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Working Capital Changes & Impact on DCF

Wizenius

Working capital refers to the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities and is a measure of the operational liquidity required to fund day-to-day operations. Impact of Working Capital on Cash Flows: Changes in working capital can affect the cash flows used in the DCF analysis.

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M&A Blog #16 – valuation (Discounted Cash Flow)

Francine Way

As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. The major steps of DCF are: Identify extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring items from the target’s 10-Ks and 10-Qs.

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Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Appraisal Ruling Relying On DCF Analysis To Determine Fair Value

Shearman & Sterling

based on a discounted cash flow analysis ("DCF"). Manichaean Capital LLC, No. On January 22, 2021, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed en banc the Delaware Court of Chancery's decision appraising outsourcing and financial services company SourceHOV Holdings, Inc. SourceHOV Holdings Inc. 215, 2020 (Del.

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M&A Blog #17 – valuation (Comparable Company)

Francine Way

Calculating cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The multiples calculation then proceeded as follow: Market Capitalization = Share Price * Fully-diluted Shares Outstanding. Enterprise Value = Market Capitalization + Total Debt - Total Cash. They are basically the same for this exercise.

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M&A Blog #15 – valuation (tools and data preparation)

Francine Way

Access to credible sources of information such as SEC EDGAR database , Treasury.gov , OECD GDP Forecast , Mergent Online, S&P Capital IQ, Hoovers, ValueLine, Yahoo Finance , MarketWatch , and Damodaran Online. Information listed in the DCF analysis: See the items listed under DCF above.

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Post 4 - Why does the conventional DCF not work for valuing a start-up/young firm?

Wizenius

The quick fix - Venture Capital Method of valuation for start-ups Previously, as elaborated in my previous posts in this thread, the conventional DCF falls apart when it comes to valuing a start-up/young firm A quick (and a dirty) fix to the above problem is the VC Method where 1) Estimate revenue or earnings in the near future of the start-up (typically (..)

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms.