Valutico

AUGUST 17, 2022

As some recent start-up valuations are falling amidst investor caution, this new development comes at an opportune time to positively impact how effectively financial firms value young businesses. The calculation of these discount rates are based on the observed betas of similar listed peer companies.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups EBIT Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

In my corporate finance class, I describe all decisions that companies make as falling into one of three buckets – investing decisions, financing decision and dividend decisions. Beta & Risk 1. Financing Flows 5. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. Buybacks 2.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. For example, I have seen it asserted that a stock that trades at less than book value is cheap or that a stock that trades at more than twenty times EBITDA is expensive. Standard deviations in equity and firm value 4.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52