Calculators

How could a Tesla buyout pay off for investors?

15 August 2018

They might want to double their money in five years after taking the $60 bln electric-car maker private. Run the numbers with Breakingviews' new calculator to see what Elon Musk's company would have to achieve to make that happen.

World Cup Soccernomics

29 June 2018

A Breakingviews calculator predicted 14 of the 16 teams that made the soccer tournament’s knockout stage. But the analysis of player values, home support and participation did not foresee defending champion Germany’s early exit. The data now points to Brazil lifting the trophy.

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.