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Financial Leverage

A technique that involves the use of borrowed funds (debt) wholly (100% debt) or partially (a mix of debt and...

Asset Play

A share of stock that is attractive because it is incorrectly priced (i.e., its current price doesn't reflect the value...

Asset Turnover

A financial ratio that measures the number of times an asset has passed through inventory during the a specific period...

Return On Net Worth

Also return on equity (ROE). It is a profitability measure that indicates how efficiently the company did invest and manage...

Round Tripping

An accounting trick that involves the sale of unused or idle assets for a promise to buy them or their...

Altman Z-Score

A statistical model, devised in the 1960s by Edward Altman (of New York University), which is used to predict the...

Zeta

A statistical model, devised in the 1960s by Edward Altman (of New York University), which is used to predict the...

Z-Score

A statistical model, devised in the 1960s by Edward Altman (of New York University), which is used to predict the...

Compromise Theory

A theory that centers on the assumption that the value of a levered firm equals the value of same firm...

Constructed Beta

A value of beta (systematic risk measure) that is constructed artificially when market-generated betas are not available (or cannot be...