Recent Posts Tagged With 'Valuation'

• Apple Inc (AAPL): Current Valuation Still Reasonable

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 17:43 in Valuation, iphone, mac, aapl, p e

  Apple Inc. (nasd:AAPL) $162.83- Despite Apple shares rising more than 100% from its 2009 low of $78, the stock still appears to be attractively valued especially as a long-term holding. Using cash-flow and non-GAAP earnings, AAPL trades at less than ...

• Understanding Valuation Multiples with Respect to Cash

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 18:01 in Valuation, aapl, p e

  A common mistake I see people make refers to how a firm’s cash stockpile is treated in the valuation process. Specifically, Investors err when they subtract cash from market value before calculating an earnings multiple that includes interest incom...

• Apple Inc (AAPL): Are Investors Overlooking Cash Earnings?

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 10:27 in Valuation, aapl

  Apple Inc (nasd:AAPL) $157.08: I believe investors have become overly fixated on Apple’s expected accounting income, while ignoring Apple’s impressive free cash flow generating ability. Free cash flow, not earnings reported in the accounting stat...

• Comparing Valuations: Yahoo vs Google

  Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 03:03 in Valuation, goog, yhoo

  Comparing price-earnings multiples and expected growth rates of Yahoo and Google several items become apparent. Yahoo is extremely overvalued as an independent company with its current share price reflecting the likelihood of a buy-out. Google is the...

• EPS Revisions for S&P 500 Companies

  Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 06:15 in Valuation, sp500, risk premium

  Here is a brief summary of data I collected from Yahoo Finance for companies in the S&P 500 Index.EPS Estimates for the current fiscal year compared to estimates 90 days ago:UP: 166 (33%)DN: 306 (62%)UNCH: 24 (5%)In aggregate, current year estima...

• Do Low Multiples Mean the Market is Undervalued?

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 23:52 in Valuation, sp500

  S&P 500 is trading at low price multiple to expected earnings, 13.7 according to WSJ. The historical forward P/E has been in the range of 14-16, depending on how far you look back. With interest rates incredibly low, 3.88% on the 10-year, should ...

• Using Excel to Import Financial Data from the Web

  Posted on Saturday August 11th, 2007 at 03:50 in Valuation, excel, p e, web import

  There truly is no better program when it comes to crunching financial data than MS Excel. It is very simple to build valuation and analysis models by creating spreadsheet formulas to perform calculations on a firm’s financial data. Getting the data...

• High P/B Multiples do not Preclude the Notion of "Value"

  Posted on Thursday June 7th, 2007 at 15:03 in Valuation, p b ratio

  Low price/book ratios have always been a primary tool to the value investor. Ben Graham popularized the ratio with his version of “net-net” stocks which were companies trading for less than net liquid assets. In today’s markets, those particula...