Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In fact, as you can see from the cost of capital graph, there is little, if any, benefit in terms of value added to Adani from using debt, and significant downside risk, unless the debt is being subsidized by someone (government, sloppy bankers, green bondholders).

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar. The Value of Growth As investor tastes have shifted from earnings power to growth, there has been a tendency to put growth on a pedestal, and view it as an unalloyed good, but it is not.

Start-ups 80

Start-ups Equity Book Value Marketability 80

Reynolds Holding

MAY 11, 2023

For our analysis, we draw on an earlier post , in which we argued that the actions of the Swiss authorities made sense from a corporate finance, legal, and financial stability perspective. According to the 2022 CS Annual Report , the book value per share was 11.45 Swiss francs (CHF) per share.

Banking 59

Banking Equity Book Value Treasury 59

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

While private businesses are often described as profit maximizers, the truth is that if they should be value maximizers. Thus, a company with growth potential may be willing to generate less in profits now, or even make losses, to advance its growth prospects.

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

In my corporate finance class, I describe all decisions that companies make as falling into one of three buckets – investing decisions, financing decision and dividend decisions. Financing Flows 5. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. Dividend yield & payout 3.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Accounting 101 I am not an accountant, and have no desire to be one, but I have used their output (accounting statements) as raw material in valuation and corporate finance. Since net income increases by the same magnitude, the company generated $42.5 billion , as reported.

Finance 74

Finance Start-ups Equity Equity Financing 74

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Challenge rules of thumb and conventional wisdom : Investing has always had rules of thumb on how and when to invest, ranging from using historical PE or CAPE ratios to decide if markets are over valued, to simplistic rules (eg. buy stocks that trade at less than book value or trade at PEG ratios less than one) for individual stocks.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52