I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Star River Electronics is a CD-Rom manufacturing company based out of Singapore. Star River was founded as a joint venture between Starlight Electronics Ltd.‚ and an Asian venture-capital firm called New Era Partners. Star River became favorably recognized as a supplier of high-quality CD-ROMs as the industry grew quickly during the mid to late 1990s. New Chief Executive Officer Adeline Koh is tasked with navigating the CD-ROM manufacturing company through tough times
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Gordon 12228784 Star River Electronics Ltd. On July 5‚ 2001‚ Adeline Koh‚ the newly introduced CEO of Star River Electronics Ltd.‚ was assigned to make important financial decisions that would affect the firms’ financial future. Earlier in the week‚ Star River’s President and former CEO abruptly resigned‚ admit financial allegations. On the first day of her new job‚ Koh‚ met with her assistant to begin discussing the most pressing issues for the firm. Star Rivers Electronics was originally a joint
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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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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Star River Electronics Ltd. is a large manufacturer and supplier of CD-ROMS. It was founded as a joint venture between New Era Partners and Starlight Electronics Ltd. It has enjoyed a great deal of success in the past decade‚ due in large part to their excellent reputation. Star River does need to address several issues with the recent resignation of their former CEO. Digital Video Disks are expected to cut into the CD-ROM market in the very near future‚ and with only 5%
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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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as the discount rate in net present value (NPV) project appraisal techniques.1 The weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) represents the overall cost of capital for a company‚ including the costs of equity and cost of debt‚ weighted according to the proportion of each source of finance within the business. In easy words WACC measures a company’s cost to borrow money. The WACC equation is the cost of each capital component multiplied by its proportional weight and then summing: Where: Re
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Problem Statement Star River Electronics‚ a Singapore based company‚ is a large manufacturer and supplier of CD-ROMS. It was founded as a joint venture between New Era Partners and Star Light Electronics Ltd. In the past decade‚ Star River has been very successful due its excellent reputation for producing high quality discs. In 1999‚ CD ROM disc drives comprised ninety three percent off all optical disc shipments. This created a high demand and allowed for manufacturing companies of all sizes to
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Atlantic University Star River Electronics Ltd. – Case Analysis Case Summary Star River Electronics is a joint venture company that has gained respect within the industry for producing high quality CD-ROMs to major software companies. In the mid 1990s‚ multimedia products created a high demand for CD-ROMs‚ allowing manufacturing companies of all sizes to enter the market. As a result‚ an oversupply ensued causing prices to decline as much as 40%. Star River survived a period of consolidation
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