Accounting Standards, Analyzing Data and Valuation

Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

For the last four decades, I have spent the first week of each year collecting and analyzing data on publicly traded companies and sharing what I find with anyone who is interested. Since I teach corporate finance and valuation, I find it useful to break down the data that I report based upon these groupings.

Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Numbers

Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

That year, I computed these industry-level statistics for five variables that I found myself using repeatedly in my valuations, and once I had them, I could not think of a good reason to keep them secret. After all, I had no plans on becoming a data service, and making them available to others cost me absolutely nothing.

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Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss

Corporate Finance Brief

Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

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