Fundamental Analysis
•Macroeconomics Analysis
•Industry Analysis
•Equity Valuation Model
(Dividend Discount Model- DDM)
•Financial Statement Analysis
Macroeconomics Analysis
•Global Economy Analysis
–affects export, price competition and profits
–exchange rate: purchasing power and earnings
•Domestic Economy
–The ability to forecast the macroeconomy can translate
into great investment performance
–outperform other analysts to earn extra profits
Many variables can affect economy
–Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
measures the economy’s total output of goods and services
– Employment rate:
measures the extent that the economy is operating at full capacity
– Inflation
measures the general level of prices increase Phillip’s curve
– Interest Rate
high interest rate reduces PV of cashflows, thus stock values
– Budget Deficit
large deficit means more borrowing, which
implies higher interest rate.
– Sentiment
consumers and producers confidence
Business Cycles
•business cycles: pattern of recession and recovery
•peak: the end of expansion and start of recession
•trough: the bottom of the recession
•stock returns are decreasing when at peak and
increasing at trough
•cyclical industries: do well in expansionary periods but
poorly in recession, e.g., durable goods such as automobile
and wash machines
•defensive industries: little sensitive to business cycles,
such food
Industry Analysis
•Select a good industry to invest. It is difficult for a
firm to do well in a troubled industry
•Standard Industry Classification (SIC) code
•Value line Investment Survey - reports 1700 firms in
90 industries
•Two factors that determine the sensitivity of a
firm’s earnings to business conditions:
business risk,
financial risk
Business risk
•Sales sensitivity to business condition
some industries are robust (food) while others are not
(movie)
•operating leverage: the division between fixed and variable
costs.
–firms with greater amounts of variable cost relative to the fixed
cost are subject less to business fluctuations, thus profits are
more stable
Financial Risk
•the degree in using financial leverage (the amount of
interest payment)
•leverage firm is more sensitive to business cycles
Equity Valuation Model
•Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
V
0
= (D
1
+P
1
)/(1+k)
= D
1/(1+k) + D
2/(1+k)
2
...+ D
n/(1+k)
n
•constant growth assumption
V
0
= D1/(1+k) + D
1
(1+g)/(1+k)
2
+D
1
(1+g)
2
/(1+k)
3
+ ...
= D1/(k-g)
or k = expected return
= D
1/P
0 + g
Multistage Growth Model
•Growth profile may not be constant such as:
Expected Growth
Time
g
1
g
2
n
V=D
0
(1+g
1
)/(1+k)+...+D
0
(1+g
1
)
n
/(1+k)
n
+ D
0
(1+g
1
)
n
(1+g
2
)/(1+k)
n+1
+ ... and so on
Illustration of two-stage Growth
Model
•A stock pays $1 dividend now and its g
1
=30% for
6 yrs. Thereafter, its g
2
=6%, its k=15%
•yr 1: $1(1+0.3) =1.13
yr 2: 1(1+0.3)
2
=1.69
yr 3: 1(1+0.3)
3
=2.20
yr 4: 1(1+0.3)
4
=2.86
.
yr 7: 1(1+0.3)
6
(1+6%)
=5.12
yr 8: 1(1+0.3)
6
(1+6%)
2
=5.42
.
Market Value (equity)
Market value is the present value of its future dividends
Time PV(Dt) Growth rate
0 34.0 -
1 37.8 11.17%
2 41.78 10.52
3 45.85 9.74
At time 1:
FV(Dividends) = 34.00(1.15) - 1.3= 37.8
At time 2:
FV(dividends) = 37.80(1.15) - 1.69=41.78
Expected return at time 0 (15%)
= Yr end dividend/current price + growth rate
= 1.3/34 + 11.17%
P/E Ratio Behaviors
•Price = No growth value/share
P
0 = E
1/k + PVGO
or
•P
0/E
1= [1+ PVGO]/k
E
1/k
Time
P/E
average
Pitfalls in P/E Analysis
•Denomination of P/E ratio is the accounting
earnings (arbitrary rules or historical cost
will distort the earnings figures)
•Earning should be based on economic
earnings (i.e., net of economic deprecation)
•Earnings are future figures vs P/E ratio
(which uses past accounting earnings)
Earnings Forecast
•Models for forecasting:
E
i,t
= g
i
+ E
i,t-4
+a
i
(E
i,t-1
-E
i
,
t-5
)
where g: growth factor
a: adjustment factor
E: Earnings
•Time Series Analysis
ARMA model
Exponential smoothing
•professional institution forecast
•Performance Evaluation MSE or others
Financial Statement Analysis
•Preparation of Source/Use Fund Statement
•Ratio Analysis
–Performance Analysis
–Du Pont Analysis
Use/source of Fund Statement
•SourcesUses
C. Paper $ 5.8 Cash $ 0.4
A/P 17.8A/R 16.2
Div/P 1.4Inv 34.8
S/T debt 4.6Prep. Ex 0.4
S/T Lease 3.8Lease 82.8
L/T Debt 20.6Others 3.6
L/T Lease 25.0Tax 1.0
C/S 3.2
P/I Cap 0.6
NI 54.4Div. 46.6
Depreciation 48.6
Total 185.8 185.8
Ratio Analysis
•AssetsSalesProfit
•Liquidity Ratio
•Risk Ratio
•Du Pond Analysis
ROE=Net Income(NI)/Equity (E)
= NI Pretax Prof EBIT Sale TA
P.Prof EBIT Sales TA E
TB IBGPM TAT EM
Pretax profit =EBIT - Interest
TB = Tax burden
IB = interest burden