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Investment Theory Fundamental Analysis
Investment Theory Fundamental Analysis
Investment Theory Fundamental Analysis
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Fundamental Analysis
Copyright 1996-2006
Investment Analytics
ASSETS DEBT
EQUITY
BARGAINING
POWER OF
BUYERS
) Prospects: ) Strategy
Lower sales growth Focuson efficiency
Pressure on margins Market share
¾ Trends
• To assess future direction
• Comparison with industry
¾ Performance Ratios
• How efficiently a company is trading
¾ Financial Status Ratios
• Liquidity & Capital Structure
• Risk
¾ Shareholder Returns
• Benefits to be gained by investing in shares
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Trends
¾ Most useful trends include
• Revenues
• EBIT
• Pre-Tax / Net Income
• Invested Capital
– Shareholders equity + LTD + STD
50.0% 15.0%
0.0% 10.0%
1993 1992 1991 1990
5.0%
-50.0%
0.0%
-100.0% 1993 1992 1991 1990
30.0% 25.0%
Average
25.0% 20.0%
ABC
20.0%
15.0%
15.0%
10.0%
10.0%
5.0% 5.0% ABC BVIC
0.0% 0.0%
-5.0%1993 1992 1991 1990 1993 1992 1991 1990
ROA 15.9%
(EBIT/ASSETS)
(65.1/408.5)
Asset Net
Turnover Margin
Sales/Fixed Assets Gross Margin
Debtor Days
Creditor Days
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Fixed Asset Turnover
¾ How many $ sales generated by each $1
invested in Fixed Assets
• A decline usually means plant etc is ‘wearing out’
¾ 1992
SALES 1,526.5
FIXED ASSETS 147.9
FIXED ASSET TURNOVER 10.3
ASSETS
Interest
=I (EBIT-
I)
DEBT EQUITY
ASSETS
Interest
=I (EBIT-I)
DEBT EQUITY
Rd = I ROE = EBIT-I
D E
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Leverage & ROE
¾ Does leverage affect ROE? - YES!
• Shareholders get paid after debt-holders
• Risk that there may not be enough EBIT remaining
after debt-holders get paid
• Risk increases as Debt (leverage) increases
• So required returns (ROE) increase
¾ ROE increases linearly with leverage:
¾ ROE = ROA + D (ROA - I )
E D
Equity
R OE
ROA Assets
Rd Debt
Leverage = D/E
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Leverage & CAPM
sin g
cr ea e
In erag
Lev
R* e
Expected Return (%)
Re
Equity
Ra
Rf Assets
Debt
βd = 0 βa βe β *e
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Leverage & Beta
βe Equity
Beta
beta
βa Asset or
Firm beta
βd = 0 Debt
beta
Leverage = D/E
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ABC: The Story So Far
¾ Profitability historically above industry
average
¾ BUT: Competition is intensifying
¾ Recent decline has set in
• Margins
• Leverage
• ROE and ROA
¾ Also, upgrading of fixed assets is indicated
¾ Regression: Y = a + bX +e
• Y is variable you want to predict - e.g. market value of equity
• X is “explanatory” variable - e.g. earnings
• b is the multiple to be estimated - e.g. P/E ratio
• a is typically insignificant and presumed = 0
• e is error term: ~ iid No(0, σ2)
1,200.0
MV Equity ($MM)
1,000.0 y = 16.25x
800.0 558.4 R2 = 0.87
600.0
400.0
MV Equity ($MM)
200.0
Predicted MV Equity ($MM)
0.0
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0
Ne t Incom e ($M M )
MVE
MVE
MVE
1,000.0
800.0 770.8
600.0 MV IC ($MM)