Posts by: WST Expert 1

Re: adv lbo model questions
Sources & Uses: - from the Merger courses, the legal structure can be stock or asset (most likely stock for an LBO, but not necessarily) - regardless of stock vs asset deal, debt refi'ed, etc is same treatment: you are buying the entire company - equity premium: based on appropriate valuation of... Read More
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Re: Core Model DCF - terminal cashflow
We are saying that NORMALIZED Terminal Year Unlevered Free Cash Flow is proxied with Tax-Effected EBIT b/c a mature, slow growth company has characteristics in which CapEx and depreciation net out over time. Please view the D&A video (part of our FREE resources in your login) for explanation as ... Read More
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Re: Working Capital in FCF for Valaution Purposes
The idea behind changes in working capital is that when you value (or buy) an entity, you are buying the company on a going concern basis, able to support its own operations. if you agreed to purchase a company for $100 and it turns out that you still have to put in $10 MORE because there was no wor... Read More
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Re: Bank Modeling
Think of it like this. If you understand that GCO reduces the allowance for credit losses, then recoveries are the opposite, and as such, ends up increasing the allowance for credit losses. As you make more provisions each year (IS impact), the allowance for credit losses go up. As you charge off th... Read More
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RE: Merger Modeling Basics: about the goodwill amortization
If a deal is considered an Asset Deal or under a 338(h)(10) election, correct, technically there is no goodwill amortization, and instead, there is regular depreciation since the purchase price is thought of as an acquisition of assets as opposed to an acquisition of stock. If it is a true Asset Dea... Read More
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Re: Ability to Pay Analysis
Recall, we said MARGINAL changes - so Synergies is a marginal change that only occurs as a result of the merger! So you must incorproate into your analysis as well. If you like, set synergies to zero, which is why we build a data table on synergies!
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Re: GAAP requirement to recognize all known liabilities
the 40% applied to Taxable Income (TAX not GAAP) is the statutory rate.
It just so happens that the effective tax rate (GAAP) is very close to 40% as well since not much stuff is impacting the company from a permanent differences perspective.
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RE: Capital leases - exclude vs include
Normally, per our instructions in the video, one would back out capital leases from the debt; however, because Costco's 10Q did not supply a full debt footnote in which we could have extracted such capital leases figures, we cannot just "make it up". One could argue to get it from Costco's 10K which... Read More
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Re: Quick & Dirty LBO
1) When you do the Complex LBO, you see that we sensitize depending on transaction structure (i.e. recap vs purchase accounting). In Recap accounting, trx costs are expensed and in Purchase accounting, trx costs are capitalized and increase GW. However, in 2009, trx costs are expensed regardless. So... Read More
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Re: Hedge Fund - why the double counting ???
From your message, it seems you are referring to the AUM calculation? Essentially, the LONG positions from the SHORT further increase your exposure - basically, you shorted securities, used the cash proceeds to then go and buy other securities. If necessary, please clarify the slide number or video... Read More
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