Valuecruncher Helps Consumers Build Better Investing Strategies

By Rachel Schramm - 07/02/2012 07:00:00

Investing can be an intimidating prospect, especially since it’s hard to tell how a company will do in the future. Valuecruncher helps everyday investors predict how companies are going to perform so they can make better decisions about their investing strategies.

 

How Valuecruncher Helps Consumers

 

Valuecruncher uses "deep corporate finance and software development expertise"^[1] to help the general public estimate how much they can expect to earn by investing in a specific company. They create a report based on the same "corporate finance methodologies"^[1] that professionals use and allow anyone to get a lot more information about a particular company. 

 

Without even registering for the service, a site visitor can find out some important details about stock quotes they're interested in. This includes:

 

• Implied share price 
• Overvalued and undervalued stock numbers 
• Total company assets and liabilities
• Company price history.^[2] 

 

They can even judge the company they're interested in against comparable businesses within the same industry. That way, investors can build a comprehensive understanding of how that company will compete against its peers and how the entire sector will perform in months to come. Users who have accounts can modify the values in the report using interactive tools to adjust the discounted cash flow analysis (DCF), which is the given amount of interest a company will earn over a particular period of time.^[3] This knowledge can help investors determine how long a company will remain a good investment. It can also help them decide when a company doesn’t belong in their portfolio any more.

 

Valuecruncher is currently able to value 425 companies from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and 76 companies from the NASDAQ, and hundreds of other companies from the UK, Canada, Australia, and it's native New Zealand.^[2] Anyone can access their information, and many investors use the service find out how others believe the stock market will behave.^[4] 

How Valuecruncher Helps Businesses

 

In the interest of providing information on local companies to their customers, Valuecruncher will try to further expand its database beyond large companies on the world market. They're looking to start working with smaller businesses that are often overlooked by investment firms.^[4]

 

Perhaps with more exposure, these companies will become more profitable, and inspire growth in the small business sector. This kind of development, which often leads to more hiring, could be the jump start that many sputtering economies need. Valuecruncher provides a great deal of value to both businesses and consumers. It has the potential to go far in the world of financial innovation. 

 

 

References

 

[1] "About Us." Valucruncher. n.d. n. page. Web. 30 Sep. 2011. <http://www.valuecruncher.com/static/about>.

 

[2] "Valuecruncher." Valucruncher. n.d. n. page. Web. 30 Sep. 2011. <http://www.valuecruncher.com/>.

 

[3] "Valuecruncher." Finovate Video Archives. n.d. n. page. Web. 30 Sep. 2011. <http://www.finovate.com/startup09vid/valuecruncher.html>.

 

[4] Simpson, Rowan. "Valuecruncher." Rowan Simposn. 06/02/08: n. page. Web. 30 Sep. 2011. <http://rowansimpson.com/2008/06/02/valuecruncher/>.