Classical single-factor comparable company valuation (CCV) like e.g. valuation using the price-earnings ratio is associated with several shortcomings. The two most important are the non-applicability of negative values in the basis of reference and the high requirements to the qualitative...

We compute the Shareholder Value Creation of Santander, BBVA, Popular and Bankinter between 1991 and 2010. The shareholder value creation during this period was: Santander -24 billion euros; BBVA -22; Popular 1.6 and Bankinter 0.6.The average shareholder return was: Santander 12.7%; BBVA 11.5%;...

We rank the 64 companies operating in 2010 in the Pension Fund Industry in Spain using data from 1990 to 2010 for the existing individual mutual funds. The best companies according to the ranking were Bestinver, Mutua Madrilena and Merchbanc. The worst, according to the ranking, were Caja...

We rank the 79 companies operating in 2010 in the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain using data from 1991 to 2010 for the 2,285 existing mutual funds with more than a year of history. The best companies according to the ranking were: Bestinver, Profit and Metagestion. The worst, according to the...

The market cap of Telefonica increased between December 1991 and December 2010 in 70.6 billion euros. The shareholder value creation during this period was 34.2 billion euros. The average shareholder return of Telefonica in this 19 years was 15.2%, higher than that of the IBEX 35 (11.0%). We...

90 companies out of 125 had negative return in 2010 (133 out of 136 in 2008). The companies destroyed value in 2010 (117 billion euros), and also in 2008 (420 billion euros) and in 2007 (17 billion euros). The average return of the 125 companies was-11% in 2010, 30% in 2009 and -40% in 2008

We compute the shareholder value creation and the return of the companies in the IBEX 35 for the 19-year period 1991-201'3 The average return was 11%, but 2.9% was due to the decline in interest rates (from 13% to 5.5%). The shareholder value creation in the whole period was 23 billion euros,...

We derive and present the formula for optimal debt under the assumption that tax shields are discounted at the cost of levered equity, Ke and cash flows are on perpetuity. The formulation is consistent and is derived from basic financial principles. This formulation is valid for non-growing...