On April 16, 2012 the Argentine federal government decreed the intervention of YPF. The share price of YPF fell 29% the next day. Two weeks later (May 3), the Argentine Parliament approved the expropriation of 51% of the YPF shares owned by Repsol. Repsol had a 57.4% stake in YPF. YPF was the...

Company valuation using discounted cash flows is based on the valuation of government bonds: it consists of applying the procedure used to value government bonds to the debt and shares of a company. This is easy to understand (sections 1, 2 and 3). But company valuations are often complicated by...

Empresa A firmó, el 27 de febrero de 2008, un contrato de crédito de 800.000 euros por el que pagaría a Banco B el tipo euríbor más un 1% anual (véase la Figura 1 del caso). La empresa A invertía en plantas de energía solar fotovoltaica. Con este crédito, Empresa A tiene lo que se...

In this paper, we will define and analyze shareholder value creation. To help us understand this concept better, we will use the example of a listed company, General Electric, between 1991 and 1999. To obtain the created shareholder value, we must first define the increase of equity market...

This paper shows that the three valuation methods (if used correctly) always yield the same result. The most striking result of this paper is that the Net Present Value of the tax shield due to interest payments (in the APV approach) should be calculated as follows in order to derive an accurate...

In this paper, we describe the four main groups comprising the most widely used company valuation methods: balance sheet-based methods, income statement-based methods, mixed methods, and cash flow discounting-based methods. The methods that are conceptually "correct" are those based on cash flow...

In this paper we review several methods used for valuing brands. Among them, those of Interbrand, Damodaran, Financial World, Houlihan Valuation Advisors, Market Facts, Young & Rubicam and CDB Research & Consulting. In particular, we analyze in depth the valuations of Kellogg's and Coca-Cola...

This paper addresses the valuation of firms by cash flow discounting. The first part shows that the four most commonly used discounted cash flow valuation methods (free cash flow discounted at the WACC; cash flow available for equity holders discounted at the required return on the equity flows;...

This paper is a summarized compendium of all the methods and theories on company valuation using cash flow discounting. The paper shows the ten most commonly used methods for valuing companies by cash flow discounting: 1) free cash flow discounted at the WACC; 2) equity cash flows discounted at the...

This paper focuses on equity valuation using multiples. Our basic conclusion is that multiples nearly always have broad dispersion, which is why valuations performed using multiples may be highly debatable. We review the 14 most popular multiples and deal with the problem of using multiples for...