Your employer, a mid-sized human resources management company, is considering expansion in to related fields, including the acquisition of Temp Force Company, an employment agency that supplies word process or operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporary heavy workloads.
Your employer, a mid-sized human resources management company
Firstly, Your employer, a mid-sized human resources management company, is considering expansion in to related fields, including the acquisition of Temp Force Company, an employment agency that supplies word process or operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporary heavy workloads. Your employer is also considering the purchase of Bigger-staff & McDonald (B&M), a privately held company owned by two friends, each with 5 million shares of stock. B&M currently has free cash flow of $24million, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. B&M’s financial statements report short-term investments of $100 million, debt of $200 million, and preferred stock of $50 million. B&M’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 11%. Answer the following questions.
a) Describe briefly the legal rights and privileges of common stock holders.
b) What is free cash flow (FCF)? Also, What is the weight ed average cost of capital? Further, What is the free cash flow valuation model?
c) Use a pie chart to illustrate the sources that comprise a hypothetical company’s total value. Using another pie chart, show the claims on a company’s value. How is equity a residual claim?
d) Suppose the free cash flow at Time 1 is expect ed to grow at a constant rate of gL forever. If gL WACC, what is a formula for the present value of expect ed free cash flows when discount ed at the WACC? If the most recent free cash flow is expect ed to grow at a constant rate of gL forever (and gL WACC), what is a formula for the present value of expect ed free cash flows when discounted at the WACC?
