Assignment Task: Marking and Assessment
Assessment Task:
You are required to choose a publicly traded company and estimate the intrinsic value of its ordinary shares using DDM. You should
- Provide rationales for your choice of company and your choice of DDM
» Brief description of the chosen company's profile
» The suitability of DDM for the chosen company
» Justify your decision on the number of stages of dividend growth
- Present details of determining dividend growth rate(s)
» Method of estimating dividend growth rate(s)
» Workings of deriving dividend growth rate(s)
- Estimate the required rate of return using CAPM model based on OLS method
» Prepare data (minimum requirement: monthly data over last five years)
» Specify and estimate the model (i.e., perform the regression estimation)
» Discuss the estimation results
- Calculate the intrinsic value
- Make discussions and conclusion
» Summarize estimation results
» Critique DDM and CAPM
- Carry out data preparation and model estimation in Excel and write up a report in Word
- Submit both Word and Excel document by 23.59.59 on 5thApril 2020
Word limit: 3,000
Please indicate the exact word count at the end of your assignment
Format and Presentation
- Font, Font Size and Spacing
The recommended font is Times New Roman and the recommended font-size is 12. Choose 1.5 line spacing.
- Tables, Figures and Equations
Tables and figures shall be numbered consecutively throughout the assignment. For example, Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2 etc.
- Equations should be numbered and numbers should be in round brackets at the right hand side of the page and be ordered consecutively throughout the assignment.
- List of References
Harvard referencing system is required.
Attachment:- Quantitative Methods for Finance-Risk Management.rar