GOOD DEALCheap for its growth — buy first if you have spare money.
FAIR PRICEPriced about right — hold, no rush to add.
EXPENSIVEPriced for a perfect future — wait for a dip.
NO PROFIT YETNo earnings to price against — judged on sales instead.
Footnotes
¹Cyclical — memory chips boom and bust, so it looks cheapest right before the cycle turns down.
²Cheap but barely growing. Cheap can stay cheap for years — the classic value trap.
³Price rides on robotaxi and robot hopes, not on car profits.
⁴Loss-making, so there is no P/E. Judged on price-to-sales of 8.5x against peers.
⁵Loss-making, priced on the 2030 Starlink and orbital-compute story.
What each column measures
Fwd P/EPrice ÷ next year's expected profit. Lower = cheaper.
PEGFwd P/E ÷ EPS growth (defined below). Sort low→high: the top names give the most growth per dollar — the best guide to where new money should go.
EPS growthAka the bottom line. Profit after costs and taxes, per share, vs a year ago. Share buybacks can inflate EPS growth, so a big gap between EPS growth and Rev growth is worth checking. Forward estimate: next financial year vs this one.
Rev growthAka the top line. Total sales before costs and taxes, vs a year ago — tells you if the business is genuinely expanding (more deals, more customers). If Rev grows but EPS doesn't, costs are eating the gains. Forward estimate: next financial year vs this one.
FCF yieldFree cash flow ÷ the company's total value = cash per share ÷ price. Higher = better — the spare cash the business throws off after its bills.
Analyst upsideAverage analyst 12-month price target vs today. +14% = experts expect it ~14% higher in a year. A sentiment read, not a promise. A negative number means the price has already climbed past their targets, so they expect it to drift back down.
52w rangeWhere today's price sits in its one-year band. Left = near the low (cheaper entry if the story holds), right = near the high.