For example, over the last ten years BMY has historically commanded a price-to-cash earnings multiple of between 23.6x and 34.7x, but the current multiple of cash earnings is less than half the low end of that range at just about 11x.
Gurus didn't mind the multiple of 22 times current-year earnings and bought into the company, which grew second-quarter EPS by 27% on a year-over-year basis.
We think the WDAY business model has significant upside potential, but initiate coverage of the stock at Equal Weight as the current multiple already discounts many of the investment positives.
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Furthermore, the current year FFO multiple of 17x is well above the 17 year average of 12.3x.
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United stock is cheap, Bleustein says, though a multiple of earnings is anyone's guess without current figures.
For example, over the last ten years the market has been willing to pay 13.4x to 17.4x multiple of cash earnings per share, but the current price-to-cash earnings is only 11.9x.
Furthermore, the current price-to-sales multiple of 2.05x is above the historically normal range of 1.47x to 2.0x.
Historically, Best Buy has traded for 10.8x to 23.1x times price-to-cash earnings, and the current multiple is near the low end of that range at 11.2x.
The article went on to suggest that even if shares were to continue on their current tear, trading at a multiple of 25 times earnings and in line with the company's robust long-term growth projections, the stock may be overvalued by as much as 22%.
Likewise, Eidos of London, which makes games for PS2 and Nintendo consoles, has an outsized current-year multiple, perhaps based on the hopes it will repeat the success of its Laura Croft superwoman line.
Furthermore, a current price-to-sales per share multiple of only 0.31x is well below the historically normal range of 0.36x and 0.71x.
For example, RIMM has normally traded for a price-to-cash earnings multiple of 15.3x to 43.4x, but the current metric falls below that range at 14.8x.
Yes, you can see the current situation of lots of cash, a low price-earnings multiple, name recognition, enterprise usage.
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Most value investors analyze companies based on their current financial performances, as measured by the stock price as a multiple of earnings or book value.
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Mrs Clwyd's husband, a former head of news and current affairs for BBC Cymru Wales and an ITV executive, had been treated for multiple sclerosis before his death in October.
The fact that we even call the type of agreement that adequately starts to address our multiple needs a "grand bargain" as if it were some impossible dream reveals much about the current state of play in our nation's capital.
For example, over the last ten years ANF has historically traded at a price-to-cash earnings level of between 9.4x and 20.6x, but the current price-to-cash earnings multiple is greater than 30x.
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