Understanding Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is a financial ratio that measures a company’s profitability and efficiency in using its capital. It indicates how well a company is generating profits from…
What is Return on Equity? (ROE)
ROE, or Return on Equity is a financial ratio that measures a company’s ability to generate profit from Shareholder Equity (SE), it’s an indicator of how effective a company is…
Understanding Shareholder Equity (SE)
Shareholder equity (SE) is one of several methods investors can use to evaluate a company’s financial stability. Quite simply, SE is equal to a company’s total assets less its total…
Vodafone, the high-yield conundrum
Shareholders of Vodafone (VOD) have had a rough few years, in fact, you’d have to go back more than a decade to see a decent period of upward trend in…
Understanding Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Earnings Per Share or ‘EPS’ is a financial metric used to evaluate a company’s profitability, this is calculated by dividing the company’s net income by the number of shares it…
Is AVIVA still a safe bet for my 2024 portfolio?
Full disclaimer straight off the bat, I already have a large proportion of my portfolio with AVIVA and have done so for several years. I’m ahead in share price valuation…
Understanding Market-to-Book Ratio
The market-to-book ratio, also known as the price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio), can be used to evaluate a company’s valuation in relation to its book value. It is a valuable tool…
Understanding Dividend Cover
Dividend cover is used by investors to assess the sustainability and safety of a company’s dividend payments. It is also referred to as “dividend coverage ratio” or “earnings dividend coverage.”…
Add housebuilders to your portfolio?
With good returns, reasonable valuations and attractive market-to-book valuations, is now an excellent time to buy into the housebuilding sector? Today we’ll look into six housebuilder stocks paying particular attention…
Rolls-Royce shares take off
If you’d read my previous post you’d know I was bullish on the shares prior to the FY results from a few weeks back. I knew I should have bought…