With value investing comes a few synonymous terms like reading financial statements, intrinsic value, over and undervaluation, Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, long-term holding, etc.
In this method, we first estimate the ‘absolute PE’ of a stock. Then multiply the calculated PE with EPS. This will give us the fair price or intrinsic value of the stock. We will read about this in more detail. What is the PE formula? Conventional PE = Market Price / EPS. The same formula we…
PEG ratio is a useful valuation metric for stock investors. Potential investors can use it to gauge if a stock is overvalued or undervalued. PEG is a ratio which establishes a correlation between company’s price valuation with its future growth prospects (see here). We are more conversant with the use of P/E ratio (Price to Earnings…
Earning Power Value (EPV) method of stock valuation was developed by Bruce Greenwald. At the outset EPV may give an impression that it uses a too simplistic approach to value stocks. But when I went into its calculations, its phenomenally detailed and good. I was really impressed with the person who developed such a concept. Who is…
How to evaluate a stock price? Is the process of evaluation easy or difficult? How long does it take to evaluate stocks? Is it really possible to arrive at some meaningful conclusion upon stock evaluation? These are few common queries that we have, related to stock analysis. Let me give you a quick answer first….
Every balance sheet transactions recorded by the company, alters its Balance sheet. For investors, it is interesting to understand balance sheet transactions of companies. Though the understanding of balance sheet transactions is not essential, but its knowledge helps. It will greatly help value investors to read and interpret companies financial reports. When I started learning about balance sheet…
Lupin Limited (BSE:500257) is an Indian Pharma stock. In terms of Market Cap, Lupin Ltd is the 5th largest stock after Sun Pharma, Cadila, Cipla and Piramal. Lupin Limited is also among the Top 100 stocks of Indian stock market in terms of Market Capitalization. Lupin currently ranks as high as 64 in list of…
Book value of shares gives us a ‘rough idea’ about the stock’s ‘true value‘ (Book value & other details of top Indian stocks). What is true value? True value is that price of a stock, which an investor must pay to buy it. But why book value gives only a rough idea? Because it considers…
What is the significance of high EPS companies? Why investors look for stocks with high EPS ratio? Does high EPS really means that the stock is good for investing? [list of High EPS stocks is here] Principally, ‘high EPS’ of a stock is a good thing. But high EPS alone does not make a stock…
