Dark Side of Valuation, The: Valuing Young, Distressed, and Complex Businesses, Rough Cuts, 2nd Edition
- By Aswath Damodaran
- Published Apr 8, 2009 by FT Press.
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Description
- Copyright 2010
- Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/4
- Pages: 600
- Edition: 2nd
- Rough Cuts
- ISBN-10: 0-13-703656-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-703656-1
This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Renowned valuation expert Aswath Damodaran reviews the core tools of valuation, examines today’s most difficult estimation questions and issues, and then systematically addresses the valuation challenges that arise throughout a firm’s lifecycle in The Dark Side of Valuation: Valuing Young, Distressed and Complex Businesses.
In this thoroughly revised edition, he broadens his perspective to consider all companies that resist easy valuation, highlighting specific types of hard-to-value firms, including commodity firms, cyclical companies, financial services firms, organizations dependent on intangible assets, and global firms operating diverse businesses. He covers the entire corporate lifecycle, from “idea” and “nascent growth” companies to those in decline and distress, and offers specific guidance for valuing technology, human capital, commodity, and cyclical firms. Damodaran places special emphasis on the financial sector, illuminating the implications of today’s radically changed credit markets for valuation and addresses valuation questions that have suddenly gained urgency, ranging from “Are U.S. treasuries risk free?” to “How do you value assets in highly illiquid markets?” Readers will gain insight into:
· Overcoming the temptation to use unrealistic or simplistic valuation methods
· Risk-free rates, risk premiums and other macroeconomic assumptions
· Intelligent analysis for angel and early venture capital investing
· Projecting the impact of regulatory changes
· The stages of the corporate lifecycle
· Valuing financial services and commodities companies
Damodaran’s insights will be indispensable to everyone involved in valuation: financial professionals, investors, M&A specialists, and entrepreneurs alike.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Preface vi
Chapter 1 The Dark Side of Valuation 1
Chapter 2 Intrinsic Valuation 22
Chapter 3 Probabilistic Valuation: Scenario Analysis, Decision Trees, and Simulations 64
Chapter 4 Relative Valuation 90
Chapter 5 Real Options Valuation 114
Chapter 6 A Shaky Base: A “Risky” Risk-Free Rate 144
Chapter 7 Risky Ventures: Assessing the Price of Risk 168
Chapter 8 Macro Matters: The Real Economy 194
Chapter 9 Baby Steps: Young and Start-Up Companies 213
Chapter 10 Shooting Stars? Growth Companies 263
Chapter 11 The Grown-Ups: Mature Companies 312
Chapter 12 Winding Down: Declining Companies 361
Chapter 13 Ups and Downs: Cyclical and Commodity Companies 417
Chapter 14 Mark to Market: Financial Services Companies 449
Chapter 15 Invisible Investments: Firms with Intangible Assets 476
Chapter 16 Volatility Rules: Emerging-Market Companies 505
Chapter 17 The Octopus: Multibusiness Global Companies 535
Chapter 18 Going Over to the Light: Vanquishing the Dark Side 568
Index 576