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How To Use The Altman Z-Score To Find Quality Companies

One of the famous valuation metrics that stood the test of time is the Altman Z-Score, which was formulated by Professor Edward I. Altman. The Altman Z-Score is a bankruptcy prediction model that predicts a company’s probability of going bankrupt within a span of 2 years. The Altman Z-Score is used by many value investors […]

Introducing The Investing Engineer PH’s Value Screen Scorecard

After reading and learning a lot of Value Investing strategies and tips from numerous books, blogs and tutorial courses, I decided to combine all the knowledge I learned to make a Value Screen Scorecard which I’ll be using in my personal investments and in this blog. The reason for this scorecard is to quickly identify the […]

These 2 Powerful Balance Sheet Ratios Will Help You Determine A Company’s Financial Health

In this tutorial, I’ll teach you two Balance Sheet ratios I use and how important it is to determine a company’s financial health. These 2 ratios are Current Ratio and Debt To Equity Ratio. But first, let me discuss some of the important balance sheet terminologies that you need to learn in order to understand the […]

How To Use P/E And P/BV Ratio The Graham Way

The Price To Earnings Ratio (P/E) and Price To Book Value Ratio (P/BV) are one of the most common financial ratios used by investors when deciding to buy stocks. Yet, most investors don’t know what these numbers mean. The lack of knowledge with these numbers presents a problem for an aspiring value investor. But if the […]

7 Important Income Statement Ratios And How To Use Them

In this tutorial, I’ll teach you 7 important income statement ratios that you need to know when analyzing an income statement. These ratios are widely used by large institutional investors to small retail investors. Many businesses are now letting a specialized team handle management, from anything to marketing, sales to analytics. Companies that offer these […]

Introduction To Understanding Financial Statements

I was often asked by some of my readers where I get the figures I present in my stock valuations. Some are confused because they couldn’t find the exact numbers that I present. Some generally don’t understand how a financial statement is interpreted. Others, just hate math in its entirety and asks for easy ways to get the […]

DuPont Analysis: How To Analyze Return On Equity

One of the things that I look when picking stocks is a company’s Return On Equity. The higher the number, the better. Although that’s the rule, a higher number doesn’t always equate to a better investment. This is because it is affected by profitability and financial leverage. Analyzing the ROE formula shows that if Net […]

How To Use The Piotroski F-Score To Find Good Stocks

In January 2002, a smart guy named Joseph D. Piotroski published a paper entitled “Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers.” In that paper, he described a simple accounting-based fundamental analysis strategy that will later be called the “Piotroski F-Score.“ In this post, I’ll briefly discuss the financial […]

5 Easy Steps To Calculate Intrinsic Value Using DCF Model

One of the most commonly used ways to find out the intrinsic value of a stock that you want to invest in is to use the Discounted Cash Flow Model. But before you do this method, it is important to first understand the principle of discounting. So what is discounting by the way? Let me explain […]

How To Value A Stock Using The Graham Formula

Valuating a stock price is based on intelligent assumptions. To find the intrinsic value of a stock, we have to make assumptions in the future based on past performance. It is in these assumptions that we find an ‘estimate’ of what the stock will be worth. We can’t really predict what will happen in the […]

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