The calculations employed were often not the same as the standard valuation measures for public companies.

The first two factors examine potential earnings growth and various valuation measures, depending on the industry.

By some other valuation measures, stock prices long ago grew excessive.

While the purchase price may have disappointed some investors, it was nonetheless high by traditional valuation measures.

A year ago, most stocks looked expensive by traditional valuation measures.

Mutual fund investing may make it easier to ignore valuation measures.

Q. By some traditional valuation measures, this market is anything but cheap.

Any time you get a market making a big move, people tend to ignore valuation measures.

The Q ratio, he said, was a good valuation measure, not a way to time the stock market.

So we wouldn't pay too much attention to it as a valuation measure.