Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Since I am lucky enough to have access to databases that carry data on all publicly traded stocks, I choose all publicly traded companies, with a market price that exceeds zero, as my universe, for computing all statistics. Costs of equity & capital 4. Financing Flows 5. Dividend yield & payout 3. Default Spreads 3.

Dividends 106

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 106

Essentials of Corporate Finance

JANUARY 5, 2022

If you are not familiar with BTCS, the company has two full-time employees, a market capitalization of about $46 million, and hasn't shown a profit for the last four years. The company will pay each shareholder the equivalent of 5 cents in bitcoin or cash, at the discretion of the shareholder.

Market Capitalization 52

Market Capitalization Technology Marketability 52

Global Finance

JUNE 18, 2024

In the second half of 2023 the Indian equity market crossed the $4 trillion mark and is currently valued at $4.9 trillion as per the National Stock Exchange of India, pushing Hong Kong aside to become the world’s fourth largest stock market by market cap, behind Japan, China and the US.

Marketability 105

Marketability Equity Start-ups Banking 105

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Investors, used to a decade of better-than-expected earnings and rising stock prices at these companies, have been blindsided by unexpected bad news in earnings reports, and have knocked down the market capitalization of these companies by hundreds of billions of dollars in the last few weeks.

Start-ups 106

Start-ups Market Capitalization Marketability Dividends 106

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. Data universe : In my sample, I include all publicly traded firms with market capitalizations that exceed zero, traded anywhere in the world.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The SoftBank-backed company’s shares surged nearly 82% in less than two weeks after the IPO, rising 20% over its initial share price of 91 cents on August 16, to lift its market capitalization across the $7 billion mark after it announced the launch of new electric motorcycles and that it would manufacture its own batteries to cut costs.

Market Capitalization 52

Market Capitalization Finance Marketability Equity 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

While the universe of companies is diverse, with approximately half of all firms from emerging markets, it is more concentrated in market capitalization, with the US accounting for 40% of global market capitalization at the start of the year. Macro Data I do not report much macroeconomic data for two reasons.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Benzinga

MARCH 20, 2024

Enhances Capital Markets Profile and Shareholder Base : The pro forma Company is expected to have a market capitalization of over ~C$129 million and ~C$11 million 3 in combined cash to fund exploration, allowing increased access to capital and trading liquidity. Mega Uranium Ltd., and enCore Energy Corp.

Market Capitalization 59

Market Capitalization Corporate Finance Marketability Finance 59

Mckinsey and Company

JULY 9, 2025

With a total market capitalization of more than €3 trillion at the end of 2024, crypto is becoming an increasingly relevant asset class. 10 “Crypto market overview,” CoinMarketCap, accessed April 25, 2025. By the end of 2024, its market capitalization was equivalent to roughly 2.5

Alpha 78

Alpha Banking Equity Marketability 78

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

A Life Cycle View If you have been reading my posts for a while, you know that I find the corporate life cycle a useful device in explaining everything from what companies should focus on, in corporate finance, to the balance between stories and numbers, when investor value companies.

Start-ups 99

Start-ups Equity Book Value Marketability 99

Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On November 21, 2023, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued eight new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs), and revised two previously issued C&DIs, relating to the final pay-versus-performance (PVP) disclosure rules adopted last year.

Compliance 40

Compliance Total Shareholder Return Dividends Market Capitalization 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

Regional Breakdown My data sample for 2022 includes every publicly traded firm that is traded anywhere in the world, with a market capitalization that exceeds zero. A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases.

Risk Premium 99

Risk Premium Start-ups Market Capitalization Corporate Finance 99

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

DECEMBER 10, 2023

As someone who teaches corporate finance, I have always tried to pass on the message, especially to those who are headed to finance jobs at companies or investment banks, that of all of the players in an organization, finance people are among the most replaceable, and thus least likely to be key people.

Key Person Discount 130

Key Person Discount Start-ups Price to Book Marketability 130

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 13, 2025

The SECs Division of Corporation Finance has announced improvements to its policies for draft registration statements that will be welcomed by both companies and underwriters. The new guidance is available for companies to rely on immediately. For most companies, this accommodation bridges the gap between IPO and WKSI status.

Corporate Finance 45

Corporate Finance Market Capitalization Finance Marketability 45

Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The sale of a 20% stake represents a market capitalization of around $10 billion. The Middle East subsidiary of Delivery Hero, Talabat, raised $2 billion from an initial public offering on Dec. Talabat sold more than 4.65 billion shares at AED1.60 ($0.44) per share.

Price to Earnings 59

Price to Earnings Market Capitalization Finance Marketability 59

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2025

Since the companies involved in building the AI infrastructure are the ones that are most tangibly (and immediately) benefiting from the AI boom, they are also the companies that have seen the biggest boost in market cap, as the AI story heated up.

Start-ups 134

Start-ups Marketability Technology Risk Premium 134