In 1995, the company went public and its initial public offering was very successful. The stock price had risen from its initial value of $10 to its current level of $25 per share. There were currently 5 million shares outstanding. In 1997, the company issued 30-year bonds at par, with a face value of $1000 and a coupon rate of 10% per year, and managed to raise $40 million for expansion. Currently, the AA-rated bonds had 25 years left until maturity and were being quoted at 97.5% of par.
Over the past year, Oceantech utilized a new method for fabricating composite materials that the firm had developed. In June of last year, management established the Advanced Materials Group (AM Group), which was dedicated to pursuing this technology. The firm recruited Howard Sloan, a senior engineer, to head the AM Group. Howard also had an MBA from a prestigious university under his belt.
Upon joining Oceantech, Howard realized that most projects were being approved on a "gut feel" approach. There were no formal acceptance criteria in place. Up until then, the company had been lucky in that most of its projects had been well selected and it had benefited from good relationships with clients and suppliers. "This has to change," said Howard to his assistant Roseanne, "we can't possibly be this lucky forever. We need to calculate the firm's hurdle rate and use it in future." Roseanne Keane, who had great admiration for her boss replied, "Yes, Howard, why don't I crunch out the numbers and give them to you within the next couple of days?" " That sounds great, Roseanne," said Howard, "This should have been done a long time ago, but as most things go it's better late than never!"
As Roseanne began looking at the financial statements, she realized that she was going to have to make some assumptions. First, she assumed that new debt would cost about the same as the yield on outstanding debt and would have the same rating. Second, she assumed that the firm would continue raising capital for future projects by using the same target proportions as determined by the book values of debt and equity (see Table 1 for recent balance sheet). Third, she assumed that the equity beta (1.2) would be the same for all the divisions. Fourth, she assumed that the growth rates of earnings and dividends would continue at their historical rate (see Table 2 for earnings and dividend history). Fifth, she assumed that the corporate tax rate would be 40%, and finally, she assumed that the floatation cost for debt would be 10% of the issue price and that for equity would be 15% of selling price. The 1-year Treasury bill yield was 5% and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio was 12%.
In 1995, the company went public and its initial public offering was very successful. The stock price had risen from its initial value of $10 to its current level of $25 per share. There were currently 5 million shares outstanding. In 1997, the company issued 30-year bonds at par, with a face value of $1000 and a coupon rate of 10% per year, and managed to raise $40 million for expansion. Currently, the AA-rated bonds had 25 years left until maturity and were being quoted at 97.5% of par.Over the past year, Oceantech utilized a new method for fabricating composite materials that the firm had developed. In June of last year, management established the Advanced Materials Group (AM Group), which was dedicated to pursuing this technology. The firm recruited Howard Sloan, a senior engineer, to head the AM Group. Howard also had an MBA from a prestigious university under his belt.Upon joining Oceantech, Howard realized that most projects were being approved on a "gut feel" approach. There were no formal acceptance criteria in place. Up until then, the company had been lucky in that most of its projects had been well selected and it had benefited from good relationships with clients and suppliers. "This has to change," said Howard to his assistant Roseanne, "we can't possibly be this lucky forever. We need to calculate the firm's hurdle rate and use it in future." Roseanne Keane, who had great admiration for her boss replied, "Yes, Howard, why don't I crunch out the numbers and give them to you within the next couple of days?" " That sounds great, Roseanne," said Howard, "This should have been done a long time ago, but as most things go it's better late than never!"As Roseanne began looking at the financial statements, she realized that she was going to have to make some assumptions. First, she assumed that new debt would cost about the same as the yield on outstanding debt and would have the same rating. Second, she assumed that the firm would continue raising capital for future projects by using the same target proportions as determined by the book values of debt and equity (see Table 1 for recent balance sheet). Third, she assumed that the equity beta (1.2) would be the same for all the divisions. Fourth, she assumed that the growth rates of earnings and dividends would continue at their historical rate (see Table 2 for earnings and dividend history). Fifth, she assumed that the corporate tax rate would be 40%, and finally, she assumed that the floatation cost for debt would be 10% of the issue price and that for equity would be 15% of selling price. The 1-year Treasury bill yield was 5% and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio was 12%.
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