The Art of Company Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis [[electronic resource] ] : A value investor's guide with real-life case studies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139149103321
• Autore: Schmidlin Nicolas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014
• ISBN: 1-119-20802-5; 1-118-84304-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Collana: The Wiley Finance Series
• Disciplina: 658.16; 658.162
• Soggetti: Consolidation and merger of corporations; Corporations -- Finance; Corporations -- Valuation; Investment analysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Importance and development of business accountancy; 1.1.1 Limited significance of financial statements; 1.1.2 Special features of the financial sector; 1.2 Composition and structure of financial statements; 1.2.1 Income statement; 1.2.2 Balance sheet; 1.2.3 Cash flow statement; 1.2.4 Statement of changes in equity; 1.2.5 Notes; 2 Key Ratios for Return and Profitability; 2.1 Return on equity; 2.2 Net profit margin; 2.3 EBIT/EBITDA margin; 2.4 Asset turnover; 2.5 Return on assets; 2.6 Return on capital employed 2.7 Operating cash flow margin; 3 Ratios for Financial Stability; 3.1 Equity ratio; 3.2 Gearing; 3.3 Dynamic gearing ratio; 3.4 Net debt/EBITDA; 3.5 Capex ratio; 3.6 Asset depreciation ratio; 3.7 Productive asset investment ratio; 3.8 Cash burn rate; 3.9 Current and non-current assets to total assets ratio; 3.10 Equity to fixed assets ratio and equity and long-term liabilities to fixed assets ratio; 3.11 Goodwill ratio; 4 Ratios for Working Capital Management; 4.1 Days sales outstanding and days payables ; outstanding; 4.2 Cash ratio; 4.3 Quick ratio; 4.4 Current ratio/working capital ratio 4.5 Inventory intensity; 4.6 Inventory turnover; 4.7 Cash conversion cycle; 4.8 Ratios for order backlog and order intake; 5 Business Model Analysis; 5.1 Circle of competence; 5.2 Characteristics; 5.3 Framework conditions; 5.4 Information procurement; 5.5 Industry and business analysis; 5.6 SWOT analysis; 5.7 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysis; 5.8 Competitive strategy; 5.9 Management; 6 Profit Distribution Policy; 6.1 Dividend; 6.2 Share buyback; 6.3 Conclusion; 7 Valuation Ratios; 7.1 Price-to-earnings ratio; 7.2 Price-to-book ratio; 7.3 Price-to-cash flow ratio 7.4 Price-to-sales ratio; 7.5 Enterprise value approach; 7.6 EV/EBITDA; 7.7 EV/EBIT; 7.8 EV/FCF; 7.9 EV/sales; 8 Company Valuation; 8.1 Discounted cash flow model; 8.1.1 Equity approach; 8.1.2 Entity approach; 8.1.3 Adjusted-present-value (APV) approach; 8.1.4 Operating and financial leverage; 8.1.5 Alternative use of DCF models; 8.1.6 DCF case studies; 8.2 Valuation using multiples; 8.2.1 Fair price-to-earnings ratio; 8.2.2 Fair price-to-book ratio; 8.2.3 Fair price-to-sales ratio; 8.2.4 Fair enterprise value-to-EBIT ratio; 8.2.5 Fair EV/sales; 8.2.6 Multiple valuation: mathematical background 8.2.7 Liquidation approach/net-asset-value approach; 8.3 Financial statement adjustments; 8.3.1 Pro-forma statements and one-off effects; 8.4 Overview of the valuation methods; 9 Value Investing; 9.1 Margin of safety approach; 9.2 Value investing strategies; 9.2.1 Quality investments; 9.2.2 Cigarbutt investments; 9.2.3 Net-nets/arbitrage; 9.3 The identification of investment opportunities; 9.4 Portfolio management; 9.4.1 Diversification; 9.4.2 Risk; 9.4.3 Cash; 9.5 Buying and selling: investment horizon; 9.5.1 Buying; 9.5.2 Selling; 9.6 Conclusion
• Sommario/riassunto: The Art of Company Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis: A value investor's guide with real-life case studies covers all quantitative and qualitative approaches needed to evaluate the past and forecast the future performance of a company in a practical manner. Is a given stock over or undervalued? How can the future prospects of a company be evaluated? How can complex valuation methods be applied in practice? The Art of Company Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis answers each of these questions and conveys the principles of company valuation in an accessible