ANALYSIS OF USEC Inc.‚ Prepared For: Dr. Doina Chichernea BUAD 6200 SPRING 2011 The University of Toledo APRIL 21‚ 2011 Executive Summary USEC is the world’s leading supplier of enriched Uranium to nuclear power plants. Due to the expiration of long term energy cost savings contracts‚ USEC is examining the possibility of taking on a new project called the American Centrifuge Project. This project will utilize a different process for Uranium enrichment‚ which is the core business process
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Joseph Taj Ahn Nyguyen J Yu Fin 423 Haddad Nov 18‚ 2014 Philip Morris Inc.: Seven Up Acquisition (A) This case discusses Philip Morris Inc. intentions to acquire the Seven-up Company in an effort to diversify their consumer goods. The decision has already been made‚ however they must decide on an offer price to buy out the company. This report will discuss PM’s acquisition strategy and its appropriateness‚ along with whether or not 7up fits the criteria of PM’s strategy. The report will further
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After studying this module‚ you should be able to: 1. Define the overall cost of capital 2. Calculate the cost of individual components of a firms’ overall cost of capital‚ cost of debt‚ cost of preferred stock and cost of equity 3. Calculate the firm WACC 4. Be able to define the term capital structure. 5. Explain the traditional approach to capital structure and the valuation of a firm. 6. Discuss the relationship between leverage and the cost of capital as originally set forth by Modigliani and Miller
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Chapter 14 The Cost of Capital 14-1. Templeton’s investment of $400M will be financed with $300M in debt and $100M in equity. Thus after the purchase‚ Templeton’s balance sheet (market value and book value‚ at t = 0) will look like this: ASSETS $400‚000‚000 DEBT $300‚000‚000 $400‚000‚000 EQUITY $100‚000‚000 $400‚000‚000 ) = 75% in debt financing‚ and ( $100‚000‚000 ) = 25% in equity Thus Templeton is using ( $300‚000‚000 $400‚000‚000 $400‚000‚000 financing. Its debt and equity weights are therefore
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one of our products every time they visit the grocery store. In this business model for our company‚ we include the important inputs and assumptions for the Balance Sheet (historical and future data)‚ Income statements and other estimated model – WACC‚ Terminal Value‚ Enterprise Value‚ Stock Price‚ etc. After estimating enterprise values in the future‚ we can find that our company is undervalued. Stock holders are supposed to add holdings of shares and gain more equity. Analysis of the Model
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CASE 51: BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORPORATION 1. Why is Brown Forman considering buying Southern Comfort? As a leading producer‚ marketer and importer of wines and distilled spirits‚ Brown-Forman (BF) was the fifth-largest distiller in the United States. In the late 1970’s‚ the whiskey market declined and this presented BF with growth challenges in a mature market. BF’s response to market pressures and competition was to aggressively attempt into other faster growing divisions of the alcohol beverage
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A company’s capital structure is a very important component of a company’s financial health and longevity. The capital structure should maximize total net profit and overall shareholder wealth. An optimal proportion of equity and debt as a company’s capital structure is an indication of a well-managed and successful company and should be a goal for most corporations. Beverly Flax and Rick Rosenfield founded California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in 1985 in Beverly Hills‚ California. It is a casual dining
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What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? WACC is the weighted average cost of capital. It can be calculated as: WACC = (Weight of funding source 1) x (Cost of funding source 1) + … + (Weight of funding source n) x (Cost of funding source n) Usually this will be simply: WACC = (Percentage of debt) x (Cost of debt) + (Percentage of equity) x (Cost of equity) It is important to estimate
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Abstract Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is well known in the apparel clothing field. The corporation engages in the design‚ marketing and distribution of lifestyle product. This analysis paper will illustrate the current financial situation and forecast the future free cash flow based on the previous financial statement and financial data collected. These information and forecast are served for the potential investor to have a general understanding of RL Corporation and make the right choice
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equity of 8%‚ a cost of debt of 5%. It stock is traded at $10/share‚ and has 10 million shares outstanding. Its debt value is $20 million. Tax rate is 40%. What is its after-tax WACC? Equity Value = 10*10=$100 million‚ Debt Value=$20 million So‚ equity weight = 100/120=83.3%‚ debt weight=20/120=16.7% After-tax WACC= equity weight * cost of equity + debt weight * effective cost of debt =83.3%*8%+16.7%*5%*(1-40%) = 7.2% 4. Suppose you are the founder of a private company
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