Beta Book Risk Premium 
Valutico
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
In the world of finance and investing, the concept of beta plays a vital role in assessing an investment’s risk and volatility. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or new to the market, understanding beta can empower you to make informed decisions. What is beta and how do you calculate beta?
Musings on Markets
JANUARY 10, 2025
Thus, as you peruse my historical data on implied equity risk premiums or PE ratios for the S&P 500 over time, you may be tempted to compute averages and use them in your investment strategies, or use my industry averages for debt ratios and pricing multiples as the target for every company in the peer group, but you should hold back.
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Musings on Markets
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Relative Risk Measures Before we embark on how to measure relative risk, where there can be substantial disagreement, let me start with a statement on which there should be agreement. At the start of 2022, the ten sectors (US) with the highest and lowest relative risk (unlettered betas), are shown below.
Equidam
APRIL 26, 2025
Methods relying heavily on historical data or the current balance sheet, such as Book Value or Cost to Duplicate approaches, often fail to capture this forward-looking, intangible-driven value. Book Value : This method calculates value based on tangible assets minus liabilities as recorded on the balance sheet (Assets – Liabilities).
Musings on Markets
JANUARY 5, 2024
Beta & Risk 1. Equity Risk Premiums 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. Debt Details 1.
Andrew Stolz
MARCH 20, 2020
The formula implies the return an investor expects from a risk-free investment plus the return from the stock in relation to market volatility. The market risk premium is calculated from a market rate of return less a risk-free rate. Therefore, the risks of the firm are eventually increased. Conclusion.
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. I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. Price to Book 3. High-Low Price Risk Measure 5.
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