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This assignment involves three separate components: a stock valuation report, a mini case analysis on Conch Republic Electronics, and a capital budgeting project related to Ford Company. The goal is to demonstrate your ability to analyze financial statements, evaluate investment opportunities, and assess the cost of capital for a major corporation, using sound financial principles, ratios, and models.

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Stock Valuation Report:

For the first part, select a publicly traded company listed on the US stock exchanges (NASDAQ, AMEX, or NYSE). Research the company's ticker symbol, industry, and core business activities. Locate the most recent 10-K filing and analyze its financial statements, focusing on key metrics that reflect the company's financial health. Select three financial ratios—such as the debt-to-equity ratio, return on equity (ROE), and current ratio—that provide insight into the company’s solvency, profitability, and liquidity.

Perform a trend analysis of these ratios over the past three years, identifying patterns or deviations that signal changes in financial stability or performance. Based on your analysis, provide a summary that includes your assessment of the company’s financial health, supported by the ratios and trend data. Conclude with a clear investment recommendation—whether to buy, sell, or hold—and justify your position with reasons grounded in your analysis.

Mini Case: Conch Republic Electronics

In this case, after reviewing the chapter 10 case study, you should identify the critical issues, factual data, and decision points relevant to the organization. Your response should synthesize the theoretical frameworks from the chapter, especially focusing on organizational structure, and apply these insights to the specific problems in the case.

Limit your response to 1-3 pages, emphasizing facts from the case and supporting your analysis with concepts from the chapter. Your response should include calculations for payback period, profitability index, net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR) for a given capital project. Use these analyses to formulate a well-reasoned recommendation regarding whether the project should be accepted or rejected, considering financial viability, strategic alignment, and risk factors.

Ford Company Capital Budgeting and WACC Calculation

The third component involves calculating Ford’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Using provided data, you are to determine Ford's WACC, considering the market values, cost of equity, preferred stock dividends, and debt yield-to-maturity. Then, compose a brief report (300-400 words) to the CFO summarizing your findings.

You should discuss how the calculated WACC can guide investment decisions, mentioning possible variations due to macroeconomic, managerial, or marketing factors. Highlight factors such as changes in market conditions, interest rates, company risk profile, or broader economic trends that could impact Ford’s WACC in the future. Your analysis should include assumptions, limitations, and practical applications of the WACC in capital budgeting processes.

Specifically, with the given data:

  • Market value of equity = $7 billion
  • Market value of preferred stock = $3 billion
  • Market value of debt = $10 billion
  • Beta = 1.8
  • Market risk premium = 7%
  • Risk-free rate = 4%
  • Preferred dividend = $3.5 annually; price = $27 per share
  • Debt yield to maturity = 9.5%
  • Tax rate = 30%

Using these inputs, calculate and interpret Ford's WACC, discuss potential risks in the calculation, and explain how this metric should be applied when evaluating capital projects. Address scenarios that might cause fluctuations in the WACC, such as shifts in market risk premiums, changes in interest rates, economic downturns, or strategic corporate decisions.

References

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  • Damodaran, A. (2010). Applied Corporate Finance. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Higgins, R. C. (2012). Analysis for Financial Management. McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., & Jaffe, J. (2013). Corporate Finance. McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C., & Allen, F. (2020). Principles of Corporate Finance. McGraw-Hill.
  • Investopedia. (2023). How to Calculate WACC. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wacc.asp
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (2023). Form 10-K filings. https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
  • Morningstar. (2023). Company financials and ratios. https://www.morningstar.com
  • Yahoo Finance. (2023). Company stock data and analysis tools. https://finance.yahoo.com
  • Corporate Finance Institute. (2023). Capital Budgeting and WACC calculations. https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com

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