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Market capitalization is the stock price multiplied by the number of shares issued.

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Enterprise value (EV) is a measure of the value of a company regardless of its financing. It is calculated as follows:
EV = market capitalization - cash + debt.

Enterprise Value metric explained

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The P/E ratio or price/earnings ratio TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) over the last 12 months describes the ratio of the stock price to earnings per share.

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If you divide the enterprise value by the Free Cash Flow of the last 12 months, you obtain an important metric for assessing the valuation of companies - even if they are not yet generating profits.

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If you divide the enterprise value by the revenue of the last 12 months, you obtain an important metric for assessing the valuation of companies - even if they are not yet making a profit.

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The KUV or price/sales ratio TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) over the last 12 months describes the ratio of the stock price to sales per share.

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The P/B ratio TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) over the last 12 months describes the ratio of the stock price to the book value per share.

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The current dividend yield is calculated as the quotient of the last annual dividend and the last closing price. Special dividends are not included in the calculation.

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A dividend represents the distribution of profits to shareholders.

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Sales growth TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) compares the sales of the last 12 months with the sales of the previous 12 months.

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Revenue TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) represents the sum of all revenues of a company for its products, services or other items within the last 12 months.

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EBIT or the operating result represents the profit or loss after deducting direct costs (cost of sales), sales, marketing, administrative, research and development costs and depreciation and amortization.

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Free Cash Flow TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) provides information on how much of the profit generated over the last 12 months remains in the company's coffers and is therefore available for profit distributions, share buybacks or debt repayment.

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Cash is defined as cash and cash equivalents (i.e. cash items of very high value).

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EPS TTM (Trailing Twelve Months) or earnings per share represents the profit per share over the last 12 months. The company's net profit is divided by the number of shares.

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