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Executive Summary 3
1. Introduction 4 1.1 Overview of Harvey Norman Holding Limited 4 1.2 Major Competitor 5 1.2.1 JB Hi-Fi 5 1.2.2 Woolworth 5
2. Capital Structures 6 2.1 Types of Funding 6 2.2 Recent Trends of Leverage 7 2.3 Comparison of capital structure with similar companies 9 2.4 Capital expenditures and its financing 10 2.5 Important factors influencing the use of debt financing 10 2.5.1 Tax Advantage 10 2.5.2 Corporate Tax Rate 11 2.5.3 Credit rating 11 2.5.4 Interest rate 11 2.5.5 Company’s Industry 12 2.5.6 Company’s growth rate 12 2.5.7 Some other arguments about Harvey Norman 12 2.6 Evidence of financial
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HVN appropriate share price is $4.23 which is $0.12 higher than the actual closing price of $4.11. It is recommended for the investor to purchase more of the company’s share as it was undervalued. The sensitivity analysis shows the theoretical share price is very sensitive to change in WACC. Careful and continuous observation might be needed to constantly monitor the factors that can alter the WACC such as market return, the company’s beta, risk free rate, and tax rate. D/E ratio can also alter the WACC due to tax benefit on debt. This implies we should keep checking changes of the company’s capital structure, namely its financing decisions and activities because they are important factors to create value of the company.
1. Introduction
1.1 Overview of Harvey Norman Holding Limited
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd is a public company whose principal activities consist of an integrated franchising, retail, and property entity. As a franchisor it give franchises to independent business operator and as business owners HVN provide retail product for home and office with different range of categories such as electrical, computers and communications, small appliances, furniture, bedding and Manchester, home improvements, lighting, carpet, and flooring. HVN started it business since October 1982 with only one store. For the past 26 years they are experiencing massive growth. As at 7 Oct 2008, there were 192 franchised complexes around
After that, we analyses the company’s financial performance through analyses the recent three years’ annual report from 2013 to 2015. Based the previous steps, we could conduct the evaluation of the company through many comprehensive indexes like WACC and two-stage discounted free cash flow model, we get the stock price by both FCFF and FCFE are $8.06 and $7.44 respectively , compare to the current price of 20 May 2016 is $10.36, and the price is overvalued.
According to the company’s profile, Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd is one of leading retail chains in Australia, which has franchisors, company-owned stores and properties across the world (Australia, New Zealand,
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Therefore these superstores are a combination of more than one business with each franchisee (computer, bedding, electrical) contributing to the gross revenue of Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.
Harvey Norman holdings Ltd has its strength on the scale of retails, such as electrical products, furniture and so on. It has a very popular slogan saying that ‘Go Harvey, Go Harvey, Go Harvey Norman’, which makes a brand effect for the company. Besides, with the comparative advantage of its size, the HVN also has superiority of buying in bulk. It has relative lower cost for retail so that the price will be lower. Moreover, Harvey Norman follows the solid franchise model, which shows that approximately 35% of its revenue is generated from its franchise.
HN (Harvey Norman) (established in 1982) is recognised as one of the most efficient businesses in Australia at marketing their products predominantly in regard to knowledge and the implementation of their Marketing Plan and the necessity in regularly monitor the effectiveness of the marketing plan. The role of marketing is to connect a business with their consumer and the potential or future customer base. The role of marketing in HN is a huge part of its success story.
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Harvey Norman is now a public company that is listed on the stock exchange, whose principal activities primarily consist of an integrated franchising, retail and property entity. It is one of Australia’s most successful retail groups, operating more than 150 franchised department stores, which focus on selling computers, home entertainment equipment and home appliances. It offers Australian consumers an extensive product range, cutting edge technology and market leadership in most product categories. In this report, an in depth industry and company analysis will be provided in order to gain an understanding
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