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Magic Numbers for Stock Investors Peter Temple

Magic Numbers for Stock Investors By Peter Temple

Magic Numbers for Stock Investors by Peter Temple


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Summary

Presents a quick and accurate way to calculate key investment ratios. Written by a leading finance expert, this book offers readers simple explanations on how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios-information that is essential for the accurate assessment of a company's financial condition and the true value of its shares.

Magic Numbers for Stock Investors Summary

Magic Numbers for Stock Investors: How to Calculate the 25 Key Ratios for Investing Success by Peter Temple

A quick and accurate way to calculate key investment ratios Written by a leading finance expert, this book offers readers simple explanations on how to calculate and interpret key financial ratios-information that is essential for the accurate assessment of a company's financial condition and the true value of its shares. This comprehensive resource is packed with numerous examples from actual company reports and features a supporting Web site at www magicnumbersbook.com. Readers will also find many online reference sources, including company Web sites and free software offers. Peter Temple is a graduate in economics and statistics from the University of Wales, and is a Fellow of the UK Securities Institute. After an 18-year career as an investment analyst in fund management and investment banking, Temple turned to full-time writing in 1988 as a freelance financial journalist and author.

Magic Numbers for Stock Investors Reviews

...of use to everyone interested in investing in the stock market...useful and (dare we say it) fun... (Gulf Business, 17 March 2004)

About 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword.Introduction.Part 1: Valuation Magic Numbers.1. Price to Sales Ratio.2. Price to Book Value.3. Enterprise Value to Sales.4. EV/EBITDA.5. Peg Factor.6. Price to Research Ratio.7. Reinvested Return on Equity.Part 2: Income Statement Magic Numbers.8. Sales, Earnings, and Equity Per Share.9. Sales, Earnings, and Equity-per-share Ratios.10. Staff Costs as a Percentage of Sales.11. Directors? Remuneration as a Percentage of Net Income.12. Sales and Profit Per Employee.13. Pro-Forma Earnings.14. Margins.Part 3: Cash Flow Statement Magic Numbers15. Operating Cash Flow/Operating Profit.16. Price to Free-cash-flow Ratio.17. Free Cash Flow (FCF) to Sales.18. Return on Invested Capital.19. Discounted Cash Flow.Part 4: Balance Sheet Magic Numbers .20. Current Ratio and Acid Test.21. Debtors Days and Creditor Days.22. Stock Days and Stockturn.23. Gearing.24. Return on Capital Employed.25a. Z-Score Components.25b. The Z-Score.Appendix: Finding the Information.Index.

Additional information

GOR001680966
9780470821244
0470821248
Magic Numbers for Stock Investors: How to Calculate the 25 Key Ratios for Investing Success by Peter Temple
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20031118
250
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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