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Aswath Damodaran – Session 24 (MBA): Dividend Analysis and First Steps on Valuation

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Aswath Damodaran – Session 24 (MBA): Dividend Analysis and First Steps on Valuation

Published on May 2, 2016

In this class, we put the closing touched on dividend policy analysis by going through the possess of estimating FCFE, the cash flow left over after capital expenditures, working capital needs and debt payments. My suggestion is that you estimate the aggregate FCFE over 5 years (or as many years as you have data) and compare it to the cash returned. We ended the class by talking about the distinction between valuing equity and valuing an entire business.
Slides:
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/po…
Post class test: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pd…
Post class test solution: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pd.

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