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2006-08-02 04:56:17 · 2 answers · asked by ho choon heng 1 in Business & Finance Investing

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Unfortunately the question is a bit vague, so I may not give you exactly what you're looking for...

If you're trying to find basic information about a company you might want to check Yahoo Finance's News articles. Read back through a few of them and you can often get a good sense of where a company is. ValueLine (available at just about any public library) is also likely to have useful information about companies.

If you want info on assessing a company, make sure you look at the following:

A company's PE (Price/Earnings) ratio. This is the true measure of how expensive a stock is. The higher the PE the less current earnings you get for every dollar you invest in the company. Companies that are expected to grow quickly in the future generally trade at high PEs while companies that are expected to see stable or shrinking earnings trade at low PEs. You want to try and spot companies that have significant growth potential that trade at low PEs (for obvious reasons they can be hard to find). Also make sure to check out how much debt and cash a company has. Company's with lots of cash in relation to their market cap and no debt can be compelling investments. Finally check out a company's Return on Equity. This measures how much money the company makes in relation to how much money has been invested into it-- the higher the number the better (though be weary of companys with high ROEs and lots of debt, as debt can make a ROE seem higher than it really is.)

2006-08-02 08:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by Adam J 6 · 0 0

Price. How much a share costs is the first thing people look at. This is the current market level, what one person will sell for and another will buy for.

2006-08-02 12:22:51 · answer #2 · answered by kako 6 · 0 0

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