Q11 Andy Bailey recently graduated from the University of MF and is joining the Bank of MF as a financial analyst. He is assigned to conduct relative valuation to determine if the implied stock price per share of Amazon.com Inc. (ticker: AMZN). Bailey collects the following information about Amazon and its comparable companies. He notices that the earnings per share of NWSA and DXLG are negative. However, Bailey believes it is normal that some companies have negative EPS due to reasons such as asset impairment or corporate restructuring cost. Therefore, Bailey decides he should still include NWSA and DXLG when calculating the benchmark price-earnings ratio. Q: Is Bailey's decision on including NWSA and DXLG when calculating the benchmark price-earnings ratio justifiable? Why? Target Comparable AMZN VIAC GOOGL YNDX NWSA MSFT CHTR IBM DXLG Price 3256.93 37.26 1752.64 69.58 11.86 203.51 661.55 125.88 0.70 Basic EPS 42.66 3.93 59.15 1.03 -2.16 5.82 15.85 6.28 -0.89 Diluted EPS 41.83 3.92 54.92 1.00 -2.16 5.76 15.40 6.23 -1.12 PE Ratio - Basic 76.34 9.48 29.63 67.25 -5.49 34.97 41.75 20.05 -0.79 PE Ratio - Diluted 77.87 9.51 31.91 69.89 -5.49 35.31 42.97 20.19 -0.63

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Q11 Andy Bailey recently graduated from the University of MF and is joining the Bank of MF as a financial analyst.
He is assigned to conduct relative valuation to determine if the implied stock price per share of Amazon.com Inc.
(ticker: AMZN). Bailey collects the following information about Amazon and its comparable companies. He notices
that the earnings per share of NWSA and DXLG are negative. However, Bailey believes it is normal that some
companies have negative EPS due to reasons such as asset impairment or corporate restructuring cost. Therefore,
Bailey decides he should still include NWSA and DXLG when calculating the benchmark price-earnings ratio.
Q: Is Bailey's decision on including NWSA and DXLG when calculating the benchmark price-earnings ratio
justifiable? Why?
Target
Comparable
AMZN
VIAC
GOOGL
YNDX
NWSA
MSFT
CHTR
IBM
DXLG
Price
3256.93
37.26
1752.64
69.58
11.86
203.51
661.55
125.88
0.70
Basic EPS
42.66
3.93
59.15
1.03
-2.16
5.82
15.85
6.28
-0.89
Diluted EPS
41.83
3.92
54.92
1.00
-2.16
5.76
15.40
6.23
-1.12
PE Ratio - Basic
76.34
9.48
29.63
67.25
-5.49
34.97
41.75
20.05
-0.79
PE Ratio - Diluted
77.87
9.51
31.91
69.89
-5.49
35.31
42.97
20.19
-0.63
Transcribed Image Text:Q11 Andy Bailey recently graduated from the University of MF and is joining the Bank of MF as a financial analyst. He is assigned to conduct relative valuation to determine if the implied stock price per share of Amazon.com Inc. (ticker: AMZN). Bailey collects the following information about Amazon and its comparable companies. He notices that the earnings per share of NWSA and DXLG are negative. However, Bailey believes it is normal that some companies have negative EPS due to reasons such as asset impairment or corporate restructuring cost. Therefore, Bailey decides he should still include NWSA and DXLG when calculating the benchmark price-earnings ratio. Q: Is Bailey's decision on including NWSA and DXLG when calculating the benchmark price-earnings ratio justifiable? Why? Target Comparable AMZN VIAC GOOGL YNDX NWSA MSFT CHTR IBM DXLG Price 3256.93 37.26 1752.64 69.58 11.86 203.51 661.55 125.88 0.70 Basic EPS 42.66 3.93 59.15 1.03 -2.16 5.82 15.85 6.28 -0.89 Diluted EPS 41.83 3.92 54.92 1.00 -2.16 5.76 15.40 6.23 -1.12 PE Ratio - Basic 76.34 9.48 29.63 67.25 -5.49 34.97 41.75 20.05 -0.79 PE Ratio - Diluted 77.87 9.51 31.91 69.89 -5.49 35.31 42.97 20.19 -0.63
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