Market value ratios relate the firm’s stock price to its earnings, cash flow, and book value per share, and thus give management an indication of what investors think of the company’s past performance and future prospects. If the liquidity, asset management, debt management, and profitability ratios all look good, then the market value ratios will be high, and the stock price will probably be as high as can be expected.
Identify three market value ratios and explain what they mean or what they show/reveal about a company.
The three market value ratios:
1. The P/E multiple = Market Price per share/Earnings per share (EPS).
It tells us how much the market is willing to pay for the companies current earning.
It is used to check whether the share price of the company is overvalued or undervalued compared to its peer companies in its industry.
2. Price to Book ratio = current market price of the share/book value of the share.
This ratio indicates how much the shareholder is willing to pay
for the company's net assets.
Book value indicates an estimated value of the company if the
company is liquidated.
This ratio is suitable for the companies having Large tangible
assets as it does not account intangible asset.
3. Price to cash flow ratio=current price of the share/cash flow per share.
It represents the attractiveness of investing in the company shares.
Price to cash flow ratio is used as an alternative to price to earnings ratio. As it accounts for only the cash items and ignores non-cash items like depreciation. It is more reliable because it is hard to manipulate cash figures compared to earnings figures.
Market value ratios relate the firm’s stock price to its earnings, cash flow, and book value...
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5. Market value ratiosRatios are mostly calculated using data drawn from the financial statements of a firm. However, another group of ratios, called market value ratios, relate
to a firm’s observable market value, stock prices, and book values,
integrating information from both the market and the firm’s financial
statements.Consider the case of Cold Goose Metal Works Inc.:Cold Goose Metal Works Inc. just reported earnings after tax (also called net income)
of $8,000,000 and a current stock price of $14.75 per share....
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