a. What is your estimate of Terrapin’s (after-tax) Weighted Average Cost of Capital? b. Using the DCF method, estimate the value per share of Terrapin stock as of today given the WACC you calculated above.
Cost of Capital
Shareholders and investors who invest into the capital of the firm desire to have a suitable return on their investment funding. The cost of capital reflects what shareholders expect. It is a discount rate for converting expected cash flow into present cash flow.
Capital Structure
Capital structure is the combination of debt and equity employed by an organization in order to take care of its operations. It is an important concept in corporate finance and is expressed in the form of a debt-equity ratio.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital is a tool used for calculating the cost of capital for a firm wherein proportional weightage is assigned to each category of capital. It can also be defined as the average amount that a firm needs to pay its stakeholders and for its security to finance the assets. The most commonly used sources of capital include common stocks, bonds, long-term debts, etc. The increase in weighted average cost of capital is an indicator of a decrease in the valuation of a firm and an increase in its risk.
Suppose today is January 1, 2022. You wish to value the shares of Terrapin Industries, a private firm with 100 million outstanding shares, $300M in debt, and $25M in excess cash. The company has a tax rate of 30%.
You expect the company’s Sales to equal $300 million in 2022, and to grow at 10% per year through 2025. The company’s EBIT margin (i.e., EBIT as a % of sales) is expected to be 10%, while Net Working Capital is expected to equal 20% of (same year) sales. The balance sheet amount of Net Working Capital at the end of 2021 was $55 million. You expect that the company’s Net PP&E will remain constant from now through 2025 (i.e., capital expenditures will equal
You expect Terrapin to maintain a 50% D/V ratio in the future. Given this, you have estimated the beta of Terrapin’s equity (Be) at 1.1 and the beta of its debt (Bd) at 0.3. The current long-term risk-free rate is 3%, while the expected market risk premium is 4%.
a. What is your estimate of Terrapin’s (after-tax) Weighted Average Cost of Capital?
b. Using the DCF method, estimate the value per share of Terrapin stock as of today given the WACC you calculated above.
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