Corporate Finance Class Of 2014 V. Stock and Company Valuation Ian Garrett & % ’ $ 2 Some Terminology • Dividend – periodic cash distribution of (part of) profits from the company to its shareholdersa • Earnings Per Share (EP S) – profit divided by the number of shares outstanding • Payout Ratio – the fraction of earnings paid out • P/E Ratio – current share price divided by annual earnings per share: the multiple of earnings at which the stock currently sells can take other forms
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Should the company implement the proposed employee stock option plan? In a typical stock option plan‚ the employee is offered a specific number of shares which he/she can exercise (buy) at some specified time in the future. The price at which the employee can buy the stock is equal to the market price at the time the stock option was granted (grant price). The employee ’s gain is equal to the market value of the stock at the time it is exercised‚ less the grant price. If the market price of the
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British Telecommunications Case Study Foreign Equities Valuation U.S. investors should value foreign equities as a way to diversity their portfolios and reduce risk. Since foreign markets and U.S. markets do not correlate exactly it is likely that if U.S. markets are to perform poorly then foreign markets are likely to be performing better‚ and vice versa. Thus an investor that has a well-diversified portfolio is more likely to obtain a better combination of risk and return than another investor
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computations were based in 1975 data PROBLEM: Determination of a minimum acceptable rate of return on new capital investments in 1975. Should the company adopt a system of multiple cutoff rates? FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS: WACC Return on Assets Cost of Common stock equity ANALYSIS: The management of Enzone Company is in a debate of whether to use the constant minimum rate for evaluating operations and investments‚ 10% since 1966‚ or have multiple cutoff rates per division
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BRITISH PETROLIUM Executive Summery British petroleum is one of the largest oil and gas company which is spread within eighty countries and across six continents. In this project we are going to talk about BP on the whole. We will apply frameworks such as pestel‚ potters five forces‚ value chain‚ ansoffs matrix‚ the bcg matrix and also the SWOT and TOWS matrix to see where BP stands in the market. Will also talk about the competitive advantage it has got and how are they making use of it in the
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A stock market or equity market is a public (a loose network of economic transactions‚ not a physical facility or discrete) entity for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion at the start of October 2008.The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value‚[2]
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LECTURE STOCK VALUATION 1. Common stock valuation A share of common stock is more difficult to value in practice than a bond‚ for at least three reasons. First‚ with common stock‚ not even the promised cash flows are known in a advance. Second‚ the life of the investment is essentially forever‚ since common stock has no maturity. Third‚ there is no way to easily observe the rate of return that the market requires. Nonetheless‚ as we will see‚ there are cases in which we can come up with
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charges. As a result‚ firms in unstable industries tend to use less debt than those whose sales are subject to only moderate fluctuations. 12-4 The tax benefits from debt increase linearly‚ which causes a continuous increase in the firm’s value and stock price. However‚ bankruptcy-related costs begin to be felt after some amount of debt has been employed‚ and these costs offset the benefits of debt. See Figure 12-5 in the textbook. 12-5 Carson does have leverage because its EPS increases by a greater
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What is Stock Exchange? A stock exchange is the market place for the purchase and sale of second hand securities. It provides "trading" facilities for stock brokers and traders‚ to trade shares of the listed companies and other financial instruments such as Term Finance Certificates and Derivatives. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for the issue (listing)‚ redemption (delisting) of securities and other capital events including the payment of income and dividends. It is a key institution for
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TRADING STOCKS Stock trading has become one of the most popular and efficient ways to make money since it is easy to access and it could bring a lot of money back to investors. With some extra money‚ anyone can purchase stocks from a company or corporation and make profit. A stock is basically a type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim on part of the corporation’s assets and earnings. There are two main types of stock: common and preferred. Common stock usually
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