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A Follow up on Inflation: The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

Musings on Markets

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.

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

Musings on Markets

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. Dividends and Potential Dividends (FCFE) 1. Book Value Multiples 3.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

At the company-level, I provide data on risk, profitability, leverage and dividends, broken down by industry-groups, to be used in both corporate finance and valuation. Standard deviations in equity and firm value 4. Financing Flows Accounting Returns Dividends & Ownership Risk Premiums 1. Cost of Equity 1.