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EV/EBITDA Explained: A Key Valuation Multiple for Investors

Valutico

The core idea behind relative valuation is to estimate a company’s value by comparing it to similar companies based on how the market prices their financial metrics. EV typically includes Market Capitalization, Debt, Minority Interest, and Preferred Equity, minus Cash & Cash Equivalents. What is EV/EBITDA?

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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

In corporate finance and investing, which are areas that I work in, I find myself doing double takes as I listen to politicians, market experts and economists making statements about company and market behavior that are fairy tales, and data is often my weapon for discerning the truth. Dividends and Potential Dividends (FCFE) 1.

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Data Update 8 for 2025: Debt, Taxes and Default - An Unholy Trifecta!

Musings on Markets

Equity is cheaper than debt: There are businesspeople (including some CFOs) who argue that debt is cheaper than equity, basing that conclusion on a comparison of the explicit costs associated with each interest payments on debt and dividends on equity. Consequently, companies in these environments will borrow much more than they should.

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Is Radiant Opto-Electronics an Undervalued Dividend Play?

Andrew Stolz

Highlights: End markets mature, no opportunities to grow. Massive dividend yield secured by strong cash generation. End markets mature, no opportunities to grow. ROEC’s revenue is mainly dependent on the growth of the end markets such as computers, phones, and tablets. The FCF yield shows ROEC’s dividend-paying potential.

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Has Volvo’s Strong Value Creation Been Overlooked by the Market?

Andrew Stolz

Value play with strong dividend growth potential. Leading role in EV and hydrogen to reclaim market share. China is by far the strongest and fastest-growing market for heavy duty trucks in the world. It is the primary market for the company to realize future growth opportunities. Download the full report as a PDF.

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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.

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TSMC Ltd. – Valuation of World’s most important Semiconductor Manufacturer

Valutico

It is one of the 10 largest companies in the world with a market capitalisation of ~$450 billion and is based in Taiwan. The current dividend yield is 2.14%. TSM has a dividend payout ratio of slightly below 43% and a 5-year dividend growth rate of 10.83%. The company prioritises the dividend over share buybacks.