FNCE6006 Equity Analysis II BW
FNCE6006 Equity Analysis II BW
FNCE6006 Equity Analysis II BW
Equity Analysis II
Dr Benedict Koh
Professor of Finance (Education)
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▪Disadvantage of EBITDA
• Overestimate cash flow when companies is growing (growing
working capital and capex)
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FCFF t
VF = t
t=1 (1 + r wacc )
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Forecast Period
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Revenue
- Operating expenses
Net Operating Income (EBITDA)
- Depreciation & Amortization
Earnings before interest & taxes (EBIT)
- Taxes
NOPAT
+ Depreciation & Amortization
Gross Cash Flow
- Increase in Working Capital
- Capital Expenditure (Capex)
- Increase in net other assets
Free Cash Flow to Firm
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Forecast Period
•1, 3, 5 or 10 years?
•Guideline
•project cash flows until steady state or
maturity
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Fixed
Assets Equity Cost of retained earnings = re
WACC = wd (1 − t )rd + we re
wd = D/(D+E) and we= E/(D+E)
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Terminal Value
•Constant Growth TV =
FCFFT +1
(rwacc − g )
•g = ???
• Inflation rate
• Long-term economic growth
• Long-term industry growth
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Terminal Value
•Constant Growth TV =
FCFE T +1
(re − g )
•g = ???
• Inflation rate
• Long-term economic growth
• Long-term industry growth
• rr * ROE
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Use FCFE:
Use FCFF
For firms which have high leverage, and expect to lower the
leverage over time, because debt payments do not have to be
factored in & cost of capital does not change dramatically over
time.
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