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www.marketsecret.net
LectureBusiness Valuations TechniquesSep 2012
Inspired by Warren Buffett
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Corporate Valuation: A Summary
Class Notes from Market Secret
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Concept about Valuation
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Concept about Valuation
Intrinsic Value or true value of Business.
How to reach at that?
Value lies in the eyes of be holders
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Misconceptions about Valuation
Myth 1: A valuation is an objective search for true value bias in your valuation is directly proportional to who pays you and how much
you are paid.
Myth 2.: A good valuation provides a precise estimate ofvalue there are no precise valuations
Myth 3: . The more quantitative a model, the better thevaluation too much analysis leads to paralysis.
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Approaches to Valuation
Valuation Models
Asset BasedValuation
Discounted Cashf lowModels
Relat ive Valuation Contingent ClaimModels
LiquidationValue
ReplacementCost
Equity ValuationModels
Firm ValuationModels
Cost of capitalapproach
APVapproach
Excess ReturnModels
Stable
Two-stage
Three-stageor n-stage
Current
Normalized
Equity
Firm
Earnings BookValue
Revenues Sectorspecific
Sector
Market
Option todelay
Option toexpand
Option t oliquidate
Patent UndevelopedReserves
Youngfirms
Undevelopedland
Equity introubledfirm
Dividends
Free Cashflowto Firm
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Basis for all valuation approaches
The use of valuation models in investment decisions (i.e. indecisions on which assets are under valued and which are overvalued) are based upon a perception that markets are inefficient and make mistakes in assessing
value
an assumption about how and when these inefficiencies will get corrected
In an efficient market, the market price is the best estimateof value. The purpose of any valuation model is then thejustification of this value.
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Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
What is it: .. present value of the expected cash flows onthe asset.
Philosophical Basis: Every asset has an intrinsic value that
can be estimated, based upon cash flows, growth and risk.
Information Needed: to estimate the life of the asset
to estimate the cash flows during the life of the asset
to estimate the discount rate to apply to these cash flows to get presentvalue
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Discounted Cashflow Valuation: Basis forApproach
where CFt is the cash flow in period t, r is the
discount rate appropriate given the riskiness ofthe cash flow and t is the life of the asset.
Proposition 1: For an asset to have value, the expected cash flows have to bepositive some time over the life of the asset.
Proposition 2: Assets that generate cash flows early in their life will be worth morethan assets that generate cash flows later; the latter may however have greatergrowth and higher cash flows to compensate.
Value =CFt
(1+ r)t
t =1
t = n
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Equity Valuation versus Firm Valuation
Value just the equity stake in the business
Value the entire business, which includes, besides equity, theother claimholders in the firm
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Two Measures of Discount Rates
Cost of Equity: This is the rate of return required byequity investors on an investment. It will incorporate apremium for equity risk -the greater the risk, the greaterthe premium. This is used to value equity.
Cost of capital: This is a composite cost of all of thecapital invested in an asset or business. It will be aweighted average of the cost of equity and the after-taxcost of borrowing. This is used to value the entire firm.
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Market Secret12
Categorizing Cash FlowsCash Flow Statement Amt
Cash Flow From Operation
Net Income
Add: Dep & Amortization
Less: Other Non-Op Income (Inc Int Exp)
Add/Less: Changes in Working Capital
Cash Flow From Operations
Cash Flow From Investing Activity
Less: CapexAdd: Income from Inevstment (Strategic)
Less: Purchase of Investment
Cash Flow From Investing
Cash Flow From Financing Activity
Add: Issue of Equity (Inc SP)
Add: Issue of Debt
Less: Repayment of Debt
Less: Divident Paid
Cash Flow From Financing
Net Inc/(Dec) in Cash
Opening Cash Balance
Closing Cash Balance
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Market Secret 13
Equity Valuation
Assets Liabilities
Assets in Place Debt
Equity
Discount rate reflects only thecost of raising equity financing
Growth Assets
Figure 5.5: Equity Valuation
Cash flows considered arecashflows from assets,
after debt payments andafter making reinvestmentsneeded f or future growth
Present value is value of just the equity claims on the firm
Free Cash Flow to Equity = Net Income + Depreciation + Amortization Net Reinvestment (capex + change inworking capital) Net Debt Paid (or+ Net Debt Issued)
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Market Secret 14
Firm Valuation
As s ets Liabilities
Assets in Place Debt
Equity
Discount rate reflects the costof raising both debt and equityfinancing, in proportion to their
useGrowth Assets
Figure 5.6: Firm Valuation
Cash flows considered arecashflows from assets,
prior to any debt payment sbut aft er firm hasreinvested to create growthassets
Present value is value of the entire firm, and reflects the value ofall claims on the firm.
Free Cash Flow to the Firm = Earnings before Interest and Taxes (1-tax rate) + Depreciation + Amortization NetReinvestment (Capex + Changes in Working Capital).
The tax benefits of debt are not included in FCFF because they are taken into account in the firms cost of capital.
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Market Secret 15
Difference between FCFF v/s FCFE ?
FCFF is the cash available to bond holders and stock holders after all expense and investments have taken place.FCFE is the cash available to stock holders after all expense, investments and interest payments to debt-holders.
The basic difference is consideration of interest payment in FCFE (v/s FCFF), subtract the interest expense fromthe cash flow to do valuations.
FCFF shows the obligations for both stockholders as well as bondholders whereas FCFE consider only the obligations
for stockholders.
Factors FCFF FCFE
Cash Flow Pre Debt Cash Flow (alreadymentioned)
Post Debt Cash Flow(already mentioned)
Expected Growth Growth in Opertaing Income =Reinvestment Rate * ROC
Growth in net income = Retentionratio * ROE
Discount Rate WACC Cost of Equity
Beta Bottom-up Bottom- up
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Market Secret 16
Valuation with Infinite Life
Cash flows
Firm: Pre-debt cashflowEquity: After debt
cash flows
Expected Growth
Firm: Growth inOperating EarningsEquity: Growth inNet Income/EPS
CF1 CF2 CF3 CF4 CF5
Forever
Firm is in stable growth:
Grows at constant rateforever
Terminal Value
CFn.........
Discount Rate
Firm:Cost of Capital
Equity: Cost of Equity
ValueFirm: Value of Firm
Equity: Value of Equity
DISCOUNTED CASHFLOW VALUATION
Length of Period of High Growth
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Market Secret 17
Valuing the Home Depots Equity
Assume that we expect the free cash flows to equity atHome Depot to grow for the next 10 years at rates muchhigher than the growth rate for the economy. To estimatethe free cash flows to equity for the next 10 years, we makethe following assumptions: The net income of $1,614 million will grow 15% a year each year for the next10 years.
The firm will reinvest 75% of the net income back into new investments eachyear, and its net debt issued each year will be 10% of the reinvestment.
To estimate the terminal price, we assume that net income will grow 6% ayear forever after year 10. Since lower growth will require lessreinvestment, we will assume that the reinvestment rate after year 10 willbe 40% of net income; net debt issued will remain 10% of reinvestment.
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Market Secret 18
Estimating cash flows to equity: The HomeDepot
Year Net Income Reinvestment Needs Net Debt Paid FCFE PV of FCFE
1 $ 1,856 $ 1,392 $ (139) $ 603 $ 549
2 $ 2,135 $ 1,601 $ (160) $ 694 $ 576
3 $ 2,455 $ 1,841 $ (184) $ 798 $ 603
4 $ 2,823 $ 2,117 $ (212) $ 917 $ 632
5 $ 3,246 $ 2,435 $ (243) $ 1,055 $ 662
6 $ 3,733 $ 2,800 $ (280) $ 1,213 $ 693
7 $ 4,293 $ 3,220 $ (322) $ 1,395 $ 726
8 $ 4,937 $ 3,703 $ (370) $ 1,605 $ 761
9 $ 5,678 $ 4,258 $ (426) $ 1,845 $ 797
10 $ 6,530 $ 4,897 $ (490) $ 2,122 $ 835
Sum of PV of FCFE = $6,833
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Market Secret 19
Terminal Value and Value of Equity today
FCFE11 = Net Income11 Reinvestment11 Net Debt Paid (Issued)11= $6,530 (1.06) $6,530 (1.06) (0.40) (-277) = $ 4,430 million
Terminal Price10 = FCFE11/(ke g)= $ 4,430 / (.0978 - .06) = $117,186 million
The value per share today can be computed as the sum of the present values ofthe free cash flows to equity during the next 10 years and the present value ofthe terminal value at the end of the 10th year.Value of the Stock today = $ 6,833 million + $ 117,186/(1.0978)10
= $52,927 million
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Market Secret 20
Valuing Boeing as a firm
Assume that you are valuing Boeing as a firm, and that Boeinghas cash flows before debt payments but after reinvestmentneeds and taxes of $ 850 million in the current year.
Assume that these cash flows will grow at 15% a year for thenext 5 years and at 5% thereafter.
Boeing has a cost of capital of 9.17%.
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Market Secret 21
Expected Cash Flows and Firm Value
Terminal Value = $ 1710 (1.05)/(.0917-.05) = $ 43,049 million
Year Cash Flow Terminal
Value
Present
Value
1 $978 $895
2 $1,124 $943
3 $1,293 $9944 $1,487 $1,047
5 $1,710 $43,049 $28,864
Value of Boeing as a firm = $32,743
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Market Secret 22
What discount rate to use?
Since financial resources are finite, there is a hurdle that projects have to crossbefore being deemed acceptable.
This hurdle will be higher for riskier projects than for safer projects.
A simple representation of the hurdle rate is as follows:
Hurdle rate = Return for postponing consumption +Return for bearing risk
Hurdle rate = Riskless Rate + Risk Premium
The two basic questions that every risk and return model in finance tries toanswer are: How do you measure risk? How do you translate this risk measure into a risk premium?
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Market Secret 23
The Capital Asset Pricing Model
Uses variance as a measure of risk
Specifies that a portion of variance can be diversified away, and that is only thenon-diversifiable portion that is rewarded.
Measures the non-diversifiable risk with beta, which is standardized around one.
Relates beta to hurdle rate or the required rate of return:
Reqd. ROR = Riskfree rate + b (Risk Premium)
Works as well as the next best alternative in most cases.
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Market Secret 24
From Cost of Equity to Cost of Capital
The cost of capital is a composite cost to the firm of raisingfinancing to fund its projects.
In addition to equity, firms can raise capital from debt
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Market Secret 25
Estimating the Cost of Debt
If the firm has bonds outstanding, and the bonds are traded, the yield tomaturity on a long-term, straight (no special features) bond can be used as theinterest rate.
If the firm is rated, use the rating and a typical default spread on bonds withthat rating to estimate the cost of debt.
If the firm is not rated, and it has recently borrowed long term from a bank, use the interest rate on
the borrowing or estimate a synthetic rating for the company, and use the synthetic rating to
arrive at a default spread and a cost of debt
The cost of debt has to be estimated in the same currency as the cost of equityand the cash flows in the valuation.
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Market Secret 26
Estimating Cost of Capital: Boeing
Equity Cost of Equity = 5% + 1.01 (5.5%) = 10.58%
Market Value of Equity = $32.60 Billion
Equity/(Debt+Equity ) = 82%
Debt After-tax Cost of debt = 5.50% (1-.35) = 3.58%
Market Value of Debt = $ 8.2 Billion
Debt/(Debt +Equity) = 18%
Cost of Capital = 10.58%(.80)+3.58%(.20) = 9.17%
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Market Secret 27
Estimating the Expected Growth Rate
Expected Growth
Net Income Operating Income
Retention Ratio=
1 - Dividends/NetIncome
Return on Equity
Net Income/Book Value ofEquity
X
Reinvestment
Rate =(Net CapEx + Chg in
WC/EBIT(1-t)
Return on Capital =
EBIT(1-t)/Book Value ofCapital
X
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Expected Growth in EPS
gEPS = (Retained Earningst-1/ NIt-1) * ROE= Retention Ratio * ROE= b * ROE
ROE = (Net Income)/ (BV: Common Equity)
This is the right growth rate for FCFE Proposition: The expected growth rate in earnings for a
company cannot exceed its return on equity in the long term.
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Expected Growth in EBIT AndFundamentals
Reinvestment Rate and Return on CapitalgEBIT= (Net Capex + Change in WC)/EBIT(1-t) * ROC
= Reinvestment Rate * ROC Return on Capital =
(EBIT(1-tax rate)) / (BV: Debt + BV: Equity)
This is the right growth rate for FCFF Proposition: No firm can expect its operating income
to grow over time without reinvesting some of theoperating income in net capital expenditures and/orworking capital.
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Market Secret 30
Getting Closure in Valuation
A publicly traded firm potentially has an infinite life. Thevalue is therefore the present value of cash flows forever.
Since we cannot estimate cash flows forever, we estimatecash flows for a growth period and then estimate a terminal
value, to capture the value at the end of the period:Value =
CFt
(1+ r)tt = 1
t =
Value =
CFt
(1+r)t
Terminal Value
(1+ r)Nt = 1
t = N
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Market Secret 31
Stable Growth and Terminal Value
When a firms cash flows grow at a constant rate forever, the present value ofthose cash flows can be written as:Value = (Expected Cash Flow Next Period) / (r - g) where,
r = Discount rate (Cost of Equity or Cost of Capital)g = Expected growth rate
This constant growth rate is called a stable growth rate and cannot be higherthan the growth rate of the economy in which the firm operates.
While companies can maintain high growth rates for extended periods, they willall approach stable growth at some point in time.
When they do approach stable growth, the valuation formula above can be usedto estimate the terminal value of all cash flows beyond.
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Market Secret 32
Relative Valuation
In relative valuation, the value of an asset is derivedfrom the pricing of 'comparable' assets, standardizedusing a common variable such as earnings, cashflows,book value or revenues. Examples include --
Price/Earnings (P/E) ratios and variants (EBIT multiples, EBITDA multiples, Cash Flow
multiples)
Price/Book (P/BV) ratios and variants (Tobin's Q)
Price/Sales ratios. EV/EBITDA
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Market Secret 33
Valuing Unlisted, start-up, Young &Growth Companies
Valuation Issues
Limited /No history
Negative operating cash flow ( in some cases)
No market value for debt/equity
More holes is given details
Cash flow from existing assetsEst growth from new and improved efficiency on existing assets
Discount rates emerged from assessment of risk business/equity
Assesstment when the firm will become a stable growth firm
Importance
Value transactions (1) Public v/s Pvt, (2) IPO, and (3) VC
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Market Secret 34
Life Cycle of Early Stages Co.
Characteristics No history Small/No-revenues, Operating losses
Dependent on Private EquityMany dont surviveMultiple Claims on Equity Illiquid Investment Vs Public
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Market Secret 35
Example:Valuing Unlisted,start-up,Young Co.
Illustration 1: Valuing Secure Mail
Venture Capital Approach (Relative valuation approach)
Secure Mail is a small software company that has developed a new computer virus
screening program that it believes will be more effective than existing anti-virusprograms. The company is fully owned by its founder and has no debt outstanding. Thefirm has been in existence only a year, has offered a beta version of the software forfree to online users but has never sold the product (revenues are zero). During itsyear of existence, the firm incurred $ 15 million in expenses, thus recording anoperating loss for the year of the same amount. As a venture capitalist, you have beenapproached about providing $ 30 million in additional capital to the firm, primarily to
cover the commercial introduction of the software and expanding the market for thenext two years. To value the firm, you decide to employ the venture capital approach.
1.The founder believes that the virus program will quickly find a market and thatrevenues will be $ 300 million by the third year.2. Looking at publicly traded companies that produce anti-virus software, you come upwith two companies that you feel are relevant comparables.
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Market Secret 36
Example:Valuing Unlisted,start-up,Young Co.
Illustration 1: Valuing Secure Mail
Venture Capital Approach (Relative valuation approach)
PEERS AVERAGE
Company ($ MN) Mcap Debt Cash EV Rev EV/salesSymantec 9388 2300 1890 9798 5874 1.67x
McAfee 4167 0 394 3773 1308 2.88x
Average 6778 1150 1142 6786 3591 2.28x
VENTURE CAPITAL TARGET RATE OF RETURN - STAGE INLIFE CYCLE
STAGE
TARGETRATE OFRETURN
START UP 50% - 70%
FIRST STAGE 40% - 60%
SECOND STAGE 35% - 50%
BRIDGE /IPO 25% - 35%
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Market Secret 37
Example:Valuing Unlisted,start-up,Young Co.
Illustration 1: Solution
Venture Capital Approach (Relative valuation approach)
A TARGET REVENUE (mn) $300
B TARGET EV/Sales (AVG PEERS) 2.28x
C CAPITAL INFUSION $30
D TARGET RETURN 50%
A*B ESTIMATED VALUE IN 3YRS $682.89
VALUE TODAY
ESTIMATED VALUE IN 3YRS $682.89TARGET RETURN 50%
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Market Secret 38
Example:Valuing Unlisted,start-up,Young Co.
Illustration 1: Valuing Secure Mail
Venture Capital Approach (Relative valuation approach)
VALUE TODAY = ESTIMATED VALUE IN 3YRS
(1+ TARGET RETURN)
= $202.34
POST MONEY VALUE = VALUE TODAY + CAPITAL INFUSION
= $232.34
PROPORTIONAL SHARE OFEQUITY
=
CAPITAL INFUSION
POST MONEY VALUE
= 14.8%
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Market Secret 39
Example:Valuing Unlisted,start-up,Young Co.
Illustration 2: Valuing Secure Mail
TOP Down Approach (Valuing using DCF)
1. Potential market size for the product/service2. Market Share3. Operating expenses/margins
4. Investments for growth5. Compute tax effect6. Check for internal consistency7. FCFF8. Beta9. Cost of Capital10. Terminal Value
11. Corpoarate Value
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Economic Value Added (EVA)
EVA is the profit earned by the firm less the cost of financing the firm'scapital. The idea is that value is created when the return on economic capitalemployed is greater than the cost of that capital.
NOPAT = Operating Income (1-Tax Rate)
Adj NOPAT = NOPAT + Other Income
Adj Capital = S Debt + L Debt + Minority Int + Equity
EVA = Adj NOPAT/Adj Capital
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Market Secret 41
How to value cash and cross holdings
Many students believe that valuing surpluscash on a companys balancesheet is an easy task. Just add the nominal value of the surplus cash tothe value of the operating business derived from method like DCF orEnterprise Value (EV).
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Market Secret 42
How to value cash and cross holdings
know what is surplus andwhats not
Cash provided by customers (e.g advance or deposits on the liabilities) arenot surplus. Surplus means that if you take it out, you dont have to
replace it.
For example,
ENGINEERS INDIA LTD (EIL)
BHARAT ELECTRONICS LTD (BEL)
(has large advances from customers as source of cash)
1
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Market Secret 43
How to value cash and cross holdings
Cash in seasonal businesses
Cash in some seasonal businesses may be surplus in lean seasons butrequired for conducting business for busy seasons.
For Example,
Cox & Kings Limited
MAHINDRA HOLIDAYS & RESORTS INDIA LTD
(Cash must not be treated as surplus even if BS show surplus cash in a leanseason)
2
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Market Secret 44
How to value cash and cross holdings
Cash in hand of the value creator
A $100 bill in the hands of a value creator is worth more than $100 to his investors.
Conversely, the same $100 is worth less than $100 in the hands of a value
destroyer.
Be wary of cash on BS of companies which have a track record of value destruction (e.g.
dividend policy, acquisitions, expansion, and diversifications).
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Market Secret 45
How to value cash and cross holdings
Capital allocation skills matter
A $100 bill in the hands ofscoundrel is worth less than $100 to his investors.
Conversely, the same $ 100 is worth more than $100 in the hands of the honest
manager.
For Example,
Cash on Infosys v/s Afteks balance sheet
(Be wary of cash on the balance sheets of companies run by crooks)
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Market Secret 46
How to value cash and cross holdings
Corporate governance matters
In other words, the closer the cash resides near the pockets of the investors, the closer
to its nominal value, should be its fair value to investors, other things remaining the
same
This happens, for example, in the cash of holding companies which have subsidiarieswhich have subsidiaries which have the cash.
For Example,
STERLITE Group
5
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
Simple capital structure
Complex capital structure
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
Simple capital structure
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
Simple capital structure
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
Dilutive
Antidilutive
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
For Example: Dilutive/Antidilutive
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
For Example: Dilutive/Antidilutive
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
For Example: Warrants/Options/Convertibles
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
For Example: Warrants/Options/Convertibles
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
For Example: Warrants/Options/Convertibles
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Options/Warrants/ConvertiblesComplex Capital Stucture
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
For Example: Options/Convertibles
O ti /W t /C tibl
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
Solutions
Basic EPS = Net Income Preferred DividentWeighted average number of common shares outstanding
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Options/Warrants/Convertibles
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M&A
Swap Ratio
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Examples