A wide variety of investment processes can be employed to arrive at an investment decision, including both quantitative and fundamental techniques; strategies can be broadly diversified or narrowly focused on specific sectors and can range broadly in terms of levels of net exposure, leverage employed, holding period, concentrations of market capitalizations and
valuation ranges of typical portfolios.
A wide variety of investment processes can be employed to arrive at an investment decision, including both quantitative and fundamental techniques; strategies can be broadly diversified or narrowly focused on specific sectors and can range broadly in terms of levels of net exposure, leverage employed, holding period, concentrations of market capitalizations, and
valuation ranges of typical portfolios.
That would set
a valuation range of between $ 496 million and $ 579 million — compared to the $ 1 billion + valuation Hortonworks received earlier this year when it raised $ 150 million in a two - part Series D round led by BlackRock (BLK) and Passport Capital.
By applying this range of multiples to Bega, which includes adjusted 2013 - 14 earnings for both the sale of Warrnambool and failed bid costs of about $ 1 million, they arrived at a «
valuation range of $ 4.73 to $ 5.89 per share with a midpoint of $ 5.31 per share».
Not exact matches
So if we look at a
range of market
valuation measures, whether it's Shiller CAPE, whether its price - to - book, whether it's price - to - trailing earnings, price - to - peak earnings, when we look at these measures, they look like they're in the, what we would call, the 10th decile, meaning generally,
valuations are cheaper 90 %
of the time.
At $ 17 per share, above its expected
range of $ 14 to $ 16, Snap has a market
valuation of around $ 24 billion.
The price
range gives the company a
valuation of about $ 1 billion, down from the $ 2 billion rumored earlier.
The Angry Birds firm on Friday set the initial price
range for its Helsinki flotation at $ 10.25 - $ 11.50 ($ 12.24 - $ 13.73) per share, which would give it a
valuation somewhere in the region
of $ 1 billion.
The USD ISDAFIX is a
valuation tool used for dollar - denominated interest - rate swaps
of a
range of maturities.
Ning and Slide were very young businesses at the time they raised tens
of millions
of dollars (like $ 50m) from these firms at
valuations in the half billion dollar
range.
By using this strategy, you've effectively lowered the pre-money
valuation by 33 percent, and although it's still not in the
range you'd like, if the investor believes that you can deliver the returns forecast above in the timeframe you've estimated, you have a much better chance
of selling this deal.
That price
range was already a drop from the
valuation investors gave Square during its most recent private round
of financing, when Square raised $ 150 million at $ 15.50 per share, or at a
valuation of $ 6 billion, in October 2014.
(Though if Snap prices at the high end
of its
range at $ 16 per share, giving it a
valuation of around $ 22 billion, it would trade at almost 54 times sales.)
«Attaining a unicorn
valuation appears to be a goal
of promising companies raising money, as 35 percent
of the companies we analyzed had
valuations in the $ 1 billion to 1.1 billion dollar
range, indicating that the companies may have negotiated specifically to attain the unicorn level.»
This
range is determined by a number
of factors, including but not limited to the business cycle,
valuations, interest rates, inflation, and the collective mood
of millions
of investors.
Flipkart's
valuation by some
of its minority investors over the past one year has
ranged from $ 5.57 billion to $ 10 billion.
In recent months, I've emphasized that despite prospects for a prolonged recession which I would expect to keep the stock market in a very wide trading
range (probably for the bulk
of 2009), long - term investors should not overlook the sea - change in
valuations and security durations we've observed over the past 15 months.
Moderate interest rates were associated with a whole
range of subsequent returns over the following decade, and we know that those outcomes were 90 % correlated with the level
of valuations at the beginning
of those periods (on reliable measures such as market cap / GDP, price / revenue, Tobin's Q, the margin - adjusted Shiller P / E, and others we've presented over time - see Ockham's Razor and the Market Cycle).
The graph below shows the
ranges of valuation of a selection
of markets in the MSCI developed market index.
For financings
of VC - backed companies, the
valuation data is available in the 10 - 20 %
range.
Still, even in an environment where the market trades in a
range of high
valuation, it is appropriate to hedge exposure to risk at points where conditions are overvalued, overbought, and overbullish, and to establish more constructive exposure when conditions are overvalued, but oversold on a short - term basis (provided that the broad tone
of market action still indicates a general willingness
of investors to speculate).
In the presence
of a broad
range of reliable
valuation metrics uniformly at more than twice their historical norms, coupled with the most severe overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising - yield syndrome we define, it is instructive how shorter - term action has evolved near those points.
On that basis, we can concede that when the indicator spikes far out
of its typical
range,
valuations are probably skewed one way or another.
The PRC sets
ranges for the balanced asset mix and makes tactical adjustments based on bottom - up forecasted returns, relative
valuations and an assessment
of economic and market data.
«At 15x and 11x NTM EPS and FCF, the stock is trading near the upper - end
of its recent
valuation range and we believe it is tough to expect the multiple to expand,» wrote Lamba
of Apple.
Take note
of the wide
range of results within each
valuation sub-category.
Valuations are the primary driver
of long - term returns, and the risk - preferences
of investors — as conveyed by the uniformity or divergence
of market action across a broad
range of individual stocks, industries, sectors and security types (including credit)-- drive returns over shorter portions
of the market cycle.
Estimates
of prospective long - term returns for the S&P 500 reflect our standard
valuation methodology, focusing on the relationship between current market prices and earnings, dividends and other fundamentals, adjusted for variability over the economic cycle (see for example Investment, Speculation, Valuation, and Tinker Bell, The Likely Range of Market Returns in the Coming Decade and Valuing the S&P 500 Using Forward Operating E
valuation methodology, focusing on the relationship between current market prices and earnings, dividends and other fundamentals, adjusted for variability over the economic cycle (see for example Investment, Speculation,
Valuation, and Tinker Bell, The Likely Range of Market Returns in the Coming Decade and Valuing the S&P 500 Using Forward Operating E
Valuation, and Tinker Bell, The Likely
Range of Market Returns in the Coming Decade and Valuing the S&P 500 Using Forward Operating Earnings).
So rounds tend to be «
range bound» where prices at the top end
of the
valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest
of companies test the top end
of the
range, and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) test the bottom end
of the
range.
I'm just pointing out my gut feel for approximate
ranges of deals that I've seen with Silicon Valley having the highest
valuations, NY / LA / Boston / Boulder / Seattle having
valuations in a slightly lower
range but comparable and sometimes significantly lower prices in markets that don't have a healthy venture market.
Nikita brings the knowledge and experience
of working with Boston - based private equity firms, where he focused on performing deal sourcing and due diligence in the $ 5 - $ 10 million
valuation range.
We offer our opinion
of an investment via its attractiveness on the basis
of the Valuentum Buying Index and the attractiveness
of the company's
valuation via our estimate
of its fair value
range.
In other words, if a very long - term investor is willing to rely on the notion that
valuations when they sell will match or exceed the unusually high
valuations of the present, that investor can reasonably expect stocks purchased at current levels to deliver long - term returns somewhere the
range of 8 - 10 %.
Prior to the Brexit vote, there was a wide
range of valuations but few cheap assets globally, as shown in the chart below.
On a wide
range of historically reliable measures (having a nearly 90 % correlation with actual subsequent S&P 500 total returns), we estimate current
valuations to be fully 118 % above levels associated with historically normal subsequent returns in stocks.
In other words, this method
of valuation suggests that the current share price is discounting a customer base in the 650K - 1.3 M
range.
They will have a maximum
valuation based on their view
of the future
valuation and the perceived competitiveness for the deal, but will try to keep the price they pay closer to the lower part
of the
range.
As I've frequently observed, the strongest expected market return / risk profile is associated with a material retreat in
valuations that is then joined by an early improvement across a wide
range of market internals.
MVI offers a
range of business
valuation services, from basic overviews to in - depth reports.
For some time we have believed that businesses with a narrower
range of outcomes, or stable businesses, have been bid - up as bond substitutes, while businesses with a more cyclical profile have fallen to more attractive
valuation levels.
When compared with measurements
of the past 22 years, recent
valuations of benchmarks representing Europe, Pacific ex-Japan, and Emerging Markets all fall within a normal
range relative to the United States.
The Rule
of 20 P / E was in the lower risk
valuation range between September 2006 and September 2007.
A key and growing component
of our business, NGKF offers a full
range of services including: leasing advisory, global corporate services, investment sales and capital markets, property and facilities management, program and project management, and
valuation and advisory services.
U.S. equities are currently trading near the top end
of their long - term
valuation range, based on the price - to - earnings measure.
Quartz recently chatted with Bernanke — now a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution — by phone, in order to take his temperature on a
range of issues, from frothy
valuations in Silicon Valley to his change
of heart regarding healthy eating.
Charlie Bilello, one
of my favorite follows on Twitter, analyzed the relationship between market
valuation and future returns (over various time horizons) in a recent post Valuation, Timing, and a Range of
valuation and future returns (over various time horizons) in a recent post
Valuation, Timing, and a Range of
Valuation, Timing, and a
Range of Outcomes.
They also look expensive on a broader
range of valuation measures.
The potential $ 8 billion to $ 10 billion
valuation Adnoc Distribution could achieve is at the lower end
of a
range estimated earlier this year.
Maybe Zimmermann's
valuation will speed their processes along, though, as they can now say, «Well, if he's worth that, I'm definitely worth this,» with «this» being much closer to the $ 200 million
range for at least one
of those arms.
Guesses from insiders on 100 %
valuation of Hawks have generally
ranged from $ 700M - $ 1B.