Best of all, competition has kept premiums stable (in 1995 the average premium actually fell 3.3%).
And the data suggests that the average premium on acquisitions were around 16%.
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Since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the market has been paying a historically above average premium for stocks with higher dividend payout ratios.
In 2012, the average premium rate of residential land was around 8.9% in the second quarter, 15.08% in the third and 22.33% in the fourth.
The AA Insurance Shoparound survey takes an average premium for a standard set of risks from the five cheapest quotes from insurers and price comparison websites.
Nine out of 14 residential land transactions in the first quarter of this year sold at an average premium over the sales price of a whopping 30.39%.
Notable bullish call buying was seen at the August 150 strike price where more than 1, 000 calls were scooped up for an average premium of 3.56 apiece.
The September 2.0 strike price had approximately 10, 500 calls purchased for 15 cents apiece in combination with the purchase of 10, 500 puts for an average premium of 96 cents each.
And if you think that this represents some vast leap in premium prices, I would hasten to remind you that, just two years ago, Wisconsin health insurance companies sought a 17.2 percent, year to year increase in the average premium charge for individual policies in Wisconsin.
The average risk premium on the country's bonds has fallen from a peak of 18 percentage points above the interest rate on United States' Treasury bonds to below six.
The Kaiser Family Foundation just released a new study showing that the average annual premium for family health insurance coverage jumped about 9% this year, a much steeper rise than in previous years.
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Most funds should trade close to their five-year average discount or premium, Galley says.
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In the last few years, for example, OfficeMax, Dial, Airborne Express and Pennzoil-Quaker State were acquired at an average 120% premium to Marker's cost.
The average employer-based premium for a family increased a startling 9% in 2011.
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The price represented a 37 percent premium over the average closing price for the previous 90 days.
The company notes that the price is actually an 18% premium to the average price over the last 30 days.
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The purchase price represents a 40.0% premium over the average trading price of BCE's stock in 2007's first quarter, before privatization talk went public. (See " BCE Confirms Buyout Talks").
Shares currently trade at 2.5x book value, a premium to the industry average of 2.0x.
Singapore said it charges, on average, about a 20% premium for the nonstop flight over one-stop trips.
Price to sale of 1x has the company trading at a premium to the industry average of 0.4x.
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Again, its price-to-sales ratio of 4.26 is at a premium to the peer group average of 0.70.
Its price to book ratio of 3.0 is at a 57.9% premium to the peer group average.
Potlatch currently trades at 33.0x 12-month forward earnings, a 16% premium to the peer group average of 28.5x.
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On a price-to-book basis, Unilever trades at 5.76, a 79.4% premium to the peer group average of 3.21.
On a price-to-sales basis, Unilever trades at 1.89, a 57.5% premium to the peer group average of 1.2.
Its price to book ratio of 12.3 is at a significant premium to the peer group average of 3.8.
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Also, on a price-to-book basis, shares trade at 20.64x, a substantial premium to the peer group average of 0.99x.
On a price-to-book basis, shares are currently trading at 2.7x, a 28.6% premium to the peer group average of 2.1x.
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Shares of TCO currently trade at 22.2x 12-month forward earnings, a 37.0% premium to the peer group average of 16.2x.
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