as “trades at a discount”. To figure out whether AGI stock is traded at a discount to comparable companies‚ as its management believed‚ we can simply apply multiple which comes from the average multiple of its comparable companies. Considering fluctuation of future after-tax earnings caused by the change in capital structure‚ we prefer to use TEV/EBITDA multiple in this case. Amtelecom Group consists of two lines of business which has to been taken into consideration. We separately calculate the value
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Case Questions: 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? Assess the bid for
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obtain optimal capital structure‚ and repurchase undervalue shares. In order to accomplish these objectives‚ Midland must calculate and use an accurate cost of capital that will provide reasonable valuation of their strategies. For example‚ funding overseas growth‚ Midland must use its cost of capital to analyze and evaluate the foreign cash flow; valuing projects‚ the cost of capital is used to discount future cash flow; optimizing capital structure‚ Midland continuously evaluate the cost of borrowing;
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free cash flows during forecasted horizon. Then we estimate the cost of capital (weighted average cost of capital) and estimate continuing value (value after forecast horizon). The future value is discounted to the present value. We than add back cash ($13 Million) and non-current assets and deduct total debt. With the information provided several assumptions had to be made to obtain reasonable values (life period of 30-years‚ Capital expenditures not to exceed $1 million dollars‚ depreciation to
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AES - Case Analysis & Write up How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What is good and bad about it? Previously‚ the economics of a given project were evaluated at an equity discount rate for the dividends from any project and as it was mostly financed through local debt‚ which was non-recourse to the parent company‚ AES use to evaluate the dividend cash flows at a standard 12%. It is a simple approach with portions of sound reasoning. One could argue that
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Whenever a firm splits itself into separate units‚ with each unit having limited liability with respect to its financing‚ the capital structure of each unit becomes __________ 2) An investor’s risky portfolio is made up of individual stocks. Which of the following statements about this portfolio is true? 3) An all-equity-financed firm would __________. 4) The capital budgeting process can be broken down into five steps. These steps include which of the following? 5) Projects can be classified
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Proposal 2.1.1 Evaluation 2.1.2 Financial Effect of Investment 2.1.3 Recommendation 2.2 Evaluation of West Coast (new equity offer) 2.2.1 Advantages 2.2.2 Disadvantages 2.3 Valuation of Creative Designs‚ Inc. 2.3.1 Capital Structure Argument 2.3.2 Weighted Average Cost of Capital Assumptions (WACC) 2.3.3 Cash Flows‚ Terminal Value‚ Equity Value Valuations 2.4 Pooling Implictions (Friendly + CD) 2.5 Friendly Cards Stock Valuation 3 Overall Assessment 4 Goals for the Financial Structure
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1 Criteria 1 Possible Solutions 2 Present Analysis 2 Preferred Solution 4 Conclusion 5 Deluxe Corporation Introduction The case presents Deluxe Corporation and its current need of incorporating long-term debt into its capital structure to finance possible acquisitions‚ dividend payout and repurchasing the firm’s securities. The company is a major competitor in check printing industry that is characterized by intense price competition‚ concentration and slow decline in
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Mid-Term Examination‚ Winter 2010 Level: Masters Full Marks: 100 Program: MBAe Section B Pass Marks: 60 Course: Financial Management Time: 3 Hrs. Term: III Candidates are required to be original and fair in the presentation of their answers. The figures in the parenthesis indicate the marks for respective question. Attempt all the questions Section A Attempt all questions Each question carries 6 marks [5 x 6 =30] 1. You have to pay $12‚000 a year in school
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? Historically‚ the AES capital budgeting method primarily used the following assumptions: • All nonrecourse debt was regarded as good • Dividend cash flow were considered equally risky • Project was evaluated by the equity discount rate for the dividends from the project • A 12% discount rate was applied to all projects. The historical method is quite simplistic
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