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What if the project changes either the leverage of the firm or its risk or both? We cannot anymore use the firms cost of capital (or beta to evaluate the project!
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But ho" to compute r)? *Pure-play techni+ue,! -ind firms in the market (comparables "hose "hole business is similar to your project. and take their r)
#hese firms may be levered. then you have to find their r) first! $ssuming they follo" a constant %'& policy(
&/ample(
Comparable 0( r&1023. r%143. %'(&5% 1673 r)18!43 Comparable 2( r&107!93. r%1:!:3. %' (&5% 12:3 r)18!63 $verage r)18!:3
$ssume %'& of the firm before the project "as 0. and its cost of debt "as 1 43 (see last lecture ! ;f "e assume that both things stay the same. "e obtain
;nstead "e could directly use (from the t"o formulas above "here d is %'(&5% < the projects debt-to-value ratio
=ote( if you dont kno" r& and r% of the comparable firms. but kno" their >& and >% . then you simply use C$P? to find r& and r%. or you can directly compute
E D U = E + D E+D E+D
$nd then use C$P? to determine r)! =ote( the above formula holds only for constant %'& policy ;n general. your project may have %'(&5% different from the rest of your firm! #hen in the formulas in the previous slide you need to use the projects %'(&5% ! @ee e/ample (ne/t t"o slides
(%old 5%p '(%old 5%p5&old 5&p 1 %'(%5& %p5&p C PBp 1 discounted -C- using W$CC W$CC is determined by dp1%p'(%p5&p
Baluing Business
?ethods of valuation
%C- valuation (*income, approach Delative valuation (*market, approach Cost-based valuation
)ses ratios (multiples of similar firms to estimate the share price or &B of a given firm &arnings multiples
P'& < price to earnings ratio (share price ' earnings per share C ?arket Cap ' =et ;ncome &B'&B;#%$
Devenue multiples
P'@ < price to sales ratio &B'@ < enterprise value to sales ratio
@ales 1 9:.777 &B;#%$ 1 04.2:7 =et ;ncome 1 4.8E8 %ebt 1 6.:77 ;magine you are considering ac+uiring this company at a price of F0:7 mln! ;s it a fair price? $t this price(
P'& 1 20!4 &B 1 & 5 % < cash! $ssume you estimate that ;deko holds F4!: mln in cash in e/cess of its "orking capital needs (i!e! invested at a market rate of return &B 1 0:7 5 6!: < 4!: 1 F06G mln &B'@ales 1 2 &B'&B;#%$ 1 8!0
P'& 1 2E!9 P 1 046!2 &B'@ales 1 2!79 &B 1 0:: P 1 &B < % 5 e/cess cash 1 0:9 &B'&B;#%$ 1 00!G &B 1 080 P 1 08E
Hence. 0:7 looks like a good price. though the conclusion is not clear-cut if "e look at the industry multiples!
We can get a further idea by looking at the range of prices implied by the range of multiples for comparable firms(
Price range implied by P'&( 024!E to 086!E Price range implied by &B'@ales( 079 to 276!: Price range implied by &B'&B;#%$( 0:E!0 to 2E4
P 1 CF0'(r-g ! $ssuming C- K =; and dividing by g. "e obtain( (P'& 'g 1 0'((r-g g ! DH@ depends on gL But its true that. at least for gMr. 0'((r-g g is less sensitive to g than 0'(r-g ! ;n particular. at g1r'2 its derivative "!r!t! g e+uals 7!
But imagine ;nfo@ofts =et ;ncome e/pected gro"th rate is 29!7E3! #hen a more correct estimate of its e+uity value 1 899.E77N0!67N29!7E 1 F E4!8GE mln
$t the same time( discount for illi+uidity can lo"er transaction multiple
ne" stations are similar to Dadio Ones e/isting stations even if not very similar initially. after ac+uisition they "ill be operated by Dadio Ones management Current multiples may reflect the e/pectation of ac+uisition
Why "e need relative valuation? Why not al"ays use %C-?
Jou may need to get a +uick estimate Jou may not have enough data to build a financial model of the firm
;nformation is undisclosed #he company is too young (start-up to have a history of operations