Investment

In your company’s growth story, consider quarterly growth the first soundbite. You can obtain data for the latest quarter—and indeed...

ver time, you want your stocks to increase in value. If the marketvalues stocks relative to operating statistics such as...

Value remains arguably the most popular approach for analyzing stocks,and research suggests it’s the most important determinant of stockperformance. Stocks...

Many investors view price/operating cash flow (P/OCF) ratio as the bestof the four valuation ratios—and they may have a point.Remember...

While both the P/E and P/S ratios compare the stock’s price to statisticsfrom a company’s income statement (also known as...

The price/sales (P/S) ratio focuses on the topmost line of the incomestatement. Sales, also called revenue, reflect the amount of...

The price/earnings ratio is the most popular valuation metric, cited often byprofessionals and amateurs alike. Earnings, or profits, represent what...

In theory, every investor wants to buy low. We all understand bargains,and we all prefer buying products on sale rather...

No matter how thoroughly you analyze the options for potential investment,no matter how much care you take in crunching the...

For the most part, new investors should steer clear of anything other thanthe securities discussed in the preceding pages. Once...