Andrew Stolz

JANUARY 12, 2022

Book value is the value attributable to shareholders in case the company sells all its assets and repays its liabilities (also called liquidation value). A price-to-book ratio of less than 1x indicates that the market values the net assets less than the balance sheet suggests. What does a PB-ratio of less than 1x indicate?

EBIT 52

EBIT Price to Book Book Value Liquidation Value 52

Equilest

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

One key emphasis is on the Price to Book Value multiple. The Price to Book Value multiple, which compares a bank's market value to its book value, becomes crucial. Emphasizing Unique Considerations: Valuing a bank requires a distinct approach due to the nature of its operations.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Dividends Enterprise Value Terminal Value 52

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Slicing the data based on sector yields the following: Against, there are no surprises, with energy being the only sector to post positive returns and with consumer discretionary and technology generating the most negative returns.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Risk Premium Equity Market Capitalization 100

Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

MVA can be understood as the Price-to-Book ratio; however, the book value has been refined to account for economic adjustments. The Market Value Added (MVA) Spread from the ISS EVA framework serves to assess company valuation.

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Enterprise Value Price to Book Marketability Book Value 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Consider, for instance, an investor who picks stocks based upon price to book ratios, who finds a stock trading at a price to book ratio of 1.5.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

trillion in the first six months of 2023, 97.2% trillion increase in value for all US equities. Looking at value and growth go back and forth between the winning and losing columns in 2023, I believe that this is a pattern that will continue to play out for the rest of the decade, with no decisive winner.

Marketability 95

Marketability Risk Premium Start-ups Treasury 95

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

The results are similar if you break stocks down based upon price to book ratios or revenue growth rates.

Risk Premium 80

Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Start-ups Equity 80

IVSC

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Searching for stocks with low price-to-book ratios was a good indication of a potential bargain. This makes the task of valuation much more difficult, but also a lot more interesting. In the past, market valuations often mirrored the reported balance sheet.

Discounted Cash Flow 252

Discounted Cash Flow Intangible Assets Marketability Price to Book 252

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

I also report on pricing statistics, again broken down by industry grouping, with equity (PE, Price to Book, Price to Sales) and enterprise value (EV/EBIT, EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales, EV/Invested Capital) multiples. Standard deviation in stock price 2. Price to Book 3. High-Low Price Risk Measure 5.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

MAY 24, 2021

There is a risk of reading too much into the data in this table, but the three best decades for low price to book stocks were 1940-49, 1970-79 and 1980-89, the three decades when inflation was high, and in two of those decades, inflation was much higher than expected.

Treasury 55

Treasury Start-ups Risk Premium Price to Book 55

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Are markets building in the recognition that Berkshire Hathaway's future will be in the hands of someone other than the two legendary leaders?

Key Person Discount 113

Key Person Discount Start-ups Price to Book Marketability 113

Equilest

AUGUST 6, 2023

Key Financial Ratios: Ratios such as Price-Earnings Ratio (P/E), Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B), and Debt-to-Equity Ratio provide valuable insights into the company's performance and market position. Understanding the company's financial health is fundamental to valuation.

Discounted Cash Flow 40

Discounted Cash Flow Business Valuation Precedent Transaction Analysis Comparable Company Analysis 40

Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

Third, I will confront the oft used contention that value is in the eye of the beholder, i.e., that Zomato is worth a lot because other investors believe it to be worth a lot, and examine a pricing rationale for Zomato.

Marketability 86

Marketability Start-ups Equity Price to Book 86

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

You see similar movements in the price to book, where the stock has gone from trading under book value to 6.7 times book value, and the enterprise value, which was less than revenue in 2016-21 to 2.71 times revenues in the most recent two years.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Market Capitalization Equity Marketability 100