Calculators

Valuing Xiaomi

12 June 2018

The Chinese smartphone maker is heading toward one of the biggest IPOs in years. A $75 bln valuation is being reported as a possibility. Run the growth, profitability and earnings multiple numbers to see how such a lofty figure might be achieved.

World Cup Soccernomics

29 May 2018

Who will lift soccer’s ultimate trophy in Russia this summer? Breakingviews ranked the 32 contenders according to player values, population, home support, and participation in the sport. Put them all together, and Germany is best placed to successfully defend its crown.

Silicon Valley’s XX factor

17 May 2018

Only one out of three employees at Google, Facebook and Apple is a woman. How long before these tech companies hit gender parity in the workforce?

What’s Time Warner worth?

13 March 2018

AT&T's $85 billion bid for the media group is in limbo - but Time Warner may be better off without it. Run the numbers.

Debt straitjacket will confine Italy’s next leader

2 March 2018

Candidates in Sunday’s election promise to spend more. But the winner won’t have much wiggle room. If Italy’s primary budget surplus dips below 1 pct of GDP, cutting overall debt will be hard, a Breakingviews calculator shows. Rising interest rates are a further constraint.

Can Nelson Peltz clean up at P&G?

8 January 2018

Now that Trian Management founder Nelson Peltz is on the board of consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble, Breakingviews has created a calculator to show how the market value of the $230 billion group could increase if revenue growth and margins improve.

Who’s driving global growth in 2018?

21 December 2017

Here’s how forecast global GDP expansion breaks down for the coming year, based on World Bank estimates. Flex the individual country numbers to change their relative shares, and the overall result.

Saudi Aramco IPO is exercise in reverse valuation

22 June 2017

The oil producer is worth $2 trillion, say its owners. The question might not be whether that valuation is right, but what Aramco’s owners and bankers will have to do to get it. A Breakingviews calculator suggests this will be a stretch of reason.

What’s Britain’s real Brexit bill?

9 May 2017

Negotiators may demand the UK pay 100 bln euros as part of an orderly EU exit. Avoiding this would mean leaving without a trade deal, which would hit future growth. This Breakingviews calculator estimates how much output and tax revenue Britain stands to lose in a chaotic Brexit.

Paint by numbers

22 March 2017

PPG's sweetened $24 bln takeover bid for Dutch coatings rival Akzo Nobel has been rejected. How much more could PPG pay and what kind of cost savings would it have to find to justify the deal? Use the Breakingviews calculator to run the math.