In: Finance
a. Your company is evaluating a potential acquisition
with annual revenue of $500 million, operating profit of $50
million and after-tax cash flow of $30 million. Your corporate
development team believes it has found synergies that can save $50
million in costs which can be realized by year 3. Assuming a 10%
weighted average cost of capital what is the maximum price your
company should pay for this acquisition?
b. Suppose the potential deal in a question is for a highly
cyclical company at peak earnings. If there is a 40% probability of
recession by Year 3 and the impact would be negative by 25% of
current profit estimates how does this change your answer for
a?