Heart of stock valuation: subtleties of free cash flow
If a company’s capital expenditures are simply maintaining the company’s position in its markets, it free cash flow may be unduly high
intrinsic value
The problem with analysts’ target prices
The sell side analyst’s target prices do not estimate fair value. DCF estimates do just that. Investors should not confuse the two.
How Warren Buffett goes about valuing companies
We are going to want to get a significantly higher return, obviously — in terms of cash produced relative to the amount we’re outlaying now — for a business than we are from a government bond. That has to be the yardstick at a base.
The dangers and benefits of using Discounted Cash Flow analysis reports
Opinions of fair value based on DCF calculations are necessarily inexact (rightly vague?). But, at least they at least ask the right question.
What is the right price earnings ratio?
Price earnings ratios are a frail and shifting basis for determining fair value. They do not force investors to think through all the factors that go into a deep assessment of fair value.
The conventional view of market efficiency is badly mistaken
Prices in the stock market are never a reliable guide to the fair value of a stock.
Is the price earnings ratio (P/E) obsolete?
Price earnings ratios are simply a rule of thumb. They can lead you astray. But what is worse, they are becoming less and less valid with every passing year.
The under-performance of value stocks explained
There is a lot of talk currently about the underperformance of value stocks compared with growth stocks over the last fifteen years. In fact, value investing has performed well against all other styles. This seeming contradiction comes from the fact that value investing and investing in value stocks are not the same thing.