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 Start-ups EBITDA 52

Musings on Markets

MAY 24, 2021

There are a few arguing that the shift to a technology-based economy has removed inflationary pressures permanently, pointing to the last decade where inflation fears never came to fruition. Conversely, the decades where value underperformed growth were 1990-99 and 2010-19, when inflation was much lower than expected.

Treasury 56

Treasury Start-ups Risk Premium Price to Book 56

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. By focusing so much attention on a small subset of companies, you risk developing tunnel vision, especially when doing peer group comparisons.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Equilest

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Candidates should highlight their commitment to staying updated on industry trends, regulations, and emerging technologies. 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.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Dividends Enterprise Value Terminal Value 52

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. Intriguingly, three out of the 11 sectors exhibit a negative percentage (Materials, Information Technology, and Real Estate). and 11.2%, respectively.

Enterprise Value 52

Enterprise Value Price to Book Marketability Book Value 52

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

It would be churlish on my part to take issue with the bloat and selective disclosure in Zomato's prospectus, since they are following the script that other technology companies around the world have written for going public, but it is frustrating to read through 420 pages, and still be left in the dark on key numbers.

Marketability 99

Marketability Start-ups Equity Price to Book 99

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

Musings on Markets

MARCH 25, 2021

For much of the last year, I tracked the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, the first standing in for large cap stocks and the broader market, and the latter proxying for technology and growth stocks, with some very large market companies included in the mix.

Equity 52

Equity Risk-free Rate Treasury Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

Using S&P's sector classification, I take a look at how each one did in 2022, looking at the percent changes in market capitalization: In contrast to 2020, when technology and consumer discretionary firms ran well ahead of the pack, the best performing sectors in 2021 were energy and real estate, two of the biggest laggards in 2020.

Risk Premium 99

Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Start-ups Equity 99

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

That may explain why Berkshire's stock price was unaffected by Munger's passing. 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 130

Key Person Discount Start-ups Price to Book Marketability 130

Musings on Markets

APRIL 20, 2025

Technical Contrarianism In technical contrarianism, you start with the same basis as knee-jerk contrarianism, by looking at stocks and markets that have dropped significantly, but with an added requirement that the price has to meet a charting or technical indicator constraint before becoming a buy.

Start-ups 137

Start-ups Price to Book Marketability Equity 137

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 101

Start-ups Market Capitalization Marketability Equity 101

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 26, 2025

In the next section, I look at stock returns for companies in different price to book deciles, in a simplistic assessment of the value premium. As with the size premium, low price to book (value) stocks have struggled to deliver in the twenty first century, and as with the small size premium, investors have waited for it to return.

Price to Book 79

Price to Book Start-ups Book Value Marketability 79