Corporate valuation
underlies the interrelationship between corporate strategy, financial analysis, and
financial management. Acquisitions, mergers, ESOPs, and private placements are becoming
increasingly common in the middle-market as investment banks and nonbank entities become
players in this market. Managers and financial professionals need to become conversant in
corporate valuation methods in order to expand their relationships with customers and to
create profitable opportunities for their organization.
This title provides a
catalog of valuation tools, together with guidance on analyzing and valuing a business.
The author breaks down the topic to provide advice for any business, no matter how
complex. He presents eight different methods of firm valuation and discusses the benefits
and limitations of each method, supporting this information with examples from
international markets.
CONTENTS
Part I: Basics of Valuation Methods and Shareholder Value Creation
Shareholder Value Creation, Basic Concepts
Company Valuation Methods
Price-Earnings Ratio, Profitability, Cost of Capital, and Growth
Splitting the Price-Earnings Ratio: Franchise Factor, Growth
Factor, Interest Factor, and Risk Factor
Market Value and Book Value
Dividends and Market Value
Interest Rates: Their Importance in the Valuation
Valuation Using Multiples: How Do Analysts Reach their
Conclusions?
Cash Flow and Net Income
Inflation and Value
Cost of Equity: Beta and Risk Premium
Valuations of Internet Companies: The Case of Terra-Lycos
Part II. Shareholder Value Creation
Proposed Measures of Value Creation: EVA, Economic Profit, MVA,
CVA, CFROI, and TSR
EVA, Economic Profit, and Cash Value Added do not Measure
Shareholder Value Creation
The RJR Nabisco Valuation
Valuation and Value Creation in Internet-Related Companies
Part III: Rigorous Approaches to Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Methods: Perpetuities, Constant
Growth, and General Case
Optimal Capital Structure: Problems with the Harvard and Damodaran
Approaches
Financial Literature about Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Application of the Different Theories to RJR Nabisco
Eight Methods and Seven Theories for Valuing Companies by Cash
Flow Discounting
Part IV. Real Options and Brands
Real Options. Valuing Flexibility: Beyond Discounted Cash Flow
Valuation
Valuation of Brands and Intangibles
Appendix A: Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Glossary
Indices
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