Our valuation methodology has a three pronged approach: free cash flow (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, minus the capital expenditures necessary to grow the business); earnings per share trends; and private market value (PMV), which encompasses on and
off balance sheet assets and liabilities.
Don't you think it's quite random to value ASFI @ exactly 1x BV since the company has significant
off balance sheet assets?
Not exact matches
The knee - jerk reaction when a company wants to pretty up its
balance sheet is, often, to sell
off expensive non-core
assets.
We make several adjustments to get from reported net
assets to invested capital because companies can hide
assets and liabilities
off of the
balance sheet in the form of reserves, operating leases, deferred compensation, and many other techniques.
Businesses can hide both
assets and liabilities
off the
balance sheet so that they are not reflected in accounting book value.
Working in the same direction is the efforts by banks to economise on the use of capital by moving
assets off balance sheet through securitisation.
The plans should «make appropriate assumptions as to the valuations of
assets and
off -
balance sheet positions,» the documents said.
This includes things like special - purpose vehicles (SPVs) created by banks to take
assets off their
balance sheet and fund them using
asset - backed commercial paper (ABCP).
For broader market analysis on accounting rule manipulations, see my exhaustive reports on corporate disclosure transgressions,
off balance -
sheet debt,
assets write -
offs and hidden income and expenses.
That statement would clearly be more reassuring to Americans had not the largest bank in the U.S. in 2008, Citigroup, blown itself up while lying to the public and its shareholders about its exposure to subprime debt and holding more than $ 1 trillion in
assets off its
balance sheet.
meanwhile the fed supposedly will roll 420billion in
assets off its
balance sheet.
As banks get these
assets off their
balance sheet, they can recycle their capital and lend to new projects in the riskier development phase to facilitate the building of new renewable energy
assets.
Getting
assets off the
balance sheets of banks is particularly attractive in the current economic climate, as banks are restricting their lending due to stricter regulation.
The Chinese shadow banking system is now a well - known financial Frankenstein, with multiple
asset management companies, wealth management products and other
off -
balance sheet entities providing around half the country's credit volume.
Are most of these
off -
balance sheets assets mortgage backed securities and other hard - to - value bonds?
Broadly, the reform called on banks to fortify their
balance sheets through recapitalization, writing on /
off underperforming liabilities and
assets, and indiscriminately reducing «risky» underwriting behavior.
5 — According to the Financial Times: «Analysts at Citigroup said a planned tightening of the rules regarding
off -
balance sheet vehicles would force banks to reconsider arrangements and could result in up to $ 5,000 bn of
assets coming back on to the books.
The
off -
balance sheet vehicles have been used by financial institutions to keep some
assets off their
balance sheets, thereby avoiding the need to hold regulatory capital against them.»
Asset - backed securities can also help improve the provision of credit by taking loans
off of banks»
balance sheets, freeing them up to lend more.
Five Star Quality Care (FVE) had the highest ratio of
off -
balance sheet debt to total
assets in 2012.
The financial regulatory system operates de facto on a national basis monitoring major financial institutions operating within the national territory, deciding on detailed rules and interpretations governing inter alia the definition of riskiness of
assets, the computation of capital, on and
off balance sheet items and so on; it also in principle takes a view of the systemic risks which may arise within the national financial system.
This number compares the market value of a company to how much cash you could raise by selling
off the company's
assets (at
balance -
sheet prices) and paying
off the firm's debts.
And, from a theoretical standpoint, it measures the same thing, except that it is an
asset measure, and that M3 incorporated repos and eurodollars, which I think are
off the
balance sheet for accounting purposes, but should be considered for economic purposes.
«We also look for hidden
assets on the
balance sheet, or smaller divisions that could be sold
off,» says DeVaul.
This ratio compares a firm's market value to the amount of money that could be theoretically raised by selling
off its
assets (at their
balance -
sheet values) and paying
off its debts.
If rates increase, their
balance sheet improves as the make additional income
off of premiums invested in treasuries and income producing
assets.
The company enjoys an exceptionally strong financial position as measured by an absence of liabilities, whether on
balance sheet, in footnotes, or
off balance sheet; and as measured by the company's ownership, or control, of high quality
assets.
This number compares a firm's market value to how much money could be raised by selling
off its
assets (at its
balance -
sheet values) and paying
off its debts.
It allowed banks to do more business, while keeping it
off of their
balance sheets, thus maximizing their returns on
assets and equity.
After a bank writes
off a bad debt, they get to remove it from their
balance sheets — and report «a reduction in the value of an
asset or earnings by the amount of an expense or loss».
In 2015, the CFPB expanded the definition of a «small creditor» that automatically enjoys QM designation, providing the exemption for lenders with less than $ 2 billion in
assets that make no more than 2,000
off -
balance -
sheet loans, up from 500 loans.
This ratio compares a firm's market value to the amount of money that could be theoretically raised by selling its
assets (at their
balance -
sheet values) and paying
off its debts.
Otherwise I am building a IFT position, more hairy for sure, but I looked at the valuations and the
off -
balance sheet enormous
assets (info not easily found).
I guess there were some advantages, though; 1) Mass Financial gets its shares listed on a US exchange without going through the usual rigmarole, and 2) Mass Financial doesn't have to put up funds to purchase the Wabash mineral royalty
assets — instead they get both the royalty
assets and a lot of cash (not only the cash on TTT's
balance sheet at the time of the split -
off of the industrial services division in March but also the $ 50 million raised by the recent rights offering) for being taken over.
This number compares the market value of a company to how much cash you could raise by selling
off the company's
assets (at their
balance sheet prices) and paying
off the firm's debts.
This
balance sheet de-risking was basically completed with the spin -
off of most of FBD's remaining property / leisure
assets into a JV, and the elimination of all debt, in Aug - 2011.
We measure PMV by scrutinizing on - and
off -
balance sheet assets and liabilities and free cash flow.
The bank just works
off the unfavorable
assets on its
balance sheet and the market returns to its normal valuation of BAC at 1.6 to 2x book value.
Many of these
assets must be sold
off or run down as firms try to improve their
balance sheets to meet new regulatory capital requirements.
For instance, companies were able to report net pension
assets on their
balance sheets even when their pension plans were in serious deficit.This led to situations where analysts and investors weren't including
off -
balance sheet liabilities in share - price valuation.
In my posts about Enron, I discussed their «trick» — in order to avoid reporting business losses, losses which would have punctured the mirage and prevented them from raising fresh money to keep the scheme alive — they sold worthless
assets to
off balance sheet limited partnerships with complicated guarantees.
Deploying smart contracts and powered by the tokenization of
assets, the BANKEX platform enables
off -
balance sheet crowdfunding and chain finance to function on existing infrastructure, creating novel and efficient solutions for banks and other financial institutions.
«The biggest incentive is the opportunity to monetize
assets; take debt
off the
balance sheet; and improve various financial ratios,» said Jonathan Molin, president of New York - based U.S. Realty Advisors LLC.
Corporations in many industries are recognizing, and taking advantage of, the benefits of pushing real estate
off their
balance sheets and «monetizing» those
assets, MacDonald says.
Receivers can stop a property from going into full foreclosure by keeping a clean
balance sheet, negotiating a way to pay
off the loan with the current owner and finding a purchaser to take the
asset off the owner's hands.
«In an
off -
balance -
sheet joint venture,» he continues, «where the venture leverages 70 % to 75 % in debt, and 75 % of the equity comes from my joint venture partner, I will generate a cash flow, redevelopment fees,
asset management fees property management fees and other fees.
Corporations across industries are recognizing the advantages of pushing real estate
off their
balance sheets and «monetizing» those
assets, MacDonald notes.
«It gives corporation's
off balance sheet treatment, yet they retain significant flexibility with respect to how they occupy or dispose of the real estate
asset,» McDowell says.
They also provide benefits in financial reporting, as the
off -
balance sheet nature of the transaction allows a company to show an improved return on
assets and improved return on capital right away.
Today, REITs are looking for new strategies to achieve their growth objectives, including accessing private and public equity capital; using secured and unsecured debt; issuing preferred stock; pursuing
off -
balance -
sheet joint ventures, strategic mergers, and consolidations; and acquiring core and noncore
assets in the United States and overseas.