About Quote by James B. Stewart

Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are produced.

— Alex Berenson

“A firm can have value only if it ultimately delivers earnings.”

— Aswath Damodaran

A young financial writer once brought ridicule upon himself by stating that a certain company had nothing to commend it except excellent earnings. Well,…

— B. C. Forbes

Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.

— Kevin Harrington

Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.

— Warren Buffett

To know whether stocks are cheap or pricey, we typically look at price-to-earnings ratio. Valuation is a tougher question than many folks realize.

— Barry Ritholtz

The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings.

— John C. Bogle

One has to know more about a company if one buys earnings.

— Walter Schloss

Too many entrepreneurs think their valuation is the real economic price of their company. It's not. It's not a real economic price unless you…

— Andy Dunn

Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic…

— Timothy Noah

We are not so brazen as to believe that we can perfectly calibrate valuation; determining risk and return for any investment remains an art…

— Seth Klarman

Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings.

— Walter Schloss