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The spacing before the first sentence on slide 9 is also inconsistent when you look at the the 2 textboxes side by side

 

well, as far as i know, non operational expenses shouldnt be in ebitda, but maybe you have some different accounting standard

you can make a 2017 pro-forma ebitda, including this 53, to show the ebitda is growing

 

The 3% perpetuity growth rate of FCFF(!) assumed for the terminal value are very optimistic, given that revenue(!) CAGR for the past 3 years was only 2% p.a. This suggests not only considerable revenue growth for the TV, but also margin expansion. If you feel more comfortable extending your forecast period, do so, but the TV should really not violate steady state conditions for mature companies.

I'd soft-pedal this a lot - it should be lower than your cash flow growth during your forecasting period. Didn't dive into it too deeply, but maybe something like 1.5% is more realistic (really though, you will need to decide that and think about what is a sound assumption)

 
"weit23" The 3% perpetuity growth rate of FCFF(!) assumed for the terminal value are very optimistic, given that revenue(!) CAGR for the past 3 years was only 2% p.a. This suggests not only considerable revenue growth for the TV, but also margin expansion. If you feel more comfortable extending your forecast period, do so, but the TV should really not violate steady state conditions for mature companies.

I'd soft-pedal this a lot - it should be lower than your cash flow growth during your forecasting period. Didn't dive into it too deeply, but maybe something like 1.5% is more realistic (really though, you will need to decide that and think about what is a sound assumption)

I get your points, but any reason why it should be lower than the cash flow growth during forecasting period?

 
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Yes, the reason is quite simple:

TV has a tremendous impact on overall EV. It often contributes ~50% to EV and is extremely driven by the TV growth rate. Why? Because we are talking about perpetuity here. A repeating cashflow that comes in forever, year by year. Of course, the discount rate will work against it and diminish the value of the cash flows as we continuously progress in time, but still, the ~50% contribution to EV (depending on how far you forecast, what your growth rate is) can severely damage the validity of your model.

It should be lower, because it makes no sense that the cash flows of a business will grow slowly (relatively) for 5 years, only to grow faster in perpetuity suddenly, as if someone shot the starting pistol at a race. This is a question of internal consistency, not a scenario based decision.

What we should strive for is an operating model that converges to a "steady-state", a phase where the business is able to reliably carry itself and exhibits modest growth (company already harvested its growth potential in the forecast years).

This will
- A) allow us to model scenarios within the forecast years - B) decrease error frequency in TV assumptions since "steady state" is assumed to be forecasted more easily than non-steady-state.

Sidenote: Of course it is possible that the next 5 years might be bad in terms of growth, but then you would model a few years extra, where growth picks up (if you REALLY want to model this scenario), and not just increase the perpetuity growth rate.

 

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