Valutico

APRIL 12, 2023

WACC considers the costs associated with different components of a firm’s capital structure, such as debt, equity, and preferred stock, and weighs them according to their proportion. It is a metric used to calculate the Cost of Capital for a company based on its specific financing mix (debt, equity and/or preference shares).

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Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Startup Valuation Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

An angel investor is an individual who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs, typically in exchange for ownership equity in the company. How much cash does the company have in the bank? Is there any dead weight such as ex-employees or work-for-equity dev shops? The Ultimate Angel Investors Checklist.

Beta 100

Beta Equity Marketability Banking 100

Brian DeChesare

MAY 3, 2023

But people who aim for investment banking roles are very much into those bells and whistles, so questions about the DDM and other “exotic” methodologies began rolling in. To be fair, in some industries – like commercial banks and insurance within FIG – the DDM is a core valuation methodology.

Dividends 64

Dividends Terminal Value Enterprise Value Equity 64

Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

People usually start this discussion by comparing S&T exits to investment banking exit opportunities and saying that S&T exit options are “worse.”. Traditional investment banking exit opportunities such as private equity , venture capital , and corporate development are highly unlikely , with a few exceptions for certain desks.

Banking 69

Banking Equity Start-ups Marketability 69

Andrew Stolz

MARCH 20, 2020

A firm uses a mix of equity and debt to minimize the cost of capital. In general, the cost of debt is lower than the cost of equity due to the tax advantage of debt. A firm borrows from banks or bondholders and it has to pay the interest. The popular method to find the cost of equity is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Beta 52

Beta Capital Structure Risk-free Rate Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Musings on Markets

JULY 13, 2022

Country Risk: Equity Risk For equity investors, the price of risk is captured by the equity risk premium, and equity risk premiums will vary across countries. Please do not attach any political significance to my country groupings, or take them personally.

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Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Start-ups Equity 81

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To fund the business, you can either use borrowed money (debt) or owner's funds (equity), and while both are sources of capital, they represent different claims on the business. Even government-owned businesses fall under its umbrella, with the key difference being that equity is provided by the taxpayers.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Valutico

APRIL 25, 2023

The ESG score feeds into our proprietary algorithm to derive an appropriate adjustment to the Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt, which impacts the final valuation. Who is ValutECO for? For very low ESG scores, the algorithm will apply a Cost of Capital premium, increasing the overall Cost of Capital and thus decreasing the valuation.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Equity Beta Alpha 52

Valutico

APRIL 25, 2023

The ESG score feeds into our proprietary algorithm to derive an appropriate adjustment to the Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt, which impacts the final valuation. Who is ValutECO for? For very low ESG scores, the algorithm will apply a Cost of Capital premium, increasing the overall Cost of Capital and thus decreasing the valuation.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Equity Beta Alpha 52

Benzinga

JULY 26, 2022

July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First National Corporation (the "Company" or "First National") (NASDAQ: FXNC ), the bank holding company of First Bank (the "Bank"), reported unaudited consolidated net income of $3.8 Return on average equity was 15.04%. STRASBURG, Va., million, or $0.61 This compares to net income of $3.3

Banking 40

Banking Dividends Marketability Equity 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital. trillion ($1.8

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

Equity 83

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 83

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

cyclical or commodity companies, that can deliver solid operating and equity values in periods where they operate as going concerns, but face distress or bankruptcy, in the face of a severe recession. Applications : My argument for using implied equity risk premiums is that they are dynamic and forward-looking. two years later.

Risk Premium 74

Risk Premium Start-ups Beta Marketability 74

Brian DeChesare

MAY 24, 2023

Event-Driven Hedge Funds Definition: Event-driven hedge funds bet on specific corporate actions, such as M&A deals, divestitures, spin-offs, bankruptcies, and business reorganizations, and they profit based on changes in the value of a company’s debt or equity after the action.

Equity 64

Equity Start-ups EBITDA Banking 64

Brian DeChesare

JULY 19, 2023

If you’re interested in long-only hedge funds, you should ask a different set of questions: Do these long-only funds offer any advantages over strategies like long/short equity ? Theoretically, an equity fund could be long-only and manage its risk by buying stocks that are negatively correlated with the market.

Equity 52

Equity Beta Banking Start-ups 52

Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

Anyone who’s ever traded stocks can understand long/short equity , and even simple global macro trades are easy to explain to the average person. To simplify, we can say that credit hedge funds operate in three main areas: Long/Short Credit – It’s similar to long/short equity , but with bonds rather than stocks. See the example above.

Equity 52

Equity Start-ups Private Equity Firm Beta 52

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To deliver this growth, I did assume that Tesla would have to invest large amounts of capital in capacity, and that this would create a significant drag on value, resulting in a equity value of just under $10 billion. In subsequent valuations, I modified and adapted this story to reflect lessons that I learned about Tesla, along the way.

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Start-ups Marketability Market Capitalization Equity 114

Appraisal Rights

JUNE 5, 2017

Further to our prior post about Delaware’s two new appraisal decisions, SWS Group was a small, struggling bank holding company that merged on January 1, 2015 into one of its own substantial creditors, Hilltop Holdings. With regard to beta, the court found fault with both side’s approach. at closing. below the merger price.

Beta 40

Beta Risk Premium Capital Structure Discounted Cash Flow 40

Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Beta-Neutral Portfolios: For example, if the S&P 500 goes up or down by 5%, your team’s portfolio should move by ~0%. Pair Trades: To achieve this market neutrality, trades are usually paired so that if you long one company in your universe, you’ll short another company, and the gains come from the spread (more on long/short equity ).

Start-ups 85

Start-ups Beta Marketability Comps 85

Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

TCFD provides recommended disclosures for these four areas and guidance on how to implement the recommendations for the financial sector ( banks, insurance companies, asset managers, asset owners) and the non-financial sector (energy, transportation, materials and buildings, and agriculture, food and forest products).

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Intangible Assets Alpha Beta Marketability 130