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 and market position Company
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Case Write-up #1 Clarkson Lumber Company Background Clarkson Lumber Company (CLC) is a successful finished wood products company with a promising future, yet needs to apply sound managerial financing policies to continue to be competitive in this market. The sole owner, Keith Clarkson, is dedicated to his profession and has a good reputation among his suppliers and customers. CLC's sales have been consistently growing over the past several years, rising 19% from 1993 to 1994, 30% from 1994
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that pay dividends and those that do not pay dividends. The corporate valuation model discounts free cash flows by the required return on equity. The corporate valuation model can be used to find the value of a division. An important step in applying the corporate valuation model is forecasting the firm's pro forma financial statements. Free cash flows are assumed to grow at a constant rate beyond a specified date in order to find the horizon, or terminal, value
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Financial Statement Analysis Session #1: Fundamental Analysis and Valuation March 2015 In-Mu Haw (许 仁茂) 1 Create value through acquisition to build brands (over 100) 2 Lenovo vs. HP Stock Price Lenovo created value through acquisitions Poor acquisition (overpaid: $8.8B) $18 million in 2013 3 Deloitte Report Chet Wood, Managing Partner of Deloitte LLP, Merger & Acquisition Services: • • About 70 percent of all health plan M&As fail to create meaningful shareholder value. CFOs and management
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June 5, 2011 Axia College of University of Phoenix Summary Analysis 2004 A $ 2,154,000 net loss was occurred by the Candela Corporation. The accruals method was used to calculate the figure. The non-cash expenses were added back into the statement in order to obtain the proper cash flows. Notional interest on stock warrants and discounted operations were the additions that are the most important. In respect to the important additions there are also important subtractions as well and those subtractions
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The valuation method for the project is forecasting the future free cash flows generated from the project and calculating its net present value (NPV). This project has a positive NPV of $936,147, and an internal rate of return (IRR) at 11.44% which is larger than the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) at 9.85%. Consequently, the investment is expected to be able to maximize shareholders’ wealth by generating positive future cash flows. The WACC of the company is estimated based
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statement of cash flow. Discuss the decisions that are made based upon this information. Statement of cash flow reports sources and uses of cash for an entity and provide an entry for the cash balance shown on your balance sheet. Also statement of cash flow knows where the cash comes from is important in projecting whether cash will be generated from those sources in the future. In addition it also must knowing where the cash goes is important in assessing the organization’s future cash needs.
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Analysis To analyze a statement of cash flow means to investigate the cash flow of a company's operations, and study the cash inflows and outflows. Candela had severe growth in 2002 that severely affects the net cash of operating activities. Analyzing the cash flow may have given Candela the opportunity to change its cash from operations. An analysis of a cash flow will give the reader an indication of what changes would improve the company's growth. A cash flow statement divides three functions
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Even in the world of academia, the determination to which method is more accurate or desirable is not certain. Financial managers and academics both have their own theories, however neither seem to agree. To determine if an investment is worth the cash to invest in, one of the ways a financial manager can determine profitability is that they will look at the investments net present value. The amount the investment would cost to payback each year and with how long it would take to pay for the investment
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