Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

It’s integral to ensuring that the sale benefits all stakeholders and should be one of your priorities before advertising it to potential buyers. It’s a delicate balancing act, as inaccurate valuations have polarizing consequences. However, company valuation isn’t as simple as slapping a price on your business.

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Valuation Discounted Cash Flow S&P DCF Analysis 97

Francine Way

JULY 11, 2017

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. Target’s current stock price: Can be obtained from sources such as Yahoo Finance.

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Valuation M&A DCF Financial Statement 130

Francine Way

JULY 12, 2017

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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Discounted Cash Flow Valuation M&A DCF 130

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 3, 2023

It can be useful for certain companies, such as power and utility firms and midstream (pipeline) operators in oil & gas … …but it’s also much harder to set up and use than a standard DCF. The main argument in favor of the DDM is that it best represents what happens in real life when you buy a stock.

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Valuation DCF Debt Financial Modeling 64

Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A: As with hedge fund stock pitches , you need to research markets and companies and develop 2-3 solid ideas here. A: Assuming it is developing patent-protected products, you usually use a Sum-of-the-Parts DCF where you project revenue and expenses for each drug, discount the cash flows to Present Value, and then add them up.

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Capital Valuation Investment Portfolio 59

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They do this by setting up entire teams (“pods”) for specific sectors, having each team learn their stocks or other securities in-depth, and then trading frequently based on catalysts and changes in investor sentiment. Beta-Neutral Portfolios: For example, if the S&P 500 goes up or down by 5%, your team’s portfolio should move by ~0%.

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Funds Management Recruitment Portfolio 104