Account and Finance 3 statement model valuation
Accounting and Finance – Final Exam (Take Home) ‐ Due May 8
Spring 2020
The current coronavirus pandemic has reinforced division between “haves” and the “have nots”, not
only for the world population (rich vs. poor, young vs. old, etc.), but also between different companies.
Some companies (like cruise lines), have had demand for their services completely destroyed, and
others (like Gilead) have had their stock rise dramatically in hopes of being able to use their Ebola
medication Remdesivir against the virus.
In this final, you are asked to analyze one of the companies on the below list (classified either as a
“have” or a “have not”). Please put together a detailed analysis of the historical performance as well as
the forecast and valuation for your company (assignments of particular companies posted on
CourseWorks).
You will be evaluated both on quality of analysis (in excel) and thoughtfulness of your write‐up on each
company. Think about yourself as an investment banker who needs to analyze and summarize their
views on the company / explain them to the Managing Director. Has this company performed well /
poorly over the last several years? Is it solvent? What are the prospects for the company going forward?
Is the current market valuation fair? Should an investor buy or sell the stock at current price?
We are asking you to analyze the following companies (please see CourseWorks for the specific company you’ve been assigned: Haves Amazon Walmart Chewy Have Nots Disney Norwegian If you have any questions as you work through the exam, please ask your CAs as follows:
Amazon Nick
Walmart Rohan
Chewy Cindy
Disney Mohnish
Norwegian Anna
Part 1
Calculate key historic ratios over the last 3 years.
How has the company been performing in terms of:
A. Sales growth B. Profitability C. Efficiency D. Returns E. Liquidity F. Leverage
Are there any areas that cause concern?
Have there been any non‐recurring events that you had to adjust for? If so which ones?
Part 2
Which companies do you consider to be good comps for your company? Why?
Calculate key trading multiples for the comps on the LTM basis
What is your company’s valuation if you were to take the comps average trading multiples to come up
with your valuation?
Does this method produce a valuation that’s at a premium or at a discount to the company’s most
recent closing stock price?
What does this tell you about whether your stock is more expensive or cheaper than comps?
Part 3
Put together a 5‐year 3‐statement model for your company
Review call transcripts and financial statements to find any assumptions on areas like a share repurchase
program and future capex spend
Make your own assumptions on topline growth and margins based on what you believe will happen to
the company in the future.
Use Thomson one (see Columbia Business School Electronic Resources: note, you will need Internet
Explorer) to pull 3‐5 most recent equity research reports.
What’s the EPS average based on these reports for year 1, 2, and 3 of the forecast?
Is your EPS forecast in line with this average / is it very different? Based on reading the reports, what do
you think are the key drivers for differences?
Part 4
Based on the same comps as in Part 2, calculate the WACC for your company (assume that your
company’s unlevered Beta will equal to the average unlevered Beta for your comps)
For capital structure for your company, assume that the historic average will be an accurate
approximation for the future
Assume 6.5% for market risk premium and use a 10‐year treasury yield
For cost of debt, use the weighted average coupon rate for the debt based on the debt schedule; for
simplicity, assume no difference between coupon rate and YTM.
Part 5
Based on your forecast in Part 3 and WACC calculation in Part 4, put together an unlevered DCF
valuation for your company
Use a multiples method for terminal value. Pick the multiple that you think is the most relevant
Part 6
Based on your valuation in parts 2 and 5, what’s your stock recommendation – “Buy”, “Sell”, or “Hold”?
Explain.