2 MODELS FOR THE VALUATION OF SHARES. 2.1 The concept of a cost of equity The cost of equity is the cost to the company of providing equity holders with the return they require on their investment. The primary financial objective is to maximize the return to equity shareholders. This return is as the future dividend yield and capital growth. Until new shareholders become members of the company‚ the objective above is concerned with existing shareholders. Company management will need to offer
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Baidu CASE: A-197 DATE: 02/05/09 BAIDU.COM‚ INC.: VALUATION AT IPO Since its official launch in January 2000‚ Baidu.com‚ Inc. (Baidu) quickly grew to become the leading Internet search engine in China. After three rounds of private funding‚ Baidu registered to go public on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Ticker Symbol: BIDU) on August 5‚ 2005. (See Exhibits 1 and 2 for a listing of Baidu’s private funding sources and pre-IPO share allocations.) The initial public offering (IPO) turned out to be one of
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INTRODUCTION TO EQUITY VALUATION Equity shares can be described more easily than fixed income securities. However‚ they are more difficult to analyse. Fixed income securities typically have a limited life and a well-defined cash flow stream. Equity shares have neither. While the basic principles of valuation are the same for fixed income securities as well as equity shares‚ the factors of growth and risk create greater complexity in the case of equity shares . As our discussion
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for JK Cements – Group 2 Section 1 Business Description: JK Cements is one of the largest cement manufacturers in Northern India and the eighth largest overall India with net cement sales of 2545 crores in 2011-12. Itsmain productsinclude grey and white cement. It produced 53.2 lakh tons of grey cement and 3.77 lakh tons of white cement in the financial year 201112.Grey cement produced consists of Ordinary Portland Cement (“OPC”) and Portland Pozzolana Cement (“PPC”). Their cement products
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Introduction This is a takeover report which will analyse American Cable Communications (ACC) decision-making of acquisition. ACC is one of the largest cable operators in the US by the end of 2007. The company provided video‚ internet and landline telephone service‚ but it did not have any kind of wireless offering. The cable industry has been developing enormously over the last decades because of the advances in technology‚ changes in regulation and shifts in competitive dynamics. In order to gain
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Valuation of Common Stock Ashok Banerjee Common (Equity) Stocks • Because common stock never matures‚ today’s value is the present value of an infinite stream of cash flows (i.e.‚ dividend). • But dividends are not fixed. • Not knowing the amount of the dividends—or even if there will be future dividends— makes it difficult to determine the value of common stock. • So what are we to do? Valuation Models • Dividend Valuation Model (DVM): – Constant dividend: Let D be the constant DPS: The required
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paper we try to analyze the financial statement of assigned company‚ which is Aramit Cement Limited (ACL). At first we gathered information from the firm’s financial statement. We collected the data from year 2004 to 2008. However within this five year period we calculated the profitability analysis‚ liquidity analysis‚ activity ratio‚ debt management ratio and market book ratio. We also calculated the ratio analysis of Confidence Cement Limited (CCL); we tried to compare between ACL and CCL. From
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 NATIONAL INVENTORY OF LIMESTONE • National Inventory of Cement Grade Limestone is the basic prerequisite for planning the strategy for the growth of the Cement Industry. The twin objectives of inventory is to update the availability of the limestone and to bring into focus the limiting factors affecting the availability of limestone . • The total resources of limestone of all categories and grades as per UNFC system as on 1.4.2005 are estimated
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Düsseldorf Business School at the Heinrich-Heine-University 5b Value Management & Cost Management Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Franz Valuation of a company KIA MOTORS By: Youngsook Kwon‚ Date: Jan 30‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Valuation Methodology 2 2.1. Discounted Cash Flow 2 2.2. Terminal Value 3 2.3. Weighted Average Cost of Capital 3 2.3.1 Cost of Equity 4 2.3.2 Cost of
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|BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND VALUATION | | | |DAVID JONES LTD | | | | | |BY SENIOR FINANCIAL
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