9-204-109 REV: OCTOBER 23, 2006 MIHIR DESAI Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES In June 2003, Rob Venerus, director of the newly created Corporate Analysis & Planning group at The AES Corporation, thumbed through the five-inch stack of financial results from subsidiaries and considered the breadth and scale of AES. In the 12 years since it had gone public, AES had become a leading independent supplier of electricity in the world with more than $33 billion in assets
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Net present value is the sum of the present value and the initial outlay or outlays necessary to produce the future amount(s). 1-5. A capital investment is an outlay that is expected to result in benefits extending more than one year into the future. Capital budgeting is the process of selecting capital investments. 1-6. Steps in capital budgeting process: - Establish Goals - Develop Strategy - Search for Investment Opportunities - Evaluate Investment
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ELEMENTS OF MODERN FINANCE - MGCR-641 THE SUPER PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROBLEMS 1. Is General Foods using the proper capital budgeting methods in evaluating their potential projects? 2. Should General Foods invest in the Super project? In evaluating the Super Project, what are the relevant cash flows to use? In particular: • Test market Expenses • Overhead Expenses • Erosion of Jell-O contribution margin • Allocation of charges for the use of excess agglomerator capacity OPTIONS
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I. Capital budgeting : In the process of maximizing wealth, both households and corporations must invest. An investment is defined as a change in the investor’s stock of real assets and financial or derivative assets = The process of planning expenditures on assets whose cash flows are expected to extend beyond one year. By convention, the process is referred to as financial asset valuation when it deals with financial, or derivative assets, and as Capital Budgeting when it deals with real assets
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ELEMENTS OF MODERN FINANCE - MGCR-641 THE SUPER PROJECT Prepared By: Bogdan Enoiu Chris McLachlin J. Alejandro Noboa February 03, 2006 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROBLEMS 1. Is General Foods using the proper capital budgeting methods in evaluating their potential projects? 2. Should General Foods invest in the Super project? In evaluating the Super Project, what are the relevant cash flows to use? In particular: • Test market Expenses • Overhead Expenses • Erosion of Jell-O contribution margin
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Excellence in Financial Management Course 3: Capital Budgeting Analysis Prepared by: Matt H. Evans, CPA, CMA, CFM This course provides a concise overview of capital budgeting analysis. This course is recommended for 2 hours of Continuing Professional Education. In order to receive credit, you will need to pass a multiple choice exam which is administered over the internet at www.exinfm.com/training A companion toll free course can be accessed by dialing 1-877-689-4097, option 3, ID
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play when evaluating a project financial viability, when making new investment in plant and machinery and when investing in stocks and bonds. 2. Bonds I was able to learn about the types of bonds issued in the market and the risk associated with the bond market, pricing of the bonds, relationship between bond price and interest rate. A bond is a long term debt instrument issued by a corporate or a government in order to raise capital. This is a contract under which the borrower (a corporate
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Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting is a process where business executives plan about the future of their company. The company looks at potential investments, and they must decide if the investment is worth being funded by the company’s current capital. The process involves decisions that will affect the company’s long-term business structure. In our capital budget case we had to choose between two corporations that are available for sale. As executives, we must look at the most logical corporation
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Harry Davis Industries has been too constrained by the high cost of capital to make many capital investments. Recently, though, capital costs have been declining, and the company has decided to look seriously at a major expansion program that had been proposed by the marketing department. Assume that you are an assistant to Leigh Jones, the financial vice-president. Your first task is to estimate Harry Davis’ cost of capital. Jones has provided you with the following data, which she believes may
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Excellence in Financial Management Course 3: Capital Budgeting Analysis Prepared by: Matt H. Evans, CPA, CMA, CFM This course provides a concise overview of capital budgeting analysis. This course is recommended for 2 hours of Continuing Professional Education. In order to receive credit, you will need to pass a multiple choice exam which is administered over the internet at www.exinfm.com/training A companion toll free course can be accessed by dialing 1-877-689-4097, option 3, ID 752.
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