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Small business loan portfolio valuation
If a firm were to use capital to provide loans to small businesses, how would you create a model for portfolio valuation? What are some things that would need to be included in addition to cash flow valuation? If you know any resources or have sample excel files please let me know. I am preparing...
Valuation waterfall/bridge help
I need to create a bridge/waterfall between two valuations (old estimates vs. new estimate) to explain what changed in the new forecast. In other words, I have valuated a company using one forecast that resulted in, lets say, 1bn and a second valuation of the same company but with an updated...
What multiples would I use for the Managed Care industry?
Question in title, companies liked Aetna, Cigna, etc. What multiples should be used? P/E, P/B, PEG, not EV / EBITDA , are ones that I know, are there any industry specific multiples I should use?
Opinions on Best Valuation Book
Hey all, I have decided to take start learning about valuation and the like, and want to know every ones favorite book on it. The main ones I am looking at are: Rosenbaum and Pearl Damodaran McKinsey Thanks!
Technical question for VCs
Hi Everyone, I am interviewing at a VC firm an India and had a case question regarding DCFs for a startup. While I understand that the DCF method is tricky and possibly not the best idea for valuing a startup, company law in India dictates that the method be used. So my question is this: the company...
Free Cash Flow Projects - Operating Margin
Hi WSO Community, I had a question regarding projecting the operating margin in a free cash flow calculation. According to Breaking into Wall Street, "you could make an argument for decreasing this percentage over time due to economies of scale..." Shouldn't it be the other way around and economies...
Banking to hedge fund: interview questions
Anyone know what kind of questions are asked at interviews. Specifically looking to know what accounting questions are most examined. Of course, realize that you need to have well thought out pitches and that you might have to do a case study etc. Not talking about that, asking about the technical...
Mid-year convention adjustments for final year discount number for multiples method vs. gordon growth?
I don't understand exactly why one would add 0.5 to the final year discount number for the multiples method, but would leave the gordon growth method's final year discount number as is..
What is the best way to learn valuation?
Hi guys, i'm preparing myself for the upcoming interviews (ibd) and my major is engineering, so i'll have to learn by myself valuation and accounting mostly, what do you guys recommend me to do? damodaran? biws? Wallstreet prep? have also heard of investment banking from joshua and joshua. Also, if...
DCF Question - 2 ways to value a company
Let's say I have a company with 30m cash. The company is unlevered. Therefore fcff=fcfe and wacc=cost of eq. 2 ways to value the company: 1) discount fcff --> EV 2) discount fcfe --> equity value They come out same. But they shouldn't since there is cash and equity value is 30m larger than EV . What...
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