Securities: The Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) [1] I. Introduction This teaching note describes the valuation of publicly traded equity securities using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Price/Characteristic (market comparison) approaches, with a specific spreadsheet example for The Black and Decker Corporation. Free cash flow valuation and comparables (comps) are key tools in fundamental analysis, the process of picking stocks with high expected return based on an analysis of the company
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Black and DECKER: power tools Case study Problem Statement Black and Decker has established its brand strength to be among the top ten firms in the United States. By creating the portable power tools business in the early 1990’s and being the world’s largest producer by the end of the decade, the firm has been vouched for offering high quality, differentiated products and excellent service in the Professional-Industrial segment. Powerful brand perception has helped Black and Decker attain the
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1.1 Problem Statement: The problem faced by the Black and Decker Corporation (A) is the zero profitability faced by the company in its Power Tools Division’s especially in the ‘Tradesmen” segment. Out of the three segments in this Power Tools Division, B&D was facing immense competition from Makita Electric of Japan which had practically taken oven the professional power tools for tradesmen business since it entered the United States market a decade ago. According to the trade practices the company
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Objectives This course introduces basic financial concepts all business managers should understand regardless of functional specialization. Topics include financial analysis and planning, time value of money, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return trade-offs, cost of capital, and capital structure. The pedagogical approach used is a mixture of lectures and case examples. Cases are often used as a vehicle for discussing the complexities of real-world financial problems. To benefit most from this
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Hours Simin Foster, Ph.D., MBA Desmarais 5140 Contact via e-mail simin.foster@uottawa.ca By appointment (confirm via e-mail) Desmarais 4170 Thursday 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Weight on Final Grade 15% 15% 10% 15% 20% 25% Course Deliverable Case 1 – Black & Decker (A) Case 2 - Marketing Simulation Case 3 – A Case for Brand Loyalty Case 4 – Online Marketing at Big Skinny Peer-to-Peer Learning Experience Final exam Due Date September 19 Part A: September 26 Part B: October 3 Par November 14 November
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Objectives This course introduces basic financial concepts all business managers should understand regardless of functional specialization. Topics include financial analysis and planning, time value of money, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return trade-offs, cost of capital, and capital structure. The pedagogical approach used is a mixture of lectures and case examples. Cases are often used as a vehicle for discussing the complexities of real-world financial problems. To benefit most from this
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CHAPTER 13 Financial Analysis: The Big Picture Study Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Understand the concept of sustainable income. Indicate how irregular items are presented. Explain the concept of comprehensive income. Describe and apply horizontal analysis. Describe and apply vertical analysis. Identify and compute ratios used in analyzing a company’s liquidity, solvency, and profitability. Understand the concept of quality of earnings. Summary of Questions by Study Objectives and Bloom’s
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| | | | | |2. Discuss the need for comparative analysis| |5 | | | | | | | | | |and identify the tools | | | | | | | | | | | |of financial statement analysis. | | | | | | | | | |
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winning products must be researched, tested, developed and introduced before today's winners become obsolete. To manage its future every company needs a business strategy and a marketing strategy. The business strategy guides the corporate mission, financial and operational planning, its search for new products, technologies, and market targets. The marketing strategy takes the business strategy as given, then focuses on matching products to markets. Market planning involves the shorter run, annual
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ID: Date: Student Mentor Name: Table of Contents Introduction 3 Product Description and Classification 3 Product Support of Mission Statement……………………………………………………………………………………………….….3 Consumer Product Classification 3 Target Market 3 Competitive Situation Analysis 3 Analysis of Competition using Porter’s Five Forces Model 3 SWOT Analysis 4 Strengths and Core Competencies 5 Weaknesses 5 Opportunities 5 Threats 5 Market Objectives 6 Product Objective 6 Price Objective 6 Place
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