Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 16, 2023

Wang; and Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay (discussed on the Forum here ) by Jesse M. Prior to the initial rules issued in 1982 that allowed for buybacks, companies largely had to be dependent upon dividends to allocate excess cash. Fried, and Charles C.Y. more…)

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Dividends Equity Marketability 244

Andrew Stolz

AUGUST 4, 2020

Definition of Equity Risk Premium. It is the difference between expected returns from the stock market and the expected returns from risk-free investments. What Impacts the Equity Risk Premium? Dividends . How Do You Calculate Equity Risk Premium? Dividend model ? Why is the Equity Risk Premium Important?

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Equidam

AUGUST 10, 2023

Guest post from an Equidam partner: Bianca Iulia Simion , Marketing Lead at SeedBlink As the world of startups continues to evolve and mature, navigating the intricacies of equity management has emerged as a critical aspect of successful entrepreneurship. This leads to confusion and potential conflict during fundraising rounds.

Equity 52

Equity Capital Structure Dividends Marketability 52

Benzinga

APRIL 26, 2023

Non-performing Assets were 0.14% of Total Assets at March 31, 2023 Common Equity Tier 1 and Tangible Common Equity Ratio of 12.16% and 7.63%, Respectively, at March 31, 2023 1 LAKEVILLE, Conn., Net Interest and Dividend Income Tax equivalent net interest income of $11.3 million, or 1.8% million at December 31, 2022 and $625.3

Dividends 40

Dividends Banking Equity Book Value 40

Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 3, 2024

The markets in 2023 were almost a complete reversal of 2022, and hardly anyone – me included – saw it coming. This result is disappointing because it ends my 4-year streak of matching or beating the market, and it’s all because of my bad decisions. and far too little in equities.

Marketability 59

Marketability Start-ups Equity Dividends 59

Benzinga

JANUARY 12, 2024

billion a year ago, led by market beta on average AUM, positive organic base fee growth, and higher securities lending revenue. BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK ) reported Q4 FY23 revenue growth of 7% Y/Y to $4.631 billion, marginally above the consensus of $4.627 billion. billion from $3.40

Dividends 52

Dividends Beta Technology Marketability 52

Benzinga

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

CPI's Electron Device Business manufactures electronic components and subsystems primarily serving the aerospace and defense market. TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG ) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Electron Device Business of Communications & Power Industries , a portfolio company of TJC, L.P.,

Dividends 52

Dividends Marketability Equity 52

Benzinga

APRIL 28, 2023

The contagion of those three troubled institutions affected just about every other bank in the country in the quality of operating performance and the performance of each company's stock in the market. With the success of the first quarter, the Board announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 million, or 0.26%, from $512.1

Dividends 40

Dividends Banking Book Value Equity 40

Chris Mercer

MARCH 29, 2024

Introduction and Conclusion My musings on the use of restricted stock discounts to estimate marketability discounts (or DLOMs) have led me to the conclusion: Restricted stock studies/discounts cannot be used to estimate DLOMs in any credible, standards-compliant manner. Three of the first four Mercer’s Musings posts address this issue.

Marketability 52

Marketability Appraisal Business Valuation Dividends 52

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, November 3, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of October 27-November 2, 2023 Implementation of Share Buybacks and Their Impact on Corporate Governance Posted by Michael Seigne (Candor Partners Limited), (..)

Dividends 184

Dividends Equity Marketability 184

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 2, 2023

2019) , for example, strong ESG performance correlates positively with higher equity returns and a reduction in downside risk. In a new paper, we address the impact of ESG ratings on a firm’s financial performance by studying how those ratings affect the cost of equity (COE). 2005; Kempf and Osthoff, 2007). public firms.

Equity 40

Equity Equity Financing Specific Risk Dividends 40

Musings on Markets

MAY 7, 2023

While differentiating between good and bad banks can be straightforward, it does not follow that buying good banks and selling bad banks is a good investment strategy, since its success depends entirely on what the market is incorporating into stock prices. All Equity, All the time!

Banking 63

Banking Price to Book Dividends Book Value 63

Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 19, 2022

Can High ESG Ratings Help Sustain Dividend Growth? Tags: Capital allocation , Dividends , ESG , Firm performance , Growth rates. On Index Investing. Posted by Jeffrey Coles, Davidson Heath, and Matthew Ringgenberg (University of Utah), on Monday, August 15, 2022. on Thursday, August 18, 2022.

Dividends 215

Dividends Equity Marketability 215

Chris Mercer

MARCH 7, 2024

The second and third musings address the issue of marketability discounts and conclude that it is not possible to comply with any valuation standards, whether USPAP or not, using only averages of restricted stock studies as a basis for “guessing” marketability discounts. The relevant pool of potential buyers, if any.

Dividends 52

Dividends Appraisal Terminal Value Marketability 52

Benzinga

MAY 9, 2023

Nexstar Media Group, Inc (NASDAQ: NXST ) reported a Q1 2023 net revenue growth of 3.9% billion, beating the consensus of $1.24 Revenues from Television Advertising declined 6% Y/Y to $425 million, comprising Core Advertising revenue that fell 2.6% Y/Y to $417 million and a 66.7% Y/Y decline in Political Advertising revenue to $8 million.

Dividends 52

Dividends Equity Marketability 52

Andrew Stolz

JANUARY 17, 2022

Value play with strong dividend growth potential. Leading role in EV and hydrogen to reclaim market share. China is by far the strongest and fastest-growing market for heavy duty trucks in the world. It is the primary market for the company to realize future growth opportunities. Download the full report as a PDF.

Marketability 52

Marketability Dividends Net Debt Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. Viewed in that context, dividends as just as integral to a business, as the investing and financing decisions.

Dividends 91

Dividends Start-ups Finance Corporate Finance 91

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

If equity markets surprised us with their resilience in 2020, not just weathering a pandemic for the ages, but prospering in its midst, US equity markets, in particular, managed to find light even in the darkest news stories, and continued their rise through 2021. The year that was.

Risk Premium 80

Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Start-ups Equity 80

Musings on Markets

MAY 20, 2022

In my last post , I discussed how inflation's return has changed the calculus for investors, looking at how inflation affects returns on different asset classes, and tracing out the consequences for equity values, in the aggregate.

Price to Book 96

Price to Book Dividends Beta Equity 96

Equilest

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Uncover the intricacies of financial modeling, from understanding fundamental concepts like Free Cash Flow to Firm and Dividend Discount Model, to navigating advanced methodologies such as LBO and DCF. The resulting value represents the cash available to all contributors of capital—both debt and equity.

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Discounted Cash Flow Dividends Enterprise Value Terminal Value 52

Valutico

AUGUST 30, 2023

Different industries have varying Terminal Growth Rates based on growth potential and market maturity. One approach is to use the industry average growth rate or the country’s economic growth rate, depending on the company’s market and geographical location. Another approach is the historical growth rate analysis.

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Terminal Value Dividends Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow 98

Valutico

MARCH 20, 2023

HSBC Holdings plc Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 20 March 2023 Link to the valuation Context The past weeks, the financial market was rattled by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the go-to bank for tech startups, serving half of America’s venture capital-backed tech firms. HSBC is also planning a special dividend of $0.21

Dividends 52

Dividends Banking Equity Market Capitalization 52

Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 10, 2023

As a capital allocation decision, share buybacks intersect all three of the main corporate finance activities of investing, financing, and dividends [1]. Buybacks for Financing A company can alter the debt-to-equity ratio of its capital structure by issuing debt and/or buying back shares. No, that risks massive regret.

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Dividends Total Shareholder Return Corporate Finance Finance 45

Chris Mercer

MARCH 8, 2023

This post provides a discussion of several implications of the definition of the standard of value known as fair market value. We focus first on the definition of fair market value. We then look at the implications for the so-called “marketability discount for controlling interests.”

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Fair Market Value Marketability Appraisal Business Valuation 52

Benzinga

APRIL 23, 2024

per share cash dividend declared _ (1) A reconciliation of GAAP net income to FFO is provided at the end of this press release. million of property dispositions under contract and, through our off-market sources, we recently acquired an excellent shopping center, featuring two supermarkets, in the San Diego market for $70.1

Dividends 40

Dividends Intangible Assets EBITDA Start-ups 40

Valutico

MARCH 28, 2023

UBS Group AG Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 28 March 2023 Link to the valuation Context In recent days, the financial markets have experienced increased turmoil, causing growing concerns about financial stability. As a result, they have been pouring into money market funds at the highest rate since the COVID pandemic began.

Banking 52

Banking Dividends Equity Marketability 52

Valutico

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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%

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Dividends Market Capitalization Marketability 52

Chris Mercer

JULY 15, 2022

While a growing number of appraisers use a discounted cash flow model to value illiquid minority interests of businesses ( 22% according to a recent Business Valuation Resources Survey ), the majority of appraisers continue to rely on restricted stock studies and pre-IPO studies in their marketability discount determinations.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Terminal Value Dividends Appraisal 52

Benzinga

MARCH 28, 2024

("IFH") (OTCQX: IFHI ) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which CBNK will acquire IFH in a cash and stock transaction valued at $66 million, exclusive of the value of a dividend to be received by IFH shareholders at or immediately prior to closing. and Capital Bank.

Banking 40

Banking Dividends Book Value Equity 40

Benzinga

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Transaction Provides Financial and Strategic Benefits to All Shareholders Creates a Larger, More Scaled BDC Focused on Middle Market Direct Lending Combined Company Will Have Approximately $3.4 vi In addition, following the closing of the Merger(s), as applicable, MFIC will pay a cash dividend of $0.20

Dividends 40

Dividends Marketability Equity Market Capitalization 40

Andrew Stolz

MARCH 6, 2020

When companies acquire a stake over another company, there are two accounting methods that could be used: cost method and equity method. Investments in equity shares of the investee company leading to the holding of less than 20% are generally accounted for under this method. Equity Method.

Dividends 52

Dividends Equity Marketability 52

Andrew Stolz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A company executes a share buyback when it pays out cash from its balance sheet to purchase its previously issued shares in the stock market or directly from shareholders. companies have distributed more money through buybacks than through dividends. This pushes companies to buy back shares rather than issue dividends.

Dividends 52

Dividends Banking Capital Structure Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

By the start of 2022, the window for early action had closed and for much of this year, inflation has been the elephant in the room, driving markets and forcing central banks to be reactive, and its presence has already induced me to write three posts on its impact.

Risk Premium 74

Risk Premium Treasury Start-ups Equity 74

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

If you have been reading my posts, you know that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums, which I believe lie at the center of almost every substantive debate in markets and investing. How, you may ask, can equity risk premiums be that divergent, and does that imply that anything goes?

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Risk Premium Equity Start-ups Treasury 78

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Excise Tax generally applies to the fair market value of stock repurchased in a taxable year, net of the fair market value of stock issued in the same taxable year, with certain modifications. This post highlights key guidance from the Notice as it relates to common M&A and capital market transactions.

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Fair Market Value Marketability Treasury Dividends 52

Equilest

MAY 29, 2023

As an essential component of shareholders' equity, retained earnings reflect the accumulated profits that a company has chosen to reinvest rather than distribute as dividends. Calculating retained earnings is relatively straightforward, involving subtracting dividends and distributions from net income over a specific period.

Business Valuation 40

Business Valuation Dividends Discounted Cash Flow Price to Earnings 40

Valutico

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

There are three primary approaches under which most valuation methods sit, which include the income approach, market approach, and asset-based approach. The market approach compares the company to similar publicly traded businesses, or those recently sold or involved in some transaction. How Do I Value a Business?

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Intangible Assets Discounted Cash Flow Book Value EBITDA 52