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Daily Brief ESG: Is the Challenge of Raising the Stock Price Valuations Ultimately the Quality of Management? and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Is the Challenge of Raising the Stock Price Valuations Ultimately the Quality of Management?

Is the Challenge of Raising the Stock Price Valuations Ultimately the Quality of Management?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Increasing numbers of companies with P/Bs below 1x suggest that they failed to deliver to investors plan that would have increased their corporate value, or that such plan didn’t materialize.
  • While P/B has remained mostly in range, the increase in the number of companies with low P/Bs can be attributed to the widening gap in profitability among companies.
  • If the difference in profitability depends on the development and execution of management strategies, it depends on the quality of management. The appointment of directors will be very important.

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