share in the smokeless tobacco industry‚ UST Inc. has been generating large and stable income. However‚ the leading company in a certain industry tends to react slowly to market share erosion by competing firms and lack of creativity in the introduction of new product‚ a situation UST Inc. is now undergoing. Concerning the declining sales growth and gradual loss of the market share‚ UST Inc. is now considering recapitalizing by issuing debt amounts to $1 billion. By recapitalizing‚ it can create a total
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policy at UST inc. Case To: UST Board of Directors From: UST Financial analysis team Date: 18 January 2011 Subject: Future debt policy at UST and recapitalization option 1. Analysis of UST business current and future environment UST operates in the smokeless Tobacco industry‚ a market with 2 B$ of revenues‚ which grew at a CAGR of 3.7% over the past 17 years‚ but more recently experienced a decrease in growth rate‚ dropping to 2.9% in 1997 and 1.2% in 1998. In this market‚ UST has a very
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“UST Inc” case study The primary business risks associated with UST are as follows: First‚ legal challenges will cause litigation expenses‚ lawsuits expenses and settlement payments‚ which will decrease the operating income and cash flow and will increase the risks of debt default. From the industry level‚ the smokeless tobacco manufactures have faced less exposure to health related lawsuits than cigarette manufactures because the scientific evidence linking smokeless tobacco to cancer is less
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FNCE 201 Corporate Finance Prof. Fu Fangjian Due: the class in 4th week (10-14 Sep) UST Inc. is considering a debt-for-equity recapitalization. In the deal‚ UST will issue $1 billion debt to buy back stocks. In class we argue that an important determinant of a firm’s debt policy is the tradeoff between the tax benefits of debt and the costs of financial distress and bankruptcy. Mature firms generating positive and stable operating income are more likely to take advantage of the debt tax shields
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Xudong Huang Homework Assignment No.1 Xi Huang Oct 23‚ 2012 Vasudha Nukala Ji Qi Executive Summary UST Inc. has historically been one of the most profitable companies. Profitability stems from its commanding market share‚ strong name brand recognition‚ historical pricing flexibility‚ and growing smokeless tobacco demand. However‚ UST faces business risks including eroding
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The following paper is intended at establishing whether the French president may undertake military action‚ along with establishing to what extent involvement from the parliament is necessary in such scenarios. The paper will focus on the constitutional aspects of the question and will therefore refer to the French Constitution along with other relevant legal materials and customs. This will be done in the following manner: Firstly‚ the main characteristics of the French President‚ the Parliament
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Question 1 How would you characterise the economics of UST business? What are the primary business risks associated with UST [Hint:Compile a list of factors that a credit analyst would take into account when evaluating the proposed recapitalisation]? UST is a principal producer of moist smokeless tobacco products‚ controlling roughly 77% of the overall market. It has $913.3m of assets of which tobacco accounts for 54.5%. The net income for UST has been growing at 11% compounded annual growth
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and more efficient corporate strategy changes. Before evaluating whether $1b is value enhancing in quantitative measure‚ ability to cope with pre-requisite interest payment and potentially dividend payment (possibly dividend growth maintenance) should be considered. Required debt rate and pro forma income statement Risk determinants Credit rating agencies take a wide range of factors – debt raising purpose‚ industry outlook‚ corporate profile and financial measures into account when performing
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four new health institutes‚ the UST Hospital (USTH) seems not only to have recovered financially‚ but is eager to reach for the stars. But is its P3 billion expansion plan simply too starry-eyed for comfort? Is it too ambitious? Yes‚ according to Dr. Cenon Alfonso‚ president and chief executive officer of USTH. He said that the P3 billion financing for the expansion came from a fixed-term‚ syndicated loan by the Development Bank of the Philippines. “The P3 billion is a clean loan‚ it has no collateral
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Medical Studies at the UST After graduating from Ateneo‚ he had to go to UST for higher studies. His mother opposed at first she knew what happened to GOMBURZA ‚ she said “Don’t send him to Manila again‚ he knows enough. If he gets to know more‚ the Spaniards will cut off his head”. He enrolled in UST taking up Philosophy and Letter for 2 reasons: His father liked it. He was still uncertain as to what career to pursue (he asked the advised of Fr. Pablo Ramon (Rector of Ateneo) but it was late
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