Strategic Thinking - Quiz 1 1. The market for private-label athletic footwear is projected to grow 2. a.4-6% annually in all 4 regions during the Year 11-Year 20 period. 3. b.10% annually in all four geographic regions during the Year 11-Year 15 period and 8.5% annually in all four regions during the Year 16-Year 20 period. 4. c.8% annually in all four geographic markets during Years 11-15‚ and then slow gradually to 3% annually in all markets by Year 20. 5. d.10% annually
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Applied Corporate Finance Case: American Chemical Corporation The primary issue we are exploring here is the planned sale of the Collinsville Plant by American Chemical Corporation to Dixon at a negotiated price of $ 12 Million (as of end of year ‘79) Q1: Estimate the appropriate cost of capital for the investment To calculate the appropriate cost of capital we assessed Dixon’s purchase investment structure. The steps were as follows: 1. We first calculated the cost of debt of the investment using
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What is shareholder wealth? 1. Wealth maximization process? 2. Maximization of wealth of shareholder? 3. The profit maximization of shareholders? 4. What is profit maximization in business? 5. Difference between profit and shareholder? 6. Goal of maximization of shareholder wealth? 7. Wealth maximization or profit maximization? Profit‚ Profits From an accounting perspective‚ profit is the difference between the price and cost of a product or a service
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include value of ITS in several ways: 1. WACC METHOD; discount unlevered free cash flows using the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Because we calculate the WACC using the effective after-tax interest rate as the cost of debt‚ therefore this method incorporates the tax benefit of debt implicitly through the cost of capital. 2. ADJUSTED PRESENT VALUE METHOD (APV); first value a projects free cash flows without leverage by discounting them using the unlevered cost of capital. Then
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Summary of Reacquired Franchise Rights It has come to our attention that much of Roman Holiday’s recent revenue growth came from acquisition of franchise right and existing restaurants rather than real growth in the franchise. Management is aware of these issues and may be feeling some pressure to meet growth targets and earnings forecasts. In the following working papers‚ we address this potential issue by reviewing the various accounting treatments for the reacquired franchise rights. We also
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FIN350 midterm 1 Version B EVA = After-tax __ After-tax Operating Income Capital costs = NOPAT – After-tax Cost of Capital MVA = Market value __ Equity capital of equity supplied (book value) NOWC = Current assets - Non-interest bearing current liability FCFs for all investors = OCF-Gross Investment in Operating Capital = (OCF-Dep)-(Gross Investment in Operating
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at the nursery and are expecting demand to continue to grow. In 2005‚ the business’s profit margin was expected to grow to 5.8% up from 3.1% in 2003. This projected growth seems accurate considering Maggie’s conservative approach with the companies cash balance. Handling the finances‚ Maggie dislikes debt financing because of her fear of holding too much inventory and thus not being able to make interest payments. Since the business relies on good weather conditions with some mature plants taking
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Case 1 – New Heritage Doll Company 1. Set forth and compare the business cases for each of the two projections under consideration by Emily Harris. Which do you regard as more compelling? Productions was New Heritage´s largest division as measured by total assets‚ and easily its most asset-Intensive. Approximately 75 % of the division´s sales were made to the company´s retailing division‚ with the remaining 25% comprising private label goods manufactured for other firms. The division revenue figures
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(RMp)Bi‚ Market Risk Premium (RMp) = Market return – Risk free Chapter 4 -Bond: long term promissory note -Zero Coupon Bond: issued at discount‚ no payment -Call provision: issuing corp can redeem bonds prior to maturity at call premium; typically happens if interest rates fall below coupon rate -Value of bond: present value of annuity + present value of lump sum -Nominal interest rate (Rd) = r* + IP + DRP + LP + MRP r* = real risk free‚ IP = inflation premiums‚ DRP = default risk‚ LP = liquidity
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number of A3XX sold per year since it was at full production‚ we divided the project into two different parts‚ the ramp-up period from 2001 to 2008 and the stable operating period thereafter. To get the free cash flow of year 2001 to 2008‚ we assumed that 1) planes sold are sold at cost‚ therefore no cash inflow emerged from selling planes in this period; 2)Expenses in 2000 are regarded as sunk cost and are neglected from calculation; 3)Research and development expenditure are also considered as expense;
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