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Goodwill and Minority Interest for less than 100%
Hi there, Let's assume the following example: Co.A has acquired 80% of Co.B for $1million in cash, and has incurred $20,000 in merger related costs. Co.B's net assets (100% book value) are $500,000, and for simplicity purposes let's assume fair value equals book value in this case. Co.B has an exis... Read More
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Re: Dividend payment for Debt Paydown
Makes perfect sense - thanks for the affirmation and further clarity!
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RE: AFM Core Model: Current Portion of LT Debt
Thanks for that. But I'll rephrase my question to make it clearer: by nature, CP is a short-term debt, as you also stressed above, so my point is that there is no sense in including the next year's mandatory repayment of CP in the calculation of the current portion of LT Debt (and that is exactly wh... Read More
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Total debt when calculating enterprise value
When we calculate enterprise value, the total debt includes long term debt and current portion of long term debt. However, when looking at the SEC, there are "short-term obligations" and "other liabilities" under liabilities. My questions is, how do we determine what to include a... Read More
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Historical Cash Flow statement
What are the pros/cons with creating a historical CF statement using the historical balance sheet and income statements to calculate instead of plugging in the numbers directly from the financials?

What is considered best practice for historical analysis of the CF statement?

Thanks.
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Re: Goodwill and Minority Interest for less than 100%
But under the current FAS141, not considering the FAS141(R), we calculate the goodwill based on the proportion that we bought, hence the calculation $1,000,000 + $20,000 - [80% * ($500,000 - $100,000)]. And when we do this, we are only considering 80% of the existing goodwill (the $100,000 in the f... Read More
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AFM Core Model: Interest Schedule Video
Errata: At approximately 9 minutes into the "Interest Schedule" video explanation within Advanced Financial Modeling - Core Model, the instructor explains the inputs for the "Choose" function, and accidentally says and writes "take the END Tranche balance". This should be corrected to say "AVERAG... Read More
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Best way to set grey background for Mac
Hi, I'm using Microsoft Office 2011 in Mac to build a DCF model with WST template. However, the figures in previous years (fonts in white) cannot be shown properly because of the default white background. What is the best way to set grey background in spreadsheet with Mac? Thanks. Best Reg... Read More
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Re: Historical Cash Flow statement
I appreciate the prompt feedback. Understood on the Historical CF and reasons why the historical inputs are more accurate. In the spirit of remaining consistent, if we are making adjustments to the [historical and future] income statement to arrive at normalized income/earnings but then using the ... Read More
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AFM Core Model: Forecasting Minority Interest
How would you forecast Minority Interest for a projected period on the Income Statement (Well also the balance sheet but that's another question) for, say, 5 years? The problem is, of the consolidated subisidiaries, there are no financial statements for the subisiary operating companies (nor any ... Read More
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