Dixon Ticonderoga Dixon Ticonderoga is one of the oldest public companies in the United States. The company’s flagship product is the ubiquitous No. 2 yellow pencil‚ introduced in 1913‚ which is known to almost anyone who went to school or took standardized tests in the United States. With annual revenue of a little more than $100 million‚ Dixon Ticonderoga is the second largest pencil manufacturer in the country. For most of its history‚ Dixon Ticonderoga has been a prosperous company‚ but
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Dixon Ticonderoga 1. Why do you think that the Chinese apparently have a cost advantage in the production of pencils? a. Chinese apparently have a cost advantage due to the amount that they can sell pencils at. It may be due to the domestic competition‚ a rebate the Chinese offers for exports of pencils‚ and the lowering of duties that where imposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Also‚ the Chinese continued to find ways of lowering cost‚ increasing technology‚ and their know-how in making
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Dixon Ticonderoga Victim Of Globalization Case Discussion – No.1 Dixon Ticonderoga – Victim of Globalization 1. The reasons for cost advantage in Chinese pencil production: a. Cheap labor availability China is a country with high population and the labour is cheap compared to the US labour which results lowering of the cost. b. Availability of raw materials The raw material could be cheaper in China compared to the sources which US is being supplied for the pencil production
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Case Discussion – No.1 Dixon Ticonderoga – Victim of Globalization 1. The reasons for cost advantage in Chinese pencil production: a. Cheap labor availability China is a country with high population and the labour is cheap compared to the US labour which results lowering of the cost. b. Availability of raw materials The raw material could be cheaper in China compared to the sources which US is being supplied for the pencil production. c. Quality parameters Compared with US the quality
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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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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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2. What is the maximum price they could expect to pay Monmouth‚ based on an analysis of valuation using discounted cash flow‚ calculation of WACC and terminal value determination? 2. Based on the DCF valuation and using a WACC of 8.25% (the beta assumed to be 1‚ the average beta of comparable firms and the coupon rate to be 7.96%‚ the rate for BB rated companies) and a growth rate of 5.5%. The fair price is $40.4 per share for Robertson‚ lower than the $50 offered by Simmons to sell their
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Caso DIXON Finanzas Corportativas Integrantes • Hugo Rangel • Alvaro Rojas • Javier Rota • Javier Seminario 1. Estimate the cost of equity appropriate for the evaluation of the incremental cash flows associated with the Collinsville investment. Estimate the weighted average cost of capital appropriate for discounting the Collinsville plant’s incremental cash flows a) Usando los β de Burnswick y Southern‚ hallamos el βE desapalancado de Collinsville. Southern Chem. βA= βD(D/V)+βE(E/V)
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CAPITAL BUDGETING Cost of Capital Evaluating Cash Flows Payback‚ discounted payback NPV IRR‚ MIRR The Cost of Capital • Cost of Capital Components – Debt – Common Equity • WACC Should we focus on historical (embedded) costs or new (marginal) costs? The cost of capital is used primarily to make decisions which involve raising and investing new capital. So‚ we should focus on marginal costs. What types of long-term capital do organizations use? nLong-term debt nEquity Weighted
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Case Two Analysis Dixon Corporation: The Collinsville Plant Paul Candland & Lynn Chang October 1‚2013 WACC Calculation In order to calculate WACC‚ we need to first start with the beta of equity. We are given the beta of equity of 1.06 of Dixon as a firm in Exhibit 7. However‚ the beta given is not an appropriate measure of the systematic risk of the Collinsville Plant‚ because Dixon produces many other chemical products other than Sodium Chlorate. Therefore‚ in order to accurately capture
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