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The Finance Book, 2nd Edition
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The Finance Book, 2nd Edition

by Stuart Warner, Si Hussain
April 2022
Beginner
535 pages
11h 35m
English
Pearson Education
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27 Investor ratios

‘Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.’

Warren Buffet, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

In a nutshell

Investor ratios are reported daily in the financial press for listed companies. Ratios are calculated using publicly filed financial information and share price data.

Investor ratios can be used to assess investment opportunities as they help to make sense of data. Large amounts of information can be summarised to identify trends over time, comparisons between companies or against sector norms.

While they are considered an essential tool to assess investments, investor ratios should only ever form part of an investor’s decision-making toolbox. Understanding the wider political, economic, social and technological ...

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