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It’s time to dust off one of the oldest, most conservative methods of valuing stocks: the dividend discount model (DDM). It’s one of the basic applications of a financial theory that students in any introductory finance class must learn. Unfortunately, the theory is the easy part. The model requires loads of assumptions about companies’ dividend payments and growth patterns,…

Investors can use the dividend discount model (DDM) for stocks that have just been issued or that have traded on the secondary market for years. There are two circumstances when DDM is practically inapplicable: when the stock does not issue dividends, and when the stock has a very high growth rate. The DDM is very similar to the…

The Gordon Growth Model values a company’s stock using an assumption of constant growth in payments a company makes to its common equity shareholders. The three key inputs in the model are dividends per share, the growth rate in dividends per share, and the required rate of return. Dividends (D) per share represent the annual payments a…

While the GGM method of DDM is widely used, it has two well-known shortcomings. The model assumes a constant dividend growth rate in perpetuity. This assumption is generally safe for very mature companies that have an established history of regular dividend payments. However, DDM may not be the best model to value newer companies that…

The dividend discount model (DDM) is a quantitative method used for predicting the price of a company’s stock based on the theory that its present-day price is worth the sum of all of its future dividend payments when discounted back to their present value. It attempts to calculate the fair value of a stock irrespective of the prevailing market…

For a company to operate above its SGR, it would need to maximize sales efforts and focus on high-margin products and services. Also, inventory management is important and management must have an understanding of the ongoing inventory needed to match and sustain the company’s sales level. The SGR of a company can help identify whether…

Performing Soft Due Diligence Conducting soft due diligence is not an exact science. Some acquiring firms treat it very formally, including it as an official stage of the pre-deal phase. Other firms are less targeted; they might spend more time and effort on the human resources side and have no defined criteria for success. Soft…

When considering investing in a startup, follow the above-mentioned steps (where applicable). But here are some startup-specific moves, reflecting the high level of risk this sort of enterprise carries. Include an exit strategy: More than 50% of startups fail within the first two years. Plan your divestment strategy to recover your funds should the business fail….