BDC Consulting’s most important mission is to help clients optimize the value of their business. The question then becomes: how do you assess a company’s value correctly? In this article, we will talk ...

The PE (price to earnings ratio) of a stock is 18. Is that cheap or expensive? Well, it depends. On what? Many things! Welcome to the world of relative valuation. The findings from research done a ...

Relative valuation—using simple metrics to compare a firm’s value to its peers—is a cornerstone of financial decision-making. If a company earns $2 billion in profit, and if similar firms trade at 15 ...

Two camps traditionally exist when it comes to stock valuation: intrinsic vs. relative. Intrinsic valuation involves cash flow projections, estimated growth rates, and present value discounting.