Use Economically Sound and Transparent Models? Discounted cash flow analysis is the most accurate and flexible method for valuing projects, divisions, and companies. Any analysis, however, is only as accurate as the forecasts it relies on. Errors in estimating the key ingredients of corporate value . . . can lead to mistakes in valuation. Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, and David Wessels Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies 1 A Return to First Principles mmauboussin@lmfunds.com
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model to evaluate Delta’s price. The three-stage model assumes that the firm will have an impressive growth first, and then has a more moderate growth rate during the second period. The third stage is the growth to infinity. Based on historical data, sales growth rates in 2010 and 2011 are 19.5% and 12.0%, respectively, and combined with the analysts’ estimates, I decided to project the sales growth rate for 2012 and 2013 to be 10%. From 2014 to 2016, as the market becomes more saturated, I use a
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Business Strategy Starbucks Case Analysis Endang Abu Bakar 3171895 Dagamac Janelle Tan 3156283 Nguyen Dinh Duy 3158495 Le Duc Anh 3159239 Sutthisiriwattana Pimchanok 3175067 Ye Xintao 3156684 Tutor: Dr. Ha Huong Tutorial Group: A4 Table of content I. Introduction 1 II. Strategic Analysis 1 A. Macroenvironmental Analysis 1 1. Opportunities 2 2. Threats 2 B. Microenvironmental Analysis 2 C. Strategic Competitive
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investment opportunities, Microsoft has been outstanding. While the forecasts mention increase in growth for Microsoft Corporation over the next few years as indicated below, Apple Inc. is forecasted to decrease in earnings of growth, because of the fall in sales the company had recently experienced as shown in its September Balance Sheet. This decline as mentioned by Mozur & Perlez in 2016, growth in the smartphone market is reaching its limit and China is not enough to maintain Apple Inc.’s growth
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Prospective Analysis: Valuation Theory and Concepts Copyright (c) 2008 Thomson South-Western, a part of the Thomson Corporation. Thomson, the Star logo, and South-Western are trademarks used herein under license. Chapter 7: Prospective Analysis: Valuation Theory and Concepts Palepu & Healy Key Concepts in Chapter 7 • Forecasts (Ch. 6) are converted into estimates of value. • Discounted future dividends, cash flows, and abnormal earnings may be used to estimate value. • Price-based
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key questions regarding Boston Beer Company (BBC) to explore the issues surrounding its Initial Public Offering. First of all, we determine the fair value of BBC to be $211 million based on a DCF valuation of projected future cash flows and explain our key assumptions and potential problems arising from those assumptions. Second, we find BBC’s fair value to be $314 million by relative valuation and discuss how differences in operating strategies might translate into differences in financial ratios.
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“The Predictive Valuation of Value of Oil Imports in the Philippines” A Research Study Presented to: Dr. Marcelo M. Angelia, Ph.D In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Subject DGM 234 Empirical Analysis I By Marl Tutor Ale April 08, 2012 Table of Contents Chapter Page
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Case #4: THE BATTLE FOR VALUE, 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. Synopsis and Objectives • Set in June 2004 • To assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service, Inc (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the overnight express package industry. • This case is intended for use in an introductory discussion of corporate value creation and its sources. It requires no numerical computations; rather, the tasks
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purpose of this project is to determine multinational corporate sustainability within the oil industry and perform country analysis, industry analysis, and analysis of firm’s international strategies. INTRODUCTION The five oil companies that we chose from the 2010 Global Fortune 500 are ExxonMobil, Sinopec, ConocoPhillips, Petrobras, and Lukoil. In our project, we performed analysis on the 10K report of domestic companies, as in ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips and the 20F report of foreign companies
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The Security Analysis Project What is this project? This project provides an opportunity to get some hands-on experience applying investment theory and models to real firms. In the process, participants will get a chance to: evaluate the risk profile of a firm and examine the sources of risk; analyze its capital structure and decide whether the firm is under- or over-leveraged; examine its dividend policy and decide whether the firm is under- or over-leveraged; and value the firm. How
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