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Free financial information from ADVFN - in depth information on company financial's and price charts

InvestorEducation / Investing Dec 06, 2006 - 11:39 AM

By: Shahla_Walayat

ADVFN should be the lynch pin of every online trader's portfolio. UK traders are very well catered for, with real-time LSE quotes and charts, all for free. However, US traders can take advantage of the real time indices. Nasdaq and NYSE are also there.

After a simple registration on their site, the free services which ADVFN offer include real time quotes for stocks, real time monitors (which include bid/offer prices and the last price and volume of a share traded), share portfolios, alerts, charts, in depth company information , news and bulletin boards.

Two extremely impressive features are the portfolio and monitoring systems. Like most site portfolios, one is able to create a number of portfolios. However where ADVFN streaks ahead is the completeness of the portfolio tools. When entering a stock, you are able to include additional charges such as broker fees, commission and stamp duty. Bought the same share at many different prices? No problem, just input the share at all those different prices and when the summary is displayed, ADVFN has calculated the average cost spent per share after including all the additional charges at the different purchase prices.

The monitoring system is an extension of following a single real time quote. Instead, it is possible to track (numerically) the share prices in real time. With the monitoring system, you can set alerts to either your e-mail or to your mobile (with the help of an e-mail to sms service).

Using Google as an example of the extensive financial cover ADVFN provide in addition to news, quotes and charts -

Company Name: Google, Incorporated Ticker Symbol: GOOG WWW Address: www.google.com CEO: Eric Schmidt No. of Employees: 5,680 Common Issue Type: CS Business Description: A global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. The company maintains an online index of web sites and other content, and makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection.   Industry Information: INTERNET - Internet Information Providers [more like this]
Price   Day Change   Bid   Ask   Open   High   Low   Volume   487.5   0.5  487.52  487.6  486.5  489.44  484.89  881359  Market Cap (mil)  Shares Outstanding (mil)  Beta  EPS  DPS  P/E  Yield  52-Wks-Range  149,098.5  306.2  0.78  5.02  0.00  62.0  0.0  513.00 - 331.55
KEY FIGURES (Latest Twelve Months - LTM) Yesterday's Close 487.00 $ PE Ratio - LTM 62.0 Market Capitalisation 149,098.5 mil Latest Shares Outstanding 306.2 mil Earnings pS (EPS) 5.02 $ Dividend pS (DPS) 0.00 ¢ Dividend Yield 0.0 % Dividend Payout Ratio 0 % Revenue per Employee 1,080,732 $ Effective Tax Rate 31.6 % Float 305.2 mil Float as % of Shares Outstanding 99.7 % Foreign Sales 2,382 mil Domestic Sales 3,757 mil Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue 15.60 % Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue 10.70 % Gross Profit Margin 65.2 % EBITDA Margin 38.9 % Pre-Tax Profit Margin 37.2 % Assets Turnover 0.7 % Return on Assets (ROA) 15.4 % Return on Equity (ROE) 16.8 % Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) 16.8 % Current Ratio 9.8 Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) 1.1 Interest Cover 17506.8 Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) 0.00 LT Debt/Total Capital 0.0 % Working Capital pS 34.76 $ Cash pS 9.92 $ Book-Value pS 47.03 $ Tangible Book-Value pS 45.34 $ Cash Flow pS 9.46 $ Free Cash Flow pS 4.01 $ KEY FIGURES (LTM): Price info Price/Book Ratio 10.36 Price/Tangible Book Ratio 10.74 Price/Cash Flow 51.5 Price/Free Cash Flow 121.4 P/E as % of Industry Group 120.0 % P/E as % of Sector Segment 112.0 %		Balance Sheet (at a glance) in Millions DIVIDEND INFO Type of Payment - Dividend Rate 0.00 Current Dividend Yield 0.0 5-Y Average Dividend Yield 0.0 Payout Ratio 0.0 5-Y Average Payout Ratio 0.0 Share price performance previous 3 years Share price performance intraday
PRICE/VOLUME High Low Close % Price Chg % Price Chg vs. Mkt. Avg. Daily Vol Total Vol 1 Week - - - 1.3 100 55,245 88,429 4 Weeks 513.00 474.14 473.55 2.8 100 56,114 897,825 13 Weeks 513.00 377.77 377.85 28.9 118 62,823 3,832,217 26 Weeks 513.00 363.36 386.57 26.0 112 57,588 7,140,913 52 Weeks 513.00 331.55 409.20 19.0 106 85,326 21,160,853 YTD 513.00 331.55 - 17.4 104 85,115 19,916,996 Moving Average 5-Days 10-Days 10-Weeks 30-Weeks 200-Days Beta (60-Mnth) Beta (36-Mnth) 484.42 491.90 456.94 412.20 405.60 0.78 0.85
GROWTH RATES 5-Year Growh R² of 5-Year Growth 3-Year Growth Revenue 0.00 0.0 99.98 Income 0.00 0.0 157.45 Dividend 0.00 0.0 0.00 Capital Spending 0.00 NA 175.67 R&D 0.00 NA 128.82 Normalized Inc. 0.00 NA 110.52		CHANGES YTD vs. Last YTD Curr Qtr vs. Qtr 1-Yr ago Annual vs. Last Annual Revenue % 75.4 70.4 92.5 Earnings % 87.2 92.4 267.2 EPS % 74.7 78.8 243.8 EPS $ 2.84 1.04 3.56
SOLVENCY RATIOS SHORT-TERM SOLVENCY RATIOS (LIQUIDITY) Net Working Capital Ratio 80.37 Current Ratio 12.1 Quick Ratio (Acid Test) 11.7 Liquidity Ratio (Cash) 10.78 Receivables Turnover 11.5 Average Collection Period 31 Working Capital/Equity 87.6 Working Capital pS 28.17 Cash-Flow pS 6.00 Free Cash-Flow pS 5.19 FINANCIAL STRUCTURE RATIOS Altman's Z-Score Ratio 107.35 Financial Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) 1.1 Debt Ratio 8.3 Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) 0.00 LT Debt/Equity 0.00 LT Debt/Capital Invested 1.1 LT Debt/Total Liabilities 0.0 Interest Cover 0.0 Interest/Capital Invested 0.00   VALUATION RATIOS MULTIPLES PQ Ratio 5.21 Tobin's Q Ratio 14.52 Current P/E Ratio - LTM 62.00 Enterprise Value (EV)/EBITDA 59.11 Enterprise Value (EV)/Free Cash Flow 96.85 Dividend Yield 0.0 Price/Tangible Book Ratio - LTM 10.74 Price/Book Ratio - LTM 10.36 Price/Cash Flow Ratio 51.5 Price/Free Cash Flow Ratio - LTM 121.4 Price/Sales Ratio 16.00 P/E Ratio (1 month ago) - LTM 60.0 P/E Ratio (26 weeks ago) - LTM 68.1 P/E Ratio (52 weeks ago) - LTM 90.3 5-Y High P/E Ratio 0.0 5-Y Low P/E Ratio 0.0 5-Y Average P/E Ratio 0.0 Current P/E Ratio as % of 5-Y Average P/E 0 P/E as % of Industry Group 120.0 P/E as % of Sector Segment 112.0 Current 12 Month Normalized P/E Ratio - LTM 59.8 PER SHARE FIGURES LT Debt pS 0.00 Current Liabilities pS 2.54 Tangible Book Value pS - LTM 45.34 Book Value pS - LTM 47.03 Capital Invested pS 30.77 Cash pS - LTM 9.92 Cash Flow pS - LTM 9.46 Free Cash Flow pS - LTM 4.01 Earnings pS (EPS) 5.02   OPERATING RATIOS PROFITABILITY RATIOS Free Cash Flow Margin 24.76 Free Cash Flow Margin 5YEAR AVG 16.75 Net Profit Margin 23.9 Net Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. 18.3 Equity Productivity 0.65 Return on Equity (ROE) 15.6 Return on Equity (ROE) - 5YEAR AVRG. 0.0 Capital Invested Productivity 0.65 Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) 15.6 Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) - 5YEAR AVRG. 0.0 Assets Productivity 0.90 Return on Assets (ROA) 14.3 Return on Assets (ROA) - 5YEAR AVRG. 0.0 Gross Profit Margin 65.2 Gross Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. 0.0 EBITDA Margin - LTM 38.9 EBIT Margin - LTM 37.2 Pre-Tax Profit Margin 34.9 Pre-Tax Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. 0.0 Effective Tax Rate 31.6 Effective Tax Rate - 5YEAR AVRG. 43.3 EFFICIENCY RATIOS Cash Conversion Cycle 40 Revenue per Employee 1,080,732 Net Income per Employee 257,992 Average Collection Period 40 Receivables Turnover 11.5 Day's Inventory Turnover Ratio 0 Inventory Turnover 0.0 Inventory/Sales 0.0 Accounts Payble/Sales 1.88 Assets/Revenue 1.11 Net Working Capital Turnover 0.74 Fixed Assets Turnover 4.83 Total Assets Turnover 0.9 Revenue per $ Cash 1.58 Revenue per $ Plant 6.38 Revenue per $ Common Equity 0.65 Revenue per $ Capital Invested 0.65 Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue 15.9 SG&A Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. 0.0 Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue 7.9 R&D Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. 7.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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