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Valuation
Determination of the value of a company's stock based on earnings and the market value of assets.

valuation
A process for calculating the monetary value of an asset. Valuation is subjective and results in wide disparities for the values of most assets.

Valuation. Valuation is the process of estimating the value, or worth, of an asset or investment.

Sometimes it means determining a fixed amount, such as establishing the value of your estate after your death. Other times, valuation means estimating future worth.

For example, fundamental stock analysts estimate the outlook for a company's stock by looking at data such as the stock's price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales, and price-to-book (net asset value) ratios.

In general, a company with a high P/E is considered overvalued, and a company with a low P/E is considered undervalued.


valuation

(1) The process of estimating the worth of something. (2) The estimated worth given to something.



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