Table of contents : Binding strip Short Title Quotation from Horace Title Page Printer's Imprint Dedication Preface to the 3rd Edition Preface to the 1st Edition CONTENTS PART I: SURVEY AND APPROACH 1. Introduction. The Array of Securities. Economic Background 2. The Scope and Limitations of Security Analysis 3. The Behavior of the Security Markets 4. Investment and Speculation 5. Investment Policy 6. Nature and Sources of the Analyst’s Information 7. Quantitative and Qualitative Factors in Security Analysis. The Margin-of-safety Concept 8. Classification of Securities PART II: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 9. Analysis of the Income Account: General Procedure 10. Effect of Reserves upon the Income Account 11. Inventory Valuations and Inventory Reserves Contingency Reserves 12. The Relation of Depreciation and Similar Charges to Earning Power 13. Amortization Charges from the Investor’s Viewpoint 14. Allowance for Results of Subsidiaries and Affiliates 15. Reported Earnings and Taxable Earnings 16. Balance-sheet Analysis 17. Interpretations of the Financial Data: Per-share Figures and Key Ratios 18. A Comparison Based on Key Ratios. Physical Data Used in Analysis 19. Analysis of Specific Industries. Railroad Analysis 20. Factors in Public-utility Analysis: Introduction 21. Factors in Public-utility Analysis: Income-statement Analysis PART III: FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES 22. The Selection of Fixed-income Securities 23. Specific Standards for Bond Investment 24. Specific Standards for Bond Investment (Continued) 25. Specific Standards for Bond Investment (Continued) 26. Additional Factors in Bond Analysis 27. Preferred Stocks 28. Technique of Selecting Preferred Stocks for Investment 29. Income Bonds and Guaranteed Securities PART IV: THE VALUATION OF COMMON STOCKS 30. The Theory of Common-stock Investment. Historical Survey 31. Current Modes of Common-stock Investment 32. The Pros and Cons of the Valuation Approach. The Valuation Factors 33. Projections of Earnings and Dividends. Significance of the Earnings Record. The Concept of Earning Power 34. The Dividend Factor in Common-stock Valuation 35. Technical Aspects of the Dividend Rate. Stock Dividends 36. The Capitalization Rate for Earnings and Dividends 37. Capitalization Structure 38. The Asset-value Factor in Common-stock Valuation 39. The Valuation of Public-utility Common Stocks 40. The Valuation of Public-utility Common Stocks (Continued) PART V: SENIOR SECURITIES WITH SPECULATIVE FEATURES 41. Privileged Issues 42. Technical Characteristics of Privileged Senior Securities 43. Participating and Warrant-bearing Issues. Privileged Issues vs. the Related Common Stocks 44. Senior Securities of Questionable Safety 45. Leverage 46. Low-priced Common Stocks. Option Warrants PART VI: STOCKHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT 47. General Approach to the Subject. Stockholders and Managerial Efficiency 48. Stockholders, Managements, and Dividend Policy 49. Stockholders and Their Capital 50. Stockholder-Management Controversies 51. Regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Recapitalizations and Reorganizations PART VII: SECURITY ANALYSIS IN ACTION 52. Discrepancies between Price and Value 53. Market Analysis and Security Analysis Appendix Index