Alpha
What is Alpha? Alpha is a measure of the performance of an investment as compared to a suitable benchmark index, such as the S&P 500. An alpha of one (the baseline value is zero) shows that the return on the investment during a specified time frame outperformed the overall market average by 1%. A negative...
Dividend Yield Formula
What is Dividend Yield? The Dividend Yield is a financial ratio that measures the annual value of dividends received relative to the market value per share of a security. In other words, the dividend yield formula calculates the percentage of a company’s market price of a share that is paid to shareholders in the form...
Recapitalization
What is Recapitalization? Recapitalization is a type of corporate restructuring that aims to change a company’s capital structure. Usually, companies perform recapitalization to make their capital structure more stable or optimal. Recapitalization essentially involves exchanging one type of financing for another – debt for equity, or equity for debt. One example is when a company issues...
Cost of Capital
What is Cost of Capital? Cost of capital is the minimum rate of return that a business must earn before generating value. Before a business can turn a profit, it must at least generate sufficient income to cover the cost of the capital it uses to fund its operations. It consists of both the cost...
Secondary Market
What is the Secondary Market? The secondary market is where investors buy and sell securities from other investors (think of stock exchanges). For example, if you want to buy Apple stock, you would purchase the stock from investors who already own the stock rather than from Apple. Apple would not be involved in the transaction....
