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Pessimistic Case Valuation: We then perform the valuation exactly the same method as expected case. The value of Pinkerton with less gross margin and more working capital needed is $67.1 Million (See exhibit 9 for 5 years valuation and exhibit 10 for terminal value). With lower performance, the value of 34% tax shield is also lower to $10.8 Million (see exhibit 12). Without any additional incremental value to CPP (exhibit 11), total Pinkerton value from 3 sources is $77.9 Million (exhibit 13), which is even less than the original proposed value of $85 Million from Wathen. Financing:

Currently Ms. Deveroux, the founder of the company, holds almost all of the originally issued shares, except for 30,000 shares that she sold to her son for $20.00 per share, the estimated fair market value of the shares at the time they were sold to the son.

Dell Share holders bear the risk in the form of cost of potentially issuing the stock at below market values if the employees do convert the options into stock when the options are in-the-money. However, if the options expires out of the money, the shareholders realize equally better benefits. In this case, the firm obtains labor from employees without having paid for the labor by issuing shares. The employee stock options provides a cushioning from the full burnt

In 2016, for example, the hedge fund firm Pershing Square Capital Management sold its 9.8 million shares it held in CP. At that time, the stake was worth $1.9 billion at the railway's closing price of $192.49 per share on the Toronto Stock Exchange, while Pershing acquired the stock when it was trading at around $69 in 2011.

To compute the multiple valuation method we needed to define the peer group first. Apple, IBM and HP are not suitable because of their bigger dimension (market capitalization, Debt, Equity and Share price). Also, to be comparable, firms need to be similar in terms of risk, profitability, and growth. Once the comparable companies were identified, the multiples were computed and a comparison was established between the peer group’s market capitalization and share price and those of the target company (Sun). In this context, where a company wants to acquire another, corporate executive are interested in assessing a target’s total value, reflecting both debt (we assumed net debt in this case) and equity. In this case, the enterprise value is a better basis for the valuation. That way we used the EV/EBITDA ratio, which resulted in a meaningless value as Sun’s EBITDA is negative. EV/Sales ratio should then be used. In fact, the EV/Sales ratio raised the firm’s valuation to $16375,51 Million against its $6198,17 Million market capitalization. We can also use the Price Earnings (P/E) ratio, which provides an indication of how much investors are willing to pay for a company’s earnings. To

However, at the ex-dividend date, May 12, 1989, the price of stock turned out to be about $13.5/share (from Historical Stock Price Performance of Sealed Air Corporation New York Stock Exchange Ticket SEE), which means the value of equity increased after the recapitalization. This part is the value generated in the leveraged recapitalization.

The price per share of the common stock as of the most recent fiscal year-end date, which is January 28, 2012, is $18.69. On the other hand, the price per share on November 3, 2012, which is the day we can see the close price before the report date, is $35.11.

• The shareholders are willing to sell back their shares at a price of $36.92

Wk High $55.01 52 Wk Low $46.42 Market Cap (in billions) $206.637 Dividend/ Share $1.09 Earnings/Share $3.72 Beta 0.655 Table 1. Stock Overview -up with the price of $60.19

4. The article said that K12 was the closest comparable company to Rosetta Stone. Rosetta Stone is marketable to a larger consumer base than K12, so I think that it should be able to charge a higher IPO. The case said that book was more than 25 times oversubscribed during its road show which means Rosetta Stone could charge a much higher price. But these subscriptions are volatile and the economy is recovering, so a price too high could deter many investors. For my analysis I took the EBITDA margin for years 2006-2008 and found the average increase during that time to be 9.93%. I then took the estimated share value from 2008 and multiplied it by 1.0993 to factor in the average increase in share value. This resulted in a price of $19.22. Given this number I would increase the current range from $15-17 to $19-24. The reason for the increased range is because of the

With this information, the bidding price based on the market multiple approach was found to be $66.17 per share by dividing RTC’s Value of Equity by the 584,000 shares outstanding.

The Venrock/BVP offer an inside round at 98.5¢ per share. The pre-money was roughly $25 million. They would share the $10 million, with Venrock taking more to increase its ownership, and leave the round open for another $5 million, getting the deal done at $15 million with an option to close as high as $18 million.

These figures are showing how the company has been experiencing tremendous amounts of uncertainty surrounding future prospects for earnings. As a result, the $15.00 target price is realistic based on these developments. Moreover, the company is unable to provide any kind of clarity about earnings growth. This means that shares will face considerable amounts of pressure. As a result, the volume has been considerably light and the firm is trading at a forward PE ratio of 23.47. This is an indication that share prices are overvalued. ("Constant Contact," 2012)

With the expected WACC of 8.9%, the company is valued at 3.18 dollar per share, ranging from $2.89 to $ 3.58 per share depending on the situation.

This valuation of NABR was based on equity and debt resulting in the financial value of the firm, and connects with the value of the firm's asset. By using the DCF method, the total fair market value of the business entity is calculated by discounting future projected cash flows back to the date of valuation. At the end of the projection period, a residual or terminal value is calculated and discounted to its present value at the date of the valuation. The theory behind the discounted cash flow method is that an entity's value is equal to its present value of its expected future cash flow. This method is considered the most detailed analysis because it is thorough in nature and aids the owner to get a true picture of the firm value. This consists of certain steps which involve developing a method to be used to project future earnings of cash flow, a risk adjusted discount rate, discounting the projected cash flow to the date of the valuation, and capitalizing the terminal year's projection into a residual value using the discount rate less the growth rate. In this case, we estimated the growth rate of 2.3%, and the summation of the present values of the discounted cash flows and terminal value.