My previous post examined the recent Facebook IPO and started to list some of the lessons that you could learn from what happened. This post provides lessons 5 through to 9 to complete the list. If you missed part 1 with lessons 1 to 4, then click here to read them first and for a ...
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Tagged As: company valuation, Facebook, Google, Instagram, IPO, Net Asset Value, profit, share price, share valuation, shares, stock market
The Facebook IPO has now been and gone and Facebook shares are being traded on the NASDAQ exchange, so what lessons can you learn from this? Whether you bought some Facebook shares in the IPO or not, if you are an investor in stocks and shares then it is likely that you will be tempted ...
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Tagged As: company valuation, Facebook, Google, Instagram, IPO, Net Asset Value, profit, share price, share valuation, shares, stock market
Posted on April 10th, 2012 by
Adrian in
Analysis Tools & Techniques
The latest news today is reporting the takeover of Instagram by Facebook for a nice round sum of $1 billion. This is the first major takeover undertaken by Facebook. It comes just before the flotation of Facebook’s own shares on the stock exchange, expected to be sometime in May or June 2012, ...
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Tagged As: companies, company valuation, DCF, Discounted Cash Flow, Facebook, fair value, Instagram, Net Asset Value, net worth, pe ratio, profit, shares, value
In my recent articles about best and worst performing stocks, I have been reviewing the prospects of those companies and referring to their PBV Ratio. PBV is an abbreviation for Price to Book Value and is one of the most useful ratios you can use when buying or selling company shares. It is also ver...
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Tagged As: assets, Balance Sheet, beginner, company valuation, investing, market cap, NAV, Net Asset Value, PBV, pbv ratio, price to book value, share price, share valuation, shares
Posted on February 18th, 2012 by
Adrian in
Analysis Tools & Techniques
With Facebook looking to issue shares on the stock market this spring, a popular question at the moment is “should I buy Facebook shares”? The answer to this question, of course, depends on the share price you will have to pay at the time of the float, which will not be published until n...
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Tagged As: Apple, companies, company valuation, DCF, Discounted Cash Flow, Facebook, Google, Net Asset Value, PBV, pe ratio, price to book value, profit, share price, share valuation, shares, stock market, Yahoo
One of the biggest problems that beginners face when buying shares is knowing how much to pay for them. So in this blog post and video, I am going to introduce you to the 3 key methods that you can use to value any business, company or its shares. Method #1 – Net Asset Valuation ...
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Tagged As: assets, Balance Sheet, company valuation, Cost of Capital, DCF, Discounted Cash Flow, earnings, earnings per share, eps, Free Cash Flow, investor, liabilities, multiple, NAV, Net Asset Value, Net Present Value, NPV, pe ratio, profit, share price, share valuation, shares, Terminal Value, value