Magic Numbers

The 33 Key Ratios That Every Investor Should Know

Peter Temple

220 pages, parution le 06/12/2001

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Résumé

Quickly and accurately calculate key investment ratios

Written by a leading finance expert, this book offers simple explanations on how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios. This information is essential for the accurate assessment of a company's financial condition and the true value of its shares. This book is packed with many worked examples from actual company reports and readers will also find many online reference sources-including company Web sites and free software offers. Magic Numbers is essential reading for individual investors and non-financial executives.

Contents

PART ONE: MARKET-BASED RATIOS.

Market Capitalization (and Enterprise Value).
Enterprise Value (EV).
Price-Earnings Ratio.
Dividend Yield.
PEG Factor.
Price-Sales Ratio (PSR).
EV/Ebitda.
Price/Book Value.

PART TWO: INCOME STATEMENT "MAGIC NUMBERS".

Margins.
Interest Cover.
Earnings Per Share.
Dividend Cover.

PART THREE: BALANCE SHEET.

Current Ratio and 'Acid Test'.
Debtors Days and Creditors Days.
Stock Days and Stockturn.
Gearing.
Price/Cash Ratio.
Burn Rate.
Return on Capital Employed.
Return on Average Equity.
Net Tangible Asset Value.
Premium/(Discount) to NAV.

PART FOUR: CASH FLOW BASED "MAGIC NUMBERS".

Free Cash Flow.
Fixed Asset Spending/Depreciation.
Operating Cash Flow/Operating Profit.
Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio.

PART FIVE: RISK, RETURN AND VOLATILITY "MAGIC NUMBERS".

Redemption Yield/Risk Free Rate of Return.
Internal Rate of Return.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital.
Discounted Cash Flow.
Reinvested ROE.
Volatility.
Sharpe Ratio.
Appendix: Finding the Information.

L'auteur - Peter Temple

Peter Temple has spent 33 years working in or writing about financial markets. After an 18-year career in fund management and stockbroking, he became a full-time writer in 1988. He has written more than a dozen books about finance and investing, mainly aimed at private investors. His articles appear widely in the financial press. He and his wife live in part of a converted water mill in the English Lake District.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Peter Temple
Parution	06/12/2001
Nb. de pages	220
Format	18,5 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	650g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471479246
ISBN13	978-0-471-47924-6