Mini Case-Gilbert Enterprise

In the open market share repurchase, the firm may or may not declare the repurchase. Depending on the market condition and the firm’s position in the industry, the firm can decide when and how many

The repurchase program increases the shareholder’s value. This is because of a rise in the price of the shares of the original shareholders.

Google and Yahoo have a calculation of the P/E but both are different being $12.22 and $11.96 respectively at this current point in time. The main reason for the current difference in P/E is the discrepancy in earnings per share of $.10. To find historical P/E ratios for Target i have to do a google search and it brought up a site call YCharts. For the year of 2016 they do not give you an average but plotting a few point and finding an average I came up with about $12.84 for a ten year chart I would have had to sign up for a free trial but 2016 looked about average compared to pre 2014 when the stock was on a quick rise. Looking at a rough five year average of $17.97 the $11.92 is really low. In other words the current P/E is on the low side which may indicate a time to buy.

* We want to maintain a safe cash balance in order to meet short term obligations.

a) How many shares will the firm have to issue, assuming they issue the new shares at the current price per share?

- A firm has a market value equal to its book value. Currently, the firm has excess cash of $1,200 and other assets of $10,800. Equity is worth $12,000. The firm has 750 shares of stock outstanding and net income of $775. What will the new earnings per share be if the firm uses its excess cash to complete a stock repurchase?

Shareholder’s equity would be lower than that shown in 1982 ($318,000) because the company has to pay off interest and principal for many loans. There will be little money left for shareholder’s equity.

Repurchasing shares with a 40% debt to total capital ratio would increase shareholder value, however repurchasing shares with an 80% debt to total capital ratio would significantly decrease shareholder value and therefore would not be advisable. Increasing debt increases shareholder value to a certain point. As this proforma shows, the point of diminishing return is somewhere between 40% and 80%.

24) A firm has assets of $250 million, of which $25 million is cash. It has debt of $100 million. If the firm were to repurchase $10 million of its stock, what would its new debt-to-equity ratio be?

The return on equity (ROE) has also shown an increase in 2009 over the previous year suggesting a successful investment by shareholders. This increase, coupled with the fact that the basic earnings per share (EPS) has increased significantly from 61.78 cents in 2008 to 88.26 cents in 2009 (143%) shows great improvement in the profit per share. Please note that the basic EPS has been used in this analysis as the diluted EPS includes employee options (JBH Annual Report, 2009), skewing and reducing the value of the EPS.

Since firms incur the re-purchase option by offering $20 cash for each stock bought back, the number of outstanding shares will be reduced. The Earnings per share will increase leading to an increased stock price.

Pro-forma income statement and key credit rating determinants are shown in Exhibit 2 and 3 respectively. Remaining share no. of 158.3m after repurchase is based on proportional value addition distribution between cash-out and remaining shareholders and this number is inserted to calculate earning per share and corresponding immediate share price change after announcement of repurchase program. According to Exhibit 3 and industrial average of relevant grades, only fund flow/ total debt and total debt/ capital measures are not comparable with A credit rating. Considering EBIT and EBITDA interest coverage are two most important criteria and equity market value is so substantially different from book value which leads to a healthy

This question is designed to focus the class on the share repurchase program as a critical use of funds for 2006. The primary advantage of share repurchases using dividends is that management can turn share repurchases off and on as allowed by cash flow. The other projected uses of funds, however, are largely driven by business issues that are not as flexible for management. Students should notice that

Another factor for management to consider would involve the clientele effects. Presently the Wrigley family controls 21% of common shares and 58% of Class B common stock. Assuming the Wrigley family do not sell any shares, the repurchase will raising their voting control from 46.6% to a majority control over voting rights at 50.6% (see appendix2.2). This isn’t deemed significant as the Wrigley family already previously possessed majority of voting rights

In summary we recommend the share buy-back plan, as it will increase the value of the firm, shield part of income from taxes, increase return on equity and lowers agency cost. The increase in value of the firm and lower cash in hand also makes the firm less attractive target of a take-over.