higher degree of risk than many investors realize.
This suggests that NTRs may offer a
better option for investors who are concerned about rich public REIT
valuations that may overstate underlying asset value, especially now, when
traded REIT prices are
at historic highs and yields are near historic lows.
While institutional investors are making direct property investments, REITs that are not widely represented in ETFs and indexes are
trading at valuations well below the current level of transaction prices in the marketplace.