Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

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). Long term Reinvestment (Cap Ex & Acquisitons) 4.

Dividends 105

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 105

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

Equity 80

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 80

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 28, 2024

In short, if you don't like betas and have disdain for modern portfolio theory, your choice should not be to abandon risk measurement all together, but to come up with an alternative risk measure that is more in sync with your view of the world. Data Update 2 for 2024: A Stock Comeback - Winning the Expectations Game!

Risk Premium 121

Risk Premium Beta Start-ups Equity 121

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In this post, I will expand my analysis of data in 2024, which has a been mostly US-centric in the first four of my posts, and use that data to take you on my version of the Disney ride, but on this trip, I have no choice but to face the world as is, with all of the chaos it includes, with tariffs and trade wars looming.

Risk Premium 67

Risk Premium Start-ups Enterprise Value Equity 67