Valuation multiple: What It Means in Stock Research
A shorthand ratio — like price-to-earnings — for how much the market pays per dollar the company makes.
Why this term matters
Valuation terms answer one question: is today's price high or low for what this business actually is? They compare the price tag to what the company earns, owns, and can plausibly become.
In a Monsaic report, you’ll meet valuation multiple in the “Worth the price?” section of the simplified read, and the Valuation & Scenarios analysis of the full report. Inside a report, tapping any underlined term shows this same definition in place — the reading never has to stop for a search.
Related Price & valuation terms
- Rerating — Investors deciding to pay more (or less) per dollar of the same earnings — the price moves without the business changing.
- 52-week range — The lowest and highest prices the stock has traded at over the past year.
- Add zone — The price range where the analysis would consider buying more, provided the business is still on track.
- EV/Sales — Enterprise value divided by a year of revenue — like price-to-sales, but it also counts the company's debt and cash.
- Fair value — What the analysis calculates the business is actually worth, independent of today's quote.
- P/S — Price-to-sales: the company's total stock value divided by a year of revenue — useful when profits are small or missing.
See “valuation multiple” in a live report
This definition is the exact copy Monsaic shows inside its reports. Read a covered stock’s excerpt to see the vocabulary in context — attached to a real verdict, not an example.
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