Midland Energy [pic] Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. Cost of Capital Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Cost of Capital IV. Risk & Tax Rate V. Capital Structures VI. WACC VII. Conclusion VIII. References I. Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources is a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production(E&P) providing a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide including refining and marketing
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources was fortunate enough to have a skilled financial manager in Mortensen. Her expertise had come to be respected as was evidenced by her promotion and the reliance on her calculations. However‚ her cost of equity numbers were used as a starting point and manipulated rather than used as presented. Examining the calculation of the firms weighted average cost of capital and betas as well as comparing with others in the same
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the Beta of equity in the CAPM formula. In the case we are given the Beta of equity for the corporation. Therefore to calculate the cost of equity we plug the Beta of equity into the CAPM formula. Through this calculation we conclude that the cost of equity is 11.23%. These are the results we obtain: Company’s Beta of Equity = 1.25 | Find Cost of Equity (Ke) by CAPM | Ke @ EMRP of 5% = .0498+1.25(.05) | 0.11230 | The next step Midland needs to take in order to determine its corporate
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Case Synopses Walmart Stores‚ Inc. 09/12/13 Which strategic management concepts are useful in the analysis of this case? 1. SWOT Analysis Walmart’s internal strengths and weaknesses and environmental opportunities and threads are: Strengths Highly motivated and committed employees (Associates) Top management involved on daily operations (street managers) Latitude price setting (allows more profitability in different locations) Technology oriented (Satellite system and logistic
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. 1.The Use of Cost of Capital First of all‚ cost of capital is an essential component in WACC. WACC is composed of cost of equity and cost of debt.The Mortensen’s estimates are used in various ways including asset appraisals for both capital budgeting and financial accounting‚ performance assessments‚ M&A proposals and stock repurchases at division ‚business unit level and corporate level. 2. The Calculation for Wacc Midland’s wacc at the corporate level
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Rf=0.0498 2. Cost of debt‚ which is determined by adding the spread to Treasury (1.62%) to the rate of 30-year treasury bonds in 2007. Rd=0.0498+0.0162=0.066 3. Cost of equity‚ the EMRP (5%) and D/E (59.3%) was taken out of the context of the case. βa=Equity Beta/(1+D/E)= 1.25/(1+0.593)= 0.78 According to Table1‚ consolidated D/V is 42.2%‚ E/V is 57.8%‚ βe= βa*(1+D/E)= 0.78*(1+0.422/0.578)=1.35 Re=Rf+ βe *EMRP= 0.0498+(1.35*0.05)= 0.1173 4. WACC‚ the tax rate (38.58%) was from the 2006
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Situation Analysis Company is trying to estimate cost of capital for each of the three divisions‚ Exploration and Production (E&P)‚ Refining and Marketing (R&M) and Petrochemicals. Cost of capital analysis is used in taking following decisions in the organization: Project appraisal Financial accounting Stock repurchases decisions Merger & Acquisitions Performance assessment The estimates produced by treasury were criticized because of specific
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Midland Energy/Sample 2 Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. is a global energy company that operates in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P)‚ refining and marketing (R&M)‚ and petrochemicals. Midland’s most profitable segment is its E&P division which produces 67% of the company’s net income (Exhibit 3). Its largest division is R&M with the Petrochemical division being the smallest. The primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy are to fund substantial overseas
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ESE 540 Case Study 1: Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Team S As a profitable company that has been incorporated more than 120 years and with more than 80‚000 employees‚ Midland Energy Resources provides a wide range of operation and services‚ which can be concluded with three
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capital is a necessary basis for the expected growth and forecasted demand. The too high estimated cost of capital means that Midland may miss out on investment opportunities and will under value the investment at hand. Furthermore‚ it is possible for shareholders to see a lower return on their investment. On the other hand‚ a too low estimated cost of capital means that Midland may engage in an investment that is potentially “bad” and will be overvalued. Shareholders will see over inflated returns.
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