Question 1: Is Congoleum a good LBO candidate? In other words‚ does this company have a lot of debt capacity? To judge if a company is a good LBO candidate the following are very important factors: low levels of debt in the target‚ stable cash flows‚ excess cash on-hand‚ assets that can be used as collateral to raise debt and no major capital requirements to keep the business running on an on-going basis. Congoleum is an ideal LBO candidate because: 1. Low level of debt – estimated long term debt
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ACF: CONGOLEUM CORPORATION Summary Congoleum Corporation has three product market segments: home furnishings‚ shipbuilding and automotive and industrial distribution. In 1979‚ First Boston Corporation bid for an LBO of Congoleum for a price per share of $38. The purpose of this analysis is to assess Congoleum as a LBO candidate and determine whether the offer made by First Boston Corporation is fair. 1. Is Congoleum a good LBO candidate? In other words‚ does this company have a lot of debt
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Cost of equity refers to a shareholder’s required rate of return on an equity investment. It is the rate of return that could have been earned by putting the same money into a different investment with equal risk. How It Works/Example: The cost of equity is the rate of return required to persuade an investor to make a given equity investment. In general‚ there are two ways to determine cost of equity. First is the dividend growth model: Cost of Equity = (Next Year’s Annual Dividend /
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Congoleum Corporation Executive Summary In valuing the target company Congoleum after an LBO by First Boston found the expected free cash flows generated by this firm from 1980 to 1984. These numbers were based on values provided in the case. From there‚ we employed the Adjusted Present Value method to discount these cash flows because we assumed that Congoleum was varying its Debt to Equity ratio during those years. We discounted these cash flows by the required return on assets that was in
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Equity Costs: Some Conventions on Using the CAPM1 One of the starkest contrasts in finance is found in comparing the elegance of capital-asset pricing theory with the coarseness of its application. Although the capital-asset pricing model (CAPM) is well understood‚ the theory says nothing about which risk-free rates‚ market premia‚ and betas to use in the model. Possibilities abound‚ and any sampling of academicians and practitioners will summon up many combinations and permutations of methods
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Equity Valuation Lecture Map Definitions of Value Book value‚ Liquidation value‚ Intrinsic value‚ Market value Dividend discount models Constant-growth Multi-stage growth Value Metrics and Determinants of Value Current earnings and growth P/E Lesmond 1 Book Value of Equity The firm’s equity value‚ or stock value‚ is stated right on the firm’s books This is NOT the market value of equity Book value per share of Equity is the value of common equity on the books‚ divided
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1. Bob’s Warehouse has a pre-tax cost of debt of 8.4 percent and an unlevered cost of capital of 14.6 percent. The firm’s tax rate is 37 percent and the cost of equity is 18 percent. What is the firm’s debt-equity ratio? | 0.76 | | 0.82 | | 0.79 | | 0.87 | | 0.72 | 2. Johnson Tire Distributors has an unlevered cost of capital of 11 percent‚ a tax rate of 34 percent‚ and expected earnings before interest and taxes of $1‚400. The company has $2‚700 in bonds
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its higher volatility‚ should we expect Microsoft to have an equity cost of capital that is higher than 10%? No‚ Microsoft is diversifiable and it will not be affected by the changes in the market. We do not expect Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be higher than 10%. Each stock carries its own weight. B. What would have to be true for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be equal to 10%? In order for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be 10% its beta will have to be 1. 4. Suppose
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recommendation as to the cost equity model they should implement to estimate their future rate of returns. This report will discuss the accuracy and ease of use of these three models. The main consideration will be determined by how realistic each model is at developing the assumed rate of return. Part 2 of this paper will discuss the cost of equity or discount rate based on hypothetical data to be calculated using the CAPM model. Considering the information presented‚ the cost of equity for each company
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based on the internal and external conditions. This paper will focus on the differences and similarities when using the economic profit (EP) or the discounted cash flow (DCF) method when appraising an investment. When applied correctly‚ both valuation methods yield the same result; however‚ each model has certain benefits in practice. The DCF method uses future cash flows projections and discounts them with a suitable rate in order to calculate the present value of the investment. The economic profit
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