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Data Update 6 for 2023: A Wake up call for the Indebted?

Musings on Markets

The market debt ratio, in contrast, uses the market's estimate of the value of equity, i.e., its market capitalization, as the value of equity. It is one reason that a banking focus on total assets and market value, when lending to a firm, can lead to dysfunctional lending and troubled banks.

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

Musings on Markets

Beta & Risk 1. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. 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). Return on Equity 1.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

For example, I have seen it asserted that a stock that trades at less than book value is cheap or that a stock that trades at more than twenty times EBITDA is expensive. Price to Book 3. It is undeniable that 2022 was a tumultuous year, with inflation taking center stage, and driving markets. Cost of Equity 1.

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The Zomato IPO: A Bet on Big Markets and Platforms!

Musings on Markets

Revenue Share : While the market share and total market yield the gross order value for Zomato, the company posts only its share of these orders, as revenues. I will assume a partial bounce back to 22% of GOV , starting in 2022, but the presence of Amazon Food will prevent a return to higher values in the future.