Quotes About Valuation

Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.

the price people are prepared to pay for a piece of a company tells you how much money they think that company will make in the future. In effect, stock markets hold hourly referendums on the companies whose shares are traded there: on the quality of their management, on the appeal of their products, on the prospects of their principal markets.

Image and perception are everything, and those who possess them have the ability to determine their own myth, to be taken at their own valuation.

She merely desires to be taken at her own valuation and to be addressed universally as "Mother Teresa." Her success is not, therefore, a triumph of humility and simplicity. It is another chapter in a millennial story which stretches back to the superstitious childhood of our species, and which depends on the exploitation of the simple and the humble by the cunning and the single-minded.

effect the exchange of labor and services by means of an exchange of heartbeats. estimate every task in terms of heartbeats-the monetary unit of the future, in which all individuals are equally wealthy.

The share price of Reliance will close today at any of the following : @ Rs 2575 @ Rs.2485 @Rs 2385. and most probably @ Rs.2485 or its closeby

Though the price of LIC share price has opened at 8% discount from the offered price band Rs 905-949 and currently it is at lower rung Rs.880-Rs.873 and may go some more down to Rs.800-750 , yet its price will touch Rs.1100 1200 in few months from today

China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.

Mediobanca is undervalued but less undervalued than other banks.

Airbnb is undervalued.

a product is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be worth nothing because I have no income? A lot of Net companies are collecting assets. They have to be measured with a new set of metrics.

It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.

Don't pay more per share for a company's stock than you'd be willing to pay if you were buying the whole company.

Private enterprise in the history of civilization has never led large, expensive, dangerous projects with unknown risks. That has never happened because when you combine all these factors, you cannot create a capital market valuation of that activity.

In an era of endless innovation and constant disruption, what is any company really worth? How does a startup determine its valuation?

VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup.

I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.

Book Value Book value represents the value at which assets are carried on the "books" of the company. The book value of a company is defined as its total assets less its current liabilities and less any long-term debt.

Discounted Cash Flow The discounted cash flow method of valuation is the most sophisticated (and the most difficult) method to use in valuing the business. With this method you must estimate all the cash influxes to investors over time (dividends and ultimate stock sales) and then compute a "net present value" using an assumed discount rate (implied interest rate).

Disinvestments will continue to happen. If the issue is priced correctly, there's no reason why it should not sell.

You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.

He was not easily brought to recognize any ethical sanctions in work as such but tended to work as the results pleased him and refused to work or sought to refuse when he did not find the spiritual returns adequate; thus he was easily accused of laziness and driven as a slave when in truth he brought to modern manual labor a renewed valuation of life.

References to EBITDA make us shudder — does management think the tooth fairy pays for capital expenditures?