Ch 4 - 6 Flashcards

1
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Who issues regulations for Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)s?

A

The US Department of Labor

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2
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What’s the difference between appraisal and valuation?

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Appraisal is for tangible assets. Valuation is for intangible assets.

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3
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What are the 3 standards of value?

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Fair market value (for tax, ESOPs), fair value (for divorce/litigation, financial statements), and Strategic/investment value (for transactions)

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4
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What is the IRS definition of FMV?

{Memorize this!}

A

The price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer
and a willing seller, when the former is not under any compulsion to buy and the
latter is not under any compulsion to sell, both parties having reasonable
knowledge of relevant facts.”

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5
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What are the 4 premises of value?

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  1. Book value (tangible assets - debt = equity)
  2. Going Concern value (assume that business will run forever. Use this for FMV)
  3. Liquidation Value (use this for bankruptcy court, descending shareholder action)
  4. Replacement value (used in insurance contracts)
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6
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What is the investment value principle?

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Value = Benefit stream / Required rate of return

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7
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What is common-size analysis?

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B/S or P/L as a percentage

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8
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What are the 4 steps in trend analysis?

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  1. Obtain financial data
  2. Prep summaries by year for B/S and P/L
  3. Compute/compare ratios
  4. Analyze and develop conclusions
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9
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What are the 5 categories of financial ratios?

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  1. Internal liquidity ratios
  2. Operating efficiency ratios
  3. Operating profitability ratios
  4. Business risk (operating) analysis ratios
  5. Financial risk (leverage) analysis ratios
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10
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What is the RMA?

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Risk Management Association - common source for general industries gathered from financial info submitted to banks

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11
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What 4 things will a financial analysis of a business identify?

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  1. Identify strengths/weaknesses of business
  2. Identify trends
  3. Analyze historical performance
  4. Identify areas for potential normalizing adjustments
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12
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What 4 pieces of information are necessary for a financial analysis?

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  1. Financial information (historical and prospective) and other similar data on the subject
    company
  2. Factual history of the company
  3. Information about perceived competitors
  4. Management’s expectations and perceived strengthens and weaknesses
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13
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What is the objective for adjusting financial statements of closely held companies?

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“To adjust the financial statements or income tax returns of a business to more
closely reflect its true economic financial position and results of operations on a
historical and current basis.”

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14
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What is the formula for net cash flow to equity?

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Net income
\+ Non-cash charges (depr, deferred tax, etc)
- Capital expenditures
- Additions to net working capital
\+ Increased LT debt borrowings
- LT debt repayments
=Net cash flow to equity
- Dividends to preferred shareholders
= Net cash flow to common shareholders' equity
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15
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What is the formula for net cash flow to invested capital?

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Net income (after tax)
+ Non-cash charges (depr, deferred tax, etc)
- Capital expenditures
- Additions to net working capital
+Interest expense (net of tax if using after-tax income)
=Net cash flow to invested capital (after tax)

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16
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What is the appropriate discount rate when discounting net cash flow to equity?

A

The cost of equity

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17
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What is the appropriate discount rate when discounting net cash flow to invested capital?

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Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

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18
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How do you estimate future earnings for tax valuation or divorce?

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Use historical economic income (capitalization of earnings)

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19
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What are the 2 primary criteria for determining the capitalization or discount rate?

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  1. The capitalization or discount rate should be essentially the same as the rate of return
    (yield) that is currently being offered to attract capital or investment to the type, size, and
    financial condition of business that is being valued.
  2. The capitalization or discount rate must be consistent with the “type” of benefit streams to
    be capitalized or discounted (e.g., pre-tax versus after-tax, cash flow vs. earnings to
    invested capital or equity).
20
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What is the formula for the capitalization rate?

A

Discount rate - long-term sustainable growth rate

21
Q

What is a discount rate?

A

A rate of return used to convert a series of monetary sums into present value

22
Q

What is a capitalization rate?

A

Any multiple or divisor used to convert anticipated economic benefits of a single period
into value.

23
Q

What should you look for in a Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

A

Beta

24
Q

Is Beta less than 1 or greater than 1 more risky?

A

Greater than 1 is more risky

25
Q

What is the risk free rate?

A

The return available in the market on an investment free of default risk

26
Q

What is the equity risk premium?

A

A rate of return added to a risk-free rate to reflect the additional risk of equity instruments over risk free instruments

27
Q

What is the size premium?

A

The size premium
is the extra return a willing investor would expect to receive by investing in smaller equity
securities on the NYSE/AMEX/NASDAQ over the large equity security. Smaller companies have higher size premium.

28
Q

What is the industry risk premium?

A

Since some industries are inherently riskier than others, inclusion of an industry specific risk premium can result in a more precise estimate of the cost of capital.

29
Q

What is specific company risk premium comprised of?

A
  1. The company’s financial risk
  2. The diversification of the company’s operations (more diversity = less risk)
  3. Other operational characteristics (like key-man or management issues)
30
Q

What is Duff & Phelps?

A

Another source of equity risk premiums. Duff & Phelps combines Equity Risk Premium and Size Premium called a “Size Adjusted Equity Risk Premium”

31
Q

What are the 3 standards of value?

A

Fair market value, fair value, investment value

32
Q

How do you calculate value based on a capitalization of single-period earnings method if you have growth and discount rate?

A

Multiply single period earnings by (1+growth rate), then divide by (discount rate - growth)

33
Q

How do you calculate a cap rate from a series of Price/earnings ratios?

A

1 / (average of P/E ratios) = cap rate

34
Q

What is the formula for WACC?

A

After tax weighted cost of debt + weighted cost of equity (measured at FMV)

35
Q

What is the formula for Earnings per share ?

A

(Net income - preferred stock dividends) / # common shares outsanding

36
Q

How do you convert pre-tax cap rate to after tax?

A

Multiply the pre-tax cap rate by (1 - tax rate)

37
Q

What is not included in the Ibbotson build-up method?

A

Beta

38
Q

How many size categories does Duff & Phelps use for ERP?

A

Eight

39
Q

What are the 4 premises of value?

A

Book value
Going concern value
Liquidation value
Replacement value

40
Q

What does the Mandelbaum decision deal with?

A

Discount for lack of marketability

41
Q

What is the coefficient of variation formula?

A

Standard deviation / mean

this represents the dispersion of data around the mean. The smaller, the more accurate the data

42
Q

What is the harmonic mean?

A

A mean that excludes outliers.

43
Q

What is the 5/10/10 principle?

A

For the market approach - eliminate transactions older than 5 years, and 10x larger or 10x smaller than the subject company

44
Q

What are the 2 primary methods of valuation within the income approach?

A

Capitalization of earnings/cash flows
and
Discounted Earnings/cash flows

45
Q

What is the formula used to calculate the minority interest discount from a control premium?

A

1 - ((1 / (1 + control premium))

46
Q

What is the difference between CAPM and Modified CAPM?

A

Modified CAPM takes company specific risk into consideration.