Professor Cliff Webley made the following statements in his asset-valuation class:
Statement 1: “Over time, a company’s residual income growth tends to approach the industry average.”
Statement 2: “If actual return on equity equals required return on equity, the residual income model sets the company’s proper market value equal to its book value.”
Statement 3: “The single-stage residual income model should give you the same valuation as the Gordon Growth model.”
Which of Webley’s statements is least accurate?
Over time, a company’s residual income growth tends to approach zero. It is unlikely that an industry’s average growth rate is zero, so Statement 1 is questionable. The other two statements are accurate. |