Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The "Right" Financing Mix Is there an optimal mix of debt and equity for a business? The answer is yes, though the payoff, in terms of value, from moving to that optimal may be so small that it is sometimes better to hold back from borrowing. Do companies optimize financing mix?

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

I have also developed a practice in the last decade of spending much of January exploring what the data tells us, and does not tell us, about the investing, financing and dividend choices that companies made during the most recent year. Beta & Risk 1. Financing Flows 5. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

Your answer to that question will determine not just how you approach running the business, but also the details of how you pick investments, choose a financing mix and decide how much to return to shareholders, as dividend or buybacks. The End Game in Business If you start a business, what is your end game?

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. 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. Cost of Equity 1.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The company still pays interest on the full $1000 and must repay it upon maturity, but you can buy the issuance at a steep discount because there’s a significant chance of default (see: book value vs. market value vs. face value ). A sharply declining stock price does not necessarily mean a company is “distressed.”

Equity 83

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 83