Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis
Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis
Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis
FCF1
FCF2
Assets-in-Place
Assets-in-place are tangible, such as buildings, machines, inventory. Usually they are expected to grow. They generate free cash flows. The PV of their expected future free cash flows, discounted at the WACC, is the value of operations.
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Value of Operations
Vop =
t=1
FCFt (1 + WACC)t
Nonoperating Assets
Marketable securities Ownership of non-controlling interest in another company Value of nonoperating assets usually is very close to figure that is reported on balance sheets.
Debtholders have first claim. Preferred stockholders have the next claim. Any remaining value belongs to stockholders.
Forecast the financial statements, as shown in Chapter 12. Calculate the projected free cash flows. Model can be applied to a company that does not pay dividends, a privately held company, or a division of a company, since FCF can be calculated for each of these situations.
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FCF0 = $24 million WACC = 11% g = 5% Marketable securities = $100 million Debt = $200 million Preferred stock = $50 million Book value of equity = $210 million Number of shares =n = 10 million
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Vop =
t=1
FCFt
(1 + WACC)t FCF0(1+g)t
(1 + WACC)t
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t=1
Notice that the term in parentheses is less than one and gets smaller as t gets larger. As t gets very large, term approaches zero.
Vop =
t=1
FCF
1+ g
1 + WACC
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Vop =
FCF1
(WACC - g)
FCF0(1+g) = (WACC - g)
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(0.11 0.05)
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VTotal
$520.00
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VEquity
$270.00
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$27.00
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Intrinsic MVA = Total corporate value of firm minus total book value of capital supplied by investors Total book value of capital = book value of equity + book value of debt + book value of preferred stock MVA = $520 - ($210 + $200 + $50) = $60 million
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Finance expansion by borrowing $40 million and halting dividends. Projected free cash flows (FCF):
Year 1 FCF = -$5 million. Year 2 FCF = $10 million. Year 3 FCF = $20 million FCF grows at constant rate of 6% after year 3.
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The weighted average cost of capital, WACC, is 10%. The company has 10 million shares of stock.
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Horizon Value
Free cash flows are forecast for three years in this example, so the forecast horizon is three years. Growth in free cash flows is not constant during the forecast, so we cant use the constant growth formula to find the value of operations at time 0.
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Growth is constant after the horizon (3 years), so we can modify the constant growth formula to find the value of all free cash flows beyond the horizon, discounted back to the horizon.
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2 10.00
3 g = 6% 20.00
FCF3(1+g) (1+WACC)
15.026
398.197 416.942 =
Vop
$530/(1+WACC)3
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$37.69
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VBM is the systematic application of the corporate valuation model to all corporate decisions and strategic initiatives. The objective of VBM is to increase Market Value Added (MVA)
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Sales growth Operating profitability (OP=NOPAT/Sales) Capital requirements (CR=Operating capital / Sales) Weighted average cost of capital
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The first bracket is the MVA of a firm that gets to keep all of its sales revenues (i.e., its operating profit margin is 100%) and that never has to make additional investments in operating capital. Salest(1 + g) WACC - g
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Insights (Cont.)
The second bracket is the operating profit (as a %) the firm gets to keep, less the return that investors require for having tied up their capital in the firm. CR (1+g)
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OP WACC
WACC is reduced operating profitability (OP) increases the capital requirement (CR) decreases
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The second term in brackets can be either positive or negative, depending on the relative size of profitability, capital requirements, and required return by investors.
OP WACC
CR (1+g)
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If the second term in brackets is negative, then growth decreases MVA. In other words, profits are not enough to offset the return on capital required by investors. If the second term in brackets is positive, then growth increases MVA.
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The expected return on invested capital is the NOPAT expected next period divided by the amount of capital that is currently invested: OP
t+1
If the spread between the expected return, EROICt, and the required return, WACC, is positive, then MVA is positive and growth makes MVA larger. The opposite is true if the spread is negative.
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A company has two divisions. Both have current sales of $1,000, current expected growth of 5%, and a WACC of 10%. Division A has high profitability (OP=6%) but high capital requirements (CR=78%). Division B has low profitability (OP=4%) but low capital requirements (CR=27%).
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Division B
$270 5% $42 300.0 $270 6% $42.4 15.7% 385.0
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(300.0) (360.0)
The expected ROIC of Division A is less than the WACC, so the division should postpone growth efforts until it improves EROIC by reducing capital requirements (e.g., reducing inventory) and/or improving profitability. The expected ROIC of Division B is greater than the WACC, so the division should continue with its growth plans.
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Expend too little time and effort. Consume too many nonpecuniary benefits. Avoid difficult decisions (e.g., close plant) out of loyalty to friends in company.
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Reject risky positive NPV projects to avoid looking bad if project fails; take on risky negative NPV projects to try and hit a home run. Avoid returning capital to investors by making excess investments in marketable securities or by paying too much for acquisitions. Massage information releases or manage earnings to avoid revealing bad news.
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Corporate Governance
The set of laws, rules, and procedures that influence a companys operations and the decisions made by its managers.
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Board of directors Charter provisions affecting takeovers Compensation plans Capital structure choices Internal accounting control systems
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Not a classified board (i.e., all board members elected each year, not just those with multi-year staggered terms) Board elections allow cumulative voting
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CEO is not chairman of the board and does not have undue influence over the nominating committee. Board has a majority of outside directors (i.e., those who do not have another position in the company) with business expertise.
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Is not an interlocking board (CEO of company A sits on board of company B, CEO of B sits on board of A). Board members are not unduly busy (i.e., set on too many other boards or have too many other business activities)
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Not so high that it encourages cronyism with CEO Not all compensation is fixed salary (i.e., some compensation is linked to firm performance or stock performance)
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Anti-Takeover Provisions
Targeted share repurchases (i.e., greenmail) Shareholder rights provisions (i.e., poison pills) Restricted voting rights plans
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Gives owner of option the right to buy a share of the companys stock at a specified price (called the strike price or exercise price) even if the actual stock price is higher. Usually cant exercise the option for several years (called the vesting period).
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Cant exercise the option after a certain number of years (called the expiration, or maturity, date).
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Manager can underperform market or peer group, yet still reap rewards from options as long as the stock price increases to above the exercise cost. Options sometimes encourage managers to falsify financial statements or take excessive risks.
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Block Ownership
Blockholders often monitor managers and take active role, leading to better corporate governance
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Better access to financial markets A lower cost of equity Increased market liquidity Less noise in stock prices
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