Value Scope

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The company’s revenue growth has slowed in recent quarters, and it has struggled to keep up with its competitors. Blackberry, the once dominant player in the smartphone market, failed to adapt to the evolution of touchscreen technology and app ecosystem in favor of physical keyboards and its web browser.

Business Valuation 130

Business Valuation Start-ups Market Capitalization Marketability 130

Equilest

JANUARY 25, 2023

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) have become increasingly popular among start-ups as a way to enhance valuation and promote growth and retention. This article will explore the benefits of ESOPs for start-ups, including how they can be used to boost valuation, promote growth, and retain top talent.

Start-ups 40

Start-ups Discounted Cash Flow Earnings Multiplier Appraisal 40

Equilest

JANUARY 25, 2023

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) have become increasingly popular among start-ups as a way to enhance valuation and promote growth and retention. This article will explore the benefits of ESOPs for start-ups, including how they can be used to boost valuation, promote growth, and retain top talent.

Start-ups 40

Start-ups Discounted Cash Flow Earnings Multiplier Appraisal 40

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In response, I have been told that the problem is not with the idea of ESG, but in its measurement and application, and that impact investing is the solution to both market and society's problems. If impact investing were measured entirely on fund flows into green energy companies and out of fossil fuel companies, it has clearly succeeded.

Market Capitalization 109

Market Capitalization Enterprise Value Start-ups Marketability 109

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 21, 2023

It is the nature of stocks that you have good years and bad ones, and much as we like to forget about the latter during market booms, they recur at regular intervals, if for no other reason than to remind us that risk is not an abstraction, and that stocks don't always win, even in the long term. at the start of that year.

Equity 95

Equity Risk Premium Start-ups Dividends 95

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In the first five posts, I have looked at the macro numbers that drive global markets, from interest rates to risk premiums, but it is not my preferred habitat. A few years ago, I wrote a paper for practitioners on the cost of capital , where I described the cost of capital as the Swiss Army knife of finance, because of its many uses.

Risk Premium 74

Risk Premium Beta Start-ups Equity 74

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 17, 2024

While stocks had their ups and downs during the year, they ended the year strong, and recouped, at least in the aggregate, most of the losses from 2022. Stocks ended the year well, with November and December both delivering strong up movements, and while this left investors feeling good about the year, it was a rocky year.

Risk Premium 81

Risk Premium Start-ups Equity Dividends 81

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I was planning to start this post by telling you that Tesla was back in the news, but that would be misleading, since Tesla never leaves the news. I profited mightily on that investment, but I sold too soon , when Tesla's market capitalization hit $150 billion, and just before COVID put the company on a new price orbit.

Start-ups 126

Start-ups Marketability Market Capitalization Equity 126

Musings on Markets

MAY 20, 2022

Historical Data: 1930-2019 To see how this framework works in practice, let's start by looking at the performance of US stocks, across the decades, and look at the returns on stocks, broadly categorized based on market capitalization and price to book ratios.

Price to Book 103

Price to Book Dividends Beta Equity 103

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For the last two decades, China has been the dominant story for both the global economy and capital markets, as the country's immense growth and infrastructure investments have sustained commodity prices, and altered the balance of world economic power.

Market Capitalization 98

Market Capitalization Marketability Start-ups Technology 98

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

It has been a rocky year so far, in 2022, with worries about inflation competing with hopes about recovery for the market's attention. Netflix and Facebook saw drops of 20% or more in market capitalization, following negative earnings reports, but Amazon and Google beat market expectations. to 14.9%. to 14.9%.

Market Capitalization 104

Market Capitalization Equity Marketability Start-ups 104

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 4, 2022

Today, you’ve invited me to talk about the roughly $2 trillion crypto markets. Seeing these ads reminded me that, in the lead-up to the financial crisis, subprime lender AmeriQuest advertised in the Super Bowl. The dot-com bubble burst, though, created significant tremors in our markets. Ads, thus, don’t equal credibility.

Marketability 65

Marketability Start-ups Banking Compliance 65

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Thus, looking at only the companies in the S&P 500 may give you more reliable data, with fewer missing observations, but your results will reflect what large market cap companies in any sector or industry do, rather than what is typical for that industry.

Dividends 106

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 106

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I have been writing about, and valuing, Tesla for most of its lifetime in public markets, and while it remains a company that draws strong reactions, it is also one that I truly enjoy valuing. Put simply, the company has been able to scale up more quickly, while reinvesting less in capacity, than any other automobile company.

Start-ups 101

Start-ups Dividends Marketability Market Capitalization 101

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Since so much of Paytm’s success has been driven by the rise if smart phone usage among Indian consumers, and the concurrent rise in mobile payments for goods and services, I will start with a review of that rise, before looking at how Paytm has put itself in position to take advantage of that market shift.

Start-ups 96

Start-ups Banking Marketability Technology 96

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

By the end of 2021, it was clear that this bout of inflation was not as transient a phenomenon as some had made it out to be, and the big question leading in 2022, for investors and markets, is how inflation will play out during the year, and beyond, and the consequences for stocks, bonds and currencies.

Risk-free Rate 99

Risk-free Rate Treasury Price to Book Start-ups 99

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In my first two posts on Facebook, I noted that its most recent earnings report, and the market reaction to it, offers an opportunity for us to talk about bigger issues. Why stories matter in a numbers world If you are a numbers valuation, you start with some advantages.

Start-ups 99

Start-ups Marketability Market Capitalization Technology 99

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A few days ago, I valued Instacart ahead of its initial public offering , and noted that the reception that the stock gets will be a good barometer of where risk capital stands in the market, right now. To understand why, consider how fixed assets (such as plant and equipment and equipment) become part of the balance sheet.

Intangible Assets 128

Intangible Assets Book Value Equity Start-ups 128

Musings on Markets

MAY 5, 2023

The overarching questions for us all are whether this crisis will spread to the rest of the economy and market, as it did in 2008, and how banking as a business, at least in the US, will be reshaped by this crisis, and while I am more a dabbler than an expert in banking, I am going to try answering those questions.

Banking 98

Banking Equity Start-ups Treasury 98

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The strike by screen actors and writers which started in July is now into almost into its third month, with no end in sight, putting at risk the pipeline of movies and shows that were expected to hit theaters and streaming platforms in the next few months.

Start-ups 82

Start-ups Market Capitalization Marketability Technology 82

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

In this post, I will look at corporate profitability, in all its different dimensions, and how companies across the globe, and across industries, measured up in the most recent years. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard).

Start-ups 99

Start-ups Equity Book Value Marketability 99

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2021

One of the big news stories of last week was Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and the market's response to that news was to push up Twitter's stock price by almost 10%. In this section, I will begin by looking at the mythology behind this push, and why it does not hold up to common sense questioning.

Start-ups 99

Start-ups Marketability Technology Market Capitalization 99

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What GameStop put on display was how much has changed—in technology and business models—since 2005 when we last comprehensively updated our equity market rules. The markets have moved to overwhelmingly trade electronically, with transaction volume in listed equities tripling in the last 17 years. [3] 6] The $55 trillion U.S.

Equity 45

Equity Marketability Start-ups Treasury 45

Valutico

JANUARY 17, 2023

The company has a leading position in the Southeast Asian market with their e-commerce platform Shoppee and their gaming offers by Garena. Sea currently has a market capitalization of $29.8 billion and $327 million respectively, up 39% and 141% year-on-year. As market sentiment changed globally during 2022, Sea Ltd.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The first of the is as companies scale up, there will be a point where they will hit a growth wall, and their growth will converge on the growth rate for the economy. In short, I am assuming that the price cuts and cost pressures of the fourth quarter are more representative of what Tesla will face in the future, as competition steps up.

Start-ups 99

Start-ups Risk-free Rate Market Capitalization Marketability 99

Valutico

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Many Netflix originals prove to be performing well which is part of the reason why they expect their Q4 revenue to be $8.7B, up 11% year-over-year. Stock Market Implications In the recent past, most notably in 2020 and 2021, Netflix experienced considerable growth in the stock market. Youtube), Apple Inc. Amazon Prime Video).

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow EBIT Start-ups EBITDA 52

Valutico

JANUARY 23, 2023

Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 23 January 2023 Link to valuation Source: WeWork, [link] About WeWork WeWork is a leading provider of co-working spaces for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to large corporations, with a global presence of over 700 offices in more than 35 countries. Which will it be?

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Start-ups Market Capitalization Finance 52

Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

In the years since, those user numbers have grown, as can be seen in the chart below: In keeping with disclosure practices at other user-based companies, in 2017, Twitter also started tracking and reporting the users who were most active on its platform, by looking at daily usage, and counting daily active users (DAU).

Start-ups 114

Start-ups Marketability Technology Market Capitalization 114

Valutico

JANUARY 3, 2024

As per the statistics published by Nilson Report in May 2023, the market share of Visa in the total purchase transactions on global general card networks for 2022 was 39% whereas the shares of Mastercard and UnionPay were 24% and 34% respectively. billion (up 11% y-o-y) and GAAP net income of $17.3 billion (up 15% y-o-y).

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow EBIT Start-ups Banking 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

I spent the first week of 2021 in the same way that I have spent the first week of every year since 1995, collecting data on publicly traded companies and analyzing how they navigated the cross currents of the prior year, both in operating and market value terms.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

In my last post, I talked about the ritual that I go through every year ahead of my teaching each spring, and in this one, I will start on the first of a series of posts that I make at the start of each year, where I look at data, both macro and company-level. That is not true!

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Andrew Stolz

JULY 5, 2021

It had to be able to stand up to rigorous scrutiny from finance academics and professionals. It had to be clear whether a company was moving up or down in that ranking. Started with 26,000 companies. It had to be a measure that, if improved, could be shown to increase the value of the business. What is a World Class Company?

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Finance Market Capitalization Marketability 52

Valutico

JULY 25, 2023

This inherent interconnection has given the new platform a head start, providing a massive user base at the get-go.It The success of Threads will hinge on its ability to one-up Twitter. Stock Market Implications Meta Platforms’ stock has been recovering steadily, now just 20% below its September 2021 peak.

Discounted Cash Flow 10

Discounted Cash Flow EBIT Start-ups EBITDA 10

Global Finance

MAY 6, 2025

Healthy profitability was particularly notable among larger banks with an extensive branch network and strong franchises, and among banks in Southern and Southeastern Europe with large shares of the local market. Wealth management and investment banking were growth areas, according to Nigel Moden, banking and capital markets lead at EY.

Banking 52

Banking Start-ups Marketability Finance 52

Equilest

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Get started now for free and unlock the power of Equitest to make informed decisions about your business's financial future. Register here to start using Equitest today. Get started now for free and unlock the power of Equitest by registering here.

Business Valuation 40

Business Valuation Discounted Cash Flow Liquidation Value Weighted Average Cost of Capital 40

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

On Monday, November 16, Airbnb filed it’s preliminary prospectus with the SEC, starting the clock on its long awaited initial public offering. In this post, I will argue that there are good reasons for Airbnb's IPO timing, and make my first attempt at valuing this latest entrant into public markets.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Marketability Equity Market Capitalization 52