Significant buyout On March 27, 2018, AkzoNobel announced it would be selling its specialty chemicals business to GIC and The Carlyle Group (CG) for $12.5 billion. The private equity companies are sitting on a substantial amount of cash, raising concerns among market participants and fund investors. From the past few years, these companies have seen substantial fundraising, creating a need for such huge investments. Carlyle […]
The PBV (price-to-book value) ratios of FactSet Research Systems, Thomson Reuters, MSCI, Markit, and Morningstar are 12.6x, 2.4x, 6.8x, 2.3x, and 5.3x, respectively.
The price-to-earnings ratios of John Wiley & Sons, Pearson, Thomson Reuters, and CBS are 15.3x, 32.6x, 15.7x, and 16.1x, respectively, as of December 8.
IHS has a market cap of $7.57 billion. Its YTD price movement is a mix of ups and downs. After the 3Q15 earnings report, it rose and closed at $110.56 per share.
FactSet Research Systems has outperformed its competitors based on net profit margin, EPS, PE, and PB. It has outperformed its ETFs based on price movement, PE, and PB.
FactSet Research Systems (FDS) has a market cap of $6.74 billion. Its YTD performance is going up day by day. After the 4Q15 earnings report, FDS fell 1.96% to close at $162.67 per share.
John Wiley & Sons’ competitors have outperformed the company based on gross profit margin, current ratio, and PE ratio. Based on price-to-book value ratio, the company performed much better than its ETFs.
According to its 1Q16 earnings report, John Wiley & Sons’ net revenue decreased by 4.2% to $422.981 million in 1Q16, compared to its 4Q15 net revenue of $441.646 million.
