STOCK VALUATON

D1, D2, … DH: DIVIDENDS FOR THE FIRST H PERIODS

PHPRICE AT t = H

BUT

USING (2) IN (1)

D1 = D0(1 + g); D2 = D0(1 + g)2; …

DN = D0(1 + g)N

USING THE ABOVE IN (3)

THE TERM IN SQUARE BRACKETS IS AN INFINITE GEOMETRIC SERIES WITH COMMON RATIO

THUS,

EXAMPLE (CONSTANT GROWTH RATE)

IF g = 10%, r = 14%, D0 = $2 / SH

STOCK VALUATION WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH RATES IN DIVIDENDS

FOR MANY FIRMS, GROWTH IS HIGH INITIALLY, THEN SLOWS DOWN TO A STEADY, LOWER RATE. WE USE A VARIATION ON THE ABOVE FORMULA THEN TO PRICE THE STOCK.

PROBLEM - 1

THE FORMULA CAN NOW BE WRITTEN AS

WHERE g1 = HIGH GROWTH RATE FOR FIRST “n” YEARS

g2 = STEADY GROWTH RATE AFTERWARD, IN PERPETUITY

HERE:

g1 = 10% = 0.1 g = 6% = 0.06

D0 = $2 / SHARE r = 14% = 0.14

n = 5 YEARS

PV OF DIVIDENDS FOR FIRST 5 YEARS:

PVIF (1 YEAR, 14%)

= 2 (1.1) (0.87719)

+ 2 (1.1)2 (0.76947) + 2 (1.1)3 (0.06749)

+ 2 (1.1)4 (0.59208) + 2 (1.1)3 (0.5193)

= 1.93 + 1.86 + 1.80 + 1.73 + 1.67

= $8.99

DIV AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR 6:

= D6 = 2 (1.1)6 = 3.41

PV OF DIVIDENDS STARTING YEAR 6:

= $22.14

TOTAL PRICE OF STOCK = 22.14 + 8.99 = $31.13

TIMELINE

t = 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7

NOTE THAT D6 IS STOCK PRICE AT THE END OF YEAR 6; D1 IS STOCK PRICE AT THE END OF YEAR 1.

APPROXIMATING GROWTH RATES FROM RETURN ON EQUITY AND PLOW-BACK RATIO

EPS = NET INCOME

NO. OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

BOOK VALUE (BV) PER SHARE:

= BV OF EQUITY

NO. OF SHARES OUTSTANDING

ROE = EPS

BV PER SHARE

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO = DIV / SH

EPS

THEN:

ASSUMPTION: RE-INVESTED EARNINGS EARN SAME RETURN AS IN THE PAST

FINDING THE IMPLIED RETURN ON EQUITY GIVEN STOCK PRICE AND GROWTH RATE IN DIVIDENDS

WE KNOW THAT:

THEREFORE:

UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF A CONSTANT GROWTH RATE IN DIVIDENDS

STOCK VALUATION FROM THE NPV OF GROWTH OPPORTUNTIES

WE CAN DIVIDE EQUITY VALUE INTO:

VALUE OF A SHARE ASSUMING NO FUTURE INVESTMENT

+

NPV OF FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

(A) IF FIRM MAKES NO FUTURE INVESTMENT, VALUE = EPS1 ,

r
ASSUMING EARNINGS OF EPS1 IN PERPETUITY

(B) IF FIRM INVESTS, IT TAKES A FRACTION OF EARNINGS AND PLOWS IT BACK INTO FIRM;

NPV (OF PROJECT) = PVGO (NET PRESENT VALUE OF GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES)

NOTICE THAT ONLY THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN TERM TWO IN EQUATION (7); OTHERWISE IT IS DOUBLE-COUNTING. (THE INVESTMENT AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN = EPS1

r

REARRANGING (7),

WHEN GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES ARE NON-EXISTENT,

PROBLEM 2

FIRST COMPUTE PVGO

THE FIRM HAS FIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, EACH REQUIRING $3 INVESTMENTS, AND EARNINGS = 3*0.20 = $0.60 PER YEAR FOREVER (IN PERPETUITY).

NPV OF EACH PROJECT, AT r = 12%

t = 0 1 2 3 4 5

$2 $2 $2 $2 $2

PVGO = $7.21

PROBLEM 3

g = 0.05 D1 = $10/SH

PLOW-BACK RATIO = 0.2

= 1 – 0.2 = 0.8

RETURN ON BOOK EQUITY

BOOK EQUITY INCREASES AS EARNINGS ARE PLOWED-BACK (AT THE SAME RATE AS DIVIDENDS, ASSUME)

 0.2 (12.50) = 0.05 (BV/SH)

INCREASE IN BV

PVGO = 100 – 83.33 = $16.67 / SHARE

STOCK PRICE AS THE PRESENT VALUE OF FREE CASHFLOW PER SHARE

FREE CASH FLOW

= REVENUE – COSTS – INVESTMENT

IN THE LONG RUN, THE AMOUNT THE FIRM IS FREE TO PAY OUT (FREE CASH FLOW) IS THE SAME AS DIVIDENDS PER SHARE.

PRICE TO EARNINGS RATIO (P/E)

RECIPROCAL OF RATIO

USED FOR VALUATION BY COMPARABLES

VALUE OF EQUITY

= EARNINGS OF FIRM TO BE VALUED

X

P/E OF SIMILAR FIRMS

(a)P/E IS HIGH IF r IS LOW

(b)P/E IS HIGH IF THE FIRM HAS HIGH GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES (PVGO IS HIGH)

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