Transcript Chapter 11

The stock market
• The stock market receives considerable
attention from investors. Great fortunes can
be made, but also big losses...
• This is the focus of chapter 11 – a look at
the equity side of investing.
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The stock market
• We examine the markets where stocks
trade, and then review the underlying
theories for stock valuation. We learn
that stock valuations is quite difficult.
Topics include:
– Investing in Stocks
– Computing the Price of Common Stock
– Errors in Valuation
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The stock market
• Net worth (also called equity capital) is the
difference between a firm’s assets (what it
owns) and its liabilities (what it owes).
• The more net worth a firm has, the less
likely it is to default.
• When firms seeking credit have high net
worth, lenders are more willing to make
loans: “Only the people who don’t need
money can borrow it!”
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Investing in Stocks
1. Represents ownership
in a firm
2. Earn a return in
two ways
4. Right to vote for
directors and on
certain issues
5. Two types
– Price of the stock rises
over time
– Dividends are paid to
the stockholder
– Common stock
3. Stockholders have
claim on all assets
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Right to vote
Receive dividends
Preferred stock
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Receive a fixed
dividend
Do not usually vote
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Buying Foreign Stocks
• Buying foreign stocks is useful from a
diversification perspective. However, the
purchase may be complicated if the shares
are not traded in the U.S.
• American depository receipts (ADRs) allow
foreign firms to trade on U.S. exchanges,
facilitating their purchase. U.S. banks buy
foreign shares and issue receipts against
the shares in U.S. markets.
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Buying Foreign Stocks
• These receipts can be traded domestically,
usually on the NASDAQ.
• Trade in ADRs is conducted entirely in U.S.
dollars, and the bank converts stock
dividends into U.S. currency.
• ADR allows foreign firms to trade in the
United States without the firms having to
meet the disclosure rules required by the
SEC.
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The Securities and Exchange
Commission
• The primary mission of the SEC is “…to
protect investors and maintain the integrity
of the securities markets.”
• The SEC brings around 500 actions against
individuals and firms each year toward this
effort…
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Computing the Price
of Common Stock
Valuing common stock is, in theory, no
different from valuing debt securities:
determine the future cash flows and
discount them to the present at an
appropriate discount rate.
We will review four different methods for
valuing stock, each with its advantages
and drawbacks.
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
One-Period Valuation Model
• Simplest model, just taking the expected
dividend and price over the next year.
• Price =
Div1
P1

(1  ke ) (1  ke )
• The discount factor used to discount the
cash flows is the required return on
investments in equity
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
One-Period Valuation Model
What is the price for a stock with an
expected dividend and price next year of
$0.16 and $60, respectively? Use a 12%
discount rate
Answer:
Price =
0.16
60

 53.71
(1  0.12) (1  0.12)
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
Generalized Dividend Valuation Model
• The one-period dividend valuation model can
be extended to any number of periods (if Pn
is far in the future, it will not affect the price).

Divt
t
• Price = 
(
1

k
)
t 1
e
• Rather than worry about computational
problems, we use a simpler version, known
as the Gordon growth model.
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
Gordon Growth Model
• Same as the previous model, but it assumes that
dividend grow at a constant rate, g. That is,
Div(t+1) = Divt x (1 + g)

• Price =
Divt
D1


t
( ke  g )
t 1 (1  ke )
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
Gordon Growth Model
The model is useful, with the
following assumptions:
• Dividends do, indeed, grow at a constant
rate forever
• The growth rate of dividends, g, is less than
the required return on the equity, ke.
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
Price Earnings Valuation Model
• The price earnings ratio (PE) is a widely
watched measure of how much the market
is willing to pay for $1.00 of earnings from
the firms (P/E).
• Firms in the same industry are expected to
have similar PE ratios in the long run.
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
Price Earnings Valuation Model
• The value of a firm’s stock can be found by
multiplying the average industry PE times
the expected earnings per share.
• Price =
P
E
E
• A skilled analyst will adjust the PE ratio up
or down to reflect unique characteristics of
a firm when estimating its stock price.
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Computing the Price of Common Stock: The
Price Earnings Valuation Method
If the industry PE ratio for a firm is 16, what
is the current stock price for a firm with
earnings for $1.13 / share?
Answer:
Price = 16 x $1.13 = $18.08
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Errors in Valuations
Although the pricing models are useful,
market participants frequently encounter
problems in using them.
• Problems with Estimating Growth
• Problems with Estimating Risk
• Problems with Forecasting Dividends
• … can have a significant impact in the
pricing models
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Errors in Valuations
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Errors in Valuations
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IPOs
• Two common statistics in IPOs are
“underpricing” and “money left on the
table”.
• Underpricing is defined as percentage
change between the offering price and the
first day closing price.
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IPOs
• Money left on the table is the difference
between the first day closing price and the
offering price, multiplied by the number of
shares offered.
• In August of 2004, Google went public. The
shares originally sold for $85 / share, and
closed at over $100 on the first day.
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