Value Line, in its current form, was incorporated in 1982 and is the successor to substantially all of the operations of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc. In June 2005, AB & Co. owned approximately 86.5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. The Company produces investment related periodical publications through its wholly owned subsidiary, Value Line Publishing LLC ("VLP") . VLP publishes in both print and electronic formats The Value Line Investment Survey®, one of the nation's
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Kyle Fortin Case 12: VALUE LINE PUBLISHING, OCTOBER 2002 From a profitability standpoint, Home Depot created value, according to their 12.3% WACC found in exhibit 3. They are consistently creating value in all years (97’-01’) beings their ROC is higher than their WACC. Considering the Industry ROE average was 17.1% in 1997 according to Wikinvest.com, Home Depot was a little behind the game as far as creating value for their investors. Home Depot’s Gross Margin increased steadily each year, indicating
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| | |Assumptions | | | |Please note that a number of assumptions have been made in response to this assignment. These include the size
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Value Line Publishing, October 2002 Value Line Publishing is an investment-survey firm. Value Line is best known for publishing The Value Line Investment Survey, a stock analysis newsletter that is updated weekly and kept by subscribers to the print edition in a large black or green binder. The company provides information via an online web page with both free and paid content. After analyzing the financial ratios in case Exhibit 7 for Home Depot these are the points I detected about the
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Time Warner is the result of the merger in the year 1989, of worth 14$ billion between the two big players: 1. Time was established in the year 1922 and was in magazine publishing business. It was followed by Television Company and acquired American television and Communication Company. 2. Warner Brothers established in the year 1923, was into the film production. In the year 2001, the merger between these two giants was held with the aim “to create the world’s fully integrated media and
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Leading by Values: Sam Palmisano and IBM In 2002 Sam Palmisano became chairman and CE O of IBM, succeeding the legendary Lou E Gerstner. Gerstner, coming from RJR Nabisco and before that American Express, was sought out by the IBM board to replace John Akers as CEO when the c ompany was facing the greatest crisis in its s history; Gerstner took over IBM’s helm in 1994. IBM w as on the brink of bankruptcy, with many r shareholders pressuring management to capture near-ter m value by divesting
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concerning the company’s core competitors, and one detailing consumer attitudes and behaviors (Herman, 2002). These three reports provided Jackson a complete overview on MSLO and it’s up to her to decide whether it’s favorable to invest in MSLO or not. The MSLO business model report mentioned that on October 19, 1999, MSLO went public. At the close of business day, MSLO reached a market value of $1.73 billion and a stake for Stewart worth $1.21 billion. MSLO described itself as a branded and
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marketing of Culinarian Cookware (Culinarian), Donald Janus, and the senior sales manager, Victoria Brown, met to discuss whether or not the company should offer a price promotion for the company’s line of premium cookware in the coming year. These two executives had very different views on the value of a price promotion and the role it could play in the company’s marketing strategy. Janus expressed his opinion first: Brown knew that Janus was determined above all else that Culinarian should remain
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Economics of Competitive Strategy Professor R. Preston McAfee Apple Computer Inc.: Digital Connectivity in the Age of the Maturing PC 8 April 2002 Group : Alp Buyukuygur Yuma Maris Amit Bhardwaj Brief Background Apple Computer is a major developer, manufacturer, and marketer of personal computers and peripheral products for sale primarily to the business, creative, education, government, and consumer markets. Apple also sells operating systems, utilities, languages, developer tools
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