Math Retail Valuation 
CFO News Room
DECEMBER 5, 2022
As a result, the ‘traditional’ valuation of an advisory firm wasn’t really 2X revenue; it was 6-8X profits, and when advisory firms can run 25% to 30% profit margins, 7X profits at 28% margins came out to almost exactly 2X revenue. (In When it comes to technology firms, revenue valuation multiples are often much higher.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
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Barry Ritholtz
MARCH 20, 2024
As it turns out, there are ways you can use data to your advantage, even if you’re not a math wizard. Barry Ritholtz : So let’s break that into two halves, starting with valuation. Explain why P/E isn’t the best way to measure valuation. People did whatever was working based more on gut feelings than data.
Barry Ritholtz
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
And Tom has helped with the introduction of GMO’s first retail product, the quality ETF stock symbol Q-L-T-Y-G-M-O has been institutional since they launched in 1977. This is the first time they’re putting out a product for retail. Just really, really interesting. Finance was the natural fit for GMO. So I was at Harvard.
Barry Ritholtz
DECEMBER 6, 2022
And definitely, their retail market participation is significantly lower than you can see in the U.S. And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly.
Barry Ritholtz
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
He has a very interesting approach to thinking about market valuations and strategies and when to deploy capital, when to go with the crowd, when to lean against the crowd, and has amassed and excellent track record. We have institutional clients, we have retail clients, we have, you know, pension funds, we have endowments.
Barry Ritholtz
AUGUST 20, 2024
00:03:14 [Mike Greene] So that was actually an outgrowth from my experience coming out of Wharton and you mentioned the, the, you know, the transition of people who tended to be skilled at math or physics into finance. We built a company that was focused on valuation, initially, actually targeting corporate strategic planning departments.
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