Sentence examples for a standard valuation from inspiring English sources

But the market's price-to-earnings ratio, a standard valuation metric, has also been going up, indicating possible overvaluation.

"We have a pretty rigorous process inside H.P. that we follow for all our acquisitions, which is a D.C.F.-based model," he said, in a reference to discounted cash flow, a standard valuation methodology.

By any standard valuation model, slowing earnings growth should lead to lower valuations for equities.

Another reason is that by all standard valuation yardsticks, large-cap companies are overvalued.

The XAU gold mining index is 17% below its 2003 high, and major components Placer Dome, Barrick and Newmont remain very expensive by any standard valuation analysis.

For example, Yorkshire Building Society has gone all out to woo FTB mortgage customers by waiving fees (usually up to £845) and offering free valuations and a generous £1,000 cashback; Halifax is offering £500 to those applying for a mortgage by 3 March; Santander offers £250 cashback and a free standard valuation as part of its Homebuyer Solution.

Such a system would focus on standard valuation measures, such as price-to-earnings ratios for stocks and price-to-rent ratios for housing.

Thus, instead of applying standard valuation formulae, a firm will attempt to "redesign deals to be consistent with stakeholders' agendas" (e.g., reflecting an issue list).

"We've had a 20percentt drop in the Standard & Poor's index," said Patrick S. McGurn, of Institutional Shareholder Services, a consulting business in Rockville, Md ."And the standard valuation method for options would tell you that you'd have to double or triple grants just to get to the level where you were the previous year.

The problem, as Wharton accounting professor Robert W. Holthausen sees it, is a dearth of information to plug into the standard valuation models.

These examples illustrate how the standard valuation theory for pricing risk in an arbitrage-free market should be applied to products engineered to manage multiple risks within the firm.