In Part 1, Travis W. Harms, Mercer Capital Financial Reporting Valuation Group lead, walked through the mechanics of the option pricing model (OPM) with a view to making the model more intuitive to non-specialist report users. In this post, he addresses the model from a more qualitative perspective, evaluating the model’s use and potential misuse in practical application. To read the full article in Mercer Capital’s Financial Reporting Blog, click: A Layperson’s Guide to the OPM: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the OPM, But Were Afraid to Ask (Part 2). This article is republished from Mercer Capital’s Financial…
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The option pricing model, or OPM, is one of the shiniest new tools in the valuation specialist’s toolkit. Travis W. Harms, Mercer Capital Financial Reporting Valuation Group lead, discusses the purpose of this post is to clarify the fundamental insight underlying the model and illustrate its application so that non-specialist users of valuation reports can gain greater comfort with the model. Part 2 will address some qualitative concerns regarding use of the method in practice. To read the full article in Mercer Capital’s Financial Reporting Blog, click: A Layperson’s Guide to the OPM: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About…