DCF analysis The value of a company today, based on how much money it’s going to make in the future Dividend discount model (DDM) Free cash flow to equity – determine the fair value of companies One must consider * Future sales growth, profit margins * Discount rate – depends on a risk-free interest rate 1. Forecast period & forecasting revenue growth * How far we should project cash flows * Excessive return period * One can guess based on the company’s competitive
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weighted average cost of capital. Why or why not? Be specific? How would you compute the WACC? Use RF= 8.08%, Beta of equity for Pioneer = 0.8 and RM-RF = 7% I disagree with the way the company computes it’s WACC. They are assuming a cost of equity based on the current earnings yield on the stock to raise new equity. This does not make sense as the share price can fluctuate and vary based on multiple market factors. Also the market risk premium to raise new capital is not factored in here
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Pfizer Stock Analysis Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is involved in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. The industry is intensely competitive and there are a few unique characteristics. Pharmaceutical products have long and expensive development periods – upwards of ten years and $100 million depending on the nature of the drug and the scope of the clinical trials process. In order to encourage companies to engage in innovation, companies are given lengthy patent
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1. What is the best way to estimate the company and divisions’ cost of capital? Answer: The best way to estimate the cost of capital is by using the CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model) where the Weighted-Average Cost of Capital (rwacc) is given by the formula Where, D is the market value of the net debt E is the market value of the total equity V is the total market value of debt and equity = D + E T is the corporate tax rate rd is the appropriately calculated discount rate for debt
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Public financial Institutions d) Development of corporate sector. [pic] ❖ Different types of Port-folios for Investment :- Investment — Concept of Port-folio :- Portfolio is the collection of financial or real assets such as equity shares or debentures, bonds, treasury bills & property etc. Steps in selecting a portfolio a) framing of investment policies. b) Valuation of Financial Instruments c) Investment Analysis d) Construction
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CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL What is CAPM actually? Capital Asset Pricing Model, popularly known as CAPM, is a model that provides a framework to determine the required rate of return in an asset and indicates the relationship between return and risk of the asset. This definition is given in books. Collectively it is somewhat indiscernible. We will dissect the definition. It is commonly known that the higher the risk, the higher the return. Now, suppose we know how much risky the asset is
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developed by Markowitz (1952, 1959). Portfolio problem has been formulated as an option of the variance and mean of an asset portfolio. If investors concern on the return distributions for a single period, the mean and variance portfolio theory need to be developed to find the optimum portfolio. Then the investors need to find out the mean and the variance of return for each asset in the portfolio for that single period. Markowitz also has proved the fundamental theorem of mean variance theory, which
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was Midland’s largest business, and Petrochemical was Midland’s smallest yet still substantial business. In 2007, Midland’s financial strategy will mainly focuses on four aspects: 1) Fund Overseas Growth; 2) Value-creating Investments; 3) Optimize Capital Structure; 4) Repurchase undervalued stocks. Fund Overseas Growth: Due to the exploited domestic resources in the domestic market, overseas investment will be the main sources for economic growth in Midland as a form of specialized financial and contractual
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Foundations of Finance Homework 3 Prof. Johannes Stroebel Due at the start of class 9 Topic 5: The Capital Asset Pricing Model 1. Assume the risk free rate equals Rf = 4%, and the return on the market portfolio has expectation E [RM ] = 12% and standard deviation σM = 15%. (a) What is the equilibrium risk premium (that is, the excess return on the market portfolio)? (b) If a certain stock has a realized return of 14%, what can we say about the beta of this stock? (c) If a certain stock has an
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Smith School of Business BUFN 740: Capital Markets Fall 2014 Tuesdays and Thursdays Aug 25, 2014--Oct 13, 2014, 1:00pm—2:50pm, VMH 1330 Instructor: Yajun Wang Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00pm-6:00pm Office: VMH 4453 E-Mail: ywang22@rhsmith.umd.edu, Office Number: (301) 405-3412 Teaching Assistants: CP Sessions: Qi Xu, qi.xu@rhsmith.umd.edu (hold help sessions in CP, grade all homeworks and cases for session 0501, and grade hw #1,2,3 and case #1,2,3 for session 0502) DC Sessions:
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