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Fundamental Analysis & Valuation

Value Trap

A share that looks cheap on backward-looking multiples but is cheap because its business is deteriorating.

Test: the low multiple is explained by declining earnings power rather than by temporary pessimism, so the multiple stays low as earnings fall qualitative