Another View of Valuation vs. Leverage from the Viridian Deal Tracker.
We update a second view of the valuation vs. leverage chart every week in the deal tracker. This chart shows leverage as measured by total liabilities to market cap. This measure has been shown every week for the last three years in our Viridian Credit Tracker credit scoring model and is the highest weighted leverage indicator out of the four we utilize. Moreover, the ratio has a rich history in bankruptcy prediction modeling, going back to early work by Beaver at Stanford and Altman at NYU. A version became the famous MAD ratio utilized by Drexel Burnham in the early days of junk bonds. The ratio is important because it incorporates the information present in equity prices and includes all liabilities, including payables and tax accruals, as well as debt and leases. It is an excellent credit screening tool because it reacts more quickly than purely financially driven measures like Debt/EBITDA.
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Executive Director Project Management at Paratek Pharmceuticals
5moInteresting story! I am eager to see the next project that comes from 'the nest"