Session 9: Growth Rates

(The first 35 minutes of class were taken up by the first quiz and that time was not recorded. The rest of the class was recorded.) In the session, which occurred after the quiz i, we started on our assessment of growth rates, starting with historical growth rates, before looking at analysts estimates of growth and why they do not carry more predictive power (given that analysts often are immersed in company-specific knowledge and have access to management). We then looked at tying growth to two fundamental questions: (1) how much companies reinvest and (2) how well. The way we measure these can vary depending on whether you look at earnings per share, net income or operating income Slides: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/podcasts/valspr23/session9slides.pdf Post class test: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/eqnotes/postclass/session9test.pdf Post class test solution: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/eqnotes/postclass/session9soln.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices