Mercury Athletic Footwear Case Assignment Questions: 1. Is Mercury a good target for AGI? Discuss strategic fit of brands‚ products‚ customers‚ and distribution. Identify specific sources of value. Discuss AGI’s strengths/weaknesses compared with other bidders. I think Mercury is a good target for AGI: The brands--the AGI brands and logos are associated with a lifestyle that was prosperous‚ active and fashion-conscious. The Mercury brands are athletic and casual footwear. The products--AGI focused
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care industry. Question 2: Using assumptions made by Executive VP of Manufacturing‚ Robert Gates (Exhibit 5 and table on page 3)‚ estimate the project’s FCFs. Are Gates’ projections realistic? If not‚ what changes would you consider making? FREE CASH FLOW CALCULATION | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sales | | | | | 84‚960 | 93‚881 | 103‚124 | 112‚700 | 122‚618 | 132‚887 | 135‚545
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Part A 1. The dividend policy Ordinary dividends are defined as cash from the company ’s profit distribution to shareholders (Garvey‚ G. T. and Swan‚ P. L. 1994). In other words‚ the dividend is the share of company profits for investors‚ to give for the investors a share of capital. Companies are able to distribute free cash flow by paying a dividend and trusts are able to distribute free cash flow by paying a distribution. Dividend policy refers to the decision by companies to pay out
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through aseries of holding companies including Garsdale‚ which also owns stakes in Scartel (Yota) and Euroset. TeliaSonera owns a blocking stake of just over 25%. Megafon was listed on the London and Moscow stock exchanges in December 2012‚ with a free float of just under 15%. Agency theorists treat the firm as a nexus of contracts between owners‚ employees‚ creditors‚ and others. Agency theory advocates (a) efficiency as a means to improve firm performance‚ and (b) the use of governance mechanisms
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The purpose of DCF-Valuation is to determine the value of a company in terms of its future cash flows. The cash flows are adjusted with certain items (e.g. those not related to company´s core businesses or those with no cash effect) in order to make sure the flows reflect the actually generated cash as good as possible. This document describes DCF valuation in detail and in our valuation model. If you would like to get an overview of valuation in general or practical examples (numerical and graphical)
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year is considered to have a 0.14% upside potential and synergies are estimated around 13% of Nokia’s average market capitalization. As a result‚ an offer at 19.4% premium over Nokia’s average market capitalization will be suggested with 100% in cash. 2 Acnowledgments The author would like to thank: Professor Peter Tsvetkov‚ the Dissertation Advisor‚ who has provided several thoughtful comments and an immeasurable help throughout the thesis. ; his friends‚ who provided assistance and
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project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? Free cash flow is one of the most important factors when looking at any new business or starting a new product. When calculating free cash flow‚ the business owner or management will able to have an idea about the cash that the company is generating enough cash to start new product or expand its business. Caledonia should focus on project free cash flows as opposed
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Case 1 Atlantic Corporation Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Corporate Governance and Restructuring 1. Is the acquisition of Royal’s linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Consider the short- as well as long-term outlook for linerboard prices and the profitability of the linerboard industry. Furthermore‚ what basis‚ if any‚ is there for expecting AtlanticRoyal’s combined linerboard and box mill operations to do better/worse than the industry overall?
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of Cash flow * Cash flow is more “direct” as “profit” is highly dependent on accounting conventions and concepts/principles * Cash flow reporting satisfies the needs of all users better since cash flow is more direct with its messages. Some of the interested user parties are: * Creditors -repayment of debts‚ overdue accounts * Management -cash flow reporting provides the type of information which decision should be taken re: relevant costs ( decision based on future cash flow)
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Average Cost of Capital Approach ......................................................................... 2 The Adjusted Present Value Approach........................................................................................... 4 The Capital Cash Flow Approach................................................................................................... 4 Numerical Example .....................................................................................................................
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