Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

To set the stage, I will start by laying out the differences measure of earnings that reported on an income statement: At the top of the profit ladder is gross income , the earnings left over after a company has covered the direct cost of producing whatever it sells.

Equity 52

Equity Start-ups Risk Premium Risk-free Rate 52

ThomsonReuters

JUNE 15, 2021

Which basically means that before you do the transaction you have to have started the process that would enable you to do an audit of your internal controls for the year that you were in.”. Additionally, private companies have options in a few areas—most notably use of IBR or risk-free rate–that public companies do not,” she said.

Risk-free Rate 64

Risk-free Rate Equity Start-ups Book Value 64

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

First, these categorizations were created close to twenty years ago, when I first started looking a global data, and many countries that were emerging markets then have developed into more mature markets now. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. Fundamenal Growth in Operating Earnings 3.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98