Stock Flashcards
How can firms raise capital?
Borrowing (bonds, loans) or selling/issuing new shares
What is equity?
The market value of all outstanding shares
How can the firm’s value be decomposed?
Net Debt and Equity in market values
Do stocks have pre-determined cash-flows?
No
Do stocks have maturity date?
NO
What is the difference in claim about bonds and stocks?
Bonds have priority claim and stocks have residual claim.
Do holders of stock have voting rights?
Yes
What are dividends?
The full amount of cash that goes to all outstanding shares.
Does the value of a stock change if you hold it for different periods?
No, the holding period is irrelevant.
What is the price’s equation for an investor that plans to never sell the stock?
P0 = ∞∑t=1 DPSt/(1 + re)^t
What is the equation for the price of a stock?
p0 = DPS1/(1 + re) + DPS2/(1 + re)^2 + … + DPST/(re - gdps) * 1/(1 + re)^(T - 1)
What are the relevant cash-flows when we want to find the stock’s price?
Dividends paid by the firm and selling the stock.
What is the discount rate in stock?
Equity cost of capital, which represents the return demanded by shareholders to hold or buy stock from the company.
What is the formula for DPS?
Dividend/N
What are the assumptions to use the model to estimate DPS?
1) number of outstanding shares is kept constant
2) no external funding (debt/new equity)
3) takes one period for a given investment to start to generate some cash-flow (EPS)
4) from the moment that an investment is made it will generate the same cash-flow (EPS) in all periods unless stated otherwise
What is the ROI?
Return on Invested Capital, which tells us how much EPS we can expect to generate given the ICt-1.
ROI = EPSt/ICt-1
What does the ROIoverall tell us?
The profitability of all investments combined
What is the relationship between the Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) and the Retention Rate (RR)?
DPR + RR = 1
EPSt = DPSt + Retained EPSt
How do you calculate the EPS?
EPSt = ROIoverall * ICt-1
EPSt = EPSt-1 + Retained EPSt-1 * ROINIt-1 (if changes in ROIoveral are due to new investments)
What is the EPS growth rate?
geps = RRt-1 * ROINIt-1
What happens to the geps when the RR is constant?
EPS grow at the same rate as dividends per share
When should you start the perpetuity?
When RR and ROINI are costant.
What is the total shareholder return?
Equivalent as the Holding Period Return.
The Total Shareholder Return can be decomposed into:
Dividend Yield and Capital Gain
What is the TSR’s formula?
TSR0/1 = DPS1/P0 + (P1-P0)/P0
Under the assumption of normal markets what is the TSR’s relationship between re?
The E(TSRt/t+1) is equal to the re (the return demanded by shareholders)
How can we tell if the firm’s investment is good?
By the NPV
If ROINI > re, NPV > 0
If ROINI < re, NPV < 0
Why do we use the Present Value of Growth Opportunities (PVGO)?
The PVGO is used to overall qualify the firm’s investments. It gives how much are investors willing to pay for the expectation of the firm’s future investments and growth.
What is the PVGO’s formula?
PVGO = P0 - P0NoGrowth
How can we use the PVGO to qualify the firm’s investments?
If PVGO > 0 the majority of the firm’s future investment have a positive NPV
How do we calculate P0NoGrowth?
We set the RR for t»1 equal to zero
What are the limitations of the Dividend Discount Model?
1) There is a big amount of uncertainty associated with forecasting a firm’s dividend growth rate and future dividends.
2) Small changes in the assumed dividend growth rate can lead to large changes in the estimated stock price.
3) The model is very rudimentary.
What does the total payout model add?
Firms can remunerate their shareholders with dividends and share repurchases.