During 2004, 64% of the companies included in the Samp;P 500 created value, while in 2003 87% of these companies did it. The market value of the 500 companies was $11.2 trillion in 2004 and $10.1 trillion in 2003. The top shareholder value creators in 2004 were Exxon, General Electric, Ebay,...

During 2003, 87% of the companies included in the Samp;P 500 created value, while in 2002 just 17% of these companies did it. The market value of the 500 companies was $10.1 trillion in 2003 and $7.9 trillion in 2002. The top shareholder value creators in 2003 were Intel, Cisco, Citigroup,...

2002 was a bad year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50: the shareholder value destruction of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50 was Euro 958,968 million. In 2002 only Eni created value (Euro 3,374 million). The remaining 49 companies destroyed value and had negative...

2004 was a good year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50: the shareholder value creation of these 50 companies was 42,880 million euros, however, not as good as 2003 when their value creation reached a bit over 160,000 euros. The companies that created more value for their...

The market risk premium is one of the most important but elusive parameters in finance. It is also called equity premium, market premium and risk premium. The term market risk premium is difficult to understand because it is used to designate three different concepts:1. Required market risk...

This paper contains a collection and classification of 80 errors seen in company valuations performed by financial analysts, investment banks and financial consultants. The author had access to most of the valuations referred to in this paper in his capacity as a consultant in company...

2003 was a good year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50: the shareholder value creation of these 50 companies was 150,016 million euros (E). The companies that created more value for their shareholder were Siemens (E18,778 million), Telefonica (15,382) and BSCH (12,443)....

This paper contains a collection and a classification of 75 errors seen in company valuations performed by financial analysts, investment banks and financial consultants. The author had access to most of the valuations that are referred to in this paper when consulting in purchases, sales and...

2002 was a bad year: The shareholder value destruction of the companies in the Samp;P 500 was $3.3 trillion. In 2002 only 16% of the companies created value (80 companies created value and 420 companies destroyed value). The percentage of value creators was 35%, 54%, 47% and 53% for 2001, 2000,...

For constant growth companies, we prove that the value of tax shields in a world with no leverage cost is the present value of the debt, times the tax rate, times the required return to the unlevered equity, discounted at the unlevered cost of equity. Please note that this does not mean that the...