The aim of the diploma thesis is to determine the value of the construction company as at March 1, 2010. The thesis is divided into 2 parts -- theoretical and practical. Theoretical part deals with techniques, methods, and tools of company evaluation. Practical part applies these methods to the company. Basic information about the company is presented in the beginning of the practical part. The following strategic analysis consists of analysis of development of macro-environment and micro-environment, and financial analysis, which evaluates the performance of the company. The financial plan of the company is prepared based on acquired information. Two-phase discounted cash flow method in the version of FCFF was applied for the valuation of the company.

The Master's Thesis aims to analyze and evaluate the Vitana company at 31st December, 2013. The thesis is divided into parts that correspond with the valuation process. First of all the Vitana company is described. The valuation starts with a strategic analysis where strengths and weaknesses, market development, industry, economy and competition are identified. This is followed by a financial analysis that explains the past of the Vitana company. To determine the value of the company it is necessary to define generators of value and make their prognosis. After that the financial plan is drawn up. Determining the value is accomplished by using three valuation methods: valuation by using DFCFF, valuation by using EVA and book value.

Segundo a teoria da firma, uma empresa é um nexo de relações contratuais entre os seus diversos participantes. Nessas relações contratuais, que não são perfeitas, surgem os problemas de agência, decorridos da assimetria informacional e dos conflitos de interesses entre o contratado e o contratante, no caso, agente e principal. Neste caso, quando se tem a intenção de alinhar os interesses entre eles, aparece a governança corporativa, atuando como um meio de minimizar os conflitos e diferenças existentes e corrigir as falhas presentes no processo de comunicação e informação das firmas. No Brasil, diante da fraca proteção legal aos acionistas minoritários, da alta concentração de propriedade nas empresas e da separação dos acionistas entre ordinários e preferenciais, algumas medidas institucionais e governamentais têm sido tomadas ao longo dos anos com o objetivo de contribuir com a evolução das práticas de governança corporativa no país. Uma dessas iniciativas foi a criação em 2000 do segmento Novo Mercado pela Bovespa, composto por regras e exigências crescentes em relação às boas práticas de governança. Nesse sentido, é coerente pensar que a política de dividendos, antes influenciada pela necessidade de atuar também como instrumento de redução de conflitos entre os acionistas, passou a ser decidida a partir de um foco preponderantemente gerencial pelas companhias deste segmento, ou seja, tomada do ponto de vista financeiro de maximização da riqueza dos acionistas. Para testar esta suposição, adotou-se o modelo conceitual da Teoria Residual dos Dividendos, estabelecidos pioneiramente por Modigliani e Miller (1961) e revisitado por Jensen (1986) na Teoria Free Cash Flow. Assim, conduziu-se um levantamento do Fluxo de Caixa Livre do Acionista (FCLA) para todas as companhias listadas no Novo Mercado da BM&FBovespa desde a sua criação até o ano de 2011. O objetivo foi investigar o perfil da política de dividendos dessas empresas, a partir da avaliação de como elas administram o FCLA. Além disso, foi testado se as decisões sobre a destinação do saldo de FCLA impactaram na rentabilidade do acionista, expressa pela Taxa de Retorno da Ação (TRA). Como proposta secundária, foram pesquisados também os fluxos de reinvestimento dos lucros destas companhias, buscando verificar se os acionistas são recompensados por maiores ganhos de capital em contrapartida pelo não recebimento de dividendos e, também, onde são alocados os lucros reinvestidos. Como resultado, constatou-se que grande parte das companhias apresentaram elevados níveis de sobreinvestimento no período, provocado pela retenção do FCLA, e que este problema pode ter sido a causa de uma Taxa de Retorno da Ação menor em alguns setores. Adicionalmente, foi observado que as empresas que mais retiveram lucro, ao longo do tempo, foram também as que proporcionaram os maiores retornos de ganhos de capital aos seus acionistas. Por fim, detectou-se que os lucros retidos pelas companhias foram reaplicados, em sua grande maioria, em investimentos relacionados à expansão ou manutenção de suas capacidades produtivas (capital fixo), embora a maior parcela deles acabasse não sendo identificada em nenhum dos ativos expressos pelo balanço patrimonial contábil. / According to the theory of the firm, the firm is a nexus of contractual relationships between its various participants. Such contractual relations, which are not perfect, agency problems arise, elapsed the information asymmetry and conflicts of interest between the engaged and the contractor, where, agent and principal. In this case, when it is intended to align the interests between them, appears to corporate governance, acting as a means to minimize conflicts and differences existing and correct the faults present in the process of communication and information firms. In Brazil, due to the weak legal protection for minority shareholders, the high concentration of ownership in firms and the separation between common and preferred shareholders, some institutional and government measures have been taken over the years in order to contribute to the evolution of corporate governance practices in the country. One such initiative was the creation in 2000 of the Novo Mercado segment by the Bovespa, composed of rules and increasing requirements in relation to good governance practices. Therefore, it is coherent to think that the dividend policy before influenced by the need to act as an instrument for reducing conflicts between shareholders, has to be decided from a managerial focus by companies in this segment, that is, the financial point of view of maximizing shareholder wealth. To test this assumption, we adopted the conceptual model of the Residual Theory of Dividends, established pioneered by Modigliani and Miller (1961) and revisited by Jensen (1986) in the Free Cash Flow Theory. Thus, we conducted a survey of Free Cash Flow to Equity (FCFE) for all companies listed on the Novo Mercado of the BM&FBovespa since its inception until the year 2011. The aim was to investigate the profile of the dividend policy of these companies, based on the evaluation of how they manage the FCFE. Furthermore, was tested whether if decisions on the allocation of the balance of FCFE impacted the profitability of the shareholder, expressed by the Rate of Stock Return (RSR). As proposed secondary, were surveyed the flows of reinvestment of profits these companies, seeking first check whether the shareholders are rewarded by higher capital gains in return for non-receipt of dividends, and also where they are allocated reinvested earnings. As a result, it was found that most companies had high levels of overinvestment during the period, caused by retention of FCFE and that this problem may have been the cause of a Rate of Stock Return lower in some sectors. Additionally, it was observed that companies that retained earnings, over time, were also the ones that provided the highest returns of capital gains to its shareholders. Finally, it was found that profits retained by the companies were reapplied mostly in investments related to the expansion or maintenance of their productive capacity (capital assets), while the largest portion of them end up not being identified in any of the assets of the balance sheet accounting.

This master's thesis deals with the valuation of BEZNOSKA, s.r.o. Situated in Kladno, the Czech Republic, this company engages in the development and production of instruments and implants for bone surgery. The company was established on the basis of the "surgery" division of then POLDI Kladno at the beginning of the nineties, during the "big privatisation" period. The aim of this thesis is to estimate the market value and investment value of the company as of 31 December 2009 as defined in the International Valuation Standards. The valuation is carried out using two basic methods. The focus of the work is based on the DCF method the result of which is verified by a method based on the market analysis, in particular the similar public company method. The book value method is only complementary. The thesis is divided into six chapters. Sequenced logically, it contains the basic information on the company valued, financial analysis, strategic analysis, analysis and forecast of the value drivers, financial plan and the valuation itself based on the method mentioned above. These topical units are further divided into several subchapters as necessary. Various analyses and statistical methods needed to successfully meet the set objective are applied throughout the text.

本研究試圖瞭解投資人所關心的財務資訊，是否真能帶來超額報酬，亦即探討上市公司股票報酬率與各財務資訊之間的關係，包括每股盈餘成長率及益本比、市價淨值比、自由現金流量相關變數對長期股票報酬之影響，並嘗試對各變數給予經濟上的解釋。 　　其中並試圖找出財務資訊究竟是在何時反應於股票報酬與超額報酬上，因此將股票報酬與超額報酬以領先財務資訊一季、與財務資訊同季及落後財務資訊一季等三個時點加以衡量，並以表面無關迴歸模式(Seemingly Unrelated Regression model ; SUR)與混合橫斷面及縱斷面之迴歸模式進行統計分析。 　　結果發現益本比及每股盈餘成長率與股票報酬及超額報酬的關係並不顯著；市價淨值比與落後一季的股價報酬具有顯著的負相關，而與超額報酬不論衡量時點為何均存在有顯著正相關；自由現金流量與股價報酬及額報酬均無顯著關係；毛現金流量與經濟利益率與股價報酬在部分產業中具有顯著關係，而與當期超額股價報酬則存在顯著的關係，惟影響符號不一致。此外各自變數對於股票超額報酬的關連性較自變數與股票報酬間具有較顯著的關係。

庫藏股制度於國外已經行之有年，特別是美國，早在1960年代即有庫藏股交易。我國上市上櫃股票可合法買回自己公司股票制度始於2000年所通過的上市上櫃公司買回本公司股份辦法，除了希望藉以提振東南亞金融危機中不振的股市表現，也賦予企業多一種能向投資人傳遞訊息的管道。本研究基於股票買回的各項假說，希望探究公司股票買回宣告的動機還有事件宣告後對於公司股價的影響效果，最後並檢視公司的宣告決策是否會受到前次購回宣告的表現所影響。 在假說驗證方面，以2000至2004年上市公司832家、上櫃公司236家曾經宣告買回自家股票的公司為研究樣本，輔以選出與買回樣本同時間的相同數量「未買回樣本」，透過1-way ANOVA測試與鑑別分析探討影響公司宣告股票買回的因素符合哪些假說的推論結果。此外，依據各項假說，進ㄧ步利用1-way ANOVA測試和複迴歸分析找出與公司事件宣告後股價異常報酬率之間的關係，接著以1-way ANOVA檢視最後一部份研究主題。經由上述的實證分析，本研究獲得以下主要結論： 1.公司買回自家的股票平均而言對於股價有正面的影響效果。 2.以上市公司而言，影響公司宣告股票買回的假說包括了：自由現金流量假說、個人所得稅節稅假說與財務槓桿假說。以上櫃公司而言則包括：自由現金流量假說、個人所得稅節稅假說與資訊信號假說。 3.以上市公司而言，股票買回宣告後，股價的正向異常報酬與：自由現金流量假說、管理者的誘因假說呈現相關關係。上櫃公司則包括：自由現金流量假說。 4.本次是否再度宣告股票買回會受前次買回的正向累積異常報酬率所影響。 / Stock price reactions on stock repurchase announcements among publicly traded corporations have been widely studied over 40 years in United States. Several hypothesizes were established and provide logical reasons for why corporations buy back their own stocks. References show large proportion of positive effect on post-announcement stock price after stock repurchase announcements from empirical researches. It is since 2000 that corporations are allowed to repurchase their own stocks legally in Taiwan. Although many efforts were put in surveying the post-announcement stock price reactions, few focused on examining how corporations’ repurchase decision would be influenced by different hypothesizes. Moreover, whether or not previous repurchase outcome may affect future repurchase judgments met contradict conclusion from recent studies. This research aims on exploring the two main topics which form 7 hypothesize. Data collecting from Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) database, Commercial Times and Economic Daily News contains publicly traded corporations had ever made stock repurchase announcement except financial and government institutions. The period of the study was from Aug. 6, 2000 to Jul. 31, 2004 and total number of announced corporations included was 832 listed on the Taiwan Security Exchange with 236 listed on the OTC separately. Hypothesis 1 to 6 were tested both from individual model using 1-way ANOVA Analysis and integrated model using Discriminate Analysis on Hypothesis 1 to 5, Event Study Analysis on Hypothesis 6. Hypothesis 7 was also verified with 1-way ANOVA Analysis. The empirical results show supports in several hypothesize which reflect corporations did concern free cash flow amount, leverage level, stock underpriced and dividend payout level issues when making repurchase announcement. The stock price after announcement has certain degree of moving correlation toward the same direction as free cash flow level and managerial stockholding level. Finally, previous repurchase outcome was found holding opposite relation with future repurchase judgments.

Submitted by Marco Tulio Padilha (tuliopadilha@hotmail.com) on 2014-12-23T14:36:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 financas-Padilha-Projeto Entrega Final.pdf: 7936589 bytes, checksum: a4bbbf04a100d02d45ab1f91e604b6a4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Luiza Holme (ana.holme@fgv.br) on 2014-12-23T14:38:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 financas-Padilha-Projeto Entrega Final.pdf: 7936589 bytes, checksum: a4bbbf04a100d02d45ab1f91e604b6a4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-23T15:32:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 financas-Padilha-Projeto Entrega Final.pdf: 7936589 bytes, checksum: a4bbbf04a100d02d45ab1f91e604b6a4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-28 / Based on a sample of 119 companies that voluntarily delisted between 1999-2013, we investigated agency problems and access to capital as possible determinants to the delisting, controlling for cost to maintain the company listed, undervaluation, size, and stock liquidity. Proxies related to agency problems, such as higher ownership concentration, combined to lower return on assets, have strong influence on the stock delisting, as well as free cash flow and dividend payout. Regarding the use of capital markets to access follow on, as well as access to debt, we find that companies that delisted have less need to access the debt market, controlling for companies with the same profile. To the matter of control, we do not find evidence that cost to maintain the company listed nor the liquidity are determinant. / A partir de uma amostra de 119 empresas que deslistaram voluntariamente no período de 1999 a 2013, investigamos problemas de agência e acesso a capital como possíveis determinantes no fechamento de capital, controlando para custo de manter a empresa listada, sub-avaliação, tamanho e liquidez na bolsa. Proxies relacionadas a problemas de agência, tais como maior concentração de propriedade, combinado com menor retorno sobre ativos, possuem forte influência na deslistagem das ações, além de fluxo de caixa livre e distribuição de dividendos. Quanto ao uso de mercado de capitais para acesso a follow on, bem como acesso a dívida, encontramos que as empresas que deslistam possuem menor necessidade de acesso ao mercado de dívida, controlando para empresas com mesmo perfil. Para efeito de controle, não encontramos evidência de que custo de se manter listada nem que a liquidez sejam determinantes.

The aim of the master thesis named Valuation of the company Bankovní akademie - Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, a.s. is to estimate market value of the company as at the date of August 31, 2015. The common valuation methods are used in the process of determination of the value. At first, the company is being shortly introduced, which is followed by a strategic and a financial analysis in order to examine the companys financial soundness and assess the perspective of the companys future. The conclusions of the analysis are used for value drivers prognosis and financial plan elaboration, which is followed by valuation of the company. Taking into account the good prospects of the company I choose the DCF equity method to determine its value. The comparable transactions method is used as a supplemental valuation method.

The output of this Master´s Thesis on the theme "Valuation of the company Tank ONO, s.r.o." is the estimation of market value of company as at the date of December 31, 2014, with the goal of selling off the company to a hypothetical general investor in the future. The theoretical part includes metodology and instruments used for company valuation, eg definition of main terms, explanation of valuation proces and methods, that are recognised as valid by specialised public. Afterwards, the second part (eg practical part) is aimed at applying the metodology in practice. First, the valuated company is shortly introduced and it is followed by financial and strategic analysis in order to evaluate the financial soundness and assess the perspective for company future. The conclusions of the above analysis are used for elaborating the value drivers and complex financial plan, that is followed by valuation of Tank ONO, s.r.o. In light of the company capital structure, there is chosen DCF equity method for final valuation, in this Thesis.

The medical device industry has seen rapid growth in recent years, and the increasing valuations has caught the attention of investors. Although their growth has outpaced many indices, medical device companies’ reliance on capital to finance research, patents, and clinical testing to reach pre-market approval makes due-diligence and the investment research process especially complex. Investors frequently rely on intuition when making investment decisions and it would therefore be particularly valuable if there was a way to accurately predict future returns. Although stock return prediction and market anomalies are a frequently debated topic among finance researchers, unlike other studies which look at whole markets this study looks at a particular subset of companies. This study looks at 63 recently listed medical device companies in the US market to analyze the predictability of future shareholder returns. The metrics analyzed are some of the most common quantitative metrics used by investors. A multiple linear regression model is used to determine if the metrics can predict future total returns, and abnormal returns. An interview was conducted with an industry investment expert to get more insight in the sector and to evaluate the chosen metrics. This study also examines the same data set during two eras; predictability before and after the financial crisis in 2009, to see if predictability is constant over time. The findings show that free cash flow yield is the only statistically significant variable in the model. This implies that if a recently listed medical device company has a negative free cash flow yield for one year, it will have a positive return the following year. From the analysis on the two eras, before and after 2009, predictability is found to be lower after the financial crisis. / Den medicintekniska industrin har sett snabb tillväxt de senaste åren och de ökande värderingarna har lockat investerarnas intresse. Även om deras tillväxt har överträffat många index, innebär medicintekniska företags beroende av kapital för att finansiera forskning, patent och kliniska tester för att nå godkännande före marknaden en särskilt komplicerad besiktnings- och analyseringsprocess. Investerare förlitar sig ofta på intuition när de fattar investeringsbeslut och det skulle därför vara synnerligen värdefullt om det fanns ett sätt att noggrant förutsäga framtida avkastning. Även om aktieavkastnings förutsägbarhet och marknadsavvikelser är ett ofta diskuterat ämne bland finansforskare, undersöker denna studie en viss undergrupp av företag till skillnad från andra studier som undersöker hela marknader. Denna studie analyserar 63 nyligen börsnoterade medicintekniska företag på den amerikanska marknaden för att analysera förutsägbarheten av framtida aktieägaravkastning. Mätvärdena som analyseras är några av de vanligaste kvantitativa mätvärdena som används av investerare. En multipellinjär regressionsmodell används för att avgöra om måtten kan förutsäga framtida totalavkastning och abnorm avkastning. En intervju genomfördes med en expert på investeringar inom denna sektor för att få mer insikt och för att utvärdera de valda variablerna. Denna studie undersöker också samma datauppsättning under två epoker; förutsägbarhet före och efter finanskrisen 2009, för att se om förutsägbarheten är konstant över tid. Resultaten visar att fri kassaflödesavkastning är den enda statistiskt signifikanta variabeln i modellen. Detta innebär att om ett nyligen börsnoterat medicintekniskt företag har en negativ avkastning på fritt kassaflöde under ett år, kommer det att ha en positiv aktieavkastning året därpå. Från analysen av de två epokerna, före och efter 2009, visar sig förutsägbarheten vara lägre efter finanskrisen.