Session 2: Intrinsic Value - Foundation

Sets up the foundations of intrinsic valuation, with a contrast between valuing a business and valuing the equity in that business.

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00:52 the essence of intrinsic valuation: (1) cash flow (2) growth (3) risk 01:09 discount of cash flow valuation ≠intrinsic valuation 01:18 intrinsic valuation is designed for "cash flow generating" assets. [can value a start-up company. cant value an art piece] 01:54 intro of "discount of cash flow valuation": (1) present value of the expected cash flow on that asset 02:32 2 ways to set up a "discount of cash flow valuation": (1) expected cash flows, look at all possible(good or bad) outcomes. the "discount rate" is how you adjust the risks, higher "risks" with higher "discount rates" than save the assets. 03:08 adjust the "discount rate" or adjust the "cash flow" for risk 03:26 risk-averse for "certainty (risk-free) income 04:31 for a company to have value, its cash flows have to have value at "some point in time". 07:07 value either the Equity of the business or the entire business 07:54 the value of equity(cost of equity) = cash flow to equity discounted back at that rate of return 09:53 2 ways to value equity: (1) value equity directly by taking cash flow to equity & discounting at the cost of equity (2) value equity indirectly by valuing the business and subtracting out debt 10:13 first principles in valuation: never mix and match cash flow don't discount cash flow to equity the cost of capital don't discount cash flow of business at the cost of equity. make sure your cash flow & discount rate are matched up. 10:52 intrinsic valuation = valuing companies based on their specific characteristics 10:59 discounted cash flow valuation = a tool to estimate intrinsic value, need to estimate expected cash flow & adjust the risk (either by replacing the expected cash flow with certainty equivalents/ or adjust the discounted rate for risk) 11:12 have to make a choice: (1) valuing the E (2) valuing the entire business that choice will govern how you estimate the CF & discount rate you use.

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Thank you for the sharing. May I know the difference of assumption needed to be made when calculating COST OF EQUITY using (a) CAPM model, (b) Dividend growth model and (c) Equity payout method (e.g. dividends - share issued + treasury purchased)? And I am curious since these 3 methods always lead to different answers, which method the best to apply or need to depend to the circumstances?

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[@ganeshkamath8550]

Dear sir i understand DCF is one of the tools available to arrive at intrinsic value can you suggest few more tools available under intrinsic valuation approach. Further we arrive book value per share based on Net asset value method under which valuation approach it will be covered. Since Intrinsic approach is based on cash flows and relatives approach based on comparable. Kindly advice

[@compilations6358]

Hi Aswath, I am coming from zero background in finance. I liked your google talk so i wanted to learn more in detail. But In this lecture you directly jumped into discounted cashflow and start using technical term like expected value and risk-free. I understand you want to be complete in your statement, but I would appreciate if you can make a lecture series for more common people like me explaining or removing the complexity of these terms. Like those talks at Google. Since i know some maths, i understand that expected value means mean value, but i couldnt understand the risk - what exactly it is. Its hard to wrap my head around it. Please consider making video which is easy to consume. I am writing this because i believe you are a good teacher. Big Fan!

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One simplified way to look at risk is as the standard deviation of returns from the mean.

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[@amingilani]

Thank you for this video. Requesting to include an example in the video for this evaluation,

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Is there anywhere any actual company being valued .That would be easier for some to understand.

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[@Ashutosh6365]

Will someone help me with this? According to sir, when we sit for estimating the cash flows (2:32 min), you take all possible considerations in your estimation, the good and the the bad ones. Once i have a list of estimated cashflows, i take an expected value of these cashflows(assuming it to be an average of all estimates for each year). If we take an average of all good and bad cashflows, wont the cashlfows be risk adjusted, cause now they show the bad possibility also? Which is am assuming is my risk.

[@mohd.amirjamalshaikh7020]

While considering good and bad scenarios, you still have risk factor associated with your cashflows. Say, in your case, you are averaging out cashflows for all years, each year has its risk factor associated with it and you are not cancelling that out.

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When you average the cash flows you arrive at an estimate.( Expected Cash flow ) How 'certain' that cash flow will be is risk.

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Hey, this video is super cool. Is there any book you would recommend to read in order to get an in depth knowledge?

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I'd say a combination of multiple books, and not one in particular.

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Professor Damodaran I am facing a problem with finding data related to risk free rate and equity risk premium(ERP) and relative risk or beta I am form india and I'm trying to value the finance stock (bajaj finance) Please sir try to help me to find this data and how i can find internsic value of finance stock or banking stock please sir Thanks Professor Damodaran sir

[@nathanbarnhart2529]

Can anyone clear something up for me? If the equation calls for the cashflows to be divided by (1+r)^n, wouldn't that mean that the discount rate number would be absolutely massive in later time periods? I think it looks like a simple typo.

[@arvindgr94]

at 3:39, i dont see t in the formula, is it that both t & n are the same?

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Great lessons, learning a lot, but probably somwhere at 10min point completely lost everything with all the naming...:)) Will have to re-watch it.

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We will value entire business prof . That seems more logical .

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[@gamingguru3979]

I have this question, if anyone could reply the solution you are great! When we discount the cash flow to the firm at the cost of equity we should get an upward biased estimate right? Like then we are only subtracting what the equity investors demand not including debt payments... from a huge amount like cash flow to business. Similarly When we discount the cash flow to the equity at the cost of capital we should get an downward biased estimate right? Like then we are subtracting what the equity investors demand and debt payments... from a small amount like cash flow to equity which is already have debt subtracted off? Is it something to do with the equation? Like the denominator side is greater or smaller because we sqaure it? [E(CFn)/(1+r)^n]

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Leaving this comment so I get notified when someone answers this question

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Thank you sir

[@bobbymerriman]

I'm confused why the discount rate is adjusting for risk if the cash flows are measured based on expected values? Shouldn't the expected value component of the cash flows already account for risk since the expected value includes the probability of both good and bad times? That is, the expected value is just the weighted average of cash flows across different future scenarios with the weights being equal to the probability of that scenario occurring. The only explanation I can think of is that the expected value is capturing more "systematic" or "macroeconomic" conditions, while the discount rate would be capturing more "firm-specific" risk, but I am not quite clear and was hoping you could explain the difference between the discount rate measuring risk and the expected value capturing different "risky" scenarios.

[@eliotsandoval]

I think that’s why there’s two approaches: - You can use expected cash flows and adjust your discount rate. Because expected is based on hope and not certainty, expected cash flows still have some risk involved. - Or you can adjust your cash flows aiming to certainty and then use a risk-free rate as your discount rate.

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Has he done any video on SPACS?

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What if the company has no debt? You are going the equity way inevitably?

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Great!

[@meson2439]

I'm a total noob on finance, but the formula for terminal value looks weird. Mathematically speaking, shouldn't the value of the assets equal to the sums of the geometric series? I don't understand how the terminal value is derived.

[@cw9249]

what is this from? what course?

[@futarmaljain3228]

What are other tools for intrinsic valuation apart from DCF

[@jeffallenwang]

DDM is other popular one. Also there's an IV calculator that Ben Graham used

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When I'm getting confused here, should I carry on to another session or beat this session to death until I understand completely? I think I will carry on.

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how do you put a number to risk?

[@freedomprayer007]

Statistical tools used. Eg standard deviation

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good stuff

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Where i can find that data?

[@kriegerdeslichts7481]

i always thought DCF only works on stable companies...like Coca Cola etc...what about a fast grower which currently doesnt earn or generate much cashflow...like how could have you valued Amazon 20 years ago...for example..

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As he said on the previous video, you can never get it right. A valuation is an estimate, and it will always be wrong. What you can and should try to do is getting it close enough most of the time

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Thanks

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Pretty Confusing :( Listened 3 times but still confused....mates !!! Any suggestion? Watch 3 more time until I get it??

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