fundamentals analysis
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Definition
Noun: 1. A method of evaluating a security's intrinsic value: This involves analyzing related economic, financial, and other qualitative and quantitative factors. The goal is to determine a value that can be compared with the security's current price to assess whether it is undervalued or overvalued. 2. An investment strategy based on fundamental analysis: This refers to the practice of making investment decisions by studying a company's fundamentals, such as its earnings, revenue, assets, liabilities, and growth potential, rather than relying solely on price movements or market trends.
Usage Examples
- Investors who use fundamentals analysis often examine a company's balance sheets and income statements.
- Successful long-term investing typically requires a solid understanding of fundamentals analysis.
- The analyst's report was based on thorough fundamentals analysis of the tech sector.
Advanced Usage
- "to perform fundamentals analysis on": To conduct this type of evaluation on a specific company or asset.
- Before investing, it is wise to perform fundamentals analysis on the company.
- The term is often contrasted with "technical analysis," which focuses on statistical trends derived from trading activity, such as price movement and volume.
Variants and Related Words
- Fundamental Analysis: This is a more common and identical variant of the term "fundamentals analysis." The meaning is the same.
- Fundamental Analyst (n): A person who practices fundamentals analysis.
- The fundamental analyst recommended buying the stock based on the company's strong cash flow.
- Fundamentals (n): The core financial data and qualitative factors (e.g., management, industry position) that are analyzed.
- The company's fundamentals are very strong.
Synonyms
- Fundamental Analysis: (Identical variant)
- Financial Statement Analysis: (A key component of fundamentals analysis)
- Security Analysis: (A broader term that can include fundamentals analysis)
Related Phrases
- Bottom-up analysis: An investment approach that starts with fundamentals analysis of individual companies before considering the overall economy or market (a common strategy within fundamentals analysis).
- Value investing: An investment paradigm that is heavily reliant on fundamentals analysis to find undervalued securities.
Noun
- (stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy