Palm - Comparative Multiple Analysis

Palm (Comparative Multiple Analysis)

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Improve your investment analysis with by seeing the Palm's Discounted Cash Flow analysis, Palm's Warren Buffet analysis, and Palm's Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Analysis.

Notes on the Comparative Multiple Analysis of Palm

WikiWealth compares Palm's revenue, EBITDA, and EBIT multiples to their peers in order to determine the appropriate fair valuation. Click in the top right corner to experiment with Palm's comparative analysis.

Notes from the analysis:

1. WikiWealth uses quantitative measures to determine the multiple range for Palm.
2. Free cash flow to the firm (FCF) multiple is free cash flow to equity holders plus interest owed to Palm's debt holders.
3. Multiples incorporate benefits due to economies of scale; WikiWealth compares absolute enterprise value multiples to competitor's multiples.
4. WikiWealth excludes outliers when calculating individual company multiples.

Helpful Information for Palm's Analysis


How does this work? The Comparative Investment Analysis determines the value of Palm by comparing Palm financial ratios, prices, growth rates, margins, etc. to those of relevant peer groups.

Value Investing Importance? This method is widely used by investment professionals to determine the correct price of investments, especially initial public offerings (IPOs). It is one element of WikiWealth's three Wall Street approaches used to determine the correct fair value of Palm.

See the Palm cash flow (DCF) analysis for a completely different approach that's popular on Wall Street for determining the value of an investment in Palm.

Also, see the Palm's buffett intrinsic valuation analysis for WikiWealth's attempt to replicate the investing formula's used by Warren Buffett and Palm's valuation conclusion for a quick summary.