justify

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While Woronka sees some underlying positive momentum in company’s core business, he finds it difficult to justify the current stock price using traditional valuation metrics with a 12-month horizon.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

That lack of clarity may justify a structural valuation discount that limits the upside in the stock and keeps it volatile going forward.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

One legitimate concern among cardiologists, says Blaha, is doctors who may inappropriately use a calcium score to justify doing a procedure, such as putting a stent in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In his lawsuit, Bonta argued that Bianco failed to identify a specific crime in the warrants to justify seizing the ballots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

As their funds were contractually stuck inside Scion Capital for some time, the investors’ only recourse was to send him disturbed-sounding e-mails asking him to justify his new strategy.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis