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A Surprisingly Good Return on a Scary Day Take a look at two bellwethers. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are two examples of what are thought to be solidly run, profitable companies that have paid back their investors with decent growth in value and in dividends. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2005
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Stocks That Create Value Companies that return more than their cost of capital deserve your rapt attention. Odds are that companies with a long track record of good returns will keep it up. If you can buy them when the market doesn't want them, your chances are even better. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2005
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Market Contractions: Ouch! Accelerating inflation and rising interest rates are prepared to wreak havoc on growth stocks. |
The Motley Fool
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How to Use the P/B Ratio The price-to-book ratio is a useful metric for finding a stock's value -- but it's not without pitfalls. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2004
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The Auto Parts Wars Parts retailers AutoZone and Advance Auto Parts have similar-looking stores, but AutoZone dominates operationally while Advance looks good from a valuation and growth perspective. Which is the better investment? |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2005
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An Arrow From Tom's Quiver Here's a powerful analysis tool that will work for your own portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
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5 Stocks With Outstanding Returns Outstanding return on invested capital and market-beating performance go hand-in-hand for these stocks. Taser International... Tuesday Morning... Marvel Enterprises... Weight Watchers... Western Digital... |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2004
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ROIC What You Mean Return on invested capital helps investors evaluate highly leveraged companies. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2005
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How to Use the P/E The price-to-earnings ratio is a widely used -- and misused -- investing metric. Do you use it correctly? |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2006
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The Straight Dope on Debt Investors should keep their eyes peeled for at least one item on a company's balance sheet: long-term debt. How much debt should a company carry? |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
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The Best Blue Chip for 2007: 3M Constant innovation and rewards for shareholders -- there's a lot for investors to like here. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2005
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How Not to Value Stocks Don't confuse price tags with intrinsic value. A stock's price alone is much less meaningful than you may think. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Hey, What's That Opaque Financial Institution Worth? To address capital allocation and performance measurement issues specific to the banking industry, The Wharton Financial Institutions Center in mid-May hosted a conference called "Measuring and Managing the Value of Financial Institutions: Integrating External and Internal Valuations." |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2005
Salim Haji |
Why Value Trumps Growth Growth vs. value: This author works it out and comes up with a definitive answer. Obviously, the best possible investment is a combination -- buying a growth stock at a discount to intrinsic value. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
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Moat Report Card: How It Works Warren Buffett's "moat" metaphor is well known and widely accepted: If your company's business is a castle, its ability to keep competitors at bay is that castle's moat. Here's a primer on the Motley Fool moat series. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
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Canon Might Be Getting Stronger Canon's improving return on invested capital hints that its competitive position may also be improving. Investors, is it time to sell? |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2004
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2 Small Caps You Can Understand When it comes to investing, it helps if a stock is a bit boring, to keep the bubble-and-hype crowd away. Although this is no secret to institutions, they're greatly handicapped in the less-liquid arena of small caps. Here are two ideas to get your gears moving. |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2007
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The Magic of ROIC It's amazing what ROIC, return on invested capital, can do for your ability to value a company. Although no one metric should be used exclusively, ROIC is as close to perfect as you may be able to get. Here's why. |
Real Estate Portfolio
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Just Say "No" If the significant improvement we've seen in REIT stock prices beginning late last year is, indeed, the beginning of a new bull market, one major worry for investors will be whether higher REIT prices will be greeted with a wave of new equity offerings. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
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This Metric Can Lead You to Winners Of all the measures you can use to search for quality companies, the metric known as return on invested capital can be one of the trickiest. But it's one way to find great businesses. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2005
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Distractions at Whole Foods Though good numbers continue at the grocer, recent announcements raise questions about driving long-term shareholder value. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2010
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How to Hedge for Uncertain Times The bear put spread offers the potential for an excellent return with a small capital outlay. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
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Does Wal-Mart Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
The Motley Fool
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Moat Report Card: Medtronic This medical supplier's definitely got a heartbeat. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004 |
Potential Investments: The Big Picture Making investment decisions all boils down to answering two questions. Conveniently, most company evaluation measures are related to either quality or price. Here's where some measures fall. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
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Is Microsoft Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. He calculates return on invested capital to help determine whether a company has an economic moat |
The Motley Fool
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Would Jeremy Grantham Buy ADTRAN? The company currently earns a return on invested capital that is higher than its cost of capital. Fools love companies that take shareholder capital and create value with it. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2011
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Big Profits in Apple With Less Risk Here's how you can do it. |
The Motley Fool
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Is Cognizant Technology Solutions Growing Foolishly? Fortunately, Cognizant Technology Solutions' track record of creating value as it grows makes it well worth considering. |
