Equilest

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Equity Multiplier Business Valuation Formula The equity multiplier is found using: Equity Multiplier = Current Value / EBITDA For instance, if a business has a current value of $1,000,000 and an EBITDA of $200,000, the equity multiplier would be: $1,000,000 / $200,000 = 5.

Business Valuation 40

Business Valuation Discounted Cash Flow Book Value Liquidation Value 40

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar. The largest sector, in the US, in terms of market capitalization, is information technology and I have argued that tech companies age in "dog years" , with compressed life cycles.

Start-ups 98

Start-ups Equity Book Value Marketability 98

Benzinga

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Strategic Transaction Highlights: Creates a premier middle-market bank focused on serving the greater New York metro area Pro forma company will have significant scale, with $14 billion in assets and a market capitalization of over $1.2

Banking 45

Banking Book Value Marketability Market Capitalization 45

Deal Law Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For a non-SOE from a Trade Agreement Investor directly acquiring a Canadian business that does not carry on a cultural business, the threshold will be whether the Canadian business has an enterprise value of greater than C$1.565 billion (down from $1.613 billion in 2020).

Enterprise Value 40

Enterprise Value Book Value Market Capitalization Marketability 40

Benzinga

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The respective closing stock prices for Ready Capital and Broadmark on February 24, 2023 imply an offer price of $5.90 per Broadmark share, representing a 41% premium or approximately 0.85x tangible book value as of December 31, 2022. In addition, Ready Capital will assume Broadmark's outstanding senior unsecured notes.

Book Value 40

Book Value Finance Market Capitalization Equity 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Challenge rules of thumb and conventional wisdom : Investing has always had rules of thumb on how and when to invest, ranging from using historical PE or CAPE ratios to decide if markets are over valued, to simplistic rules (eg. buy stocks that trade at less than book value or trade at PEG ratios less than one) for individual stocks.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Meanwhile, developments in Japanese corporate governance that percolated for nearly two decades recently culminated in a market that has substantially increased the relevance of the pill. Japanese listed companies have thus become more vulnerable to hostile takeovers and activist campaigns.

Marketability 49

Marketability Book Value Market Capitalization 49

Valutico

AUGUST 23, 2023

Asset-Based Approaches: Asset-based approaches determine a company’s value based on its net asset value (NAV). Two commonly used asset-based approaches are: a) Book Value Method: The book value method calculates a company’s net asset value by subtracting total liabilities from the fair market value of total assets.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Comparable Company Analysis EBITDA Enterprise Value 52

Valutico

AUGUST 10, 2023

Asset-Based Approaches: Asset-based approaches determine a company’s value based on its net asset value (NAV). Two commonly used asset-based approaches are: a) Book Value Method: The book value method calculates a company’s net asset value by subtracting total liabilities from the fair market value of total assets.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Comparable Company Analysis EBITDA Enterprise Value 52

Chris Mercer

AUGUST 1, 2022

Were also bigger and had higher market capitalizations and better operating performance, on average. The differing natures of the two groups of transactions can be seen when looking at the price/book value multiples. The non-dividend paying stocks were considerably smaller than the dividend paying stocks in terms of MVE.

Dividends 52

Dividends Appraisal Marketability Start-ups 52

Benzinga

JULY 10, 2023

million in estimated cost saving synergies), this acquisition positions SMGI as a leading regional transportation and logistics player across multiple markets in the United States. With the completion of this transaction, SMGI's balance sheet is significantly improved, including a large increase in the book value of the combined company.

EBITDA 40

EBITDA Book Value Capital Structure Marketability 40

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. Data universe : In my sample, I include all publicly traded firms with market capitalizations that exceed zero, traded anywhere in the world.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups EBITDA 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Book versus Market : The book debt ratio is built around using the accounting measure of equity, usually shareholder's equity, as the value of equity. The market debt ratio, in contrast, uses the market's estimate of the value of equity, i.e., its market capitalization, as the value of equity.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Given the historical roots of the biggest Indian family groups, the Adani Group has been a recent entrant, not making the top ten list (in terms of either operating metrics like revenues or market-based numbers like market capitalization or enterprise value) as recently as ten years ago, and barely making the top ten list five or six years ago.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Market Capitalization Equity Marketability 100

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 26, 2025

I follow up by looking at companies broken down by market capitalization, with an eye on whether the much-vaunted small cap premium has made a comeback. In the process, I also look how much the market owes its winnings to its biggest companies, with the Mag Seven coming under the microscope. The Value Premium?

Price to Book 76

Price to Book Start-ups Book Value Marketability 76

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 115

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups Corporate Finance 115

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It is for this reason that I chose to compute returns differently, using the following constructs: I included all publicly traded stocks in each market, or at least those with a market capitalization available for them. I converted all of the market capitalizations into US dollars , just to make them comparable.

Risk Premium 67

Risk Premium Start-ups Enterprise Value Equity 67