To assess a company’s profitability requires a nuanced understanding of financial metrics. This article is about how to measure the profitability of companies. We will learn how to tell if a company is profitable by reading its balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. Which ratios can measure and highlight the profitability aspect of the…
The EV/EBITDA ratio is a financial metric that is commonly used to judge the valuation of a company. It is often used as an alternative to the (P/E) ratio. The EV/EBITDA ratio is considered to be a more comprehensive valuation metric. In this article, we’ll learn more about this ratio. EV/EBITDA Calculator Use this calculator…
Why do the big companies have debt? Are there disadvantages to being a debt-free company? Debt is Good or Bad for Companies? We often see companies carry debt on their balance sheet. For example, here is data for companies in the BSE-500 index. Out of all stocks in this index, only 19% are debt-free. About…
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…
To do fundamental analysis of companies, it is important to look inside financial statements. There are three types of financial statements: The balance sheet, profit & loss accounts, and cash flow statement. These three documents has loads of numbers inside them. What a beginner should look for inside these reports? We will know about it…
Engineers India ltd is a Government of India Enterprise. Its main business is “Engineering Consultancy” and EPC (Turnkey Projects) services. Engineers India Ltd (EIL) comes under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The consultancy and EPS services rendered by EIL caters mainly to Oil and Gas and Petrochemical sector. The revenue break-up of Engineers…
Mahindra & Mahindra share price has seen only a 2% correction since beginning of May’18. So in terms of price fall, it is not attracting attention. But its business fundamentals looks very decent. Mahindra and Mahindra lies among the Top 30 stocks in term of its market capitalisation. Such huge stocks does not generally trade…
Vakrangee share price was at Rs.85 levels on Jan’16. By Jan’18 (in 2 years), it price moved up to Rs.505 levels. This was a CAGR growth of 143.7%. But ever since Jan’18, its price is only falling. By end of April’18 it price has touched a bottom of Rs.100 per share. This price fall was…
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…
Syngene International share price is currently trading at range close to its intrinsic value. This is a reasonably good company to watch out for investing. One day I was going through a report published by Morningstar India and this name (Syngene) came to my attention. Morningstart informed that this company has strong financial health. But to top…
