Security Analysis on Wall Street: A ComprehensiveGuide to Today's Valuation Methods
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JEFFREY C. HOOKE is a corporate financial consultant based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He has broad experience in the evaluation of securities in the United States, Europe, and in emerging markets. He has been an investment executive covering emerging markets for the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, and he spent ten years in New York as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Business, where he teaches security analysis. He is the author of M&A: A Practical Guide to Doing the Deal, published by Wiley.
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THE INVESTING ENVIRONMENT.
Why Analyze a Security?
Who is Practicing Security Analysis?
Seeking a Level Playing Field.
Other Sources of Information.
PERFORMING THE ANALYSIS AND WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT.
Starting the Analysis.
Industry Analysis.
Company-Specific Analysis.
Financial Statement Analysis of an Established Business.
The Limitations of Accounting Data.
Financial Analysis and Stock Characterization.
Financial Projection Pointers.
VALUATION AND THE INVESTMENT DECISION.
Modern Approaches to Valuation.
The Relative Value Approach.
Valuing Marginal Performers.
The Mergers and Acquisitions Market, Leveraged Buyouts, and Takeovers.
Breakup Analysis.
Recommended Investment Decision.
SPECIAL CASES.
Cash Flow Stocks.
Natural Resource Stocks.
Financial Industry Stocks.
Insurance Companies.
Highly Speculative Stocks.
Distressed Securities and Turnarounds.
International Stocks.
Emerging Markets: The Final Frontier.
SUMMARY.
Closing Thoughts on Security Analysis.
Index.
Why Analyze a Security?
Who is Practicing Security Analysis?
Seeking a Level Playing Field.
Other Sources of Information.
PERFORMING THE ANALYSIS AND WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT.
Starting the Analysis.
Industry Analysis.
Company-Specific Analysis.
Financial Statement Analysis of an Established Business.
The Limitations of Accounting Data.
Financial Analysis and Stock Characterization.
Financial Projection Pointers.
VALUATION AND THE INVESTMENT DECISION.
Modern Approaches to Valuation.
The Relative Value Approach.
Valuing Marginal Performers.
The Mergers and Acquisitions Market, Leveraged Buyouts, and Takeovers.
Breakup Analysis.
Recommended Investment Decision.
SPECIAL CASES.
Cash Flow Stocks.
Natural Resource Stocks.
Financial Industry Stocks.
Insurance Companies.
Highly Speculative Stocks.
Distressed Securities and Turnarounds.
International Stocks.
Emerging Markets: The Final Frontier.
SUMMARY.
Closing Thoughts on Security Analysis.
Index.
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"Mr. Hooke does an admirable job of stripping away the wrapping paper to reveal the fundamentals of analyzing companies and their stocks and bonds that are traded in the public marketplace."
—Samuel L. Hayes III, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
—Samuel L. Hayes III, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
"Jeffrey Hooke has provided a comprehensive and readable explanation of the issues involved in determining company valuations. This book should become required reading for analysts and investment managers."
—Steven W. Golann, Director, Mercury Asset Management International Ltd.
"One of the toughest issues facing an investment professional is valuation. Jeff Hooke in his book Security Analysis on Wall Street deals with this issue in a comprehensive manner by providing not only a framework to evaluate the dynamics that determine value, but also tools that can be put to practical use. I consider this book a serious contribution to the art of valuation."
—George Konomos, Investment Manager Cambridge Capital Fund, L.P.
