Valuation & Accounting Global November 2001 Valuation Multiples: A Primer Global Equity Research www.ubswarburg.com/researchweb In addition to the UBS Warburg web site our research products are available over third-party systems provided or serviced by: Bloomberg‚ First Call‚ I/B/E/S‚ IFIS‚ Multex‚ QUICK and Reuters UBS Warburg is a business group of UBS AG Valuation Primer Series Peter Suozzo +852-2971 6121 ■ peter.suozzo@ubsw.com Stephen Cooper +44-20-7568 1962 ■ stephen.cooper@ubsw
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Key Issues The Gillette Company was founded in 1901 in a small office in Boston. Since its departure‚ Gillette has positioned itself as one of the most recognizable brands not only through their safety razor blades‚ but also through corporate diversification. This included the acquisition of a number of major companies‚ most recently Duracell. Prior to this acquisition‚ the Duracell Corporation had been the leading producer of alkaline batteries in the United States and maintained consistent
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Acquisition and Payment Cycle According to Arens‚ Elder and Beasley (2006)‚ “is considered as the third major transaction cycle.” The three major transactions in the acquisition and payment cycle include: 1. Acquisition of goods and services 2. Cash Disbursements 3. Purchase returns and allowances and purchase discounts Components such as‚ acquisition of raw materials‚ equipment‚ supplies‚ utilities‚ repairs and maintenance‚ and research and development plays a major role in the acquisition
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Limited Hindalco Industries Limited is the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. A metals giant with a consolidated turnover of Rs. 72‚078 crores (US$ 15.85 billion)‚ Hindalco is the world’s largest aluminium rolling company and one of the biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia. Its Copper smelter is the world’s largest custom smelter at a single location. Figure 1 shows the various companies owned by Hindalco. Figure 1: Companies under Hindalco Industries [20] HISTORY Hindalco
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Section 1.01 Executive Summary This document describes the acquisition of mobile payment software company Square Inc. by Google. The mobile payment industry is one of the fastest growing industries today‚ with transactions up 60% from last year. Square has established itself as an industry leader within the US‚ with sales of $110 billion last year. This acquisition would help position Google to capture a significant piece of the estimated $240 billion industry‚ and Square would strengthen Google’s
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1.Executive Summary The case study has been approached from different valuation methods to ascertain if there is value in the acquisition of Southern Comfort. These methods all yield the same result‚ i.e. Southern Comfort is expensive at the asking price of $94.6million. The valuation methods also examined the reasonableness of the acquisition using methods such as Free Cashflow Analysis‚ Book Value methods and Price Earnings ratios analysis The qualitative aspects have also been analysed to
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How can land be acquired in Kenya Land acquisition in Kenya Land is an important aspect of the life of any society. It is essential for food production and security‚ supports important biological resources and processes‚ sustains the livelihoods of the majority of Kenyans and constitutes an important cultural heritage for many communities. Land should therefore be managed in a way that recognizes its many attributes. In legal perspective‚ it is very important to define certain words that may
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commercial feasibility are to be capitalized. Question 5(b). What features of accounting‚ if any‚ would make it costly for dishonest managers to make the same changes without any corresponding economic changes? Third-Party Certification. Public companies are required to get third-party certification (auditor’s opinion) on their financial statements. Unless the accounting policy changes are reasonably consistent with underlying economic changes‚ auditors would not provide clean auditor’s opinion.
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R e s e a r c h July 30‚ 2002 Asset Valuation & Allocation Models Dr. Edward Yardeni (212) 778-2646 ed_yardeni@prusec.com Amalia F. Quintana (212) 778-3201 mali_quintana@prusec.com - Introduction I. Fed’s Stock Valuation Model How can we judge whether stock prices are too high‚ too low‚ or just right? The purpose of this weekly report is to track a stock valuation model that attempts to answer this question. While the model is very simple‚ it has been quite accurate and can also be used
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Master thesis Autumn semester 2007 Supervisor: Professor Tomas Blomquist Authors: Hoang‚ Thuy Vu Nga Lapumnuaypon‚ Kamolrat Critical Success Factors in Merger & Acquisition Projects A study from the perspectives of advisory firms ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all‚ we are grateful to our supervisor‚ Professor Tomas Blomquist‚ for his guidance and recommendations throughout the process of writing our thesis. His support is of vital importance to the successful completion of this thesis. We also
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