valuation by comparables
The relationship between price and various determinants of value for similar firms and then extrapolating that relationship to the firm in question
when does a company have to file with the SEC
when a US public companies has more than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders
most common valuation metrics
Price/Earnings, Price/Book, Price/Sales, PEG(P/E/Growth Rate)
most common profitability ratios
ROE, ROA, operating profit margin, net profit margin
book value
The net worth of common equity according to a firm’s balance sheet
limitation of book value
liquidation value
replacement cost
Tobin’s q
intrinsic value
The present value of a firm’s expected future net cash flows discounted by the required rate of return
what is considered a positive alpha stock
If intrinsic value is above MP the stock is considered undervalued
market-capitalization rate
The market-consensus estimate of the appropriate discount rate for a firm’s cash flows
dividend discount model (DDM)
A formula stating that the intrinsic value of a firm equals the present value of all expected future dividends
Formula for dividend discount model
V0 = (D1 / (1+k)) + (D2 / (1+k)^2) + … + (DH+PH / (1+k)H)
K (discount rate): RRoR determined by CAPM
constant growth DDM
A form of the dividend discount model that assumes dividends will grow at a constant rate
formula for a constant growth DDM
V0 = D0(1+g) / (k-g) = D1 / (k-g)
Only valid when g is less than k
The constant growth rate DDM implies that a stock’s value will be greater:
other implications of the constant growth rate DDM
The stock price is expected to grow at the same rate as dividends
For a stock whose market price equals its intrinsic value (V0=P0), the expected HPR = div yield + capital gains yield
Valuation of a perpetuity:
P0 = D1/k
div payout ratio
Fraction of earnings paid out as dividends
Plowback or earnings retention ratio (b)
The proportion of the firm’s earnings that is reinvested in the business (and not paid out as dividends)
div payout and plowback equation
Dividend payout ratio + earnings retention ratio = 1
is a high or low reinvestment rate plan better
Eventually, a high reinvestment rate plan will provide higher dividends than a low reinvestment rate plan
As long as the dividend growth generated by the reinvested earnings is high enough, the stock will be worth more under the high reinvestment strategy
% increase in capital stock =
= ROE x plowback ratio
G = ROE x b