Process & Philosophy
Glossary
RBP®
The revenue growth necessary to support the current stock price. Required Business Performance® is used as a benchmark against which to measure management’s ability to perform in the future. It is calculated using a reverse discounted cash flow valuation model that uses the current stock price as the primary input.
RBP® Probability
The likelihood that management will deliver the Required Business Performance® to support the stock price. It is calculated by fitting the company’s historical revenue growth to a distribution, then finding the company’s Required Business Performance within this historical distribution.
In the hypothetical example below, the company’s RBP® Probability, represented by green, is 35% while its Behavioral Risk Indicator, represented by red, is 65%. RBP® Probability
Behavioral Risk Indicator
The likelihood that investors’ systematic behavioral biases have caused misalignment between the stock price and management’s ability to deliver. The Behavioral Risk Indicator is designed to capture the impact that human psychology has on the subjective valuation process used by investors. It is defined as one minus the RBP® Probability.
In the hypothetical example below, the company’s RBP® Probability, represented by green, is 35% while its Behavioral Risk Indicator, represented by red, is 65%. Behavioral Risk Indicator
RBP® Methodology
A system of fundamental stock analysis that uses a reverse discounted cash flow valuation model to determine what the stock’s current price implies in terms of future free cash flow and revenue (Required Business Performance® ) as well as the calculation of the likelihood that management can deliver the Required Business Performance®, known as RBP® Probability.
RBP® Platform
The Transparent Value decision support tool consisting of an interactive database containing the proprietary data produced by Transparent Value. Included are the Required Business Performance® (RBP® ) values, RBP® Probabilities and Behavioral Risk Indicators for more than 2,000 global stocks, the Transparent Value mutual fund rating system providing coverage of more than 3,000 funds, and also broad market indicators.
RBP® Snapshot
Provides updated company-specific RBP® information based on the company's most recent quarterly financial data. The RBP® Snapshot consists of the RBP® probability and RBP® values for a particular company.

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RBP® Probability

The probability management will deliver the Required Business Performance® to support the stock price is called RBP® Probability and our investment process uses this proprietary metric to select stocks. The RBP® Probability, provides us with an objective, disciplined, rules-based way of measuring management’s ability to deliver its Required Business Performance®.


How We Calculate RBP® probability

To determine the RBP® Probability for a given company, we first determine the revenue growth required to support the current stock price. We do this using a reverse discounted cash flow model that uses the stock price as the input and then, assuming a ten-year first stage and perpetuity thereafter, solves for the required free cash flow and revenue growth rates.

Then, the company’s historical revenue growth rate is fit to a distribution curve using data from the prior twelve quarters. With this curve and the company’s required revenue growth rate, we can calculate the probability that management will deliver the required revenue growth.

In the hypothetical example below, the RBP® Probability is only 35%, indicating that based on management’s historical ability to deliver, there is only a 35% probability it will deliver its Required Business Performance®. This makes the company’s Behavioral Risk Indicator relatively high, 65%. At Transparent Value we seek to avoid companies with high behavioral risk such as this.