Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 1M
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Company S is a privately held motor company. Person J, the owner of Company S invented the method of manufacturing battery for electric cars at a cheaper rate with a higher mileage. His company gained popularity and competed with other auto manufacturers. The previous year’s sales were $97,000,000. It has expanded its operations steadily whenever it had excess profits.

However, the company did not employ capital budgeting techniques. Therefore, Person J has hired Person X to determine the cost of capital of Company S. As Company S is a private company, it is difficult to determine the cost of equity. Hence, Person J suggests the use of pure play approach to determine the cost of capital. He wants Person X to refer the financials of Company T to determine its cost of capital.

Characters in the case:

  • Company S: The character attempting to determine an appropriate cost of capital
  • Person J: The founder of Company S
  • Person X: The analyst hired by Company S
  • Company T: A pure play company

To determine: The book value of debt and equity

Introduction:

Book value refers to the value of an asset as recorded in the books of accounts of the firm. The pure play approach refers to the use of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for calculating the net present value based on the cost of capital of other companies in the market running operations similar to that of the proposed project.

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

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