NOVA School of Business and Economics Corporate Finance‚ 2nd Semester 2012/2013 Case Study TOSCO is a company listed in the Portuguese Stock Exchange operating a supermarket chain established in Portugal for many years. The market for traditional food retailers is saturated‚ and there is no room for growth under the same business model. TOSCO’s shareholders have been pressuring the management to pursue new opportunities in order to increase the value of their shares. The management
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Evaluation of Petrolera Zuata‚ Petrozuata C.A. Project Finance Case Study 1 Table of Content Petrozuata introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4 1. How should PDVSA finance the development of the Orinoco Basin? What are the costs and benefits of using project finance instead of traditional internal debt finance? ...................... 4 1.1. Project finance scenario (BBB) ...............
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Solutions to Problems Note to instructor: In most problems involving the IRR calculation‚ a financial calculator has been used. P9-1. LG 1: Payback period Basic a. $42‚000 ÷ $7‚000 = 6 years b. The company should accept the project‚ since 6 < 8. P9-2. LG 1: Payback comparisons Intermediate a. Machine 1: $14‚000 ÷ $3‚000 = 4 years‚ 8 months Machine 2: $21‚000 ÷ $4‚000 = 5 years‚ 3 months b. Only Machine 1 has a payback faster than 5 years and is acceptable. c. The firm will accept the first
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Assignment Chapter 11 Assignment Chapter 11 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm’s cost of capital are equal‚ the NPV of a project whose cash flows accrue relatively rapidly will be more sensitive to changes in the discount rate than the NPV of a project whose cash flows come in later in its life. ____ 2. The internal rate of return is that discount rate that equates the present value of the cash outflows (or costs) with
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budgeting project. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 3. Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm’s cost of capital are equal‚ the NPV of a project whose cash flows accrue relatively rapidly will be more sensitive to changes in the discount rate than the NPV of a project whose cash flows come in later in its life. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 4. A basic rule in capital budgeting is that if a project’s NPV exceeds its IRR‚ then the project should be accepted. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 5
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all these projects are positive‚ a positive NPV contributes favorable to the share price or share value. The Internal Rate of Return of these entire projects are below the prototype store IRR which is a benchmark project. The IRR is an alternative to NPV however if the NPV is positive and the IRR is not what is desired‚ the NPV may supersede in making an investment decision. The IRR is what is expected based on internal factors. Projects with a low IRR may be funded through debt
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Assuming conventional cash flows‚ a payback period less than the project’s life means that the NPV is positive for a zero discount rate‚ but nothing more definitive can be said. For discount rates greater than zero‚ the payback period will still be less than the project’s life‚ but the NPV may be positive‚ zero‚ or negative‚ depending on whether the discount rate is less than‚ equal to‚ or greater than the IRR. The discounted payback includes the effect of the relevant discount rate. If a project’s discounted
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INTRODUCTION TO CAPITAL BUDGETING Overview 159 7.1 The NPV Rule for Judging Investments and Projects 159 7.2 The IRR Rule for Judging Investments 161 7.3 NPV or IRR‚ Which to Use? 162 7.4 The “Yes–No” Criterion: When Do IRR and NPV Give the Same Answer? 163 7.5 Do NPV and IRR Produce the Same Project Rankings? 164 7.6 Capital Budgeting Principle: Ignore Sunk Costs and Consider Only Marginal Cash Flows 168 7.7 Capital Budgeting Principle: Don’t Forget the Effects of Taxes—Sally and Dave’s
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Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 7-1. Pisa Pizza‚ a seller of frozen pizza‚ is considering introducing a healthier version of its pizza that will be low in cholesterol and contain no trans fats. The firm expects that sales of the new pizza will be $20 million per year. While many of these sales will be to new customers‚ Pisa Pizza estimates that 40% will come from customers who switch to the new‚ healthier pizza instead of buying the original version. a. b. Assume customers will spend
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Financing the Mozal Project Table of Content 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Project Valuation ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.1 2.2 3 Should Alusaf/Gencor invest in the Mozal Project? ............................................................... 4 What are the greatest risks
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