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It appears that the FFO and AFFO are very good methods for valuing real estate. We prefer the AFFO over the FFO, because the AFFO adjust for income statement items that produce a more accurate representation of the companies cash flow.

WikiWealth uses a DCF valuation approach to value REITs, because like all investments, REIT are valued based on their ability to produce cash flow. Our DCF analysis allows comparisons between REITs and other companies, which is a major advantage of our research reports: apples to apples comparisons.

We hope this helps,

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I am still trying to figure it out but thanks for the website!

Good luck!

YS

Thanks for visiting WikiWealth. Apple's WACC is 10% and it's located here: http://www.wikiwealth.com/research:aapl. Go to the tab (across the top) that says "WACC". Find the "Experiment…" link and you'll be able to change Apple's WACC calculation how you see if. All the information updates in real time, so enjoy.

There is one difference in our WACC calculation. We use an industry WACC that calculates the debt to capital ratio based on the industry average. This type of calculation results in more accurate and steady WACC calculation. If you would like a Apple specific WACC calculation, then just change the ratio to what you feel is most appropriate.

Write back if you have any other questions,

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but still, how should we get wacc of apple, which is actually cost of equity of apple(apple has no debt if i m not wrong), thank you so much!

ys

Specifically i am looking for revenue and cost drivers for industry. Few of the drivers might be - revenue per case/bottle, average price/case, acerage under grapes etc. What other key drivers could be there? And is there any sample valuation available for wine firm on wiki ?

Thanks

If you are looking for unique industry specific ratios, you can look for volumes of wine sold. This assumes that a company produces 100,000 liters of wine is worth the same as another company that produces the same volume of wine. The more similar the companies, the better your comparison will be.

We hope this help. Post any other questions you may have.

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You'll learn the most about trading and investing by actually purchasing small amounts of a wide variety of stocks. When you do this, you'll understand how market news affects your companies and see why stocks go up or down.

If you have any other questions, feel free to reply. Good luck, WikiWealth.com

Scroll down the page to find the column on the right side. We only have the top 30 companies so far, but we will upgrade this over the next few months.

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Thanks

You have some very good question. Let me answer them one at a time:

1. Reliability and Accuracy: We rely on our in-house talent to establish a base level of quality. To enhance our quality standards, so rely on users to edit, change, and improve textual information. Users notify us of improvements we can make to our quantitative information.

2. Quality Check & Manipulation: Our team reviews every change to the site. This assures quality and filters spam. We do additional research if we suspect manipulation.

3. Insider Information & Leaks: We, unfortunately, can't disclose our procedures for dealing with this type of information. We follow all legal precedence.

4. Background of Team: Our team originates from Duff & Phelp's (http://www.duffandphelps.com/Pages/default.aspx), the leading valuation firm in the world. Our intellectual leaders hail from Harvard and NYU Stern.

5. Contributions: Since we review every contribution, we appreciate any person who would like to share their unique knowledge to improve the quality of the research on WikiWealth. Use WikiWealth to record your notes on your favorite companies. Users will help improve on your initial thoughts and we will all benefit from better investment research.

6. Skeptical: Absolutely all of our information is transparent, so if you suspect anything is wrong, you have our full analysis to investigate the quality of our work. Additionally, you can experiment with our valuation models to create your own unique conclusions. We simply provide a forum to share information and some advance models to help with your investment picking.

We hope this helps. Send any additional investment questions as they arise.

Dave

I have a similar question: how in general do you establish reliability and accuracy of information?
In addition what is your review procedure, and which quality checks do you establish.

It would be helpful if you could outline your practices in more detail and provide more background on the people behind the project, as well as how you prevent insider information being leaked and attempts on market manipulation and qualifications of people participating in the project.

I like the concept and actually though about a similar site a few months back. However, the quality assurance issues have deterred me for the moment. If would learn more about how you manage quality, I could imagine becoming a contributor and user. So far I remain skeptical of the information being provided.

Best Regards,
AT

You have a great question. WikiWealth's team of analyst make the projections, but we make very conservative projections. Market research shows that the investment analyst tend to overestimate projections; therefore, we prefer a very conservative opinion. Additionally, it's better to be conservative, because we dislike losing money. All of our projections are done the same way, so you can compare BDX to Apple and know that we used the same tough standards for both. This makes it easier to compare.

We encourage visitors to use our experimental mode, which allows you or anyone else the ability to change those projections and arrive at a better conclusion of value. This mode will not change the results for anyone else, so you can use this tool all you want without worry.

Also, we are in the middle of a major update to all our analysis reports. Our new BDX estimates will show much higher growth rates in 2010 and beyond. Use our experimental mode to plug in you own estimates. Maybe BDX is a diamond in the rough.

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