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A stock with a high dividend yield is a good bargain for an income investor to buy.
Maybe. A dividend yield can be high for many reasons, either good or bad. On the bad side, the stock price might be dropping deeply due to financial troubles; that could proportionately raise the dividend yield. Caution is always key.
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One advantage of earnings yields over price/earnings ratios is that we can use them to compare investments in other classes.
True. This way, we can compare the returns that the different types of investments offer.
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What does a company's price/sales ratio measure?
Its stock's market price divided by its sales per share. As such, it is a very useful ratio for businesses.
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In a nutshell, the price/earnings growth ratio of a company provides a quick and easy way to estimate the price you're paying for _______.
Its future growth. This is because the ratio uses future estimates. Many investors want to know what a company's prospects will be.
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In a typical price/book ratio, what exactly is the book value part of it?
The total equity divided by the number of shares outstanding. Altogether, this is the "book value" that purports to show what a share of stock is objectively worth.
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A company's price/earnings ratio is most meaningful when it is compared with which of the following?
Its historical P/E ratio. A company's P/E ratio is most meaningful when it is compared with its historical P/E ratio. The most useful way to use a P/E ratio is to compare it with a certain benchmark. Good benchmarks are the P/E of another company in the same industry, the P/E of the entire market, or the P/E of the same company at a different point in time. It would not be very meaningful to compare a company's P/E ratio with its P/S ratio or historical P/B ratio, because the latter two metrics are used to measure different aspects of the company's performance (sales and book value) relative to its stock price.
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A company has an enterprise value of $225 million, free cash flow of $15 million, and zero net interest expense. What is its cash return?
6.7%. Cash return is equal to free cash flow divided by enterprise value. In this case, that's $15 million/$225 million, or 6.7%.
