Applications of option pricing in corporate finance Option pricing is used in four major areas of corporate finance: • Real Options Suppose a company has a 1-year proprietary license to develop a software application for use in a new generation of wireless cellular telephones. Hiring programmers and marketing consultants to complete the project will cost $30 million. The good news is that if consumers love the new cell phones‚ there will be a tremendous demand for the software. The bad news
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Finance 725 Spring 2006 J. E. Hodder Corporation Finance Course Schedule Tuesday‚ January 17: Introduction Thursday‚ January 19: Clarkson Lumber Company Reading: Note on Financial Analysis a. How is the company ’s financial performance? (Examine appropriate financial ratios.) b. Why has Clarkson Lumber borrowed increasing amounts despite its consistent profitability? c. How has Mr. Clarkson met the financing
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Blaine’s Case 1) Do you believe Blaine’s current capital structure and payout policies are appropriate? Why or why not? 2) Should Dubinski recommend a large share repurchase to Blaine’s board? What are the primary advantages and disadvantages of such a move? 3) Consider the following share repurchase proposal: Blain will use $209 million of cash from its balance sheet and $50 million in new debt bearing interest at the rate of 6.75% to repurchase 14.0 million shares at a price of 418
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choice of the dividend payment policy on the stock market changes ‚ the company ’s capital structure and corporate value will be affected‚ as well as the realization of shareholders ’ wealth. Dividend policy is closely related to the value of the company. The different branches of relevance dividend view are only from a certain angle to explain the dividend policy and stock price. However‚ in the imperfect capital market‚ there are various factors influence the company’s dividend policy and stock
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valuation using multiples 5. EMPIRE (Greg & Scott‚ Scotia Capital) Bidder price to acquire a publicly-traded company (Oshawa) DCF of stand-alone firm + synergies‚ valuation using multiples‚ bidding strategy + financing 2. WACC – CHOOSING WEIGHTS Since we are discount future FCFs‚ we want a forwardlooking WACC Hence we want to use forward-looking capital structure: 1. Use the company target capital structure – As stated by the management (case fact) – As from comparable
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Petroleum Note that p.2 of the case incorrectly states that the firm’s debt policy is that debt should comprise 50% of its total capital structure‚ defined as “long-term debt plus book equity.” The correct text should state “long-term debt plus market equity.” Answer the following questions: a. Does Pioneer estimate its overall corporate weighted-average cost of capital correctly? I think they´re WACC is correctly estimated. They use 50% debt and 50% equity‚ which I think is very risky. I would prefer
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Research Foundation. Mobley‚ M. E and H. Kuniansky. 1992. “Chief Financial Officers’ Views of Academics Versus Practitioners in the Field of Finance.” Financial Practice and Education‚ (Spring/Summer): 67-71. Pruitt‚ S. W. and L. J. Gitman. 1987. “Capital Budgeting Forecast Biases: Evidence from the Fortune 500.” Financial Managemat‚ (Spring): 46-51. Ramirez‚ G. G.‚ D.A. Waldman and D. J. Lasser. 1991. “Research Needs in Corporate Finance: Perspectives From Financial Managers.” Financial Management
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS: THE BASICS Problems 1: The Star Wood company is currently in the following situation: (1) EBIT = $ 4.7 Million; (2) Tax Rate‚ T = 40%; (3) Value of Debt‚ D = $2 Million; (4) rd (Cost of Debt) = 10%; (5) rs (Cost of Equity) = 15%; (6) Shares of stock outstanding = 600‚000 & Stock price‚ Po = $30. The firm’s market value is stable‚ and it expects no growth‚ so all earnings are paid out as dividends. The debt consists of perpetual bonds. a. What is the total
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893 VALUATION Relative Valuation – Based on Multiples Bharti Airtel and Zain Africa recently announced signing of the definitive merger agreement‚ wherein Bharti will acquire African operations of Zain Group. The deal was valued at an enterprise value of USD 10.7 billion or on an 8.2x EBITDA Multiple. Goldman Sachs has invested USD 450 million in online social networking portal Facebook‚ which is valued as the number one social networking network at USD 50 billion. At an enterprise value
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An Implication of the Modigliani-Miller Capital Structuring Theorems on the Relation between Equity and Debt1 Ruben D. Cohen 2‚3 Abstract We illustrate here the effects of the Modigliani-Miller theorems on capital structuring‚ emphasising especially on the relationship between equity and debt. This is carried out numerically via a simplified financial statement‚ which takes us through the methodology that leads to the ROE‚ WACC and firm’s value‚ all plotted against leverage. Introduction The
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