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Mercer’s Musings #3: Marketability Discounts Re Two Hypothetical Minority Interests

Chris Mercer

My conclusion is that the various restricted stock studies are inadequate to meet current business valuation standards and that they should not be used as a basis for “guessing” the magnitude of marketability discounts for illiquid interests of closely held businesses.

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Deja Vu #10: Valuation Theory is the Same for Businesses and Business Interests: V =f(CF, G, and R)

Chris Mercer

Business appraisers routinely use the discounted cash flow model to value entire businesses. Deja Vu #1: SEC Rule 144 (Pre-1997) as Background for Restricted Stock Discounts. Deja Vu #2: The SEC Institutional Investor Study (Published 1971) (Average Discount = 26%). The Discounted Cash Flow Model for Businesses.

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DCFs Yield Lowest Valuation of Multiple Methods – Evidence From Slovakia

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Comparing multiple valuation methods, including a discounted cash flow, economic value, and iterative approach, the authors note that the DCF yielded the lowest valuation, whereas the other methods yielded higher amounts (though the iterative method did so with much higher volatility, represented by high standard deviations).

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Devon Energy: Diversifying into Geothermal

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Based on the first-quarter financial performance, Devon declared a fixed-plus-variable dividend of $0.72 Share Price Performance The company has a market capitalization of more than $32 billion, however, its share price is still down roughly 30% from highs set last year. The Discounted Cash Flow analysis produced a value of USD 27.1

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Will HP shape the way of remote working with a new merger?

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billion to their shareholders as the company repurchased shares and paid out dividends. At the start of September, HP was traded at USD 30, which is a discount of 25% to the purchase price of Warren Buffet. HP is also interesting for long-term investors as they are offering an attractive dividend yield of just over 3%.

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Lockheed Martin – cheapest gun in the West 

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Founded in 1995, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace company with a $106 billion market capitalization. . It narrowly missed analysts’ expectations and the market punished it with a 5% drop in the share price within the first two days of publishing its results. A WACC of 5.7%

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Weighted Average Cost of Capital Explained – Formula and Meaning

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Weighted Average Cost of Capital Explained – Formula and Meaning In this article, we’ll explain what the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is, by breaking it down into its components, and highlighting its role in valuing a company through the Discounted Cash Flow method (DCF). A beta of 1.0 A beta of 1.0