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5. Financial Valuation Aspects

Author : Murad Harasheh

Published in: Global Commodities

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Commodity businesses have particular conditions that make them interesting from a financial valuation point of view; they usually operate globally, and their values are largely derived from underground reserves such as oil and gold. In this chapter, I discuss two financial valuation approaches adopted by practitioners and financial analysts applied to businesses operating in the commodity business and the natural resources. In particular, I cover the traditional Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) approach and the option models, offering practical examples.

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FCF is the after-tax cash flow remaining after fulfilling investment needs (capital investment and net working capital NWC).

FCFO = EBIT * (1 Tax Rate) + Non-Cash Expenses – Changes in NWC – Capex. Or FCFO = Cash Flow from Operations + Tax Adjusted Interest Expense – Capex. Other ways also exist.

FCFE = Cash Flow from Operations – Capex + Net Debt Issued (repaid). Or FCFE = Net Income + Non-Cash Charges – Changes in NWC – Capex + Net Debt Issued (repaid). Other ways also exist.

CAPM is an asset pricing model, it is used to calculate the remuneration for risky investments introduced and developed by Jack Treynor (1961, 1962), William F. Sharpe (1964), John Lintner (1965) and Jan Mossin (1966) independently. However, exist other models for Ke calculation including the Fama-French three factor model, and the Arbitrage Pricing theory (APT).

For example, if the company is in one continuous growth stage, we apply this version of the DCF: \(V = \frac{{CF_{0} \left( {1 + g} \right)}}{{\left( {wacc - g} \right)^{{}} }}\)

And if it is in two-stage growth, we apply this version of the DCF: \(V = \mathop \sum \limits_{t = 1}^{t = n} \frac{{CF_{0} \left( {1 + g_{1} } \right)^{t} }}{{\left( {1 + wacc} \right)^{t} }} + \frac{{CF_{n} \left( {1 + g_{2} } \right)^{{}} }}{{wacc - g_{2} }}\left( {1 + wacc} \right)^{ - n}\)

If the company pays regular dividends, the following modified formula is applied \(Value_{call} = Se^{ - yt} N\left( {d1} \right) {-} Ke^{ - rt} N\left( {d2} \right)\) and \(d1 = \frac{{\ln \left[ {\frac{S}{K}} \right] + \left[ {r - y + \frac{\sigma 2}{2}} \right] *t}}{\sigma \surd t}\), where y is the dividend yield (D₀/P₀).

We assume that the price is fixed for the whole duration with bilateral contracts, or the oil price has been normalized.

You can also verify your manually calculated results using online Black–Scholes calculators or excel.

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Title: Financial Valuation Aspects
Author: Murad Harasheh
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Global Commodities
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-64025-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-64026-2

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64026-2_5