4. Equity Valuations Flashcards

1
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What does Pn stand for in the Generalised Dividend Valuation Model?

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  • (Expected) sale price of the stock at time N.
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What does Dt stand for in the Generalised Dividend Valuation Model?

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(Expected) dividend paid at time t

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3
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What does ke stand for in the Generalised Dividend Valuation Model?

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Required return on the equity

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4
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How is price of stock determined?

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As the net present value of the future dividend stream.

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5
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What do we assume in the Gordon Growth Model?

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Assume dividends are growing with a constant rate where g is less that Ke^t < (required rate of return)

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What does D0 stand for in the Gordon Growth Model

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Denotes the most recent dividend paid.

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7
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What does g stand for in the Gordon Growth Gordon model?

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  • Myron J. Gordon is the founder
  • Constant growth rate
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What are the challenges with the Gordon Growth Model?

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  • Dividend stream e.g. growth rates, other related measures - consider P/E ratio with the payout rate n such that nEt = Dt, in general
  • Required return: starting with CAPM.
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9
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What Does P/E stand for?

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Price to Earnings

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What does E (ri) stand for in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

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Expected return of the asset i.

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What does Rf stand for in the CAPM?

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  • Risk free return.
  • Value of time.
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What does E(rm) stand for in the CAPM?

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Expected return on the market portfolio m

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What does beta stand for in the CAPM?

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  • Sensitivity of asset i’s return to the market return.
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Capital Asset Pricing Model

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E(ri) = rf + Beta(i)[E(rm) - rf]

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15
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Beta and Security Market Line

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Check notebook.

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16
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What is the security market line?

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  • Expected return of the stocks is a (linear) function of their beta with the market.
17
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What does it mean if beta is 1.5?

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  • For every 1% increase in the market excess return, stock I’d return is expected to increase by 1.5% ceteris paribus.
18
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Mean Variance analysis on portfolio selection problem

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Assumes that the expected return and risk of a portfolio are measured respectively by the mean and variance (or standard deviation) of the portfolios return.

19
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How can risk of a portfolio be reduced?

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  • By adding more assets.
20
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What’s the efficient frontier?

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Feasible portfolios with highest possible expected return and lowest level of volatility.

21
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Two-Fund Separation Theorem

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By introducing a risk-free asset, investors choose their optimal portfolio to combine the risk-free asset with an efficient risky portfolio.

22
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Capital Market Line

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Under CAPM, all investors optimally would hold some combination of the risk free security and the market (efficient) portfolio.

23
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CAPM Restrictive Assumptions

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  • Investors choose portfolio based on the mean and variance of returns.
  • Investors are rational and risk averse.
  • Investors all invest for the same period of time.
  • Investors have homogenous expectations.
  • Investors can have unlimited short-sale positions on the risk-free assets.
  • Markets are competitive and frictionless.
24
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What does a share of a common stock allow stockholders to do?

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  • Receive dividends
  • Vote
25
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Value of Any Investment

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Present value of all future net cash floes generated by the investment.

26
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In GDVM, what does a stock’s value depend on?

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  • It’s future dividend payments and the required return on equity.
27
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Elements of Gordon Growth Model?

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  • The expected constant growth of dividends (g)
  • Stock’s most recent dividend paid.
  • Required return on investments in equity.
28
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Examples of Systematic Risk

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  • Risk that FED raises interest rates.
  • Risk that oil prices rise, increasing production costs.
  • Risk that economy slows, reducing demand for firm products.
29
Q

What will happen to the volatility in a large portfolio?

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Will decline as the size of the portfolio increases only the systematic risk remains.

30
Q

How is risk premium of a security determined?

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  • By its systematic risk and does not depend on it diversifiable risk.
31
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What happens when stocks are combined in a large portfolio?

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  • The firm-specific risks for each stock will average out and will be diversified.
32
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Investors holding risky securities

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Same proportion as the efficient portfolio, their combined portfolio will also reflect the same proportions as the efficient portfolio.

33
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How is a portfolio risk premium and volatility determined?

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  • By the fraction that is invested in the market.