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A Zomato 2022 Update: Value, Pricing and the Gap

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On July 21, 2021, I valued Zomato just ahead of its initial public offering at about ? 169 per share in late 2021. per share, and the mood and momentum that worked in its favor for most of 2021 had turned against the company. 15,000 in March 2021 to ? 41 per share. 2000 per share, and the stock is currently trading at ?

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Data Update 5 for 2023: The Earnings Test

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The first is to see how the increase in inflation in 2021 and 2021 has played out in profitability for companies, since inflation can increase profits for some firms, and lower them for others. the returns you can make on investments of equivalent risk, and that game became a lot more difficult to win in 2022.

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Tesla in 2023: A Return to Reality, The Start of the End or Time to Buy?

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My last valuation of Tesla was in November 2021, towards its market peak, and given its steep fall from grace, in conjunction with Elon Musk's Twitter experiment, it is time for a revisit. In this section, I will begin by looking at the evolution of my Tesla value from 2013 to 2021, and then present my updated valuation of the company.

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Data Update 5 for 2024: Profitability - The End Game for Business?

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In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

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EBIT & EBITDA multiple s 5. Working capital needs Thus, I compute pricing multiples based on revenues (EV to Sales, Price to Sales), earnings (PE, PEG), book value (PBV, EV to Invested Capital) or cash flow proxies (EV to EBITDA). Long term Reinvestment (Cap Ex & Acquisitons) 4.