Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

Beta & Risk 1. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. Employee Count & Compensation I nvesting Principle Financing Principle Dividend Principle Hurdle Rate Project Returns Financing Mix Financing Type Cash Return Dividends/Buyback s 1. Return on Equity 1. Debt Details 1.

Risk Premium 121

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups Corporate Finance 121

Musings on Markets

MAY 20, 2022

Inflation and Value When in doubt about how any action or information plays out in value, I find it useful to go back to value basics, and trace out the effects of that action/information on value drivers. The former is short hand for the small cap premium and the latter is the proxy for the value factor in returns.

Price to Book 103

Price to Book Dividends Beta Equity 103

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

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). Buybacks 2.

Dividends 106

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 106

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. Standard deviations in equity and firm value 4. Cost of Equity 1. PE & PEG 2. Standard deviation in stock price 2.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups EBITDA 52

Valutico

AUGUST 17, 2022

As some recent start-up valuations are falling amidst investor caution, this new development comes at an opportune time to positively impact how effectively financial firms value young businesses. The calculation of these discount rates are based on the observed betas of similar listed peer companies.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups EBIT Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow 52