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WACC and Company Valuation Mini Case Study Brian Jones is a 30-year-old managing director of Full...

WACC and Company Valuation Mini Case Study Brian Jones is a 30-year-old managing director of Full Charge Corporation. Recently promoted to the role upon the retirement of his father, he is the third generation of his family to run the business. Historically Full Charge Corporation had been a significant player in the market for battery production for diesel and petrol fuelled vehicles. More recently, the business has pivoted toward addressing demand for batteries used in electric vehicles. Despite strong and steady profitability in recent years, Full Charge’s share price had been relatively stagnant at around $25 per share. Brian felt that this was in part due to the financial policies followed by his father, which he viewed as overly conservative. Full Charge Corporation have historically been 100% equity financed with no debt in the capital structure. Full Charge Corporation are active in the production of a technology that will help reduce environmentally harmful emissions and thus they benefit from a major tax break. More specifically, they pay zero corporation tax. Noting that unconventional monetary policies had supressed yields (and thus lowered borrowing costs) in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Brian proposed that Full Charge make a significant change to its capital structure. He proposed that the company buy back $500m of its outstanding shares using cash raised by issuing new debt. He estimated that the cost of this debt would be around 4% based on prevailing market yields on the debt of firms with similar levels of credit quality. Brian was confident that this policy would make shareholders (of which he was one) better off. In aggregate, those who sold would receive $500m in cash, but Brian projected the share price for the remaining shareholders would also rise as a result of his actions. Historically Full Charge had a policy of returning all company profits to shareholders in the form of a dividend, and Brian was clear that this policy should continue. Whilst reducing the share-count would mean that in aggregate less dividends would be distributed, he was confident that the dividend paid per share would increase. His accounting department prepared the following basic set of pro forma financial statements for the coming year (for the all equity-financed firm)… Full Charge Corp Pro- Forma Financial Statement All figures (except per share) in $m Shares Outstanding Measured in Millions Income Statement Revenue 1500 Operating Expenses 1375 Operating Profit 125 Net Income 125 Dividends 125 Shares Outstanding 62.5 Dividends Per Share 2.00 Balance Sheet Current Assets 450 Fixed Assets 550 Total Assets 1000 Total Debt 0 Total Equity 1000 Total Capital 1000 Inflation was currently running at close to zero. Revenue and operating expenses were thus projected to remain at the same amount per year indefinitely. Brian observed that the company’s equity beta was around 0.8 whilst the market risk premium was around 5%. He estimated the current cost of equity of the no-debt firm as 8%. On the basis of an estimated cost of debt of 4%, Brian argued that any increase in debt would lead to a lowering of the company’s capital cost. He thought “If we aggressively seek the best deals for raw materials, why shouldn’t we extend the same philosophy to our capital?” Brian’s colleague and MBA graduate, Amanda, expressed some concerns about the restructuring. Firstly, she asserted that the proposed action might boost EPS, however adding debt to the capital structure would magnify the sensitivity of EPS to changes in operating profit. Furthermore, she expressed doubt as to whether or not the restructuring would have the share price impact Brian predicted. Provide some financial analysis to help support Amanda’s line of reasoning. (For ease of exposition, assume that there are neither distress costs nor signalling value associated with capital structure decisions). Given the growth in the market for electric vehicles, the government is weighing up whether to drop the tax exemption enjoyed by Full Charge Corporation. More specifically, there is debate about the introduction of a 20% corporation tax rate for companies in this market. What would this proposed tax change mean for the post restructuring weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and the share price of Full Charge? (For the scenario where corporate taxes apply, assume that the post-restructuring share count equals 39.4m). Again, assume there are neither distress costs nor signalling implications associated with capital structure decisions. Explain the underlying mechanisms that lead to any changes in the WACC and share price.

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Scenario 1 -Full equity
Income Statement Balance Sheet
Revenue 1500 Current Assets 450 Total Debt 0
Operating Expenses 1375 Fixed Assets 550 Total Equity 1000
Opg.Profit 125 Total Assets 1000 Total capital 1000
Net income 125
Dividends 125 Current Cost of Equity,ke= 8%
Shares o/s 62.5 WACC= 8%
EPS(NI/No.of shs.) 2 Share price= Div./WACC=2/8%= $ 25
DPS= 2
Scenario-2
Increase in Debt by 500 m to buy back $ 500 million shares
will have the following effect in a ZERO -TAX situation:
Current No.of shares O/s(in mlns.) 62.5
No.of shs. Bought back ($ 500 mlns./($ 1000 mlns./62.5 mln. Shares))= 31.25
No.of Shs.o/s in mlns.(after buyback) 31.25
Income Statement Balance Sheet
Revenue 1500 Current Assets 450 Total Debt 500
Operating Expenses 1375 Fixed Assets 550 Total Equity 500
Opg.Profit 125 Total Assets 1000 Total capital 1000
Int.exp.(500*4%) 20
Net income 105
Dividends 105 WACC=(50%*4%)+(50%*8%)=
Shares o/s 31.25 6%
EPS(NI/No.of shs.) 3.36 Share price= Div./WACC=3.36/6%= $ 56
DPS= 3.36
Scenario-3
will have the following effect in a 20% TAX situation:
Revenue 1500 Current Assets 450 Total Debt 500
Operating Expenses 1375 Fixed Assets 550 Total Equity 500
Opg.Profit 125 Total Assets 1000 Total capital 1000
Int.exp.(500*4%) 20
EBT 105
Tax at 20% 21 WACC=(50%*4%*(1-20%))+(50%*8%)=
Net income 84 5.60%
Dividends 84 Share price= Div./WACC=2.688/5.6%= $ 48
Shares o/s 31.25
EPS(NI/No.of shs.) 2.688
DPS= 2.688
will have the following effect in a 20% TAX situation & share count 39.4 mlns
Revenue 1500 Current Assets 450 Total Debt 369.6
Operating Expenses 1375 Fixed Assets 550 Total Equity 630.4
Opg.Profit 125 Total Assets 1000 Total capital 1000
Int.exp.(369.6*4%) 14.784
EBT 110.216
Tax at 20% 22.0432 WACC=(36.96%*4%*(1-20%))+(63.04%*8%)=
Net income 88.1728 6.23%
Dividends 88.1728 Share price= Div./WACC=2.238/6.23%= $ 36
Shares o/s 39.4
EPS(NI/No.of shs.) 2.238
DPS= 2.238
Scenario WACC Sh. Price $ EPS=DPS= Effect onWACC Effect on Share price
1 Current-Full equity 8% 25 2
2 Zero-tax (50%,50%) 6% 56 3.36 Cost of capital decreases DPS increase & Share price increases, compared to 1
3 20% tax (50%,50%) 5.60% 48 2.688 Cost of capital decreases further compared to 2, due to interest tax-shield effect Share price also decreases compared to 2, due to tax cash outflows on interest
4 20% tax (D-37%,E-63%) 6.23% 36 2.238 As the % age of debt decreases from 50% to 37%, WACC increases , compared to that in 3. Share price decrease both due to lesser dividends & increased WACC , compared to that in 3--in a tax scenario

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