Be your own sharemarket analyst
Want a simple tool to estimate values on company shares you’re thinking of buying or selling? Want to see other people’s valuations on the same stock? Then head over to Valuecruncher, where you can see dozens (soon too be thousands) of valuations on major listed companies around the world. You don’t need to be a financial genius, you simply put in your assumptions about revenue, operating margin, depreciation and capital expenditure, and voila! You have a share price valuation based on those assumptions. Easy as pie. You can play with someone else’s assumptions to create your own, save multiple valuations, and comment on valuations with the rest of the Valuecruncher community. The Valuecruncher team also publish their own valuations (which are carried by other financial services, so they are well-regarded) and you can play with those too.
Valuecruncher also nominates a “stock of the week” to stimulate the Valuecruncher community and tap into “the wisdom of crowds”. This week it’s GPS chipmaker Rakon. Try it - it’s fun and free. Rowan Simpson has blogged about his effort. Interestingly, with different sets of assumptions, his valuation and mine were very close.
You can also get the Valuecruncher team to do a more detailed valuation for a very affordable fee (compared to conventional company valuations); very handy for privately held or lightly traded companies needing some idea of their intrinsic value.
Disclosure: Isambard Investments Ltd holds shares in Valuecruncher, one of our very few angel investments.
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November 20th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Where is the link to your valuation?
November 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am
On the Valuecruncher site of course. Damn, I was hoping noone would ask! http://www.valuecruncher.com/valuations/386043/