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valuation

[val-yoo-ay-shuhn] / ˌvæl juˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
appraisal
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The deal’s $1.5 billion valuation includes debt, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

PTC’s valuation this year had fallen as low as 13.1 times the next 12 month earnings, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Five years ago, then 24-year-old Alexandr Wang’s startup, Scale AI, hit a $7.3 billion valuation, temporarily making him the youngest billionaire in the world.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

The splurge in venture capital spending has been driven by the artificial intelligence boom, highlighted by OpenAI closing a record-breaking $122-billion funding round on March 31 at an $852-billion valuation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Perhaps it was because Arthur was always a simple fellow, who took people at their own valuation easily.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

For example, I had always considered growth stocks to be riskier than value stocks as their valuations are typically higher and prices more volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

As the chart below shows, the pullback in technology valuations is even greater.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even if some company valuations are stretched, increases in stock prices are broader than a couple of years ago when indexes were driven by the so-called Magnificent Seven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

On Wall Street, investors are concerned that rising interest rates will weigh on lofty tech valuations and raise borrowing costs for capital-intensive AI companies.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The bill proposed, however, to raise the tariff on wool to such a rate as would deprive the manufacturers very largely of the benefit to be secured by the system of minimal valuations.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by John William Burgess




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