INTRODUCTION Background Pioneer Petroleum was founded in 1924‚ through a merger within industrial‚ pipeline transportation‚ and refining fields. PP has evolved over the last 60 years into a company that now also works with agricultural chemicals‚ plastics‚ and real estate development concentrating in gas‚ oil‚ petrochemicals‚ and coal. In 1990‚ PP improved their coker and sulfur recovery facility to make their refining process more efficient and in turn has become one of the lowest cost refiners
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Pioneer Petroleum is a multinational corporation that is in position to capitalize on investments all around the World. Within the industry Pioneer’s gasoline are among the cleanest burning fuels. They are better position than most to meet strict environmental guidelines as they currently have clean efficient running plants positioned to capitalize on less polluted products. Also Pioneer Petroleum is heavily involved in exploration and devilment. From 1924 to the present‚ pioneer has been able
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Pioneer Petroleum Corporation’s (PPC) has been through a diverse amount of changes throughout the years. They were originally were a merger of several different independent firms operating in the oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemicals fields. PPC then integrated vertically into exploration and production of crude oil and marketing refined petroleum products‚ but horizontally into plastics‚ agricultural chemicals‚ and real estate development. They decided to restructure
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KORKMAZ DATE: NOVEMBER 4‚ 2014 CASE: PIONEER PETROLEUM CORPORATION Overview of the Company Pioneer Petroleum Corporation established in 1924 and operating in oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemical fields. Company uses weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) as a discount rate to discount future cash flows that generate from possible projects. According to net present values of these possible projects management decides to invest or not. WACC represents the minimum rate of return
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Pioneer Petroleum Cases Analysis The Problem: Pioneer Petroleum Corporation (PPC) has two major problems that are interfering with the goal of the firm to maximize shareholder wealth. The first is that PPC has been calculating their weighted average cost of capital incorrectly‚ by incorrectly calculating their after tax cost of debt and their cost of equity. This miscalculation has subjected PPC to more risk and has hurt the company’s ability to make appropriate investment decisions. This has
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Application of Capital Structure‚ Costs of Capital for Multiple Division firms Case Analysis: Pioneer Petroleum Corporation (PPC).1 Submitted by: Joseph Donato N. Pangilinan‚ FICD Date Presented: April 12‚ 2012 Introduction: This landmark case seeks to break the risk-reward trade off involved in calculating Capital Cost. The object of the solution must be to minimize project risks while maximizing project opportunities available. We want a rate and a rating system that does not unnecessarily
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9 Calculating WACC Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 60 percent common stock‚ 5 percent preferred stock‚ and a 35 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 12.5 percent‚ the cost of preferred stock is 5.5 percent‚ and the cost of debt is 7.2 percent. The relevant tax rate is 35 percent. a. What is Mullineaux’s WACC? b. The company president has approached you about Mullineax’s capital structure. He wants to know why the company doesn’t use more preferred stock financing
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at 4.5% * JP Morgan has issued an estimate for Expected Market Return at 8.5% * Euribor is 2% * Before tax cost of debt = 5% * Tax rate = 30% Please calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for this firm. 2. You are now asked to calculate the WACC for a toothpaste manufacturer with the following data: * Average share price for last 6 months = €34/ share * Current year’s dividend = €3/ share * Applicable growth rate = 3% * Tax rate =
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2. What is the maximum price they could expect to pay Monmouth‚ based on an analysis of valuation using discounted cash flow‚ calculation of WACC and terminal value determination? 2. Based on the DCF valuation and using a WACC of 8.25% (the beta assumed to be 1‚ the average beta of comparable firms and the coupon rate to be 7.96%‚ the rate for BB rated companies) and a growth rate of 5.5%. The fair price is $40.4 per share for Robertson‚ lower than the $50 offered by Simmons to sell their
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2. Case: Pioneer Petroleum Note that p.2 of the case incorrectly states that the firm’s debt policy is that debt should comprise 50% of its total capital structure‚ defined as “long-term debt plus book equity.” The correct text should state “long-term debt plus market equity.” Answer the following questions: a. Does Pioneer estimate its overall corporate weighted-average cost of capital correctly? I think they´re WACC is correctly estimated. They use 50% debt and 50% equity‚ which I think is very
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