China Distance Education (DL)

3.40 -0.07  -2.02%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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China Distance Education Valuation

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

DL 2.668
XUE 1.067
LINC 0.2909
BPI 1.070

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

DL 67.00
XUE 68.40
LINC 31.84
BPI 7.286

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

DL 1.963
XUE 1.466
LINC 0.5857
BPI 2.589

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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DL News

[$$] Insurers Could Give Fresh Life to Lending
Apr 20, 9:06AM The Wall Street Journal
CDEL March 2012 Conference Schedule
Feb 29, 7:00AM PR Newswire
$DL http://stks.co/2QVB
about 103 days ago by qjol
China Distance Education rises 15.1%
Dec 13, 12:00PM theflyonthewall.com
China Distance Education rises 18.3%
Dec 13, 10:00AM theflyonthewall.com
China Distance Education rises 14.2%
Aug 19, 10:00AM FlyOnTheWall
Chinese ADRs news and notes http://stk.ly/hx4FQq $BIDU, $CHL, $DL, $GA, $HNP, $NCTY, $PTR, $ZNH
about 460 days ago by sinastock
some more Chinese Tech stocks we're watching: $LTON, $DL, $KONG, $JOBS, $CHINA, $GIGM, $NCTY, $CAST, $SINA, $CEDU
about 472 days ago by ShinesRoom
The Half-time TFSA Report: http://bit.ly/a1zIOx Featuring: $GRVY $SINA $DL $EMA $SJR.B
about 681 days ago by cdndollars
Nice $DL (Danier Leather) repurchasing up to 10% of the outstanding float. Excellent news for shareholders! http://bit.ly/cBtWRa
about 755 days ago by cdndollars
Testing StockTwits RT @michaelnoer: Forbes Chinese stocks picks for 2010 $CTRP $SINA $SOHO $DL http://bit.ly/7K6SVK
about 854 days ago by michaelnoer
Charging at gate to switch to an earlier (half empty) shuttle is 1 more reason I hate #Delta -even Useless Air doesn't charge at gate $DL
about 950 days ago by graubart
@kunal00 watchin anything? what do ya think. $dl make another run? to risky maybe. Picked up little $sle this morning 9.68 stop 9.50
about 1057 days ago by goinlong08
Big #NYSE gainers: $XCO 16% $DRL 15% $TKG 11% Decliners: $RZ 28% $SRZ 22% $DL 21% #MKT #WSJ $$
about 1063 days ago by peteramckay
@ForeverCaroline another big china player today was $dl but I missed it
about 1064 days ago by JamieB34
#NYSE big gainers: $TRW 26% $DL 26% $IOC 18% Decliners: $ALY 14% $FAC 13% $SSP 12% #MKT #WSJ $$
about 1064 days ago by peteramckay
$DL blasted eod
about 1064 days ago by Skutch
$DL b/o
about 1064 days ago by Skutch
$DL increasing competition, not lack of growth, impacting education companies in China. http://tinyurl.com/ct4nhn
about 1197 days ago by ianmcguinn

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