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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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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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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 #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. There are other methods one can use to value a company and we will discuss these methods briefly in a future post.

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

Wizenius

Equity Value (today) = Equity Value at end of forecast period/ (1+Target rate of Return)^n 4) Because this is the valuation of the start-up before the VC invests his/her money in the business it is known as Pre-Money Valuation of the start-up 5) VC investors receive an equity share of the business in exchange for their investments.

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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. Others would counter that growth equity’s rapid ascent was mostly due to the easy money that persisted between 2008 and 2021.

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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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