Pinkerton case - General Create NPV “Be Big” • Check out case instructions on bspace & begin working with your group Historical case – CPP’s bid to acquire Pinkerton security guard firm in the late 1980s Provide executive summary & detailed analysis of value of acquisition Email your group’s bid to GSI before 6 p.m. evening before discussion Be prepared to discuss the case in class (your answers‚ your analysis‚ etc.) 1 Valuation - Use NPV approach How to make investment decisions:
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| | | Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Company Overview 3 Initial Proposal of XL-4 3 XL-4 Opposiation 4 Strategic Planning and Decentralization of Profit Centers 4 Goal Congruence and Management Control System 5 Conclusion 8 Definitions………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………8 Case Questions………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10
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different types of methods to determine its capital budgeting proposed projects. They include Earnings per Share (EPS)‚ Pay Back Period (PBP)‚ NPV‚ and the Internal Rate of Return (IRR). Of the four methods‚ the two favorable to use for evaluation would be NPV and IRR while the EPS and PBP would be less favorable to use because of its evaluation process. Using NPV is a good method to use to evaluate the project because it takes in account for all the costs relevant to the project and includes all the
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for Corporate Project Selection In a 2001 Graham and Harvey survey of 392 chief financial officers (CFOs) asked “how frequently they used different capital budgeting methods?” Approximately 75% of the CFOs replied that they use net present value (NPV) or Internal Rate of Return (IRR) always or almost always (Smart‚ Megginson & Gitman‚ 2004‚ pg. 251). Projects are viewed as capital investments in the corporate world‚ and as such‚ are evaluated closely for their possible financial impacts on
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business opportunities in order to decide which are worth undertaking. (Kidwell and Parrino‚ 2009) There are many techniques used in the process of capital budgeting. The most common methods are payback‚ discounted payback period‚ net present value (NPV)‚ internal rate of return (IRR)‚ accounting rate of return (ARR) and modified internal rate of return (MIRR). Payback Period The payback period is defined as the number of years that it will take a project to recover the initial investment of a
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New Heritage Doll Case Lauren Knausenberger 1. Which of the two projects create more value? In order to determine which of the two projects create more value‚ we must calculate NPV based on the assumptions relevant to the decision. The table below shows the NPV for the two product lines given discount rates of 7.7% (low risk)‚ 8.4% (medium risk)‚ and 9.0% (high risk). The Match My Doll Clothing line is currently rated as a medium risk project with 8.4% cost of capital. Given Emily’s
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Capital Budgeting Methods and Cash Flow Estimation Tasty Foods Corporation (Part A) November 5‚ 2012 Executive Summary: Tasty Foods has seen phenomenal growth throughout its lifetime in large part due to a continuous development of innovative new products. Although prosperous for Tasty Foods from its birth‚ this is a business initiative that in the past years‚ Tasty Foods has not maintained. Consumers are shifting towards a more health conscious lifestyle and until now Tasty Foods has not presented
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NUCOR CASE In this analysis we use the Net present value to consider if Nucor should invest in the new technology called: thin slab minimill. NPV is really useful in order to make this kind of decision because it uses the concept of future cash value to evaluate whether the investment is worth‚ however the NPV is sometimes difficult to calculate because it is not always easy to estimate future cash flow. Considering the assumption I made in the first part of the spread sheet‚ the thin slab project
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Corporate Finance: The Core (Berk/DeMarzo) Chapter 7 - Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 1) Which of the following statements is false? A) Because value is lost when a resource is used by another project‚ we should include the opportunity cost as an incremental cost of the project. B) Sunk costs are incremental with respect to the current decision regarding the project and should be included in its analysis. C) Overhead expenses are associated with activities that are not directly attributable to a single business
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Case #34: Lease versus Buy Analysis Why Buy It When You Can Lease It? David Bajak Katrina Bishop Gary Hsieh Question 1: What are the different kinds of leases available and which one would be best suited for Paulo’s restaurant? Explain why? There are two major types of leases: operating lease and financial lease. An operating lease places the responsibility of maintenance and repairs on the lessor‚ has a life span of no more than 5 years‚ and is usually cancellable.
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