Sorry, this is sloppy use of the word cash by me. I am referring to the net tangible assets,
Total assets of about 4.5b, less intangible of about 500m, less total debt of 2b.
Regarding the calculation of EV:
The total interest bearing liabilities are about 870m, so then it is just a question regarding what assets you want to net against this for the EV. Only using the cash implies that the rest of the current assets are not actually current, or that they are not worth their stated value. I disagree with this assumption, and would still land in using all the current assets, of about 2.9 b, which still gets us the same EV.
Using the current assets implies that AQ doesn't need them to run its business. This is definitely not the case, since they consist of inventories and receivables. You can't assume a liquidation of inventories/receivables AND that business continues as normal.
Where do you get net cash of 2b? Isn't interest bearing liab - cash = 265m of net debt, which would make EV much higher?
Sorry, this is sloppy use of the word cash by me. I am referring to the net tangible assets,
Total assets of about 4.5b, less intangible of about 500m, less total debt of 2b.
Regarding the calculation of EV:
The total interest bearing liabilities are about 870m, so then it is just a question regarding what assets you want to net against this for the EV. Only using the cash implies that the rest of the current assets are not actually current, or that they are not worth their stated value. I disagree with this assumption, and would still land in using all the current assets, of about 2.9 b, which still gets us the same EV.
Hope this explains how I'm thinking about it :)
Using the current assets implies that AQ doesn't need them to run its business. This is definitely not the case, since they consist of inventories and receivables. You can't assume a liquidation of inventories/receivables AND that business continues as normal.
Thanks, I see now how I ended up making this mistake. The post has now been corrected :).