There is no magic formula for making money. But hidden inside the financial statements of all companies is a wealth of information.To preserve and grow your precious capitaL, you need to be able to dissect a company beforeyou invest. You need to find those companies that have hidden value and-just as important- Learnto avoid those flashing 'danger' signs.Peter TempLe is a highly experienced investment analyst, a down-to-earth financial journalist, and a successful private investor. In this book he:explains the investment jargon you read in the financial pages teLLs you in plain Language how to caLcuLate financial ratios - those alL-important'magic numbers'gives clear worked examples of them from the accounts of real companies including Yahoo!, McDonaLd's, NTT DoCoMo, and BPshares with you his 30 years' experience of how to interpret the numbers.Magic Numbers is the essential guide to making objective judgements about companies and their shares. If you don't want to see your money cut in half or vanish altogether, we strongly recommend you read this book.
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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