Valuation Models

Question 1

Valuation of a Company’s Shares

Collect the price earnings ratios for three companies in the same country for the years 2011 to 2016. You can use the data set provided for the London Stock Exchange or pick your own companies. The data set has the constituents of the FTSE 100, and the P/E ratios are for the end of each year from 2008 to 2016. The data also gives the P/E ratios for the FTSE 100 index.

Discuss the factors that might explain the differences in the price earnings ratios of the three companies you have chosen and the changes that have occurred in their price earnings ratios over the period. (Choose companies with a range of P/E ratios, to give you one with a relatively low value, one with a relatively high value, and another with a middling value. Although not necessary, firms from the same industry helps for comparison reasons)

You should use the insights provided by valuation models on the determinants of the priceearnings ratios in your discussion, but you should also discuss the role of any other factors that might influence the reported values of price-earnings ratios of the companies you have chosen. (20 MARKS)

Question 2

Discuss the following 3 issues relevant to the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in contemporary Irish society:

o Physical health

o Social support

o Community integration?