The Basic of DCF Model (Discount Cash Flow): Present Value Calculation of Future Cash Flows It is essential to convert future cash flows into today’s value for business valuation. The value of $100 that companies create today is different from $100 expected in five years. Cash flows after five years may have […]
Category Archives: 4. Company valuation
The methods for valuation of a company You can classify company valuation methods by several criteria. One of the criteria is to classify them based on whether you value the target company with its own financial status or its comparable companies’ market prices. The former is called the absolute valuation (or intrinsic valuation) […]
Company valuation for investment decision making Company valuation purpose Company valuation is an essential task to evaluate the current price level or to determine the initial market price. Let’s look at the formula below to see how important company valuation is. Return on investment = Pt / P0 P0: Purchase price of […]
How to use PSR with the key fundamental factor to value companies Key fundamental factors in intrinsic multiples Among the fundamental factors that make up each intrinsic (or theoretical) multiple in relative valuation, the key critical factor is as follows. Multiples Main Fundamental Factor PER Expected growth rate in EPS EV/EBITDA Reinvestment rate […]
Valuation for a growing or venture firm with a deficit or under capital erosion Why analysts use PSR? PSR is the stock price divided by sales. It is a good multiple to apply to a new technology or a venture firm that has grown in sales but are not making profits yet. You can […]
Stock valuation of Telecom companies through PBR regression analysis Value investors have traditionally chosen stocks with low PBR. It is said that Benjamin Graham, author of “The Intelligent Investor” considered stocks with PBR of less than 2/3 as one of the investment criteria. One of the ways to use PBR is to compare […]
PBR (Price to Book Value Ratio) refers to how many times the market evaluates about the book value of equity for a company. The market will trade it at a higher price when it expects the company to generate more cash flows with equity capital in the future. Suppose company A and company B have […]
Case: Michael Dell’s MBO of Dell Computer Michael Dell founded Dell Computer in 1984. At his age of 27, in 1992, he grew the company into one of the Fortune 500 companies. In 2004, Michael withdrew from management for a time because of declining performance. However, the board of directors brought him back as CEO […]
Enterprise Value vs Equity Value From time to time, the term of enterprise value or equity value is used without distinction. Are they the same meaning? Or different? Let’s look at the following analogy to understand the difference between the two easily. There are two equally priced flats in London as follows. […]
Case: Companies in the US home electronics sector Figure 1: Six companies in the US home electronics industry The table above shows the market cap and PER of the six companies in the US home electronics sector as of August 27, 2020. Xiaomi has the highest PER while Panasonic has the lowest. Apple, […]
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