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What does P/S mean?

A price-to-sales ratio, or a stock's market price per share divided by the revenue generated by sales of the company's products and services per share. Some argue that, since sales figures are less easy to manipulate than either earnings or book value, the price-to-sales ratio is a more reliable indicator of how the company is doing. However, this measure was misused during the dot com years to promote companies with no earnings or profits.

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Some argue that, since sales figures are less easy to manipulate than either earnings or book value, the price-to-sales ratio is a more reliable indicator of company value.

When EPS are negative or depressed temporarily the Price to Sales ratio can be a more useful indicator than the PE Ratio, and a low P/S can indicate a higher profit potential if the stock recovers. Some commentators have called it 'The King of the Value Factors' and look for P/S ratios of significantly less than 1.

It should be noted that the P/S ratio was abused during the dot com years to promote companies with no earnings or profits.

What does Net Mgn % 5y Avg mean?

Also known as Return on Sales, this value is the Net Income divided by Sales for the same period and expressed as a percentage.

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This is one of the best indicators of the company's efficiency because net profit takes into consideration all expenses of the company. Investors want the net profit margin to be as high as possible. Rising margins are seen as a positive signal although high margins do tend to attract the interests of competitors.

What does Gearing % mean?

Also known as Net Gearing, this is a measure of a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its net liabilities by stockholders' equity (it uses the book value of equity, not market value as it indicates what proportion of equity and debt the company has been using to finance its assets). This measure includes goodwill and intangibles.

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Net debt is the level of debt remaining assuming all cash and equivalents were used to immediately pay of debt. A negative number means more cash than debt.

What does FCF mean?

Free Cash Flow is calculated from the Statement of Cash Flows as Cash From Operations minus Capital Expenditures. Unlike earnings, it omits purely \paper only\"\"" expenses\""\""\"""""

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Free Cash Flow per share should be compared with Earnings per Share in order to understand whether a company is able to turn its earnings into cash or not! Ultimately every company needs to make cash to survive and without free cash flow a company will have to go begging to shareholders or resort to borrowing. The best companies are 'cash machines' - you should look for companies that make more free cashflow than earnings.

N.B. Cashflow can be very 'lumpy' as capital expenditures are not consistent from year to year. Also growing companies may have to invest heavily ahead of cashflow to keep up with demand.

What does EPS 5y CAGR % mean?

This figure represents the 5 year CAGR (or compound annual growth rate) of the company's diluted EPS (earnings per share).

What does # Brokers mean?

This shows the number of analysts that are currently covering a stock with regular research updates.