Private Equity Weiwei Zhu FleetCor Deal Summary: As a Managing Director at Summit Partners, I have received an investment proposal of FleetCor deal from the deal team-- To invest 44.9 million in FleetCor for an ownership position of 46%, in the form of convertible preferred stock with an 8% accruing yield. This memo includes all my concerns for this deal. Good Business Framework: • Market Position: Strong FleetCor is one of the largest issuers of commercial fleet fuel “purchase cards” in the US. Targeting the middle market, it’s positioned to achieve leading market share, as most competitors focus on upper-end market. Also, FleetCor has advantage of local market distribution. Competitors do not have such cost structure or infrastructure to support an entry into the middle market. Thus, compared to current and potential competitors, FleetCor can be a leader in this market segment. • Market Growth & market share trends: Very Positive The total market size for commercial FleetCards is 2 billion. And according to Bain market sizing studies, the market of FleetCor can be $500 million, big enough for potential IPO. The market expansion and growth are strong, even stronger with consideration to related services such as roadside assistance. Especially the middle market had undervalued penetration. Card penetration in the upper-end market is 75%, while only 25% in the middle market, which indicates a huge space for expansion and growth. Thus, FeetCor is very likely to
Finally, in order to complete a more accurate comparison between the two projects, we utilized the EANPV as the deciding factor. Under current accepted financial practice, NPV is generally considered the most accurate method of predicting the performance of a potential project. The duration of the projects is different, one lasts four years and one lasts six years. To account for the variation in time frames for the projects and to further refine our selection we calculated the EANPV to compare performance on a yearly basis.
Although this investment class can be considered the most conservative of the three, the low yield of government bonds in the past 10 years does not lend a comparative metric against many other investment opportunities (Jacobs, 2012). The fixed rate of these instruments allows for a guaranteed return, but should only be utilized at a point in an investing cycle when risk is higher than potential income growth. The 25% allocation that is invested in this class is positioned to provide a long term guaranteed investment, with the possible that these lower rates will not rise significantly in the next few years.
Medical technology is advancing rapidly with each passing minute. It is becoming more urgent for health care facilities to invest in equipment that is current and state of the art. Behind these advancements are proven statistics that certain equipment is a necessity when diagnosing and treating patients. We, as health care workers, owe it to our patients to have the best possible equipment in our facilities. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer has become the most common cancer among women in the United States. Breast cancer does not discriminate. It is one of the
1.What are conversion factors? Why were conversion factors developed? How do they impact on which bond is cheapest to deliver? Under what conditions would there be no cheapest to deliver? Explain in detail.
Our approach is an active security selection with passive asset allocation. We invest heavily in common stocks, but vary our holdings to include companies of all sizes and industry groups. We seek to achieve sufficient diversification by abstaining from investing more than 5% of the total assets in a single security unless it has significant upside potential, and we make an exception for ETFs and index funds as they represent a basket of securities. Our main goal is to identify and invest in common stocks with high potential for both short- and long-term capital appreciation. Our secondary goal is to invest in common stocks with steady income. When potential for rewards are high, we also enter into derivative
Describe an obstacle to positive change that you see in your school (or a school with which you are familiar).
-Martin Industries just paid an annual dividend of $1.30 a share. The market price of the stock is $36.80 and the growth rate is 6.0 percent. What is the firm's cost of equity?
Life insurance is meant to provide funds to replace a breadwinner's to protect and support dependents. Chad and Haley are dependents, not income providers. Therefore, the purchase of life insurance is unnecessary and not recommended. The Dumonts should use the money they would spend on policies for the children to increase their own coverage.
Set in May 2005, this case invites the student to assess Berkshire Hathaway’s bid, through MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, its wholly owned subsidiary, for the regulated energy-utility PacifiCorp. The task for the student is to perform a simple valuation of PacifiCorp and to consider the reasonableness of Berkshire’s offer. Student analysis readily extends into the investment philosophy and the remarkable record of Berkshire’s chair and CEO, Warren E. Buffett.
The $7 million is in the form of subordinated debentures that matures in 7 years with an interest rate of 13%. This rate is very high because subordinated debentures investors bear significantly more risk, which is a major drawback of this form of investment since the debt might not be repaid.
Ted received a call from his boss, Townsend “Sandy” Beech, the head of his four-person deal team and founding member of the firm. Sandy requested Tad, on a Friday afternoon, to review three presentations for possible buyout targets. Tad was to make a presentation at the partners’ meeting on Monday morning, recommending only one (1) investment and detailing the strengths and weaknesses of all three.
SNC wants to build off the momentum gained in phase 2 by further expanding their brand to reach the international markets. Mega –Mart has helped SNC become a national household name, so we would like to become an international competitor. Applying a global strategy will increase our revenue and our EBIT and allow us to keep our costs flat by contracting with international suppliers. At this stage in our business cycle, we are interested in maintaining steady growth, retaining as much of our earnings as possible and paying down our credit lines to lower our interest expense.
We are providing below the assumptions and other calculations we used while computing the WACC and the cash flows.
Raising Capital it one of the most important thing in any business. It's useless having a great idea and the right connections if you don't have the money to get it going. Without capital, your business can't get off the ground. You need it to buy products or materials, pay wages, have a secure cash flow and generally run your business on a day-to-day basis. The most common types of debt capital are bank loans, personal loans, bonds and credit card debt. When looking to grow, a company can raise funds by applying for a new loan or opening a line of credit. This type of funding is referred to as debt capital as it involves borrowing money under a contracted agreement to repay the funds at a later date. With the possible exception of
The relationship between capital structure and firm value has been discussed frequently in the literature by different researcher accordingly, in both theoretical and empirical studies. It has also been discussed that whether the firm has any optimal capital structure that has been adopted by an individual firm, or whether the proportions of debt usage is completely irrelevant to the individual firm value.