Background: The interest in shares has increased over the years, despite several stock market crashes. One reason for this is the emergence of stock trading online,which makes it easier for individuals to trade in shares. However, there has been much criticism towards financial analyst with the lack of fundamental basis to support their recommendations. Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the share valuation models swedish financial analysts today applies and consider appropriate. A comparison will also be carried out in previous studies, to see if the application of the modelsand their suitability has changed. Method: The study used a qualitative approach with deductive approach. Semistructured interviews were conducted and the basis for the study's primary data.The theories and previous studies obtained through secondary data. Results: Our results demonstrate that no single model applied, is appropriate. Therefore, the financial analyst combines the models. Financial analysts place great emphasis on the macro-economic aspects in the valuation of shares. Macroeconomic analyses underlying fundamental valuation models.

Bakgrund: Handeln på aktiemarknaden har den senaste tiden genomgått en teknisk utveckling och blivit mer lättillgänglig för flera. Här verkar aktieägare med förhoppningen om att skapa en överavkastning på aktiemarknaden. I motsatt förhållande finns det studier som menar att det inte skulle finnas några möjligheter till överavkastning. Därmed blir det intressant att undersöka huruvida nyckeltal kan förklara avkastningen för dagens aktiebolag. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur väl nyckeltal förklarar den kortsiktiga avkastningen hos tillväxt- respektive värdebolag. Detta för att komma fram till om något nyckeltal är mer användbart för att förklara sambandet till den kortsiktiga avkastningen för tillväxt- eller värdebolag. Metod: Studien bygger på en kvantitativ metod där tre nyckeltal har analyserats med hjälp av enkel linjär regression. Resultat: Studiens resultat konstaterar att nyckeltalet, avkastning på totalt kapital, är mest användbart för att förklara sambandet till den kortsiktiga avkastningen hos tillväxt- och värdebolag. / Background: Trading on the stock market has recently experienced a technological development and become more available to more people. Here the shareholders trying to create an excess return in the stock market. In the opposite relationship, there are studies that say that there are no possibilities to create excess returns. This makes it interesting to investigate whether key ratios can explain returns for today’s companies. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how well key ratios explain the short-term yield of growth and value companies. This is to find out whether any key ratio is more useful to explain the relationship to the short-term returns for growth or value companies. Methodology: The study is based on a quantitative method in which three key ratios have been analyzed using simple linear regression. Results: The result of the study shows that the key ratio, return on assets, is most useful to explain the short-term returns of growth and value companies.

När man väljer att analysera företag, finns det flera olika värderingsmodeller att använda.En av dessa är Piotroskis F-score. Denna modell har mestadels tidigare använts för att analysera företag på den amerikanska marknaden. Nu vill författarna undersöka hur tillämpbar modellen är på den svenska aktiemarknaden och dessutom kombinera denna modell med en Magic Sixes värdering för att öka dess precision. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om F-score i samarbete med Magic Sixes kan generera överavkastning och överträffa den svenska aktiemarknaden. Författarna har genomfört en kvantitativ studie med en deduktiv ansats. Data har samlats in med hjälp av databasen Orbis och Dagens Industri. Författarna har upprättat identiska listor för att beräkna företagens F-score och Magic Sixes. Därefter har en beräkning av portföljernas lönsamhet genomförts. Författarnas studie har visat att F-score i kombination med Magic Sixes lyckas slå marknaden under 3 av de 6 studerade åren. F-score har en träffsäkerhet på 65,15% och Magic Sixes har en träffsäkerhet på 58,82%. Modellerna bör inte användas självständigt eller i kombination med varandra som enda grund för ett beslut, men bör ses mer som ett komplement till andra analysmetoder. Slutsatsen är att modellerna kan ge en god indikation på huruvida investerare bör undersöka investeringsobjektet närmare.

The aim of this paper is to test and further improve fundamental analysis models developed by Piotroski (2000) and Rados and Lovric (2009). The improvement seeks to reverse the information in the previous models by taking relative importance and strength of both positive and negative fundamental signals into consideration. The theoretical framework used includes the efficient market hypothesis, fundamental analysis and investing in high book-to-market companies. The Piotroski model, two Rados’s and Lovric’s models and two variations of our model were tested on a portfolio consisting of high book-to-market companies from the Stockholm Stock Exchange during the period 1999-2008. The results show that our EDA Model was the most successful at identifying short selling candidates, as EDA Low portfolio rendered market adjusted returns of -19% on average. Moreover, our EDC model was the best performing at identifying buy-and-hold candidates, with an average annual market adjusted return of 31,5%. The success of our models implies that the market is not using the information captured by them fully and in a timely manner.

In this paper, the popular fundamental analysis model Economic Value Added is tested for any ability to generate returns above that explained by book-to-market effects on American large cap stocks. A zero net-investment hedge portfolio-test was undertaken where the Economic Value Added® fundamental analysis was applied on a sample of large cap stocks, sorted into quintiles after book to market valuation. The portfolio investing in the extreme quintiles gained positive returns between the years 1999 – 2010 equal to an average yearly total return of 7,32 %. During the test-period, the benchmark portfolio constituent of stocks sorted in the same way but without the Economic Value Added® analysis only managed to score returns equaling 2,3 %, adding evidence in favor of the Economic Value Added® analysis. The Economic Value Added also showed a better risk-profile than the benchmark portfolio, measured as the Modigliani Risk-Adjusted Performance over the entire period, further acknowledging the abnormal returns. However, the Economic Value Added® sample portfolios where unevenly distributed regarding number of stocks, foremost in the short-sold part for some years, mitigating the test as strong evidence in favor of the Economic Value Added® analysis. An independent samples t-test also did not reject the null hypothesis. Despite the mixed results of the test, the strength in the specification of sample and choice of method leads us to conclude that that the Economic Value Added® seems like a moderately effective tool for identifying mispriced stocks.

Magistro darbe susisteminus ir apibendrinus fundamentaliosios analizės ir vertybinių popierių portfelio formavimo metodologinius aspektus, atlikta NASDAQ OMX Vilnius vertybinių popierių rinkoje kotiruojamų vertybinių popierių atranka taikant fundamentaliąją analizę, kurios rezultatų pagrindu suformuoti optimalūs vertybinių popierių portfeliai. Šio magistro darbo pirmoje dalyje apţvelgiami fundamentaliosios analizės ir vertybinių popierių portfelio formavimo modelių metodologiniai aspektai. Antroje darbo dalyje atliktas pasaulio ir Lietuvos makroekonominės bei ekonominės situacijos atitinkamuose sektoriuose vertinimas taikant fundamentaliosios analizės principus. Atrinkti penki patraukliausi sektoriai teikiant pirmumą sektoriaus pelningumui ir po vieną įmonę iš sektoriaus tolimesnei finansinės veiklos analizei. Trečioje darbo dalyje fundamentaliosios analizės rezultatų pagrindu suformuotas optimalus investicinis vertybinių popierių portfelis taikant H. Markowitz ir W. Sharpe portfelio formavimo modelius. / In this master‘s work systematized and summarized fundamental analysis and portfolio formation methodological aspects, performed of NASDAQ OMX Vilnius securities in the market of quoted securities screening procedure using fundamental analysis, the basis of results of which formed the optimal securities portfolio.In the first part of this master work provides an overview of fundamental analysis and methodological aspects of securities portfolio formation models.In the second part there was accomplished the assesment of the World and Lithuania‘s macro-economic and economic situation in the corresponding segments using fundamental analysis principles.There was selected the five most attractive sectors, prioritising sector profitability, and one company from each sector for further financial practice analysis. In the third part, on the basis of fundamental analysis results, there was formed the optimal investment stock portfolio by H. Markowitz and W. Sharpe portfolio construction models.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to do a fundamental analysis of selected stock title. The main part of thesis is the implementation of the theoretical experience in global, sectoral and corporate analysis. It will be determined intrinsic value of shares of company Philip Morris CR, Inc. In first will be calculated three input that are needed for further calculations. The second step is the calculation of the intrinsic value of the shares of several models. The chosen methods are single-step dividend discount model, Free Cash Flow to Equity and two historical models. Finally, it will be proposed investment recommendations based on the comparison of the actual values based on market prices.

This master thesis in its opening chapter inform about some basic charakteristics of New York Stock Exchange. Then indicators and tools of fundamental and technical analysis of stocks are explained in folowing chapters. In practical part of the thesis is taking place a evaluation of fundamental and technical analysis based on historical data from american stock market. For this prupose the data of constituents companies of Dow Jones Industrial Average index are used covering market history as far as possible.

The aim of this thesis is to analyze and evaluate the company Letiště Praha, s.p. (Prague airport authority). The thesis also briefly presents and describes possible ways of a privatization of the compnay and author's view on that process. It also contains current situation of the copany and the process of privatization.

The principal aim of the thesis is to analyze specific issues of financial service firms in comparison with nonfinancial firms, and to explain how to determine the intristic value of a stock using the fundamental analysis. The particular macroeconomic, industrial and business factors influencing the intristic value of a stock are desribed in detail with the emphasis on the distinctions of financial service firms. A separate chapter is focused on particular methods suitable for determining the intristic value of a financial service firm's stock. The applied section analyzes all the components of the fundamental analysis in detail using Komerční banka's stock as an example. Consequently, the intristic value of the stock is calculated by means of available methods with the decision whether the market pricing is correct.