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Estudios Gerenciales
Print version ISSN 0123-5923
Abstract
VELEZ-PAREJA, IGNACIO and MAGNI, CARLO ALBERTO. POTENTIAL DIVIDENDS AND ACTUAL CASH FLOWS IN EQUITY VALUATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.113, pp.123-150. ISSN 0123-5923.
Practitioners and most academics in valuation include changes in liquid assets (potential dividends) in the cash flows. This widespread and wrong practice is inconsistent with basic finance theory. We present economic, theoretical, and empirical arguments to support the thesis. Economic arguments underline that only flows of cash should be considered for valuation; theoretical arguments show how potential dividends lead to contradiction and to arbitrage losses. Empirical arguments, from recent studies, suggest that investors discount potential dividends with high discount rates, which means that changes in liquid assets are not value drivers. Hence, when valuing cash flows, we should consider only actual payments.
Keywords : Cash flow to equity; potential dividends; equity value.