Financial Modeling & Auditing
Deal Assumptions
When building a model, it is important that the model be flexible enough to consider a wide range of possible scenarios. Let's now add some assumptions...
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LTM Balance Sheets
In this step we simply recreate the target's and acquirer's balance sheets using public company filings (e.g. 10-Ks, 10-Qs, or 8-Ks) from the last twelve-month...
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PPR – Premiums Analysis
The next step in the purchase price ratio analysis is to calculate the premium (or discount) each transaction price represents relative to various historical...
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PPR – Multiples Analysis
The last step in the purchase price ratio analysis is to calculate the valuation multiples at the various transaction prices. Doing so allows us to refine...
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Black-Scholes Option Value
In our model we will assume that TargetCo's stock options held by employees of TargetCo are replaced upon consummation of the transaction with new BuyerCo...
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Replacement Options
Now that we have calculated the fair values of TargetCo's vested and unvested employee stock options ("ESOs"), we need only to multiply by the number of...
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