Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Commerce - Papers University of Wollongong Year Computing the divisional cost of capital using the pure play method H. W. Collier∗ S. Haslitt‡ T. Grai† C. B. McGowan∗∗ of Wollongong, collier@uow.edu.au University, USA ‡ Oakland University, USA ∗∗ Norfolk State University, USA † Oakland ∗ University This is a preprint of an article accepted for publication as Collier, HW, Grai, T, Haslitt, S and McGowan, CB, Computing the divisional cost of capital
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pioneering products had achieved very strong market positions due to their medical differentiation, commanding high prices. Products originating from Genentech represented 46% of total sales of Roche’s 20 top-selling drugs on a worldwide basis. For example, Avastin, which was the best selling Genentech drug accounted for 14% of Roche’s total pharmaceutical sales in 2008. * Biotechnology industry around that time was much smaller and less mature than the pharmaceutical industry, but was growing
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CHAPTER 17 Does Debt Policy Matter? Answers to Practice Questions 1. a. The two firms have equal value; let V represent the total value of the firm. Rosencrantz could buy one percent of Company B’s equity and borrow an amount equal to: 0.01 × (DA - DB) = 0.002V This investment requires a net cash outlay of (0.007V) and provides a net cash return of: (0.01 × Profits) – (0.003 × rf × V) where rf is the risk-free rate of interest on debt. Thus, the two investments are identical.
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Exercises 1. Synergy Valuation a. Cost and revenue synergies Managers of an acquiring company anticipate cost savings pretax of $50 million in the first year of the deal and $100 million the next and that thereafter the savings would grow @ inflation, 2%. Marginal tax rate is 30%. The firm must invest $1 billion to achieve these savings and starting in the third year must spend 5% of the pre-tax savings to sustain the rate of savings. As part of rationalization of operations, some assets will
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(1.1) Internal It will be easier for the owners if funding has its options to select types of financing that fit their needs for the companies. 1.) Retained Earnings – Is a quick source of internal financing to be used which is a liquid assets. It is the proportion of the net income that have retained from a company and not paid out. 2.) Current Assets – Consistently, cash or any preferences that is easy to convert in cash. You can actually deprive from those stocks and use the procedure
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BAYER AG A Financial Analysis Executive Summary This paper tries to analyse the financial strength of Bayer AG and the other aspects associated with its capital structure and dividend policy. The organisation has been trying to change its financial structure to a management-driven one. This is evident from the reduction in the share capital of the organisation and the rise of debt capital, which it has been using efficiently to reduce its tax burden and control the overall
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS IPO VALUATION Teaching Note This case examines the April 2002, decision of JetBlue management to price the initial public offering of JetBlue stock during one of the worst periods in airline history. The case outlines JetBlue’s innovative strategy and the associated strong financial performance over its initial two years. Students are invited to value the stock and take a position on whether the current $25–$26 per share filing range is appropriate. The case is designed
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grouped, for example, in net operating assets (NOA), net financial debt and equity. 2. Analysis and adjustment of measurement errors question the quality of the reported accounting numbers. The reported numbers can for example be a bad or noisy representation of invested capital, for example in terms of NOA, which means that the return on net operating assets (RNOA) will be a noisy measure of the underlying profitability (the internal rate of return, IRR). Expensing of R&D is an example when such
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the research conducted by AstraZeneca, there is 9.5% growth in 2015 of global pharmaceutical sales (AZ annual report 2015, p12). The number of people accessing healthcare is increasing, as is healthcare spending, particularly by the elderly. For example, WHO estimated that, by 2050, the world’s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total two billion, up from 900 million in 2015 and that, by then, 80% of all older people will live in low- and middle-income countries. Emerging markets are
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Chrysler & DaimlerAcquisition-Merger Case Study | | Situation faced by company After facing some hardships and bad acquisitions in the 80s and 90s, Daimler-Benz led by Jurgen Schrempp began to see the light in the mid-90s. By focusing on the most profitable businesses within Daimler and reducing the number of businesses at Daimler from 35 to 23, Shrempp was able to post high profits in 1996 and 1997 despite the poor looking financials in the previous years. In order to remain profitable
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