Peter Lynch
Balance sheet first, then growth against the price.
| Measure | Formula | Median | Middle half | Reporting it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to equity | Total debt ÷ shareholders’ equity | 0.79x | 0.39x – 1.45x | 442 |
| Net margin | Net income ÷ revenue | 10.2% | 3.6% – 18.5% | 549 |
Where each comes from
| Debt to equity | The balance-sheet check he returns to repeatedly: a company with no debt cannot go bankrupt, and heavy borrowing is what turns a bad quarter into a permanent loss. |
|---|---|
| Net margin | Used to compare companies inside the same industry, where he treats the higher margin as the better operator and the lower one as the better turnaround candidate. |
Source: One Up on Wall Street.
What this cannot tell you
His best-known measure, the price/earnings ratio divided by the growth rate, needs both a price and a multi-year growth rate. This site holds one fiscal year per company and no prices, so it computes neither.
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