chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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what are the 2 expected cash flows from someone who owns a stock?

A

the dividends the firm pays out
the price of the sold share in the future

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2
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according to the law of one price, what does the current price of a stock reflect?

A

the expected future dividend and stock price

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3
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what is the “equity cost of capital”?

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the expected return of other investments with equivalent risk

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4
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since it it difficult to estimate future dividends of a stock, what do we do to make it more simple?

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we simplify the problem by assuming that dividends will grow at a constant rate ‘g’ forever

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5
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what are the 2 things a firm can do to maximize their share price?

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the firm can increase the level of its dividend payments

they can increase their growth rate

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6
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what is the trade off that firms have when trying to maximize their share price?

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investing in higher growth may mean using cash that could be used to pay dividends and this could negatively impact future growth

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7
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what is the dividend payout rate?

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the fraction of earnings that the firm pays as dividends each year

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8
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what are the 3 ways a firm can increase its dividends?

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increasing their earnings

increasing their dividend payout rate

reducing the number of shares outstanding (increasing EPS)

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9
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how can companies reduce the number of shares outstanding?

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the firm can buy back existing shares from investors

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10
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what are the 2 ways a firm can use their earnings?

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to pay dividends

retain and reinvest them

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11
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what is the retention rate?

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the fraction of current earnings that the firm retains

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12
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what does the decision whether to retain more earnings and reduce the current dividend depend on?

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depends on the profitability of the firms investment

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13
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when will cutting the firms dividend to increase investment raise the stock price?

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it will only raise the stock price if the new investments have a positive NPV

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14
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what is share repurchase?

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when a firm uses excess cash to buy back its own stock

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15
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why would the dividend discount model be adjusted?

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because that model assumes that firms distribute all cash to shareholders through dividend payments

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16
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what is the total payout model?

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a model that values all of the firms equity rather than just a single share and discounts the total dividends paid and shares repurchased

17
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what is the method of comparables?

A

a way that estimates the value of the firm based on the values of similar firms or investments

18
Q

what is a valuation multiple?

A

a ratio of the value to a measure of the firms size

19
Q

what are the 2 most common valuation multiples?

A

P/E ratio
EV/ EBIT or EV/EBITDA

20
Q

what are the estimates of stock prices made up of?

A

all of the different information of investors and the trading of a stock adds to the aggregate information of many investors

21
Q

if your estimate is very different than the market price, what might you want to do?

A

you might want to reconsider how you arrived at your estimate

22
Q

what is the efficient market hypothesis?

A

a theory that implies that all stock are fairly priced given all information that is currently available to investors

23
Q

how does the efficient market hypothesis impact all positive-NPV opportunities?

A

it eliminates them

24
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under the efficient market hypothesis, how does new information impact the price of a stock?

A

it will immediately change the price of the stock to reflect the new information through the buying and selling actions ion investors

25
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is the efficient market hypothesis always correct?

A

no it is just an approximation that would hold in an ideal situation and not a perfect description of how stock markets work