System and method for evaluating securities and portfolios thereof
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1. A method of evaluating a security issued by a company of interest, the method to be performed by a computer, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- a) computing a value for one or more quality assessment measures for each company of a group of companies;
b) computing a value for one or more value assessment measures for each company of the group;
c) for each quality assessment measure, computing a first mean and a first standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group and computing a relative quality score associated therewith for the company of interest, the relative quality score being a function of the first mean and the first standard deviation;
d) for each value assessment measure, computing a second mean and a second standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group and computing a relative value score associated therewith for the company of interest, the relative value score being a function of the second mean and the second standard deviation;
e) computing a quality composite measure for the company of interest, wherein the quality composite measure is a function of the relative quality scores associated with at least one quality assessment measure;
f) computing a value composite measure for the company of interest, wherein the value composite measure is a function of the relative value scores associated with at least one value assessment measure; and
g) generating output to the user based on the quality and value composite measures for the company of interest, whereby the output reflects a valuation of the company of interest relative to other companies in the group.
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A computer-based system and method for evaluating securities of a company of interest in which quality and value composite measures are computed based on quality and value assessment measures for each company of a group of companies respectively. Output to the user based on the quality and value composite measures for the company of interest is generated, whereby the output reflects a valuation of the company of interest relative to other companies in the group.
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1. A method of evaluating a security issued by a company of interest, the method to be performed by a computer, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
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a) computing a value for one or more quality assessment measures for each company of a group of companies;
b) computing a value for one or more value assessment measures for each company of the group;
c) for each quality assessment measure, computing a first mean and a first standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group and computing a relative quality score associated therewith for the company of interest, the relative quality score being a function of the first mean and the first standard deviation;
d) for each value assessment measure, computing a second mean and a second standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group and computing a relative value score associated therewith for the company of interest, the relative value score being a function of the second mean and the second standard deviation;
e) computing a quality composite measure for the company of interest, wherein the quality composite measure is a function of the relative quality scores associated with at least one quality assessment measure;
f) computing a value composite measure for the company of interest, wherein the value composite measure is a function of the relative value scores associated with at least one value assessment measure; and
g) generating output to the user based on the quality and value composite measures for the company of interest, whereby the output reflects a valuation of the company of interest relative to other companies in the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A security evaluation system for evaluating securities, the system comprising a system database in which values of a plurality of quality assessment measures and value assessment measures for each company of a group of companies are stored, a user interface for receiving input from a user and providing output to the user, and a processing engine connected to the system database and the user interface, wherein the processing engine is programmed to perform the steps of:
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a) computing a value for one or more quality assessment measures for each company of a group of companies;
b) computing a value for one or more value assessment measures for each company of the group;
c) for each quality assessment measure, computing a first mean and a first standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group and computing a relative quality score associated therewith for the company of interest, the relative quality score being a function of the first mean and the first standard deviation;
d) for each value assessment measure, computing a second mean and a second standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group and computing a relative value score associated therewith for the company of interest, the relative value score being a function of the second mean and the second standard deviation;
e) computing a quality composite measure for the company of interest, wherein the quality composite measure is a function of the relative quality scores associated with at least one quality assessment measure;
f) computing a value composite measure for the company of interest, wherein the value composite measure is a function of the relative value scores associated with at least one value assessment measure; and
g) generating output to the user based on the quality and value composite measures for the company of interest, whereby the output reflects a valuation of the company of interest relative to other companies in the group.
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22. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for evaluating a security issued by a company of interest to be performed by a computer, wherein the following steps are performed upon execution of the instructions:
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a) a value for one or more quality assessment measures for each company of a group of companies is computed;
b) a value for one or more value assessment measures for each company of the group is computed;
c) for each quality assessment measure, a first mean and a first standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group is computed and a relative quality score associated therewith for the company of interest is computed, the relative quality score being a function of the first mean and the first standard deviation;
d) for each value assessment measure, a second mean and a second standard deviation of the values therefor across all companies in the group is computed and a relative value score associated therewith for the company of interest is computed, the relative value score being a function of the second mean and the second standard deviation;
e) a quality composite measure for the company of interest is computed, wherein the quality composite measure is a function of the relative quality scores associated with at least one quality assessment measure;
f) a value composite measure for the company of interest is computed, wherein the value composite measure is a function of the relative value scores associated with at least one value assessment measure; and
g) output to the user based on the quality and value composite measures for the company of interest is generated, whereby the output reflects a valuation of the company of interest relative to other companies in the group.
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