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The Role of Financial Projections in Business Valuation

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Historical Data Analysis Analyzing historical financial data is crucial for establishing a foundation for projections. Market-Based Valuation Market-based valuation methods determine the value of a business by comparing it to similar companies in the market.

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

In this post, I will start with a rationalization of why I do this data analysis every year, follow up with a description (geographic and sector) of the overall universe of companies that are in my analysis, list out the variables that I estimate and report, and conclude with a short caveat about 2020 data.

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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. The table below shows a subset of the data items that I have on my website, with the links to the US versions of the data sets, in html.

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AI's Winners, Losers and Wannabes: An NVIDIA Valuation, with the AI Boost!

Musings on Markets

Note that for the most part, semiconductor companies carry light debt loads, leading to enterprise values that either trail in market capitalization in some years (because cash exceeds debt) or are very close to market capitalization in other years (because net debt is close to zero).