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Chapter 2. VALUATION Behavioral Corporate Finance by Hersh Shefrin. Valuation Heuristics. P/E heuristic P 0 = P 0 /E 1 x E 1 Target price P 1 = P 1 /E 2 x E 2 PEG Heuristic P 0 = PEG x E 1 x G , where G is 100 x growth rate Price-to-sales Heuristic
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Chapter 2 VALUATION Behavioral Corporate Finance by Hersh Shefrin
Valuation Heuristics • P/E heuristic • P0 = P0/E1 x E1 • Target price P1 = P1/E2 x E2 • PEG Heuristic • P0 = PEG x E1 x G, • where G is 100 x growth rate • Price-to-sales Heuristic • P0 = P0/S1 x S1, where S stands for sales
Behavioral Pitfalls: Judging the Value of eBay • On May 20, 2003 eBay’s P/E ratio was 66.2, while Wal-Mart’s P/E was 22.7. • eBay appeared to be over twice as expensive as War-Mart. • Analysts were expecting eBay to grow by 42.5%, while they were only expecting Wal-Mart to grow by 14%. • eBay’s PEG was 1.56, which was actually lower than Wal-Mart’s PEG of 1.62.
Behavioral Pitfalls: Wall-Marting of the Web • Mary Meeker, “Queen of the Internet.” • Just as the traditional retailer Wal-Mart came to dominate the retail sector, web-based counterparts would emerge and dominate Internet commerce. • Mary Meeker described the phenomenon as the “Wal-Marting of the Web.”
Mary Meeker’s Target Prices for eBay Exhibit 2.1
Methodology Exhibit 2.2
Free Cash Flow Computation Meeker forecasted that free cash flows in 2011 will be $3,266,096 = 1.07 x $3,052,426. She then applied the perpetuity formula PV = $3,266,096 / (0.12-0.07) = $65,321,907 Exhibit 2.3
Biases • Discount rate, 12%, fair expected return. • Target price of $106 implies expected return exceeds 12%. • PEG and P/E target prices imply returns below 12%, even negative. • FCF and price-to-sales target prices imply returns above 12%.
Biased Free Cash Flows Differences? • EBITDA • working capital • investment Exhibit 2.4
Textbook Style Valuation • $23,742 = E2011/r = $2,849/0.12 • Because eBay pays no dividends before 2010, the $23,742 would be worth $21,199 at the end of 2009, $21,199= $23,742/1.12. • Discounting back to mid-2004 would lead to a value of $11,366 (=$12,029/1.120.5) at that time. Exhibit 2.5
Mistaking Growth for Growth Opportunities • Mary Meeker titled her April 2003 report on eBay “Tales of a Growth Machine.” • Analysts are inclined to mistake growth in EPS for growth opportunities • Growth opportunity features ROE > r. • From the time that eBay went public, through June 2004, eBay's ROE < its r of 12%.
Intrinsic PEG? • PEG heuristic effectively assumes P/E is proportional to g. • When the plowback ratio is 0, g = 0. • When the plowback ratio is 1, g = ROE. • Regardless of whether g is equal to 0 or equal to the ROE, P/E is 1/r for a firm with zero growth opportunities. • Therefore, P/E does not vary in proportion to g.
1/n Heuristic • The 1/n heuristic is a rule of thumb that assigns the same weight to each technique, as if they are all equally valid. • Very wide dispersion in values associated with P/E, PEG, price-to-sales, and DCF. • Meeker averaged the numbers, which in her words, “combine to an average fair value of about $106.”
Excessive Optimism • On April 23, 2003 The Wall Street Journal suggested that analysts' revenue forecasts were excessively optimistic. • The article singled out Mary Meeker and Safa Rashtchy from U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. • On January 20, 2005 Safa Rashtchy downgraded his recommendation on eBay from “outperform” to “market perform,” stating that the stock was priced for perfection.
Agency Conflicts • Managers of firms prefer favorable coverage from analysts to unfavorable coverage. • Analysts whose firms seek to do business with companies have an incentive to generate favorable (optimistic) reports. • Agency conflict might induce analysts to view valuation heuristics as instruments to provide numbers they want to deliver.