Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

For example, I have seen it asserted that a stock that trades at less than book value is cheap or that a stock that trades at more than twenty times EBITDA is expensive. In January 2023, I ended up with 47,913 publicly traded firms in my sample , with the pie chart below providing a geographic breakdown. Price to Book 3.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups EBITDA 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. EBIT & EBITDA multiple s 5. Working capital needs Thus, I compute pricing multiples based on revenues (EV to Sales, Price to Sales), earnings (PE, PEG), book value (PBV, EV to Invested Capital) or cash flow proxies (EV to EBITDA).

Dividends 105

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 105

Valutico

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The ratio is either related to the Equity Value or ratios related to the Enterprise Value. . An example of an enterprise multiple: EV/Sales, EV/EBITDA, EV/EBIT and practically all non-financial multiples (e.g. This is because Enterprise Value consists of Debt + Equity but Equity Value only consists of Equity.

Precedent Transaction Analysis 52

Precedent Transaction Analysis EBITDA Comparable Company Analysis Enterprise Value 52

Valutico

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The ratio is either related to the Equity Value or ratios related to the Enterprise Value. . An example of an enterprise multiple: EV/Sales, EV/EBITDA, EV/EBIT and practically all non-financial multiples (e.g. This is because Enterprise Value consists of Debt + Equity but Equity Value only consists of Equity.

Precedent Transaction Analysis 52

Precedent Transaction Analysis EBITDA Comparable Company Analysis Enterprise Value 52

Benzinga

JULY 26, 2023

ACHESON, Alberta, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- North American Construction Group Ltd. (" NACG " or the " Company ") (TSX: NOA ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire (the " Transaction ") MacKellar Group (" MacKellar ") for an estimated $395 million (the " Consideration ").

EBIT 40

EBIT Debt Financing Book Value Finance 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

Not surprisingly, the company listings are across the world, and I look at the breakdown of companies, by number and market cap, by geography: As you can see, the market cap of US companies at the start of 2025 accounted for roughly 49% of the market cap of global stocks, up from 44% at the start of 2024 and 42% at the start of 2023.

Risk Premium 119

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups Corporate Finance 119

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Across regions, and looking just at non-financial firms, the US has the highest debt ratio, in book value terms, but among the lowest in market value terms. Note that the divergence between book and market debt ratios in the last two columns varies widely across sectors and regions. to3.5%) during the year.

Equity 75

Equity EBITDA Risk Premium Gross Debt 75