Methods for valuing target firms
1.Market multiple analysis
2.The corporate valuation model
3.The equity residual model
The equity residual model
Free cash flow to equity (FCFE) model
Estimate the value of equity as the present value of projected free cash flows to equity
FCFE = dividend paid from the target to the acquirer
Methods for valuing target firms
1. Market multiple analysis
2. The corporate valuation model
3. The equity residual model
4. The adjusted present value method (APV)
Reason for APV
- Often in merger the capital structure changes rapidly over the first several years.
- This causes the WACC to change from year to year
- It is hard to incorporate year-to-year changes in WACC in the co corporate valuation model