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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
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 Numbers" |
| 15 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. |
