Bachelor Thesis Department of Business Studies Århus‚ the 3rd of May 2010 Valuation of BMW - Financial & Strategic Analysis Authors Rasmus Ramshøj Pløen Exam no. 282821 BSc (B/IM) Mikkel Kronborg Olesen Exam no. 283755 BSc (B) Academic Advisor Nicolai Borcher Hansen ASB Aarhus School of Business TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PREFACE ..............................................................................................................................................................
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Techniques in Finance & Valuation 1 What is Valuation? Valuation: Methods of quantifying how much money something should be exchanged for today‚ considering future benefits. We will teach 4 valuation methods Trading Comparables Transaction Comparables Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation Discounted Cash Flow Analysis (DCF) $ 2 Why is Valuation important? Acquisitions: How much should we pay for the company? Divestitures: How much should we sell our company for? Sell-side Research: Should our clients
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to right the ship and turn things around‚ Dell founder‚ Michael Dell is offering to take the company private by offering shareholders $13.75 per share. Is this a fair offer to Dell shareholders? With only one offer on the table‚ shareholders can choose to cash out or vote the offer down in the hope that things will eventually turn around along with the stock price. RECOMMENDATION: Based on our valuation of Dell‚ along with weighing the pros and cons of our due diligence findings and deal performance
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1661 to 1722 the emperor of China‚ K’ang-hsi‚ has lived a strenuous yet fruitful life exceeding above and beyond the standards that a normal emperor usually lives up to within his ruling time. The author of the book “Emperor of China” by Jonathan D. Spence has translated documents written by the emperor himself (K’ang-hsi) in order to almost perfectly portray a “self-portrait” of the emperor in the span of his reign during the Ch’ing dynasty. My essay will consist of a few ways on how a king ought to
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determine the appropriate JetBlue’s IPO price given the available data. The report begins with the issue of underpricing‚ explaining the importance selling IPO at a correct price in order to avoid “leaving too much money on the table”. Then an analysis on the advantages and disadvantages for JetBlue to go public is carried out. The advantages include being able to support its growth trajectory‚ offsetting portfolio losses by its venture-capital investors‚ boosting equity base‚ improving debt-equity
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Valuation & Accounting Global November 2001 Valuation Multiples: A Primer Global Equity Research www.ubswarburg.com/researchweb In addition to the UBS Warburg web site our research products are available over third-party systems provided or serviced by: Bloomberg‚ First Call‚ I/B/E/S‚ IFIS‚ Multex‚ QUICK and Reuters UBS Warburg is a business group of UBS AG Valuation Primer Series Peter Suozzo +852-2971 6121 s peter.suozzo@ubsw.com Stephen Cooper +44-20-7568
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US Company I - BUSINESS SUMMARY Amazon.com‚ Inc. (Amazon)‚ incorporated on May 28‚ 1996‚ is an American company listed on the Nasdaq. It operates retail web sites and provides programs that enable third parties (3P) to sell products on its web sites. The Company sources and sells a range of products to its customers and also manufactures and sells Kindle devices. It operates in two segments: North America and International. In May 2012‚ Amazon acquired Kiva Systems‚ Inc. II -
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION The Walt Disney Company was created on October 16th‚ 1923 as a contract between Walt Disney and M.J. Winkler. This venture was referred to as The Disney Brothers Studio. From its beginnings as a cartoon and animation studio‚ The Walt Disney Company has grown into a multinational empire. It has delivered an incomparable entertainment experience for people of all ages. Disney is now the largest entertainment company in the world‚ consisting of five business segments which include:
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Training BUSINESS VALUATION 8 August 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to the concept of business valuation and show different types of the valuation. Objectives On completion of this paper you should have an understanding of the factors that drive value‚ different types of valuation techniques‚ and negotiations from different prospective. Resources Business Valuation seminar on 19/04/12 by David Cartney Business Valuation Although there
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Methods of Corporate Valuation Prof. Ian H. Giddy‚ New York University | What is my company worth? What are the ratios used by analysts to determine whether a stock is undervalued or overvalued? How valid is the discounted present value approach? How can one value a company as a going concern‚ and how does this change in the context of a potential acquisition‚ or when the company faces financial stress? Finding a value for a company is no easy task -- but doing so is an essential component
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