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How to calculate stock price (value) based on given values for equity and debt?
If a company has $80 million in equity and $20 million in debt, this means that total firm value = D + E = $100 million.
Am I then right to assume that if there are 1 million shares outstanding, then ...
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How does the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) divisor change to account for dividends?
The DJIA is a price-weighted index tracking of 30 companies chosen by the Dow Jones Company. It takes the current share price of these 30 stocks and divides by a specific number called the divisor. ...
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Correct calculation for determining real business book value per share?
I'm trying to calculate the real value of a business and, as an example, I picked Netflix.
From their latest financial statements I can see that:
Assets value is: $3,065,709,000
Liabilities value ...
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How to determine duration of a common stock whose dividends grow in perpetuity?
What is the duration of a common stock whose dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate in perpetuity? Specifically, how can I compute this, since the dividends will grow forever?
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How many stocks will I own in n years if I reinvest my dividends?
Let's say that I own 1000 shares of a stock at 20$. Every quarter, I get a dividend of 0.20$ which is reinvested (buy more of the same stock). Considering that the stock grows 5% annually, how many ...
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How do I calculate a simple moving average for stock prices?
To give a little context, this is for a programming assignment at school so the simplest form of proper moving average is all that's needed. I've searched around and seen the summation formulas and ...
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Discussing stock and stock index movement: clarifying percentage vs. points?
I'm trying to understand more about financial terminology used in news reports, but I'm having a hard time understanding what is meant when someone says the following:
"NASDAQ was down X points today ...
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How to calculate the rate of return on selling a stock?
How to calculate the rate of return on selling a stock?
