Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions. In corporate finance, this takes the form of a hurdle rate , a minimum acceptable return on an investment, for it to be funded.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The weakest performers fell below the returns hurdle rate across regions and across segments, the report noted. Overall, the majority of corporate banking divisions in North America experienced shrinking economic profit during that timeframe.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While there is little that can be done about past mistakes, we can at least stop adding to those mistakes, and one place to start is by updating hurdle rates, as investors and businesses, to reflect the world we live in, rather than some normalized past version of it.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

As the risk-free rate rises, expected returns on equities will be pushed up, and holding all else constant, stock prices will go down., and the reverse will occur, when risk-free rates drop.

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

The dividend principle, which is the focus of this post is built on a very simple principle, which is that if a company is unable to find investments that make returns that meet its hurdle rate thresholds, it should return cash back to the owners in that business.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

Discount rates in intrinsic valaution have to change to reflect current market conditions, and can be expected to change over time.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2021

Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question. YouTube Video Spreadsheets Daily data for commodities, currencies, collectibles and cryptos - 2020 Data Updates for 2021 Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year! Data Update 2 for 2021: The Price of Risk!

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 20, 2006

When it comes to ordinary investment decisions, companies calculate their cost of capital - currently averaging around 12% - and pursue the most attractive projects exceeding that "hurdle rate," Miller says. In lobbying, a 12% ROPI is often surpassed every two hours.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Furthermore, do they optimize they debt ratios to deliver the lowest hurdle rates. Do companies optimize financing mix? Do companies consider the trade off between tax benefits and bankruptcy costs when borrowing money?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

In the three posts that follow, I will look at the shifts in corporate hurdle rates (in post 6), debt loads and worries (in post 7) and dividends/cash returned in post 8.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Employee Count & Compensation I nvesting Principle Financing Principle Dividend Principle Hurdle Rate Project Returns Financing Mix Financing Type Cash Return Dividends/Buyback s 1. Insider, CEO & Institutional holdings 2. Aggregate operating numbers 3. Beta & Risk 1. Return on Equity 1. Debt Ratios & Fundamentals 1.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question. YouTube Video Data Updates for 2021 Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year! Data Update 2 for 2021: The Price of Risk! Data Update 3 for 2021: Currencies, Commodities, Collectibles and Cryptos!

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

That means a low hurdle rate. If you think about the fact that we’re client-owned, so we’re delivering as close to at costs as possible. We’re going to be a lower fee than almost everybody out there. So we do that. But don’t take a lot, you don’t have to.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the three posts that follow, I will look at the shifts in corporate hurdle rates (in post 6), debt loads and worries (in post 7) and dividends/cash returned in post 8.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 20, 2021

Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question. YouTube Video Spreadsheets Implied ERP for the S&P 500: January 1, 2021 Spreadsheet to value the S&P 500 on January 1, 2021 Data Updates for 2021 Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year! Data Update 2 for 2021: The Price of Risk!

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2023

But I don’t think this is a wholesale shift, we’re in a higher rate environment, obviously, for now. And while rates will likely start rolling over into next year, I think we’re in an environment where the hurdle rate for making more illiquid investments is higher.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 25, 2023

Company Hurdle Rates This post has already become much longer than I intended it to be, but I want to end by bringing these equity risk premiums down to the company level, and examining how they play out in hurdle rates, to be used in investment analysis by companies and valuation by investors.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In a way, it’s more explicit in a capitalist economy because you’re paying a certain rate of interest on your loan, or you have a certain required hurdle rate on your investment, or you’re applying a certain discount in the valuation of an asset.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

” look at the Monte Carlo simulations, look at what is the hurdle rate. But really the main driver in that first meeting is, “Hey, we’ve got to update the financial plan. Did things change significantly since we updated the plan?,”

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

So it’s gonna take a little more confidence, you know, and equities to, because you get your, your hurdle rates higher, you know? Now, you know, they don’t want people to take on as much risk in, in some regard. So that 00:48:50 [Speaker Changed] Makes sense.

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