Valuing A Business This course is presented in London on: 24 October 2018 16 January 2019 10 July 2019 13 November 2019 This course can also be presented in-house for your company or via live on-line webinar The Banking and Corporate Finance Training Specialist
Course Objectives Participants will: Be introduced to major valuation principles Get an overview of the accounting approach with the accounting measure of performance and value, and the problems involved with operative accounting Have explained to them accounting valuation metrics with net asset valuations and dividend-based models, as well as the application of earnings-based multiples Gain an understanding Course Overview of the comparable company valuation issues, and ascertain whether comparability is achievable Be taught about how to calculate the cost of capital including assessing the cost of debt and calculating the cost of equity Experience the use of the cash flow approach to valuation Course Content Valuation Principles Value to whom? Price and intrinsic value The risk / return trade off Strategic risk The Accounting Approach Accounting measures of performance and value Problems of the accounting approach Are profits relevant? GAAP vs IFRS Creative accounting How to find it Recent examples Review: Was the near collapse of Quindell inevitable? Accounting Valuation Metrics Asset and net asset valuations Dividend-based models Dividend yield Dividend discounting The application and drawbacks of dividend models Earnings-based metrics Price / earnings ratios P/E strengths and weaknesses PEG ratios Enterprise value Exercise: Valuation of a business using different metrics Comparable Company Valuation Issues Is the comparability achievable? Accounting principles Averages, medians, outlines Listed vs private Sustainability of earnings
Business model flexibility Exercise: Project Oxford, using comparable company techniques to value a company for acquisition Calculating the Cost of Capital Assessing the cost of debt Calculating the cost of equity The risk free rate Equity premium Beta The weighted average cost of capital The flaws in the capital asset pricing model Alternative approaches Exercise: Calculating the cost of equity and the weighted average cost of capital The Cash Flow Approach to Valuation The time value of money Calculating the discount rate Forecasting free cash flow Calculating FCF Identifying value drivers Terminal value Exercise: Discounting free cash flow to arrive at a value per share Exercise: Project Media. Using an Excel spreadsheet and given assumptions to arrive at a value of a company that is an acquisition target Background of the Trainer Project Media II. Varying inputs, in particular the debt / equity mix of the acquisition financing, to consider the maximum price that could be paid for the target The trainer has over 40 years of City experience, encompassing banking, investment banking, M&A, and corporate finance at Citicorp, early stage investment, and corporate advisory work. He is a director of several companies and chairman of a fast-growing software company quoted on AIM. Besides having been a visiting lecturer at the City of London (now Cass) Business School, he has 20 years experience of delivering in-house training to leading banks and investment banks in the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the USA, and public courses in UK, Europe and Asia covering M&A, company valuation, investment banking, corporate finance and credit analysis.
Course Summary Valuation of a business, whether in the context of investment or M&A, is central to the negotiation of a transaction. Methods of valuation vary and a fundamental difference exists between the accounting and cash-based approaches. The course covers the topics of the financial ratios used in comparable company valuation, creative accounting, and the cost of capital, forecasting and discounting free cash flow. Exercises include the use of an Excel spreadsheet as input to valuing a business and, accordingly, attendees are requested to bring a laptop to the course. What Redcliffe s clients are saying about the course and our trainer: Focused presentation of materials and well paced. Good interactions. --Project Manager, BP Very knowledgeable trainer, a lot of real life anecdotes that bring the theory to life. --Corporate Finance Executive, Investec Interesting with a good amount of valuation methods covered --Associate, Clearwater International
09:30-17:00 London Standard Price: 625 + VAT Membership Price : 500 + VAT In-House Training Delivering this course in-house for a number of participants could be very cost effective. The venue and timing can be agreed to suit the client, as well as the selection of the trainer and the precise contents of the seminar. Tailored Learning All of our training courses can be tailored to suit your company s exact training needs. We will work closely with you to help develop a training programme with content that is unique for your organisation. Please email us on enquiries@redcliffetraining.co.uk for more information E-Learning This course can also be presented as a bespoke e-learning programme created by you to fit your exact requirements.