Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

One is to compute the taxes you would have paid on operating income, if it had been fully taxable, to get after-tax operating income and margin , and the other is to add back depreciation to operating income to get EBITDA and EBITDA margin.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Equity Risk Premium Risk-free Rate 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

After paying taxes on this income, the residual amount represents net income, the final measure of equity earnings, and the basis for computing earnings per share and other widely used measures of profitability used by equity investors.

Start-ups 80

Start-ups Equity Book Value Marketability 80

Benzinga

JULY 10, 2023

The successful closing of this strategic acquisition not only approximately doubles SMGI's annual revenue and increase its adjusted EBITDA, but also brings operational and revenue diversification, strengthens the Company's balance sheet and adds exceptional expertise to its leadership team. million (including $2.5

EBITDA 40

EBITDA Book Value Capital Structure Marketability 40

Andrew Stolz

MAY 8, 2020

Discount Future Cash Flows – either by using the Mid-Year discount or a simple discount period, it is fairly simple to calculate the present value of future cash flows. This action will cause fluctuations in the overall value of equity and debt ratio. Issues faced when using a relative valuation method. Conclusion.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Weighted Average Cost of Capital Terminal Value Net Present Value 52

Valutico

MAY 6, 2024

Market-based methods like Comparable Companies Analysis and Precedent Transactions Analysis offer relative measures of value based on market data. Income-based methods such as Discounted Cash Flow analysis focus on future cash flows to determine value. to its market value.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Precedent Transaction Analysis Weighted Average Cost of Capital Comparable Company Analysis 52

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It is in pursuit of answering these questions that accountants generate financial statements, and the three most basic are: The balance sheet , which summarizes what a firm owns and owes at a point in time, as well as an estimate of what equity is worth (through accounting eyes).

Finance 74

Finance Start-ups Equity Equity Financing 74

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.

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Return on Equity 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2. Costs of equity & capital 4. Costs of equity & capital 1. Fundamental Growth in Equity Earnings 2. Return on Equity 2. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. Book Value Multiples 3. EBIT & EBITDA multiple s 5.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this post, I will look at another initial public offering, Birkenstock, that is likely to get more attention in the next few weeks, given that it is targeting to go public at a pricing of about €8 billion, for its equity, in a few weeks. So, how far has accounting come in bringing intangible assets on to balance sheets?

Intangible Assets 104

Intangible Assets Book Value Equity Start-ups 104

Valutico

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the DCF method, the value of the business is calculated by estimating the future cash flows of the business, with a discount rate applied. In the CCA method, valuation multiples such as P/E ratio, EV/Revenue ratio, and EV/EBITDA ratio, provide benchmarks for estimating value by comparing financial metrics to publicly traded companies.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Comparable Company Analysis EBITDA Enterprise Value 52

Valutico

AUGUST 10, 2023

In the DCF method, the value of the business is calculated by estimating the future cash flows of the business, with a discount rate applied. In the CCA method, valuation multiples such as P/E ratio, EV/Revenue ratio, and EV/EBITDA ratio, provide benchmarks for estimating value by comparing financial metrics to publicly traded companies.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Comparable Company Analysis EBITDA Enterprise Value 52

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 88

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 88

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

By the same token, it is impossible to use a pricing metric (PE or EV to EBITDA), without a sense of the cross sectional distribution of that metric at the time. 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.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

IBG Business

MAY 31, 2023

Because a strategic purchase may be based on factors other than multiples of earnings or EBITDA, a strategic buyer might be willing to pay more for your business than would a financial buyer, despite the latter’s presumably deeper pockets. Selling to a Private Equity Group. Preparation.

EBITDA 52

EBITDA Marketability Equity Book Value 52

Brian DeChesare

JUNE 1, 2022

Power and Utilities Investment Banking Definition: In power/utilities IB, bankers advise companies that produce, transmit, and distribute electricity, natural gas, and water on raising debt and equity and completing mergers and acquisitions. For example, let’s say the company’s Rate Base is $1,000, as in the Lazard example above.

Banking 96

Banking Equity Book Value Capital Structure 96

Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

Free Cash Flows to Equity (Potential Dividends) The most intuitive way to think about potential dividends is to think of it as the cash flow left over after every conceivable business need has been met (taxes, reinvestments, debt payments etc.).

Dividends 91

Dividends Start-ups Finance Corporate Finance 91

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Adani's Debt Load The investment side of the Adani story is not complete without bringing in the financing part, since the money for these investments has to come from somewhere, either internally, residual cash flows from existing operations, or externally, from new debt or equity.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Market Capitalization Marketability Equity 100