STOCK COMPANY VALUE ASSESSMENT - GROUP WORK

Valuation groups include, for example, Professionals in the following fields: Strategic and Future Analysts that define future cash flows and a number cruncher / value calculator that calculate the present value of given future cash flows. Scope of report to be returned is 5-15 text pages including introduction and summary. Calculations and their basics can be presented in more detail, eg as an Excel-style attachment. However, it is a good idea to include the figures behind the basic valuation option in the report, eg as a table.

The group selects the company in question from the companies listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Stock exchange information and stock market prices of listed companies are available on the company's investor relations pages. Name of the company chosen: (Marimekko - Finnish design house) TASKS: 1. Analyze the company's financial statements for the last years to tell us what the current state of the company looks like. Following numbers are: turnover change, return on equity, return on capital, quick ratio or current ratio and equity ratio. Calculate cash flows for your business and investments. 2. Explore the company's annual reports and analyze the company's strategic position and future / predictability. Here you can use the self-evident idea of your own future and / or use the model of M. Porter's strategic position, the Igor Ansoff product / market matrix, or the growth / market share matrix of the Boston Consulting Group. 3. Use your DCF model to determine your cash flow projections using the target company.

4. Compare the values obtained with the current stock market value of the company and consider the differences between the results obtained and the uncertainties associated with the valuation. 5. Make a group final interpretation of what would be the right value of the moment and justify your choice. Then give your purchase or sales recommendation. Use as much material as you can to find it, but interpret the information in the group. Also use tables and charts to illustrate the issues you are dealing with.