Tools for Fundamental Analysis
Much of fundamental analysis relies on economic data and central bank policies. Most trading platforms provide some form of economic calendar or research commentary so you're not flying blind.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/business_building_153697270-5bfc2b9846e0fb0083c07d69.jpg)
What Is Considered a Good Net Debt-to-Equity Ratio?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing15-5bfc2b8fc9e77c00519aa65b.jpg)
Market Value Of Equity Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-556673833-56a0a4c95f9b58eba4b26260-d77f8088cf3e4ad1be60ec347a70d83b.jpg)
Return on Total Assets (ROTA) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_271332740_clock-5bfc474a46e0fb0026621d0c.jpg)
Understanding the Time Value of Money
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1064565776-452de75bcdd64d0fa684d32c90f7dd38.jpg)
What Is the Intrinsic Value of a Stock?
Explore Tools
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dollar-5bfc37a546e0fb00260e51aa.jpg)
Decoding DuPont Analysis
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1197360813-58d18063aa264c798576377f72e4480b.jpg)
How to Use Enterprise Value to Compare Companies
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1091470486-5b4ac16f07264b1a8b3738289324bfe5.jpg)
Carrying Value vs. Fair Value: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/key-financial-ratios-to-analyze-tech-companies-ss-5bfc2b6946e0fb00260168db.jpg)
How Do You Calculate a Company's Equity?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing17-5bfc2b8fc9e77c00519aa64c.jpg)
How to Include the Benefit of Interest in Present Value Calculations
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-953844116-8a6affc3b3484b159ab80770ad5135be.jpg)
Understanding Marginal Analysis
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing7-5bfc2b8d46e0fb0051bddff8.jpg)
How Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Works
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/5843577306_1a98149efb_o-0a8b0741787f46f29bda99134fe1d21a.jpg)
What Is the Delphi Method?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/success-and-happiness-concept--businessman-handshake-at-city-outside-office--638615786-44d02b4cd4e84c9e9a67eebe54efae5b.jpg)
Why You Need to Know the Difference Between Gross and Net Sales
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing14-5bfc2b8f46e0fb00265beb22.jpg)
Normal Distribution
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing10-5bfc2b90c9e77c00517fd2ef.jpg)
Qualitative Analysis
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-494324463-23fed55a6d7941f380a179d4d5fcecd1.jpg)
Representative Sample is often used to extrapolate broader sentiment
T-Test Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-148249176-52f964b0917c4eceb5224c916745bb83.jpg)
What Is Synergy?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investor-analyzing-stock-market-investments-with-financial-dashboard--business-intelligence--bi---and-key-performance-indicators--kpi--on-smartphone-and-computer-screens-956752490-dc0d99560be94bcea7f21e7d2ddf3ab4.jpg)
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing9-5bfc2b8d46e0fb0051bddfee.jpg)
Understanding Population Statistics
How to Evaluate Firms Using Present Value of Free Cash Flows
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_112522391-5bfc2b9846e0fb0051bde2d3.jpg)
Intrinsic Value vs. Current Market Value: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing19-5bfc2b8f4cedfd0026c1194c.jpg)
Comparable Company Analysis (CCA) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/aa010876-5bfc2b9cc9e77c005143f33c.jpg)
Reading the Degree of Financial Leverage
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/financial-theory-lrg-3-5bfc2b2246e0fb002601586b.jpg)
Free Cash Flow Yield: The Best Fundamental Indicator
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing4-5bfc2b8ec9e77c0026b4f956.jpg)
Determining the Value of a Preferred Stock
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/chart_graphs_-5bfc31f046e0fb0026029eef.jpg)
Lognormal and Normal Distribution
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-175520675-ef36f817478244f1ae52d8d8dc8ba166.jpg)
What Are Some of the Variables Involved in Economies of Scale?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1045158428-4ad52fed9604415183e87b149c39920e.jpg)
How Is the Value of the S&P 500 Calculated?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos_80410231-5bfc2b97c9e77c0026b4fb20.jpg)
How Is a Company's Share Price Determined With the Gordon Growth Model?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bonds-lrg-3-5bfc2b23c9e77c00519a93a4.jpg)
Return on Equity (ROE) vs. Return on Capital (ROC): What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-687054066-30af8637c9dc4bfe901e0abe55783513.jpg)
How Do Gross Profit and EBITDA Differ?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/man-working-at-laptop-56a437d93df78cf772815343.jpg)
Top 6 Websites for Finding a Company's Financial Stats
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1194842257-59caf14d70364f718ce76aa30b3b8d05.jpg)
What Adjusted EBITDA Tells Us
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/aa014176-5bfc2b8bc9e77c002630643b.jpg)
Asset Valuation
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/149820145-5bfc2b9646e0fb00265bec9f.jpg)
Basic Earnings Per Share (EPS) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/156416606-5bfc2b8b46e0fb00517bdff7.jpg)
Capitalization of Earnings Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/hand-of-a-stock-broker-analysing-line-graph-on-computer-screen-932632556-24b7a9a40df246aaa41f6f5442f574d5.jpg)
Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-530770454-e3d2cdeeb89b425c9a03daf9829ac6d6.jpg)
What the Debt/EBITDA Ratio Tells You
Free Cash Flow Yield: What You Need to Know
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/hypothesis-classroom-board-479946192-831928db59dd47f2a8eec7e005dc8781.jpg)
How Hypothesis Testing Works
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing13-5bfc2b8f46e0fb0026016f4d.jpg)
Nominal Value Definition
Stockholders' Equity
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing11-5bfc2b90c9e77c00519aa65f.jpg)
Stress Testing
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/89794268-5bfc2b8bc9e77c005143f0cf.jpg)
What Unlevered Free Cash Flow (UFCF) Reveals
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1169785562-0ed1637eb08d4e3786df6cbd6514b183.jpg)
The Dangers of Share Dilution
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/active-trading-lrg-5bfc2b24c9e77c005876f40d.jpg)
Using the Kelly Criterion for Asset Allocation and Money Management
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_253136563-5bfc2b98c9e77c00519aa7a8.jpg)
Which Business Model Is Best? Depends on the Industry
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-655652514-751e34e9b06642cfbdf20deeca248a65.jpg)
Revenue vs. Sales: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1023021802-02e6ec032e3340908337447b14bc6b3e-859c31a12a544633870ef7b17d3f0a9e.jpg)
Learn How Top-Down and Bottom-Up Investing Differ
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/200275051-001-5bfc2b8b46e0fb0083c07b92.jpg)
Funds Transfer Pricing Analysis and Best Practices
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-573063963-4e11969d0ae544b8b81eff9c21a4107e.jpg)
What Gross Merchandise Value Tells Us
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/high-school-students-5bfc2b8b46e0fb0083c07b7d.jpg)
Normalized Earnings
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing5-5bfc2b8e46e0fb0026016f0e.jpg)
How Sampling Distribution Works
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/financial-stock-market-numbers-and-city-lights-892272312-57c1199feb1947a6a400a0d8901df589.jpg)
How the Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation Works
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/stocks-lrg-3-5bfc2b1d46e0fb005144ca11.jpg)
How to Calculate a Z-Score
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-683966244-d432d4289e7045b9a47a59baa998863a.jpg)
How to Use the Hamada Equation to Find the Ideal Capital Structure
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-456026807-037152815b55475b8adbbb2c252b3054.jpg)
Conditional Probability
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1064143302-4ebd773e6a514e7eb9bb712568a94dec.jpg)
When Model Risk Occurs in Finance
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-598776127-29674c7f3a97444587adcd7e049e411f.jpg)
How to Use the Bayesian Method of Financial Forecasting
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/EAE-e75afd7778c6484da673c69f0fdfbb55.png)
How the Expanded Accounting Equation Works
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-923217650-3f5234be3cda40bea1d341642da0e2d1.jpg)
ROE vs ROCE: The Difference
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos_493208894-5bfc2b9746e0fb0051bde2b8.jpg)
Learn to Calculate Capital Employed From a Company's Balance Sheet
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_67023106-5bfc2b9846e0fb005144dd87.jpg)
Operating Income vs. EBITDA: What's the Difference?