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Value Creation: Am I Really Creating Value?. Objectives. Value Creation and Economic Value Added (EVA) Calculate EVA Interpret EVA. Economic Value Added (EVA). Economic profit A measure of value added Better than ROE as an indicator of creation of value
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Objectives • Value Creation and Economic Value Added (EVA) • Calculate EVA • Interpret EVA
Economic Value Added (EVA) • Economic profit • A measure of value added • Better than ROE as an indicator of creation of value • Calculation reflects the idea that firm must earn enough to cover the cost of debt and the opportunity cost of equity before it even begins to create value
Calculation of EVA Earnings Before Interest LessInterest Equals Net Farm Income LessLabor and Management Charge Equals Net Income LessCost of Equity Capital Equals Economic Value Added
EVA Calculation: MBC Farms Calculated on cost valuation basis
Cost of Equity Capital • Required Rate of Return x Net Worth • Return your equity must generate to remain invested
Interpreting EVA • A positive EVA means the firm generated a return to invested capital that exceeds the opportunity cost of capital • The “value” of the firm should increase • A negative EVA means the firm did not generate sufficient return to cover it’s cost of capital • The “value” of the firm should decline • The absolute value of EVA is less important than the trend in EVA
Diagnostics:Ways to Raise EVA • Earn more profit without using more capital • Employ less capital • Invest capital in projects with greater return potential • Change capital structure to reduce capital cost
Sample EVA Calculation Calculated on cost valuation basis