Equity Valuation: Discounted Cash Flow and Residual Income Models Introduction Valuation plays a very important role when companies are trying to increase their value‚ raise money‚ acquire another firm or sell a subsidiary‚ also when a company decides to go public. Managers‚ investors and shareholders need to have the most accurate and reliable information in order to make decisions‚ that is why valuation is a fundamental exercise in corporate finance. It is pretty evident that whatever
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Valuation : * Price earnings ratio : DESCRIPTION | Mar-12 | Mar-11 | Mar-10 | Mar-09 | Mar-08 | Price-earnings ratio | 23.04 | 24.23 | 12.71 | 7.25 | 12.17 | This ratio reflects the following factors : growth prospects‚ risk characteristics ‚shareholder orientation ‚corporate image and the degree of liquidity.It indicates company performance and forecast future performance.Ratio is decreasing and it is good sign because investors will get high earnings.But risk will
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“The Blackstone Group: Merlin Entertainment” The Blackstone group‚ founded in New York‚ is one of the largest private equity firms in the world with offices in USA‚ UK‚ Germany‚ France and India. The Blackstone model of investment operation is to invest out of a singel global equity fund so all its investments around the world tap into the same capital pools. One of the most attractive industries to invest for the Blackstone is theme parks and there are a number of reasons for that. The first
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William Blackstone was a eighteenth century Englishman that was a proud member of Parliament‚ though many would suggest that his views completely discounted the thought of the British Sovereignty. Though later his beliefs to devise the English Common Law would bring to life America’s craving for independence from the Crown. Blackstone was the philosopher that stated‚ "The absolute rights of man... are usually summed up in one general appellation...of acting as one thinks fit."(Blackstone) In thought
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BLACKSTONE AND THE SALE OF CITIGROUP’S LOAN PORTFOLIO Market Conditions (I) • Corporate credit expansion in the U.S. between 2001 and the first half of 2007 was driven almost exclusively by the inflow of institutional (non-bank) funding into the syndicated loan market. • The participation of a wide range of institutional investors (including structured funds known as collateralized loans obligations (CLOs)‚ hedge funds‚ mutual funds‚ pension funds‚ and insurance companies) in the corporate loan
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1. Name five job roles that can be categorized as a PC technician? Answer: PC support technician PC service technician Bench service technician help-desk technician pc laptop repair technician 2. Of the four jobs in Question 1 which one might never include interacting with the PCs primary user? Answer Bench service technician The Bench Service Technician performs service work as needed on desktops‚ laptops and home computers that have been brought into the location by the customer. Responsibilities
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Appendix to Chapter 7 Evidence on the Efficient Market Hypothesis Early evidence on the efficient market hypothesis was quite favorable to it. In recent years‚ however‚ deeper analysis of the evidence suggests that the hypothesis may not always be entirely correct. Let’s first look at the earlier evidence in favor of the hypothesis and then examine some of the more recent evidence that casts some doubt on it. EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF MARKET EFFICIENCY Evidence in favor of market efficiency has examined
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13. Relative Valuation - Using Market Comparables Zenu Sharma zenu.sharma@edhec.edu Course Road Map 1. Financial Markets and Management 2. Present Value 3. Introduction to Risk and Return 4. Portfolio Selection 5. The Capital Asset Pricing Model 6. Financing and Capital Structure 7. Interest Rates and the Valuation of Bonds 8. Project Appraisal 9. Capital Budgeting 10. Capital Budgeting with Financial Leverage 11. The Valuation of Companies and Stocks 12. Relative Valuation 13. Options and
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HBS Project: Blackstone and the Sale of Citigroup’s Loan Portfolio Banaphol Ariyasantichai‚ Ryan Stankiewicz‚ James Freisinger‚ Brian James Financial Markets and Institutions (F517) Professor Xing Lu‚ Ph.D. April 23‚ 2015 Blackstone and The Sale of Citigroup’s Loan Portfolio In the second half of 2007‚ the banking industry and financial market showed signs of considerable stress by raising the default rate of mortgage and the decline in the value of residential mortgage-backed
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