Investments and Valuation: cram pack

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1Formulas and methods

Time value of money

Future value: FV = PV·(1 + i)ⁿ
Present value: PV = FV/(1 + i)ⁿ
Several periods per year: i = r/m, N = m·n
Annuity, present value: PV = PMT·[1 − (1 + i)⁻ⁿ]/i
Annuity, future value: FV = PMT·[(1 + i)ⁿ − 1]/i

Method

Draw a timeline with every cash flow and its timing.
Match the rate to the period: a monthly rate for monthly payments.
Use FV = PV·(1 + i)ⁿ for single amounts and the annuity formulas for equal payments.
Check the sign and the order of magnitude of the answer.

Bond pricing & yield

Bond price: P = C·(1 − (1 + y)⁻ⁿ)/y + F/(1 + y)ⁿ
Semi-annual: C/2, y/2 and 2n periods
Current yield: C/P
Price and yield: yield up → price down

Method

Find the coupon per period and the yield per period.
Price = present value of the coupons (an annuity) + present value of the face value.
For semi-annual coupons use half the coupon, half the yield and twice the periods.
Check: if the yield is above the coupon rate, the price is below face value.

CAPM & WACC

CAPM: r_e = r_f + β·(r_m − r_f)
WACC: E/V·r_e + D/V·r_d·(1 − T)
Firm value: V = E + D

NPV & IRR

Net present value: NPV = −C₀ + Σ CF_t/(1 + r)^t
Equal cash flows: NPV = −C₀ + CF·[1 − (1 + r)⁻ⁿ]/r
Internal rate of return: the r at which NPV = 0
Decision: accept when NPV > 0 (or IRR > required return)

Method

List all cash flows with their year; the investment at year 0 is negative.
Discount each cash flow: CF_t/(1 + r)^t.
Add them up to get the NPV. Positive means the project earns more than r.
For the IRR, find the rate that makes NPV zero by trial or interpolation.

2Practice problems

1.Time value of moneyMedium

You need €10 000 in 3 years. An account pays 4.8% per year, compounded quarterly. How much must you deposit today? Find the present value PV.

FV = €10 0004.8% / 4n = 3

PV = €

2.Time value of moneyHard

A mortgage of €300 000 is repaid with equal monthly payments over 25 years at 3% per year, compounded monthly. How much is still owed just after the payment at the end of year 15? Find the outstanding balance B.

P = €300 0003% / 12N = 300k = 180

B = €

3.Bond pricing & yieldMedium

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays an 8% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 11 years. The yield to maturity is 2.5% per year. Find the price P of the bond.

F = €1 000coupon = 8%YTM = 2.5%n = 11

P = €

4.Bond pricing & yieldHard

A bond with a face value of €1 000 and an annual coupon of 3% matures in 3 years and sells for €960. Find its yield to maturity YTM in percent.

F = €1 000coupon = 3%n = 3P = €960

YTM = %

5.CAPM & WACCMedium

A company has equity worth €10 000 000 and debt worth €5 000 000. Its cost of equity is 10%, its pre-tax cost of debt is 6% and the tax rate is 28%. Find the WACC.

E = €10 000 000D = €5 000 000r_e = 10%r_d = 6%T = 28%

WACC = %

6.CAPM & WACCHard

A company has 5 000 000 shares at €46.00 each and 5 000 bonds trading at €960 each. The pre-tax cost of debt is 3.5% and the tax rate is 28%. The share’s beta is 0.9, the risk-free rate 2.5% and the market return 6.5%. Find the WACC.

β = 0.9r_f = 2.5%r_m = 6.5%r_d = 3.5%T = 28%

WACC = %

7.NPV & IRRMedium

A machine costs €50 000 today. It generates €10 500 at the end of each year for 6 years and can then be sold for €12 500. The cost of capital is 10%. Find the net present value NPV.

C₀ = €50 000CF = €10 500S = €12 500n = 6r = 10%

NPV = €

8.NPV & IRRHard

A project costs €10 000 and returns €5 000, €7 000, €4 000 at the end of years 1 to 3. Find its internal rate of return IRR in percent.

CF₀ = −10 000CF₁ = 5 000CF₂ = 7 000CF₃ = 4 000

IRR = %

3Solutions

1.Time value of money

Answer: PV = 8666 €

Time value of money: money today is worth more than the same amount later, because it can earn interest. With interest rate i per period, an amount grows as FV = PV·(1 + i)ⁿ. A series of equal payments (an annuity) is valued by adding up each payment, which gives the annuity formulas.

Rate and number of periods

i = 0.048/4 = 0.012

N = 4·3 = 12

Present value

PV = FV/(1 + i)^N = 10 000/1.154 = €8 666.30

Answer

PV = €8 666.30

2.Time value of money

Answer: B = 147330 €

Monthly payment

i = 0.0025, N = 300

A = 300 000·0.0025/(1 − (1 + 0.0025)⁻³⁰⁰) = €1 422.63

Present value of the remaining payments

Whatever is still owed must be exactly paid off by the remaining payments.

N − k = 300 − 180 = 120

B = 1423·(1 − (1 + 0.0025)⁻¹²⁰)/0.0025 = €147 330.46

Answer

B = €147 330.46

3.Bond pricing & yield

Answer: P = 1526 €

Bond pricing: a bond’s price is the present value of its cash flows, discounted at the yield to maturity (YTM): the coupons form an annuity and the face value is paid back at maturity. P = C·(1 − (1 + y)⁻ⁿ)/y + F/(1 + y)ⁿ. When the yield is above the coupon rate the bond trades below face value, and the other way round.

Per period

C = €40.00, i = 0.0125, N = 22

Present value of the coupons

€40.00·(1 − 0.7609)/0.0125 = €765.22

Present value of the face value

€1 000·0.7609 = €760.87

Price

P = €1 526.09

Answer

P = €1 526.09

The yield is below the coupon rate, so the bond sells at a premium.

4.Bond pricing & yield

Answer: YTM = 4.454 %

Equation for the yield

€960 = €30·(1 − (1 + y)⁻³)/y + €1 000/(1 + y)³

Solve numerically

P(4%) = €972.25, P(5%) = €945.54

YTM = 4.454%

Answer

YTM = 4.454%

5.CAPM & WACC

Answer: WACC = 8.107 %

Cost of capital: CAPM gives the return shareholders require: r_e = r_f + β·(r_m − r_f). The weighted average cost of capital mixes equity and debt by their market values: WACC = E/V·r_e + D/V·r_d·(1 − T), with V = E + D. Interest is tax-deductible, hence the (1 − T).

Weights

V = €15 000 000, E/V = 0.6667, D/V = 0.3333

WACC

WACC = 0.6667·10% + 0.3333·6%·(1 − 0.28) = 8.107%

Answer

WACC = 8.107%

6.CAPM & WACC

Answer: WACC = 6.027 %

Market values

E = 5 000 000·€46.00 = €230 000 000

D = 5 000·€960 = €4 800 000

Cost of equity (CAPM)

r_e = 2.5% + 0.9·4% = 6.1%

Weights

V = €234 800 000, E/V = 0.9796, D/V = 0.02044

WACC

WACC = 0.9796·6.1% + 0.02044·3.5%·(1 − 0.28) = 6.027%

Answer

WACC = 6.027%

7.NPV & IRR

Answer: NPV = 2786 €

Net present value: discount every cash flow back to today with the required rate of return r, then add them up: NPV = Σ CFₜ/(1 + r)ᵗ. A project with NPV > 0 earns more than r and adds value. The internal rate of return (IRR) is the rate at which NPV = 0.

Present value of the yearly cash flows

10 500·4.355 = 45 730.24

Present value of the salvage value

12 500/1.772 = 7 055.92

NPV

NPV = −50 000 + 45 730.24 + 7 055.92 = €2 786.16

Answer

NPV = €2 786.16

8.NPV & IRR

Answer: IRR = 28.61 %

Bracket the IRR

NPV falls as the rate rises, so the IRR lies between a rate with positive NPV and one with negative NPV.

NPV(25%) = 528.00

NPV(30%) = −191.17

Narrow down

Linear interpolation gives a first estimate; repeating it (or a calculator's IRR function) gives the exact rate.

IRR ≈ 25 + 5·528.00/(528.00 − (−191.17)) = 28.67%

exact: NPV(28.61%) = 0 → IRR = 28.61%

Answer

IRR = 28.61%

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