Key Investment Terms

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Key Investing terms

Market Capitalisation is the total market value of all a company’s shares. Multiply the total number of shares by the current share price.

It tells you how big or small a company is. $30M is a very small company and we cover companies, initially at least, with a maximum market cap of $500M.

Is a snap shot of the company’s financial situation at a point in time. It’s calculated by subtracting its debt and financial liabilities from its cash.

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Is a portion of the company’s earnings that is paid to shareholders. Dividing this amount by the number of shares gives you the dividend per share (DPS).

Is the dividend, or DPS, expressed as a percentage of a current share price. It is normal for it to range from 1%-6%

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The Financial Statements

A company’s accounts consist of the holy trinity of the profit & loss (P&L); balance sheet; and cash flow statements.

This is the actual money received and paid by the company and is sort of like truth serum.

Look for mis-matches, which can highlight fundamental differences between the story a company is selling to investors, versus what is actually happening. E.g. increasing inventories or debtors.

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The P&L is a summary of the revenues and expenses over the period, which STATEMENTS culminates in the bottom line profit or loss after tax.

Is the dividend, or DPS, expressed as a percentage of a current share price. It is normal for it to range from 1%-6%

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Investing Ratios

The Price-earnings ratio measures a companies current share price relative to its per-share earnings. It tells investors how much they will pay per share for $1 of earnings.

If a stock has a PE is 15, investors are willing to pay $15 for $1 of post tax earnings. All things being equal, the lower the PE, the better the value, and vice versa.

This is the actual money received and paid by the company and is sort of like truth serum.

Look for mis-matches, which can highlight fundamental differences between the story a company is selling to investors, versus what is actually happening. E.g. increasing inventories or debtors.

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The P&L is a summary of the revenues and expenses over the period, which STATEMENTS culminates in the bottom line profit or loss after tax.

Is the dividend, or DPS, expressed as a percentage of a current share price. It is normal for it to range from 1%-6%

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Accounting terms

Net Profit After Tax after the significant or abnormal and extraordinary items. It is useful because it shows how much the company has made after subtracting all its expenses. From this amount, dividends are distributed.

This is the actual money received and paid by the company and is sort of like truth serum.

Look for mis-matches, which can highlight fundamental differences between the story a company is selling to investors, versus what is actually happening. E.g. increasing inventories or debtors.

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The amount of cash generated by a company’s normal business operations before capital expenditure (capex) and debt repayment.

Is the dividend, or DPS, expressed as a percentage of a current share price. It is normal for it to range from 1%-6%

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Asset classes

Net Profit After Tax after the significant or abnormal and extraordinary items. It is useful because it shows how much the company has made after subtracting all its expenses. From this amount, dividends are distributed.

This is the actual money received and paid by the company and is sort of like truth serum.

Look for mis-matches, which can highlight fundamental differences between the story a company is selling to investors, versus what is actually happening. E.g. increasing inventories or debtors.

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The amount of cash generated by a company’s normal business operations before capital expenditure (capex) and debt repayment.

Is the dividend, or DPS, expressed as a percentage of a current share price. It is normal for it to range from 1%-6%

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