
| Peter Temple was born in the North of EngLand. He is a graduate in economics and statistics from
the University of Wales, and a Fellow of the UK Securities Institute. After an 18-year career as an investment analyst in fund management and investment banking, he turned to full time writing in 1988 as a freelance financial journalist and author. His articles cover a wide variety of investing topics, and appear regularly in the Financial Times, Investors Chronicle, Shares, International Fund Investment, and in a number of other publications and financial web sites. In addition to Magic Numbers, John WiLey has published several of his other books, including Hedge Funds-The Courtesans of Capitalism, Private Equity and The New Online Investor. |
| Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Market-based "Magic Numbers" 1 Market capitalization 2 Enterprise value 3 Price-earnings ratio 4 Dividend yield 5 PEG factor 6 Price to sales ratio 7 EV/EBITDA 8 Price/book value Part Two: Income Statement "Magic Numbers" 9 Margins 10 Interest cover 11 Earnings per share 12 Dividend cover Part Three: Balance Sheet "Magic Numbers" 13 Current ratio and acid ratio 14 Debtor days and creditor days 15 Stock days and stockturn 16 Gearing 17 Price/cash ratio 18 Burn rate 19 Return on capital employed 20 Return on average equity 21 Net tangible asset value 22 Premium/(discount) to NAV Part Four: Cash Flow-based "Magic Numbers" 23 Free cash flow 24 Fixed asset spending/depreciation 25 Operating cash flow/operating profit 26 Price to free cash flow ratio Part Five: Risk, Return, and Volatility "Magic Numbers" 27 Redemption yield/risk-free rate of return 28 Internal rate of return 29 Weighted average cost of capital 30 Discounted cash flow 31 Reinvested return on equity 32 Volatility 33 Sharpe ratio Appendix: Finding the information Index |
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