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Economic Value Added (EVA) Ratio
By Level13  •  April 22, 2008
By: Level13 Economic Value Added (EVA) is a frequently used ratio by investors from developed market economies. The basic idea of this formula is based on the foundation that the main goal of a company is to maximize profit. However it does not mean book profit (the difference between revenues and costs) but economical profit. The difference between economical and book profit is that economical profit is the difference between revenues and economical costs, which are book costs and opportunity costs. Opportunity costs are presented by the amount of money lost by not putting available sources (like capital, labor, etc.) to the best alternative use. This relation is possible to describe in following way: Read more...
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Level13 is a 30 yr old guy who started investing about 4 years ago. He is a value investor who tries to buy a dollar note for eighty cents or less. Level13 Investor Creed "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of people who are above you. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in books. But after observation & analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it."
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