a) «The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing» (2004)-- can't recommend this enough, one of the very few books which offers investing valuation & metrics, economic moats, and a guided tour of the major market sectors (detailing unique dynamics / jargon, metrics &
valuation approaches for each).
Not exact matches
«Mr. Wonderful» is notorious
for taking a very pragmatic
approach to
valuation based on multiples, but each industry is different,» Ahmad says.
One recent example: Stemcentrx, which rode an unproven
approach targeting cancer stem cells to a summertime financing round of nearly $ 250 million and a $ 5 billion
valuation, the most
for a venture - backed drug maker and second to Theranos in health care.
A lot of entrepreneurs are probably watching the excitement over the
approaching initial public offering of Twitter and wondering if they can get a similar
valuation for their companies.
Having an updated business
valuation is a great asset if ever
approached by buyers, brokers, or DSOs, as well as
for family, tax, succession and estate planning purposes.
On the profits front, we've developed a number of
approaches over the years to understand what drives cyclical fluctuations in profit margins (see
for example Recognizing the
Valuation Bubble in Equities and The Coming Retreat in Corporate Earnings).
For those who take a valuation - based approach to building a portfolio, that's useful information to take into consideration when determining the appropriate price to pay for an ownership sta
For those who take a
valuation - based
approach to building a portfolio, that's useful information to take into consideration when determining the appropriate price to pay
for an ownership sta
for an ownership stake.
Valuation Summary: Using the 4 approaches just described, our valuation summary for Wal - Mart looks l
Valuation Summary: Using the 4
approaches just described, our
valuation summary for Wal - Mart looks l
valuation summary
for Wal - Mart looks like this:
A systematic
approach for implementing a buy low, sell high strategy employs what I call a
valuation threshold.
I generally use a Graham - Dodd
approach to
valuation of stocks, however, I do make deviations
for speculative stocks when I find favorable risk / reward.
If it's the case, as some argue, that policymaker
approaches around the world are evolving in that direction, then that provides yet another basis
for valuations to get pushed higher, just as it provided a basis in our earlier example
for a depositor to keep money in a bank despite being paid a paltry rate.
The main attraction of Sistema is clearly the
valuation, comparably transparent reporting, professional management and (
for a Russian company) shareholder oriented
approach.
With
valuations for oil and gas stocks
approaching decade lows, BMO Capital Markets analyst Randy Ollenberger believes opportunities are emerging.
SoftBank initially
approached Benchmark — and then, later, other Uber investors —
for a deal at a
valuation of $ 45 billion.
Chelsea had previously shown an interest in the 25 - year - old, but now United have made an
approach, although any offer
for Lucas is expected to be below PSG's
valuation of the player.
We're not aware of any formal
approach being made from Anfield and we can't see Liverpool going back in
for him now that his
valuation has just rocketed.
According to reports Arsene Wenger has made an inital
approach for the Spaniard with the hope of having his # 18 million
valuation reduced to something around # 10.5 million — the amount that Liverpool paid Real Sociedad four years ago.
[We even have a low risk
approach that provides 4 % (plus inflation)
for 40 years starting at today's
valuations.]
Great post.i think time horizon and diversification are the key factors from my experience.The passive screenens works best on a basket of companies.if you have picked one or two cheap stocks based on
valuation only most of the time they are cheap
for the right reason and they turns out to be a value trap.However, on basket
approach the averages will take care, so winners will take care of the losers.
Employs a team based
approach for top - down sector allocation which incorporates sector fundamentals, relative
valuations and interest rate scenario analysis
However, we also believe that market volatility could remain heightened throughout the year due to the increased risk of a trade war with China, uncertainty around the
approaching mid-term elections, the potential
for increased regulation of large technology companies, and increased investor wariness of market
valuations in the midst of the elongated bull market cycle.
Obviously in a very small company or private sale this becomes much harder / impossible as it can't be floated in any meaningful way, but versions of this wisdom of crowd type effect can be done by
approaching a few outside parties and asking them what they would pay / how they would value it (similar to asking a few estate agents
for valuations of a house before a private sale) to at least get some benchmark estimates of what similar private players might pay.
On long - term measures of value (
for example, Graham's 10 - year trailing P / E ratio and corporate profits as a proportion of GDP) market prices are well below average and
approaching all time lows (See Future Blind «s post Market
Valuation Charts prepared in October last year when the S&P 500 was around 1160).
While other
approaches are more appropriate
for industry - specific analysis, such as price - to - book
for banks, the P / E is a widely - accepted metric in assessing the overall stock market's
valuation.
But
for the millions of middle - class investors who require a simple investing
approach, I don't see how
Valuation - Informed Indexing can be beat.
For investors, the most common technique for property valuation is the income approa
For investors, the most common technique
for property valuation is the income approa
for property
valuation is the income
approach.
I've been studying the new
approach (
Valuation - Informed Indexing)
for nine years and I have put it before tens of thousands of people, both experts in the field and regular people.
Hi BHL — I like Clime Capital's investment
approach — I actually use their DCF
approach for one of my
valuation estimations.
Using the 4
approaches just described, our
valuation summary
for Cardinal Health looks like this:
Given the current high
valuations of equities, and potential interest rate risk
for bonds, I've decided to take a gradual, but accelerated,
approach to rebalancing our portfolio.
Valuation Summary: Using the 4 approaches just described, our valuation summary for IBM looks l
Valuation Summary: Using the 4
approaches just described, our
valuation summary for IBM looks l
valuation summary
for IBM looks like this:
Tobias» simple advice
for value investors is easier to follow than the Benjamin Graham current
valuation approach, but may be too vague or simplistic to provide the best results.
Rest assured, if I go ahead with The Great Irish Share
Valuation Project
for 2014, I'll definitely be
approaching all stocks &
valuations afresh.
There are far more complex
valuation methodologies, the XIRR
approach is simple and approachable
for most investors.
The contrarian
approach is to look
for mean reversion in both fundamentals and
valuation.
Charles Dow was using trendfollowing
approaches over 100 years ago, and Ben Graham was using
valuation metrics
for security selection as well.
April 2002 by Wayne Thorp The Oberweis Octagon is a set of rules outlining an
approach that seeks to identify rapidly growing companies with prospects
for continued future growth, but with stock market
valuations that are reasonable given their levels of growth.
Sure, there's lots of companies & sectors which clearly deserve a variety of different
valuation approaches, ratios & metrics — but on the other hand, the same operating margin and / or earnings growth rate (
for example) surely doesn't deserve a ridiculously higher multiple in one sector vs. another.
So
for now, I'll focus on Digicel's
valuation, and take what might be considered a pretty singular
approach — which shouldn't surprise regular readers — as all investors must (regularly) do anyway, if they ever hope to stand apart from the crowd & the index.
Klarman's attitude to liquidation value investment closely accords with our own, and so we've reproduced below the relevant portion of Chapter 8 The Art of Business
Valuation in Margin of Safety, in which he provides the basis
for making such investments and outlines his
approach to assessing liquidation value:
We'll obviously have to wait far longer
for real confirmation, but I believe these results offer intriguing potential... We still have to prioritize portfolio diversification, but a more consistent / in - depth
approach to
valuation & ranking in individual (smaller) markets (and sectors) may offer great opportunities
for adding (lower risk?)
I'm certainly not advocating diving straight into stocks, sectors & markets you know nothing about, but clinging rigidly to your comfort zone may be just as / if not more dangerous
for your health — being the best sailor on a ship ain't much use if it's sinking fast in the middle of the Atlantic... Stocks change,
valuations change, markets change, economies change — to avoid risk, and to seek opportunity, you need to change also... The more flexible & varied your investment
approach — in terms of perspective & analysis — the more you'll stack the deck in your favour.
Yes I agree, Google's actually quite fascinating — hopefully the various
valuation approaches I take
for v different companies / situations are useful to readers in tackling a potential $ GOOGL
valuation.
Tweedy Browne provides compelling evidence
for the asset - based
valuation approach.
These products have yet to be fully described by the literature, and we provide a summary of the market
for DDs up to December 2012 as well as a full decomposition of these notes and
valuations using analytical and Monte Carlo
approaches.
Structured products» complexity makes
valuation difficult, but closed - form solutions exist
for many structured product types and many others can be valued with other
approaches, such as Monte Carlo simulation (Deng et al, 2012).
Valuation Summary: Using the 4 approaches just described, our valuation summary for Wal - Mart looks l
Valuation Summary: Using the 4
approaches just described, our
valuation summary for Wal - Mart looks l
valuation summary
for Wal - Mart looks like this:
The truth is, analysts employ variety of strategies
for stock
valuation, and arguments can be made
for or against the use of nearly any
approach.
So, let's dive right back in (
for a brief refresher on the TGISVP analysis &
valuation approach, see here):
I found a company, which more or less owns a fund, that sells at a nice discount even though the fund compounded at ~ 20 %
for quite a while, but I have no idea how I should
approach my
valuation process... Maybe the idea is helpful
for you.