A recent paper by Ohlson and Juettner-Nauroth (2005) develops a model in which a firm's expected earnings and their growth determine its value. At least on its surface, the model appeals because it embeds the core principle used in investment practice and, further, generalizes the Constant...

In spite of the proliferation of alternative API metrics, little interpretation and comparison of them has been conducted. Their relationship with the capital asset pricing model has remained obscure. This paper attempts to clarify these and other issues. The major conclusion is that API (or...

In this paper we integrate the PVED, FCF, RIV and AEG valuation models and argue that the AEG model is practically and theoretically superior to their correspondents. We show that a firm’s market price is a function of its expected earnings, short and long term growth in earnings and its cost...