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Lesson 2 of 7 · 13 min
Perceived value, investor and issuer actions, and value ranges
Every investor holds a different perceived value for the same share; when perceived value and price diverge, investors trade and issuers repurchase or issue shares, and analysts express value as ranges and scenarios rather than one number.
In short
- The market price is observed; intrinsic value (the true present value of expected cash flows) is unobservable; each investor's estimate of it is a perceived value.
- Perceived values come from three approaches: naive (story-based), relative and absolute (fundamental) valuation.
- Investors buy undervalued shares () and sell or short overvalued ones; issuers repurchase shares they think are undervalued and issue shares they think are overvalued.
- If the price converges to value, the expected holding period return is ; it fails if the model was wrong or bad news arrives.
- Analysts compare a price range with value ranges, often weighting scenarios by probability, and show them in a football field (floating bar) chart.
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