...Midland Energy Resource Case Analysis 1. Describe Midland, its capital planning model and Janet Mortensen's role in the case. Midland Energy Resource, Inc. has three major divisions: Exploration & Production (E&P), Refining and Market (R&M), and Petrochemicals. E&P division provides the most profit for Midland. R&M is the largest division in Midland by revenue. Petrochemicals is the smallest division in Midland. Midland’s financial strategy in 2007 consisted of four principals: funding significant overseas growth, investing in value-creating projects, optimizing corporate capital structure, and repurchasing undervalue shares. Janet Mortensen, senior analyst reporting to CFO, takes role of estimating Midland’s cost of capital for various analyses, both corporate and division level, throughout the company. Her main method is using Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) formula to evaluate required Cost of Capital estimate. 2. Briefly explain the meaning of the following concepts: cost of capital, WACC, and CAPM. Cost of Capital: the minimum acceptable rate of return for new investments in the corporation. The opportunity cost of investing. WACC: Weighted Average Cost of Capital, a calculation of company’s cost of capital, which is seemed as composite cost of debt and equity. Every category of capital in WACC is proportionally weighted. CAPM: Capital Asset Pricing Model, a theory representing the financial market behavior. Used to estimate...
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...Cost of Capital Estimate for Midland Energy Resources, Inc. In the first section of my report, I list out the main models and methods applied to estimate the cost of capital for Midland’s three divisions, general assumptions made and the corresponding justifications. In the second section, Calculations, I not only compute the cost of capital based on the general assumptions previously made, but also discuss specifics of each division and the additional adjustments or assumptions made to justify my estimates. SECTION 1: Main models and methods applied and corresponding assumptions 1. Constant Debt-ratio Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): WACC=rdDV1-t+reEV Assumptions: * WACC: as constant debt ratio is the underlying assumption to derive the WACC model, constant debt ratio should be reasonably assumed to be applied by Midland and its three divisions. According to the case, Midland optimizes its debt levels by regularly reevaluations against its energy price and stock price level and each division has its own target debt ratio. Although the actual capital structure sometimes deviates from the target due to factors such as market value of specific collaterals, it is safe to assume that the debt ratio averages out at the target ratio in the long run, given that the target ratios are not adjusted frequently. Therefore, the debt ratio can be viewed as a constant and thus WACC is applicable. * Capital structure: as assumed above, target debt ratio is employed in...
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...Midland Energy Resource Case Analysis I. Midland’s capital planning model and Janet Mortensen's role. The capital-planning model adopted by Midland is MACC, standing for weighted average cost of capital. The primary role of Janet Mortensen is frequently calculating corporate and divisional costs of capital at division level as well as corporate level. In addition, she also needs to check the appropriateness of her calculation and append “user`s guide” to it. Evaluating M&A proposals, stock repurchase decision, and performance assessment. II. Brief Explanation: cost of capital, WACC, and CAPM. Cost of capital: the cost of corporate`s fund, including debt and equity. It is the minimum return rate that shareholders, investors, and lenders expect to compensate their risks. It is also the minimum profit that corporate tends to generate. WACC: weighted average cost of capital. It is a way to calculate cost of capital based on company`s financial structure. It gives corresponding weight to different source of funds, which required different rate of return. CAPM: capital asset pricing model. This model calculates the expected return of shareholders by risk-free rate, measure of systematic risk, and equity market risk premium. III. Address what you use “cost of capital” to evaluate. How are Mortensen’s estimates used at Midland? I will use “cost of capital” to evaluate the followings: 1. Planning investment. If this investment will meet the requirement; 2...
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...Executive Summary: Midland Energy Resources, Inc. is a global energy company with a broad array of products and services. The company operates within three different operations including oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. Midland has proven to be a very profitable company, with reported operating revenue of $248.5 billion and operating income of $42.2 billion. The company has been in business for over 120 years and employed more than 80,000 individuals. Janet Mortensen, the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources, has been asked to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole, as well as each of its three divisions as part of an annual budgeting process. Midland’s Three Divisions: Exploration & Production Oil exploration and production (E&P) is Midland’s most profitable business, and its net margin over the previous five years was among the highest in the industry. With oil prices at historic highs in early 2007, Midland anticipated heavy investment in acquisitions of promising properties, in development of its proved undeveloped reserves, and in expanding production. They also needed to account for competition from areas such as the Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, and West Africa. Refining and Marketing Midland had ownership interests in forty refineries around the world with distillation capacity of five million barrels a day. Measured by revenue...
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...Executive Summary: Midland Energy Resources, Inc. is a global energy company with a broad array of products and services. The company operates within three different operations including oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. Midland has proven to be a very profitable company, with reported operating revenue of $248.5 billion and operating income of $42.2 billion. The company has been in business for over 120 years and employed more than 80,000 individuals. Janet Mortensen, the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources, has been asked to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole, as well as each of its three divisions as part of an annual budgeting process. Midland’s Three Divisions: Exploration & Production Oil exploration and production (E&P) is Midland’s most profitable business, and its net margin over the previous five years was among the highest in the industry. With oil prices at historic highs in early 2007, Midland anticipated heavy investment in acquisitions of promising properties, in development of its proved undeveloped reserves, and in expanding production. They also needed to account for competition from areas such as the Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, and West Africa. Refining and Marketing Midland had ownership interests in forty refineries around the world with distillation capacity of five million barrels a day....
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...[pic] Midland Energy Resources, Inc. Cost of Capital Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Cost of Capital IV. Risk & Tax Rate V. Capital Structures VI. WACC VII. Conclusion VIII. References I. Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources is a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production(E&P) providing a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide including refining and marketing (R&M), natural gas, and petrochemicals. Janet Mortensen, the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources must determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. Various considerations have to be evaluated as risk factors when calculating the cost-of capital. II. Introduction Midland Energy Resources is a leading global energy developer dedicated to providing advanced power systems and energy services around the world. Midland Energy Resources has three divisions Exploration & Production, Refining & Marketing, and Petrochemicals. They have been incorporated more than 120 years previously and they have 80,000 employees in 2007. Exploration & Production business include oil and natural gas exploration and field development and production is there most profitable business with the highest net margin...
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...Introduction Midland Energy Resources have a senior vice president, Janet Mortension, of project finance. She was preparing her annual cost of capital for midland as well as for each of its following three divisions: * Exploration & production (E&P) * Refining & Marketing (R&M) * Petrochemicals Midland was a global company with operations in oil and gas. Midland corporate treasury had began analysis and preparation of annual cost of capital for the corporation as a whole and for each divisions as part of annual capital budgeting process but this estimates were often criticized, and Midland division presidents and controllers sometimes challenged specific assumptions and inputs. The case uses comparable companies to estimate asset and beta for each individual division, and must comply the capital asset pricing model for calculating the cost of capital. Midland was conservative compared to some of its large competitors, but it has a group of trader in- house who actively managed currency. Interest rate and commodity risks within a set of guideline approved by the Board. Midland Energy Resources ha d been incorporated more than 120 years previously and in 2007 had more than 80,000 employees. Midland’s financial strategy in 2007 was founded on the following four pillars: * Oversees Growth * Value- Creating Investment * Optimal capital structure * Stock Repurchases Oversees Growth: Oversees investment were the main engine of growth...
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...Midland Energy Midland Energy Resources Inc.: Cost Of Capital Introduction Midland Energy Resources have a senior vice president, Janet Mortension, of project finance. She was preparing her annual cost of capital for midland as well as for each of its following three divisions: * Exploration & production (E&P) * Refining & Marketing (R&M) * Petrochemicals Midland was a global company with operations in oil and gas. Midland corporate treasury had began analysis and preparation of annual cost of capital for the corporation as a whole and for each divisions as part of annual capital budgeting process but this estimates were often criticized, and Midland division presidents and controllers sometimes challenged specific assumptions and inputs. The case uses comparable companies to estimate asset and beta for each individual division, and must comply the capital asset pricing model for calculating the cost of capital. Midland was conservative compared to some of its large competitors, but it has a group of trader in- house who actively managed currency. Interest rate and commodity risks within a set of guideline approved by the Board. Midland Energy Resources ha d been incorporated more than 120 years previously and in 2007 had more than 80,000 employees. Midland’s financial strategy in 2007 was founded on the following four pillars: * Oversees Growth * Value- Creating Investment * Optimal capital structure * Stock Repurchases Oversees Growth: Oversees investment were...
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...Midland Energy Resources Inc.: Cost Of Capital Introduction Midland Energy Resources have a senior vice president, Janet Mortension, of project finance. She was preparing her annual cost of capital for midland as well as for each of its following three divisions: * Exploration & production (E&P) * Refining & Marketing (R&M) * Petrochemicals Midland was a global company with operations in oil and gas. Midland corporate treasury had began analysis and preparation of annual cost of capital for the corporation as a whole and for each divisions as part of annual capital budgeting process but this estimates were often criticized, and Midland division presidents and controllers sometimes challenged specific assumptions and inputs. The case uses comparable companies to estimate asset and beta for each individual division, and must comply the capital asset pricing model for calculating the cost of capital. Midland was conservative compared to some of its large competitors, but it has a group of trader in- house who actively managed currency. Interest rate and commodity risks within a set of guideline approved by the Board. Midland Energy Resources ha d been incorporated more than 120 years previously and in 2007 had more than 80,000 employees. Midland’s financial strategy in 2007 was founded on the following four pillars: * Oversees Growth * Value- Creating Investment * Optimal capital structure * Stock Repurchases Oversees Growth: Oversees investment were the main engine...
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...HW #6: For Tuesday, Oct 19th… TEAM ASSIGNMENT: 1. Your team has been hired as consultants by Janet Mortensen, senior vice president of Midland Energy Resources, Inc., to advise her on cost of capital matters. Read the “Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital” case (HBP #4129) handed out in class. This case illustrates how the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) may be used to estimate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) in a corporate setting. Then, working with your team, answer each of the following questions using data provided in the case: i. Why is Midland concerned about its WACC? How will it use this information? ii. From Table 2, what risk-free rate (rf) would you recommend that Midland use in its cost of debt (rd) and cost of equity (re) calculations? Why? iii. For the consolidated company, what is Midland’s cost of debt (rd)? What is the cost of debt for each of the 3 operating divisions? Discuss why these 4 values differ in terms of their respective credit ratings and the nature of their business operations. iv. From Exhibit 1, what tax rate (t) would you recommend that Midland use in its WACC calculations? Why? v. Your client has instructed you to use an equity market risk premium (EMRP) of 5%. Does this value seem reasonable? Explain. vi. Using the CAPM method and data from Exhibit 5, what is your estimate of Midland’s consolidated cost of equity (re) at this time? vii. What is Midland’s consolidated after-tax cost of capital (WACC) at this...
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...October 10, 2012 i. Risk-Free Rate Risk-free rates will depend on when the cash flow is expected to occur and depend upon the period over which investors want the return to be guaranteed. Consequently, we need to take the time horizon into consideration to find out the most suitable risk-free rate. Midland Energy Resources is a well-established company with 120-year history. It is not a company which relies on seeking special opportunity to earn instant profit so that 1-Year T-bond rate is obviously not a proper option. Instead, a long-term development is expected through capital allocation. Here, we choose 30-Year over 10-Year T-bond rate. Someone may argue that 10-Year is suitable since long-term expected cash flow will be affected by political risk in the Exploration and Production division. This may be true but the company also plans to invest in sophisticated extraction method to extend the lives of older fields as well as developing undeveloped reserves. With such heavy investment the company could not expect a shorter return period and all of these methods may shield the company from those negative affects to some extent. The 30-Year T-bond rate is also preferred by examining the other two divisions. The Refining and Marketing, which is the company’s largest division in aspect of revenue, has long-lived productive assets resulting in a relatively long return period. Moreover, although the profit margin of R&M division is decreasing steadily with a long-term trend...
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...MIDLAND ENERGY Overview: Midland and Midland’s Divisions: E&P, R&M, and Petrochemicals. Midland Energy Resources Inc. is the global energy company with a broad array of products and services. The company has been in business for over 120 years. The company operates within three different operations: 1. Exploration and Production (E&P) is the most profitable segment. With oil prices at historic highs in 2007, Midland anticipated heavily investment in acquisitions of promising properties. Competition from areas such as the Middle East, Central Asia, Russian and West Africa should be taken into account. 2. Refining and Marketing (R&M) is the largest, however margins had declined steadily over the previous twenty years. 3. Petrochemicals the smallest division. Midland owned 25 manufacturing facilities and 5 research centers around the world. Janet Mortensen, the vise president, has been asked to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for each division as well as for the company as a whole. The primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy: * to fund significant overseas growth; * to invest in value – creating projects across all divisions; * to optimize its capital structure; and * to opportunistically repurchase undervalued shares. Janet Mortensen’s estimates of cost of capital were used for the following analysis: * Asset appraisal – asset valuation * Capital Budgeting – DCF, NPV and allocation of...
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...To: Janet Mortensen, CFO From: Senior Financial Analyst Division Date: October 7, 2013 Re: Midland Energy Resources Inc. Weighted Average Cost of Capital Midland Energy Resources Inc. is a publicly traded company that primarily deals in the energy industry. The company itself is divided into three major operational divisions, two of which that is concerning to the company include: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) and Refining and Marketing (R&M). The Petrochemicals division will not be addressed. Going forward, Midland Energy would like to undertake various development projects and property acquisitions, and the profitability of such endeavors must be evaluated. To do so, both the single corporate and the two division WACCs must be calculated. Management team at Midland Energy Resources Inc. can determine which of the three appropriate WACC figures to be used for future company reports. In order to calculate Midland Energy Resources’ corporate WACC, the calculations are based on the formula below, where ������������ and ������������ are the cost of equity and debt respectively, D and E are the values of debt and equity respectively, V is the company’s enterprise value, and t is the tax rate. WACC estimates for the company as a whole and for each division are summarized in Table 1. How it is arrived at these figures is shown in the calculations in Appendix 1 and the decisions for each variable are explained below. ������ ������ ������������������������ = ������������...
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...Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 2 II. COMPONENT ESTIMATIONS ............................................................................... 2 1. Effective Tax Rate - t ............................................................................................. 2 2. Capital Structure – D/E ......................................................................................... 3 3. Cost of Debt - r" .................................................................................................... 3 Exploration & Production (E&P) ................................................................................ 3 Refining and Marketing (R&M).................................................................................. 4 Petrochemicals ......................................................................................................... 4 4. Cost of Equity -r# ................................................................................................... 4 1) r$ ........................................................................................................................ 4 2) βlevered ............................................................................................................. 4 Exploration & Production (E&P) .................................................................
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...Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources is a leading global energy developer dedicated to providing advanced power systems and energy services around the world. Midland Energy Resources has three divisions Exploration & Production, Refining & Marketing, and Petrochemicals. They have been incorporated more than 120 years previously and they have 80,000 employees in 2007. Janet Mortensen, the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources must determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. As each division has different functions and risk associations, the company needs separate discount rate to evaluate its projects. This report is prepared to find out the realistic measures for assessing cost of capital for Midland Energy Resources. After careful evaluation of available information and using finance literature and relevant course lectures, the analysis is prepared to offer appropriate recommendations for Midland Energy Resources to make future capital budgeting decisions. Company Overview Midland Energy Resources is a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) providing a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide including refining and marketing (R&M), natural gas, and petrochemicals. Exploration & Production business, including oil and natural gas exploration and...
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