...HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY School of Accounting and Finance AF 4331 Business Valuation 2015/2016 Semester One Course Outline Subject Code : AF4331 Subject Title : Business Valuation Level : 4 Credits : 3 Mode of Study : Seminars 39 hours Pre-requisites : Corporate Finance (AF4320) Instructor ; Emmie SIU Office Phone : 27666340 E-mail : emmie.siu@polyu.edu.hk Consultation : Monday 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm Role and Purpose This subject aims to introduce an analytical framework for carrying out business analysis and valuation by using financial statements for valuing different kind of businesses. It contributes to the achievement of the BBA Programme Outcomes by enabling students to identify and resolve ethical issues contained in the financial statements (Outcome 4), apply basic accounting and financial theories to analyze financial reports and to identify potential problems and risks (Outcome 7). By the end of this subject, students will become a professional user of financial statements to advance further into the field of business valuation as investment analysis. It requires students to present and communicate effectively in English for general business communication (Outcome 1). Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the subject, students will be able to: a. Develop the ability to critically...
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...Business Analysis & Valuation Project The objective of this project is to apply financial statement analysis techniques in a typical (equity) investment decision-making context. You should assume that you are required to make an investment recommendation to a fund manager. The fund manger wishes to add a stock to a diversified portfolio. The investment manager has a strategy of maximizing investor returns over the long term. Consistent with the course objectives, the project is an essential part of the course and aimed at developing your understanding of, and practical skills in financial statement analysis and valuation. It is also designed to enhance teamwork, and analytical and communication skills. To maximize the benefits of the project, you are required to progressively complete the project as the techniques are examined in the course. The project comprises two components: (1) an industry and company analysis, (2) a detailed project report, and Getting Started (Weeks 1-2) By the end of Week 2 you are required to: (1) Form groups of ideally 4 or 5 members. For part-time students who have difficulties in finding common free time for group meetings, groups of 2 or 3 are acceptable. (2) Select a company that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Your companies must have at least three years of annual reports available – it is your responsibility to pick a company with the required information available); (3) Enroll your group members online through Blackboard...
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...Business Analysis and Valuation Report Prepared By: Version # Updated on ------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgments ------------------------------------------------- If applicable, include acknowledgement to contributing individuals: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Analyst’s Name | Number | E-Mail Address | | | | Document Name | | Date Created | | Milestone 1 date submitted | | Milestone 2 date submitted | | Milestone 3 date submitted | | Finalization date | | | | | | | | REPORT VERSION RECORD The Business Analysis and Valuation Report is a managed document with tracking of versions, changes, and release dates for each of the three milestones. Version Name | Version Number | Date | Author(s) Name(s) | Change Description | | | | | Document created | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Milestone versions of the report are issued including the complete document with the sections completed to date to reflect the work to date by the analyst team. The milestone versions of the document are authorized for release only after the analyst’s signature has been obtained. Milestone 1 PREPARED: DATE:___/___/___ (for acceptance) (, signature) POSITION: ___ Milestone 2 PREPARED: DATE:___/___/___ ...
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...Fourth Edition Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation Peter D. Easton University of Notre Dame Mary Lea McAnally Texas A&M University Gregory A. Sommers Southern Methodist University Xiao-Jun Zhang University of California, Berkeley Cambridge Business Publishers To my daughters, Joanne and Stacey —PDE To my husband Brittan, and my children Loic, Maclean, Quinn and Kay —MLM To my wife Susan, and my children Christian, Peter and Philip —GAS To my wife Sharon, my daughter Jasmine, and my parents 滕惠清 and 张祥林 —XZ Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation, Fourth Edition, by Peter D. Easton, Mary Lea McAnally, Gregory A. Sommers, and Xiao-Jun Zhang. COPYRIGHT © 2015 by Cambridge Business Publishers, LLC. Published by Cambridge Business Publishers, LLC. Exclusive rights by Cambridge Business Publishers, LLC for manufacture and export. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or stored in a database or retrieval system in any form or by any means, without prior written consent of Cambridge Business Publishers, LLC, including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Student Edition ISBN 978-1-61853-104-9 Bookstores & Faculty: to order this book, call 800-619-6473 or email customerservice@cambridgepub.com. Students: to order this book, please visit the book’s Website and order directly online. Printed in...
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...2 Graduate Thesis By Teia R. Merring Copenhagen Business School Strategic and financial analysis and valuation of B&O 0 1 Executive Summary................................................................................2 Introduction............................................................................................6 1.1Motivation.................................................................................................................. 6 1.2Problem Specification................................................................................................ 8 1.3Problem Identification................................................................................................ 8 1.4Problem Handling .................................................................................................... 10 1.5Structure and Methodology...................................................................................... 12 1.5.1Introduction and Presentation........................................................................... 12 1.5.2Strategic Analysis............................................................................................. 12 1.5.3Financial Statement Analysis ........................................................................... 13 1.5.4Prognoses and Budgets..................................................................................... 14 1.5.5Valuation.......................................
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...paper is to examine the various valuation factors that affect the financial performance of a particular company. This paper also includes research which involves a current literature review about the possible causes of both positive and negative outcomes of a company’s financial performance. The methodology used is qualitative research. The major findings entail that the nature of the business and its history is the greatest factor that most likely should be the central focus of the business itself. It can then be realized that the company’s value can be best assessed once it is determined that it has stayed in the industry for a long period of time. Introduction The business industry, above all else, is considerably one of the most complicated sectors of the economy. Nonetheless, businesses are, up to the extent, concentrated on providing the best to their customers and at the same time, on performing well in the market. So to say, the primary goal of any company is to become globally competent and successful in the industry. This objective is what mostly keeps the companies driven to continuously improve itself, its processes, its products and its services. In light with all of this, the value of companies is chiefly influenced by several factors. These factors somehow contribute to the outcomes of the financial performance of the company. More than that, these aspects are deemed to be the most important that every company in the business industry always put a high regard...
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...Australian School of Business ACCT5910 Business Analysis and Valuation Class 1: Introduction Lecturers • Peter VASSALLO – (Lecturer in Charge) – Office: Quad 3101 Tel: 9385 5840 – Email: p.vassallo@unsw.edu.au – Consultation Hour: Tue 2 – 4 pm Australian School of Business • Jeff COULTON – Office: Quad 3061 Tel: – Email: j.coulton@unsw.edu.au – Consultation Hour: Wed 3 – 5 pm 9385 5811 Focus of Acct5910 Australian School of Business Fundamental Analysis and Value 3 Success: Warren Buffett Australian School of Business Warren Buffett Australian School of Business • Born on August 30, 1930 • The richest person in the world 2008 with $62 billion, and the third richest in 2010 with 47 billion • Lives in the same house in the central Omaha that he bought in 1958 for $31,500 and today, it is valued at around $700,000 • Largest shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway • Recent News: – Invested aggressively during the current crisis – Lost $25 billion in 2008-2009 – Called for more income tax for rich Americans (but not necessarily investment tax) Warren Buffett Australian School of Business • Newspaper delivery boy at age of 13 • First investment in pinball machine at age of 15 • Graduated from Columbia and worked as an security analyst for 2 years • Started an investment partnership with $100 at age of 26; 13 years later, he cashed out with $25 million • Controlled Berkshire Hathaway and transformed it into an investment vehicle ...
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...Equity Valuation and Analysis – Lundholm & Sloan Chapter 1 - Introduction Focus of the Book – Equity Valuation Business Activities Operating Investing Financing Equity Valuation Theory Dividend Discounting Model o The value of an equity security is equal to the present value of the future cash flows that it will generate o Where Value0 = Value of equity at time 0 Cash Dividendt = expected amount of cash dividends to be paid in period t r = discount rate (cost of capital) Chapter 1 Equity Valuation and Analysis Page 1 of 5 o Modified Model o Where all from except Stock Repurchasest = expected amount of cash to be paid in period t Equity Issuancest = expected amount of cash to be raised via equity issuances in period t o Of course the challenge is the estimated of the amount and timing of the cash flows So where do financial statements fit into all of this? o Provide a record of the past operating, investing and financing decisions and their cash flow effects o Provide a beginning point for forecasting the future Chapter 1 Equity Valuation and Analysis Page 2 of 5 Equity Analysis Process Step 1 - Understading the Past Step 2- Forecasting the Future Step 3 - Valuation • Information Collection • Understanidng the Business • Accounting Analysis • Financial Ratio Analysis • Cash Flow Analysis • Structured Forecasting • Income Statement Forecasts • Balance Sheet Forecasts • Cash Flow Forecasts • Cost of Capital • Valuation Models •...
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...Professor Gilles Business Valuation Report The Business Valuation report will discuss how these companies compare and which companies are performing. The report will give and in depth analysis for the financial forecasting and the business valuation models. The four companies Alex and Ani, I.T. source, Mastero technologies, and Veteran Corps of America. The first company Alex an Ani cost of capital and the weighted average for the cost of equity and the cost of debt for each corporation. The cost of capital rate should be used as the discount rate for present value (PV) of the free cash flow (FCF) and terminal value (TV) of the business.The business valuation calculation for Alex an Ani show that the company is profitable and estimates for the company include the present value of the free cash flow (FCF) from the 5-year revenue and earnings forecast and the present value of the terminal value (TV) based on the free cash flow (FCF) in the fifth year using the cost of capital. The combination of present values from discounted cash flows and discounted terminal values would represent the total business values for each of the four privately-held corporation.While this valuation was generated considering as many company, industry and location specific details as available, the value presented in this report is an automated estimation of the assets and liabilities. Some events and circumstances that might impact the overall valuation of a specific business Alex and Ani may...
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...Pfizer (PFE) Financial Analysis for 2012, 2013 and 2014: Ratio Analysis Abstract The following is a list of these ratios, in conjunction with associative details and background to itemize and explicate the overall financial enquiry: Earnings per Share (EPS), which will illustrate current, along with expected, product losses, unfavorable impact and any adverse change in a foreign exchange rate, along with adjustable income attributable to Pfizer and its shareholder's guidance. The next ratio considered would be Profit Margin Ratio, or Net Profit Margin, to characterize the settlement of adjusted income and weakened EPS guidance to reported net income. With the Return on Assets ratio, stakeholders can configure and acquire current, as well as anticipated dividends, all while maintaining sufficient capital to invest successively and increase global shareholder value – which for now, can maintain to support the annual dividend growth, in addition to the accompanied Gross Profit Rate. Together with this, a Return on Common Stockholders’ Equity can be taken into account with regards to commercial and business development opportunities – leading to a direct, shareholder-value enhancement through actual dividends and repurchases. On the other side of the spectrum, Pfizer’s Current and Cash Debt Coverage ratios clarify and expound upon the potential, yet significant, expected adverse events on revenues due to possible loss and expiration of intellectual property and licensing rights...
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...Executive summary 2 1. Analysis of macroeconomic and industry conditions affecting Virgin and Qantas in airline company industry. 2 2. Using Capital Asset Pricing Model to analysis two companies. 3 2.1 Risk-free interest rate 3 2.2 Market expected return 3 2.3 Beta 3 2.4 Expected return for two companies’ stocks using CAPM model 3 3. Comparative Equity Valuation – Qantas versus Virgin 4 4. Key financial ratios 5 4.1 Profitability Analysis 5 4.1.1Return on Asset (ROA) 5 4.2 Market price 5 4.2.1 Price-to-Earnings Ratio 5 4.3 Liquidity Analysis 6 4.3.1Current Ratio 6 4.4Debt and Long-term Solvency 6 4.4.1 Interest Coverage 6 4.4.2Leverage 6 4.5 overall analyses 6 5. An evaluation of firms’ strategic choices with the goal of creating shareholder value 7 6. Recommendation 7 Reference 8 Appendix 9 Executive summary Virgin and Qantas airline are two really important airlines in the aviation sector in Australia that listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. During our report, firstly, we analysis the Global and Australian macroeconomic environment, also including industry conditions affecting Virgin and Qantas in airline company industry. Secondly, a capital asset pricing model analysis is given for two companies’ stocks. Next part is the comparison of the Virgin and Qantas airline by the equity valuation. Then, there are some key financial ratios analysis of this two airline from the profitability analysis，market price，liquidity analysis and debt and long-term...
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...Contents 1. Perspective analysis ………………………………………….2 2.1 Forecasting……………………………………………….2 2.2 Valuation …………………………………………………3 2.3 Sensitivity analysis……………………………………….4 2. Application……...…………………………………………….4 3.4 Challenges and opportunities…………………………..4 3.5 Recommendations……………………………………….5 Reference List…………………………………………………….6 Appendix………………………………………………………….7 1.Prospective Analysis Based on the reformatting financial statement, this report will use the forecasting template designed by Nissim and Penman (2001) to forecast the future financial performance of David Jones. The valuation of the firm is provided subsequently and the underlying key assumptions are considered for sensitivity analysis. 1.1 Forecast on Future Finance Performance This section explained the forecasting bases and detailed forecasts are illustrated in Table 1. * Sales Growth The sales revenue is expected to have an average growth of 3% in the forecasting years. Due to the overall macro-economic factors such as a decline in consumer confidence or an increase in household savings rates, DJS is unlikely to boost the sales growth rate. Although the company is reducing the price of the international stocks, as the company faces increased competition in online retailing, which has resulted in greater transparency of global pricing, there is a risk the price deductions will not be offset by higher volumes. (DJS Annual Report, 2013) However, DJS’s strong...
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...acquisition of Molton Brown Company Limited Analysis and Recommendations & Share Valuation of L’Oréal 1. Executive Summary This report is prepared for the management of L’Oréal Company, the global leader in cosmetics and beauty products. The aim of the report is to analyse and propose recommendations to the board of L’Oréal directors in regards to their proposed acquisition of Molton Brown Ltd, a UK based manufacturer of upmarket cosmetic products. Molton Brown is fully owned by KAO Group, a Japanese manufacturer of personal care products. In addition, the report analyses the current share price of L’Oréal based on current economic climate, their credit rating, corporate governance and other factors. The analysis of financial statements of L’Oreal and its peers indicate that the business is well managed. Over the past three years the company has achieved a regular year on year increase of turnover and at the same time it managed to maintain its operating profit margin, which was the highest when benchmarked to its key competitors such as Unilever or Estee Lauder. L’Oreal current ratio, used to assess the liquidity of the business, decreased versus prior year. This was mainly caused by the issue of commercial paper repayable within one year. This however should not be a concern to the management, as favourable terms with suppliers and customer means that the business can meet its current liabilities. The analysis of peers suggests that it is industry standard...
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...Purpose This report is business valuation of Amberthech Technology Limited. The report attempts to estimate the value of the firm based on the current performance and forecast the future performance of the company. Scope This report is mainly consisted of 5 parts, which are Business & Industry Analysis, Corporate governance analysis, accounting analysis, financial analysis and forecasting analysis. The time period chose here is from 2005 to 2009. Methodology Over-time analysis and peer analysis are used in financial analysis part. And *** in forecasting and valuation. The data used mainly from annual reports of AMO, internet, electronic database. These data were complied to analyze the sustainability of the company. Limitation The result of this report would be limited to the amount and quality of available information and the given time frame. Relevant assumptions would be made in the case of inadequate information. Bias may arise due to data has been collected from various database which may have different sources. Business and Industry analysis Economic Analysis It seems that the most severe phase of economic downturn triggered by global financial crisis has passed. It is likely that quarter to quarter economic growth will become positive during the second half of the year. As to the recovery of the economy, there are few signs. To be sure, targeted fiscal measures have lifted sales of motors in many countries. In addition construction activities are...
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...Andreas Simon Orfalea College of Business California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA (email: ansimon@calpoly.edu) Asher Curtis David Eccles School of Business The University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT (email: asher.curtis@business.utah.edu) This draft: September, 2010. Forthcoming, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. ABSTRACT: We examine how analysts’ conflicting incentives to be either accurate or optimistic affect their choice to generate stock recommendations with rigorous valuation models or growth-based heuristics. Consistent with prior research the average analyst recommendation is negatively associated with rigorous valuation models and positively associated with growth-based heuristics, we document that these associations are weakest for the most accurate analysts and strongest for the least accurate analysts. We also find evidence consistent with consistency between recommendations and valuation models underlying the positive future returns from trading on the most accurate analysts’ recommendations. Our results are consistent with reputation incentives to be accurate mitigating the use of optimistic growthbased models in generating stock recommendations. Keywords: Forecast Accuracy; Fundamental Valuation; Stock Recommendations; Analyst Reputation. † Andreas Simon and Asher Curtis are, respectively, from the Orfalea College of Business California Polytechnic State University and David Eccles School of Business, The University of Utah. This...
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