APPLICATIONS Presenters name Presenters title dd Month yyyy EVALUATION OF A COMPANYS PAST PERFORMANCE Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 2 EVALUATION OF A COMPANYS PAST PERFORMANCE: APPLE Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 3 $0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sales Gr. Profit Net income $ (millions) EVALUATION OF A COMPANYS PAST PERFORMANCE: APPLE Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 4 Fiscal Year ($ millions) 2010 2009 2008 2007 Net sales $65,225 $42,905 $37,491 $24,578 Gross margin 25,684 17,222 13,197 8,152 Net income (NI) 14,013 8,235 6,119 3,495 2010 2009 2008 2007 Gross margin (% sales) 39% 40% 35% 33% EVALUATION OF A COMPANYS PAST PERFORMANCE: APPLE Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 5 Panel A: Data for Apple Inc. Fiscal Year ($ millions) 2010 2009 2008 2007 Cash and marketable securities $51,011 $33,992 $24,490 $15,386 Total current assets 41,678 31,555 30,006 21,956 Total assets 75,183 47,501 36,171 24,878 Total current liabilities 20,722 11,506 11,361 9,280 EVALUATION OF A COMPANYS PAST PERFORMANCE: APPLE Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 6 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2007 2008 2009 2010 Peripherals and other hardware Software, service and other sales Other music related iPad & related iPod Total Mac iPhone & related FORECASTING Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 7 Sales Forecast Expenses Gross Profit Operating Profit Assets Liabilities Cash Flow FORECASTING Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 8 Sales Forecast Expenses Gross Profit Operating Profit Assets Liabilities Cash Flow FORECASTING Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 9 Sales Forecast Expenses Gross Profit Operating Profit Assets Liabilities Cash Flow FORECASTING Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 10 Sales Forecast Expenses Gross Profit Operating Profit Assets Liabilities Cash Flow ITERATIONS IN FORECASTING Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 11 Forecast Debt Forecast Interest Expense Forecast Income and Taxes Forecast Cash Flow Sales Forecast Expenses Gross Profit Operating Profit Assets Liabilities Cash Flow Example 8-5 FORECASTING OPERATING PROFIT BASED ON HISTORICAL MARGINS Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) U.S. health care conglomerate, founded in 1887. 2009 sales of around $61.9 billion from its three main businesses: pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, and consumer products. For the four years prior to 2009, average operating profit margin was approximately 25.0%.
Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) Chinese language internet search engine, established in 2000 and went public on NASDAQ in 2005. Revenues for 2009 were 4.4 billion renminbi (RMB), an increase of 40% from 2008 and more than 14 times greater than revenues in 2005. For the four years prior to 2009, average operating profit margin was approximately 27.1%.
Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 12 FORECASTING OPERATING PROFIT BASED ON HISTORICAL MARGINS Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) 2009 sales were $61.9 billion. For the four years prior to 2009, average operating profit margin was approximately 25.0%.
Actual operating profit for 2009 was $15.6 billion. Actual operating profit margin for 2009 was 25.2%. Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) 2009 revenues were 4.4 billion renminbi (RMB). For the four years prior to 2009, average operating profit margin was approximately 27.1%.
Actual operating profit for 2009 was RMB1.6 billion. Actual operating profit margin for 2009 was 36.4%. Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 13 ASSESSING CREDIT QUALITY Credit risk: Risk of loss caused by a debtors failure to make a promised payment Credit analysis: Evaluation of credit risk - Risk in a particular transaction or for a particular security - Obligors overall creditworthiness Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 14 TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING CREDIT QUALITY Credit scoringstatistical techniques Period-by-period cash flow projections Analysis of business and financial risk factors
Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 15 ASSESSING CREDIT QUALITY: EXAMPLE Bombardier Inc. BAE Systems plc EBITDA/Average assets 7.5% 10.1% Debt/EBITDA 3.9 3.1 Retained cash flow to debt 6.1% 13.7% Free cash flow to net debt 7.0% 7.7% Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 16 STOCK SCREENING Universe of Stocks Stocks Meeting Criteria Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 17 Selection
EXAMPLE OF STOCK SCREENS Stocks Meeting Criterion Criterion Number Percent of Total P/E <15 1,471 28.36% Total debt/Assets 0.5 880 16.97% NI/Sales > 0 2,907 56.04% Dividend yield > 0.5% 1,571 30.29% Meeting all four criteria simultaneously 101 1.95% Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 18 Source for data: http://google.com/finance/ SCREENS AND BACK-TESTING Valuation metrics + Accounting metrics Evaluation of screen using back-testing Caveats when back-testing: - Survivorship bias - Look-ahead bias - Data-snooping bias
Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 19 TWO HYPOTHETICAL SCREENING STRATEGIES Strategy A Invest in stocks that are components of a global equity index, have an ROE above the median ROE of all stocks in the index, and have a P/E less than the median P/E. Strategy B Invest in stocks that are components of a broad- based U.S. equity index, have a ratio of price to operating cash flow in the lowest quartile of companies in the index, and have shown increases in sales for at least the past three years. Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 20 TWO HYPOTHETICAL SCREENING STRATEGIES: AVOID UNINTENTIONAL SELECTIONS Strategy A Invest in stocks that are components of a global equity index, have an ROE above the median ROE of all stocks in the index, and have a P/E less than the median P/E.
What if Net income was < 0 and Equity < 0? Strategy B Invest in stocks that are components of a broad- based U.S. equity index, have a ratio of price to operating cash flow in the lowest quartile of companies in the index, and have shown increases in sales for at least the past three years.
What if operating cash flow was < 0?
Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 21 ANALYST ADJUSTMENTS Importance (materiality). Is an adjustment to this item likely to affect the conclusions? In other words, does it matter? In an industry where companies require minimal inventory, does it matter that two companies use different inventory accounting methods? Body of standards. Is there a difference in the body of standards being used (U.S. GAAP versus IFRS)? If so, in which areas is the difference likely to affect a comparison? Methods. Is there a difference in accounting methods used by the companies being compared? Estimates. Is there a difference in important estimates used by the companies being compared?
Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 22 INVESTMENTS Investments - Unrealized gains and losses on the income statement versus - Unrealized gains and losses not on the income statement but instead recognized in equity. If two otherwise comparable companies have significant differences, it may be useful to adjust. Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 23 INVENTORY: EXAMPLE
Company A (FIFO) Company B (LIFO) Current assets (includes inventory) $300,000 $80,000 LIFO reserve NA $20,000 Current liabilities $150,000 $45,000 Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 24 NA = not applicable INVENTORY: EXAMPLE
Company A (FIFO) Company B
Unadjusted (LIFO basis) Adjusted (FIFO basis) Current assets (includes inventory) $300,000 $80,000 $100,000 Current liabilities $150,000 $45,000 $45,000 Current ratio 2.00 1.78 2.22 Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 25 GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS SCHW AMTD Market capitalization on January 2010 (market price per share times the number of shares outstanding) $21,871 $11,525 Total shareholders equity as of most recent quarter $5,073 $3,551 Goodwill $528 $2,472 Other intangible assets $23 $1,225 Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 26 The MV/BV for the companies is SCHW $21,871/$5,073 = 4.3 AMTD $11,525/$3,551 = 3.2 Note: MV/BV equals the total market value of the stock (the market capitalization) divided by total stockholders equity. It is also referred to as the price-to-book ratio because it can also be calculated as price per share divided by stockholders equity per share. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 27 ($ millions) SCHW AMTD Total stockholders equity $5,073 $3,551 Less goodwill $528 $2,472 Book value, adjusted $4,545 $1,079 Adjusted MV/BV 4.8 10.7 ($ millions) SCHW AMTD Total stockholders equity $5,073 $3,551 Less goodwill $528 $2,472 Less other intangible assets $23 $1,225 Tangible book value $4,522 ($146) MV/tangible book value 4.8 NM NM = not meaningful OFF-BALANCE-SHEET FINANCING Use disclosures to assess a companys financial position as if off- balance-sheet obligations (e.g., operating leases) were included in its total liabilities. Steps: - Determine present value of future operating lease payments. - Add present value of future operating lease payments to total debt and to total assets. - Adjust expenses to - Include depreciation expense, interest expense. - Exclude rent expense. The adjustments for operating leases essentially treat the transaction as if the asset subject to the operating lease had been purchased rather than leased.
Copyright 2013 CFA Institute 28 SUMMARY Financial statement analysis applications discussed in this presentation include Evaluating a companys past performance. Projecting a companys future performance. Assessing the credit quality of a potential debt investment. Screening for potential equity investments. Adjusting a companys financial statements to facilitate cross-sectional comparison.