Questions tagged [ratio]
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How to calculate the average shareholder's equity?
We get the conclusion from a website:
ROE and ASE
The average shareholders' equity calculation is the beginning shareholders' equity plus the ending shareholders' equity, divided by two. The resulting ...
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How to Interpret the Widely Fluctuating Gold-Silver Ratio
Historically speaking (prior to WWI), the gold-silver ratio (price of an ounce of gold to an ounce of silver) often fluctuated between 10 and 15. I have read that in ancient Egypt, the ratio was once ...
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How to calculate "bang for buck" when less is better, not more
Ok let's say you have 3 products,
4lb bag costs $100
3lb bag costs $300
2lb bag costs $400
If I were asked, which product is more valuable, in the common sense, I would say, dividing dollars over lb, ...
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Understanding Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) Ratio
The definition of DSO is:
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) = Accounts Receivable (AR)/Total Credit Sales * (# of days)
If you look at any finance website such as Investopedia, they will say the following:
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Calculating put-call ratio when volume is @0
So i have to do a put-call ratio plot. However i have to decide between using open interest and volume to calculate PCR. But in our data, the volume for some put/call options are 0. Is there a way to ...
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Why would rising interest rates favor the company with more long-term debt?
I was reading about the debt to equity ratio on Investopedia and in third paragraph under the "Modifications to the Debt-to-Equity (D/E) Ratio" title, it says that:
"If interest rates ...
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Question about ROIC
I was reading a book called "Pitch the Perfect Investment" and I reached a table of data I did not understand (attached below). Can anyone explain why cost of capital is not tallied for the ...
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Unsure of which financial ratios to suggest inventory level
I am doing some tutorial questions on financial ratios and would appreciate some help regarding the following:
I am given a few selected options on ratios to determine my answer -
Liquidity - Current ...
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What does a negative PEG ratio indicate? Is it bad or very bad?
As far as I know, if you're buying a stock with a PEG ratio less than 1, then it's a good valuation of that stock.
But I don't have any idea what a negative PEG indicates. Is it bad or very bad?
Here ...
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How to find competitors of a company with other proxies besides P/E ratio?
How to find competitors of a public United States company with other proxies besides P/E ratio?
Someone told me look at companies with similar P/E ratios, but sometimes the P/E is N/A and it doesn't ...
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Now that I have all the stocks that respect Graham rules, how should I select the one I want to invest in?
As a preparation to investing, I queried a few APIs to create a list of stocks that respected Graham rules out of 100K tickers on the sales (earnings), assets to liabilities ratio and 10 years ...
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Questions about Financial ratio
I am doing some tutorial questions about financial ratio and encounters some problems that I would like to share in this forum.
Why we use Profit AFTER Interest & Tax as numerator in Return of ...
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Is it right way to calculate ROE by taking ratio of Net Profit and Total Equity?
Return on Equity is a ratio of Net Profit for some fiscal year let's say 2018 and Total equity at last date of the fiscal year.
But Total Equity is calculated by adding some amount from Net profit(...
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What is the name of this ROI ratio?
I purchased a house with a detached garage. I remodeled the garage and now live in it. I rent out the house. My mortgage is $537 and I charge $650 to rent the house.
Doing the math, I'm only keeping $...
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How is Debt to Equity ratio calculated in moneycontrol and screener.in?
I am trying to understand how Debt to Equity is calculated in websites such as moneycontrol.com and screener.in
For e.g, if we look at Debt/Equity for STRTECH for Mar 2018, it's shown as 1 in both ...
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Profit margin and gross profit percentage: missing info in income statement?
I would like to calculate the profit margin and gross profit percentage for BHP in 2017.
To do that, I need to figure out:
1) Gross profit
Which one is it? The revenue is 38,285, and I am supposed ...
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Financial statement analysis when interest received exceeds interest expense
I am conducting financial statement analysis on Apple and I noticed that the company has interest received that exceeds interest expense. In Apple's 2016 10-K form page 27 shows "Other Income/(Expense)...
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Where can I find historic ratios by industry? [closed]
Where can I find 3-5 year historical data showing average or leading financial ratios by industry. For example, in industries like wireless, telecom,or biotech.
The ratios I'm referring to are these ...
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What should I look for when looking for stocks that are 'on-sale'?
Considering the stock market is down these days I want to invest money in mainly Large-Cap Stocks and hold them for the long-term. I was originally looking at P/E ratios being lower than average, but ...
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Stock trading models that use fundamental analysis, e.g. PEG ratios?
I'm a finance undergrad writing a dissertation on fundamental analysis vs technical analysis applied to trading.
I'm finding it easy to build technical indicators such as moving averages, while it ...
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dividend cover ratio for stocks
Is there a source for a US stock's dividend cover ratio?
Dividend cover in respect of ordinary share capital may be calculated
as follows:
Dividend Cover Ratio = Profit after tax - ...
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Is it better to buy a company with a lower book value?
Is it better to buy a company which has a lower book value? Or does a lower book value mean that the market is pessimistic about future earnings of the company?
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Good Percentage Return on Equity? [closed]
Considering a public retail company existing for more than 47 years, would you suggest 23.12% to be a good percentage return on equity? I know that it is currently better than what banks can offer, ...
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What's a normal personal debt / equity ratio for a highly educated person?
I'm trying to figure out what a bad / normal / good personal debt / equity ratio is. Most sites deal with debt / income ratio, which is a cashflow metric, and I want to focus on assets / obligations. ...
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Calculating Profit Ratio (Gross Margin)
When looking at a company's income statement to calculate the Profit Ratio (Gross Margin)
PM = Net Profit / Sales
Do you include "other" revenue in the equation?
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How is it possible that a stock has a P/E of 0.01?
I was looking at this stock: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) (The Class B shares).
How come it has such a low P/E ratio?
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Calculate EPS yourself
According to finance.yahoo.com, PriceSmart Inc. (PSMT) has an EPS of 2.1 as of May 14, 2012 close. Where exactly do they get the earnings from?
I thought I understood the EPS, but when I tried ...
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Calculating EPS
I have started teaching myself basic business stuff and have a question regarding calculating earnings per share.
Q:
[bunch of numbers for revenue, expenses...]
At the beginning of year: 80,000 ...
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Finding Debt/Equity Ratio with Market Value of Equity
I'm trying to find out the debt/equity ratio (percentage) for various stocks. I'm keen to know the ratio based on the market value of equities, not the book value.
I was told that Google Finance and ...
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Does a company's operating margin factor in interest the company pays?
Does the operating margin factor in interest? According to Wikipedia, operating margin is defined as operating income/revenue. The operating income is the EBIT, so it doesn't take into account the ...
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Where can I find historical ratios of international stock indexes? [closed]
What is the best source for historical ratios (such as p/e, p/s, price/book, dividend yield) of various international stock indexes (e.g. FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Asia or MSCI Singapore)?
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Importance of dividend yield when evaluating a stock?
Why is the dividend yield (Dividend divided by market price) of a stock a valuable parameter to consider when evaluating a stock? By looking at it, what can one infer about the stock?
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When is it better to rent and when is better buy in a certain property market?
I've been told the average rent for a house should be the house price, minus 3 zero's and that should be how much it should be a week, which I think works out to be about 5% of the house price per ...
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Joint ownership on home (50/50), when I apply for a loan, do they look at total mortgage payment as debt or half?
I am in joint ownership of a home (50/50). When I apply for a car loan and they are looking at my credit report, do they look at the total mortgage payment as my debt or only half? Does the credit ...
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What is the PEG ratio? How is the PEG ratio calculated? How is the PEG ratio useful for stock investing?
What is the PEG ratio? How is the PEG ratio calculated? How is the PEG ratio useful for stock investing? Are higher or lower PEG values better for a stock - and why?
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