the expansion option‚ and in combination. Sterling must ultimately decide whether to pursue the acquisition either with or without the option‚ retract its offer‚ or renegotiate the terms. Discussion Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Calculation Cost of Equity (COE) Cost of Debt (COD) The
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What is the present value of these payments? (Round to the nearest dollar.) $2‚815‚885 10. Ajax Corp. is expecting the following cash flows—$79‚000‚ $112‚000‚ $164‚000‚ $84‚000‚ and $242‚000—over the next five years. If the company’s opportunity cost is 15 percent‚ what is the present value of these cash flows? (Round to the nearest dollar.) $429‚560 11. Jayadev Athreya has started on his first job. He plans to start saving for retirement early. He will invest $5‚000 at the end of
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attorneys with identifying and supporting experts with specialized expertise in a wide variety of matters. Dr. Turki has published articles on the use of options to value new ventures and on the risk-return tradeoff in projects backed by venture capital. He was on the faculty of Stanford University‚ Purdue University‚ and the University of Maryland. Gordon Phillips is a chaired professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his Ph.D. from
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AirThread Competitive Challenges Operating cost disadvantage Inability to bundle wireless service Recent trend toward bundled services freezing ATC out of business market Introduction 1. 2. 3. 3 Reasons for acquisition Ability to bundle service Expand Business market American Cable Communications could increase AirThread Connection’s operations ◦ Could finance with significant leverage Potential Synergies Reduction of AirThread’s backhaul costs ◦ Estimated at 20% of company’s system operating
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FAMILY NAME: ______________________________________ OTHER NAME(S): ______________________________________ STUDENT ID: ______________________________________ SIGNATURE: ______________________________________ PAPER ID: 00615 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF BANKING AND FINANCE FINS1613: BUSINESS FINANCE SEMESTER 1 2012 FINAL EXAM 1. TIME ALLOWED – 3 hours 2. THIS EXAMINATION PAPER HAS 19 PAGES 3. TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS – 45 Multiple Choice
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million to acquire ATC by LBO with 5.5% of an annual interest rate payable monthly over and over 10 years. But at the end of year 5‚ it will make a bullet payment to repay all remaining debtor‚ in order to render ATC’s D/E ratio closer to the industry average. Which is good for ATC due to the deceasing debt then decreased the financial risk. Therefore‚ in the period of 2008 to 2012‚ ATC’s debt level is predetermined so that APV valuation method is suitable for this period. Because of the interest tax shield
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DATE: NOVEMBER 4‚ 2014 CASE: PIONEER PETROLEUM CORPORATION Overview of the Company Pioneer Petroleum Corporation established in 1924 and operating in oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemical fields. Company uses weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) as a discount rate to discount future cash flows that generate from possible projects. According to net present values of these possible projects management decides to invest or not. WACC represents the minimum rate of return from
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-- 7 3. Forecast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 4. Valuation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 4.1 Estimate the cost of capital for the company ------------------------------------------- 13 4.2 Sensitivity Analysis -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 4.3 Determine the Value of Company --------------------------------------------------------
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been rejected by the board of directors for economic reasons on three previous occasions‚ most recently in 1999. This time‚ given the size of the proposed expenditure of about (euros) €1 million‚ Cerini was seeking a careful estimate of the projects costs and benefits and ultimately a recommendation of whether to proceed with the investment. Table 1. information from the case Old Machine Price of old machine € 415.807 Cumulative Depreciation € 130.682 Annual Depreciation €
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Case Study 3: Estimating the Cost of Capital 1. Currently Teletech Corporation (TC) uses a single hurdle rate for both their Telecommunications Services (TS) and Products and Services (P&S) divisions. This hurdle rate obtained by an estimate of TC Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)‚ which is calculated at 9.3%. When analyzing critically at this point‚ TS is underperforming with a return on capital (ROC) of 9.1%‚ whereas‚ P&S segment is well over the required rate of return as it is gaining
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