The Timken Company Top management of Timken hires you as consultants to perform an independent analysis and recommend the best‚ in your opinion‚ course of action in the proposed acquisition of the Torrington Company. Your task is to write a report that will address their questions and concerns‚ in particular: 1. 2. 3. 4. How does Torrington fit with the Timken Company? What are the expected synergies? What is your stand alone valuation of Torrington? What is your with-synergies valuation of Torrington
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grade” debt rating. The combined entities‚ Torrington-Timken‚ would produce an interest coverage ratio of 3.2‚ and a debt ratio of 45%‚ again within the range for a BBB “debt rating. The purchase would likely be a cash transaction. History Founded by carriage-maker Henry Timken in 1899 in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ the Timken Company was originally incorporated as The Timken Roller Bearing Axle Company. In the previous year‚ Timken had received a patent for a tapered roller bearing‚ this
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CASE 46 THE TIMKEN COMPANY Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The acquisition of Torrington from Ingersoll-Rand (IR) required a strategy that would meet both the investment and the financing objectives of the Timken Company. In that regard‚ the case provides an excellent example of the principle that investment and financing decisions can be considered independently. In effect‚ Timken captured the positive NPV of Torrington even though Timken was required to increase its leverage beyond
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MASSON FINC 624 BUSINESS VALUATION SUMMER II – 2015 Timken Co. Case Writeup Fatmah Alyami Wenting Yu Meshal Alyami Shengxu Li Tongkai Zhang Yuqing Zhang Timken Case WriteUp ● How does Torrington fit with The Timken Company? o What are the expected synergies? We believe that Torrington fits in with Timken Co. and this acquisition will generate positive operating synergies for Timken Co. The reason being is that they both operate in the same i
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| | ECONM2021Cases in Financial Management | THE TIMKEN COMPANY | (Word Count: 4000) | Candidate Nos.380843767942568 | | Executive Summary The Timken Company – a leader in the bearing industry‚ is considering acquiring the Torrington Company from Ingersoll-Rand. Torrington – an engineering solutions segment of the Ingersoll-Rand. The main motive of acquisition is to enhance Timken’s market share and product base. Operating synergies are highly expected from this merger with 80 million
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NYSE: TKR THE TIMKEN COMPANY Investment Thesis The Timken Company is the largest tapered roller bearings manufacturer in the world and one of the largest manufacturers of alloy and specialized steel in the world. The company reports revenues in three business segments: Steel (31% of 2005 revenue)‚ Automotive (32%)‚ and Industrial (37%). I feel that Timken is capable of delivering solid EPS and top-line revenue growth over the next two years‚ driven largely by demand for industrial bearings and
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Individual Case Brief-The Timken Company Main Issue The Timken Company was intended to acquire the Torrington Company from Intersoll-Rand (IR). If the acquisition succeeded‚ Timken would get synergies such as boosting world market share and cutting costs substantially. However‚ considering the large size of this acquisition‚ Timken would face the stress of below-investment-grade rating and series of future financing problems if IR required a cash deal. A feasible financing structure must be considered
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9 Calculating WACC Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 60 percent common stock‚ 5 percent preferred stock‚ and a 35 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 12.5 percent‚ the cost of preferred stock is 5.5 percent‚ and the cost of debt is 7.2 percent. The relevant tax rate is 35 percent. a. What is Mullineaux’s WACC? b. The company president has approached you about Mullineax’s capital structure. He wants to know why the company doesn’t use more preferred stock financing
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Torrington fit with The Timken Company? What are the expected synergies? Timken‚ is the inventor of the tapered roller bearing‚ and Torrington‚ the pioneer and leading global producer of needle roller bearings‚ have only a 5% overlap in their product offerings; together would make Timken a formidable company. The acquisition of Torrington will substantially broaden Timken’s product portfolio and enable deeper penetration of the global market. After the acquisition Timken will be listed in the list
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at 4.5% * JP Morgan has issued an estimate for Expected Market Return at 8.5% * Euribor is 2% * Before tax cost of debt = 5% * Tax rate = 30% Please calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for this firm. 2. You are now asked to calculate the WACC for a toothpaste manufacturer with the following data: * Average share price for last 6 months = €34/ share * Current year’s dividend = €3/ share * Applicable growth rate = 3% * Tax rate =
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