3. BUSINESS Valuation
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• Why to carry out valuation?
• Is high valuations despite losses possible?
• What should be the discount rate?
• Law of Diminishing Returns
VALUATION checkpoints
4. BUSINESS Valuation
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Income Approach
Market Approach
Net Asset Approach
VALUATION checkpoints
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Income Approach
Market Approach
Net Asset Approach
BUSINESS Valuation
• Estimates of value asset on Present Value of expected cash flows
• Techniques:
- Capitalization of Earnings
- Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
- Dividend Discount Model
VALUATION checkpoints
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Income Approach
Market Approach
Net Asset Approach
• Capitalization of Earnings
- Single period Discount Cash Flow Analysis
- Apt for Stable Growth Companies
- Caution : Discount Rate
• Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
- Asset period Discount Cash Flow Analysis
- WACC
- Cost of Equity – CAPM | Build up
• Dividend Discount Model
- Single period Dividend
- Caution : Growth rate in Dividend
BUSINESS Valuation
VALUATION checkpoints
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Income Approach
Market Approach
Net Asset Approach
• Comparable fair market value in an arm’s length transaction
• Techniques:
- Publically-Traded Comparable Company Analysis
- Market Transaction Approach
BUSINESS Valuation
VALUATION checkpoints
8. ANSWER to VALUATION technique DIMINISHING returns
Income Approach
Market Approach
Net Asset Approach
• Publically-Traded Comparable Company Analysis
- Valuation ratios of Comparable company
- Valuation as a function of measure of financial performance
- Dependent upon efficient market theory
• Market Transaction Approach
- Valuation basis price quoted on stock exchange
- Average quoted price indicative of value perception
- Dependent upon free market conditions
BUSINESS Valuation
VALUATION checkpoints
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Income Approach
Market Approach
Cost Approach
• Estimates value based on the replacement cost of an asset of
equivalent utility and depreciation including obsolescence
• Value of asset based business is equal to sum of its parts
BUSINESS Valuation
VALUATION checkpoints
10. BUSINESS Valuation
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VALUATION checkpoints
• New Property/Equipment less salvage value
• Incidental start up expense after tax
• Change in working capital
• Change in Revenue/ cost & expense
• Extraordinary, non-recurring and unusual items
• Non Cash expenditures
• Adjustment for Amortization
Inclusion Exclusion
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VALUATION checkpoints
• Impact of seasonal events
• Corporate Governance & Transparency
• Discount & Premiums
• Operational Environment – Legal & Tax
• Consistency in Accounting Practices
Caution
BUSINESS Valuation
12. BUSINESS Valuation
ANSWER to VALUATION technique VALUATION checklist DIMINISHING returns
Start-up
Growing
Matured
Declining
Parameters Start-up Growing Matured Declining
Turnover/Profit Negligible Increasing Saturated Dropping
Valuation Business model Business Model Existing Asset Existing Asset
Cost of Capital Very high High Reasonable Not available