The WACC is just the rate at which the Free Cash Flows must be discounted to obtain the same result as in the valuation using Equity Cash Flows discounted at the required return to equity (Ke).The WACC is neither a cost nor a required return: it is a weighted average of a cost and a required...

To value shares there are two usual methods that, if properly applied, provide the same value: 1/ Present value of expected free cash flows (FCF) discounted with the WACC rate and then, subtract the value of debt; and 2/ Present value of expected equity cash flows (ECF) discounted with the Ke...

Durch die empirische kapitalmarktorientierte Untersuchung ("event study") von 419 Übernahmen und Fusionen im Zeitraum von 1996 bis 2001 wird die Entwicklung von Börsenkursen bei Ankündigung und Durchführung von Transaktionen auf dem deutschen Markt für Unternehmenskontrolle analysiert....

This paper analyzes the determinants of returns generated by European private equity funds. It starts from the presumption that this asset class is characterized by illiquidity, stickiness and segmentation. As a consequence, Gompers and Lerner (2000) have shown that venture deal valuations are...