Case Analysis: Midland Energy Resources, INC.: Cost of Capital Midland’s consolidated balance sheet and its access to global financial and commodity markets Midland Energy Resources, Inc. was a global integrated oil and gas company. It had sometimes presented attractive opportunities to trade securities and commodities. Midland was been incorporated more than 120 years with more than 80000 employees in 2007. Midland conservative compared to some of its large competitors, but it did have a group
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital This case describe an global energy company, whose name is Midland, with three operations in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. We are going to calculate the cost of the capital of this company, and answer the following three questions. What are the cost of capital for Midland debt and equity? What is the WACC for Midland? What should be the cost of capital for Midland operational
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Memorandum To: Ms. Mortensen CC: Prof. Bjorn Johnson Date: 02/25/2013 Subject: Midland Energy Resources, Inc. Analysis Janet Mortensen, senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources, needs to estimate the cost of capital because it is an important data for estimating the project whether it will be profitable and worth the resources and risk. As mentioned in the case, Midland estimates the cost of capital to be used in analyzing asset appraisals for capital budgeting
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital This case describe an global energy company, whose name is Midland, with three operations in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. We are going to calculate the cost of the capital of this company, and answer the following three questions. What are the cost of capital for Midland debt and equity? What is the WACC for Midland? What should be the cost of capital for Midland
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital May 28, 2014 1. For what purposes dose Mortensen estimated Midland’s cost of capital? What would be the potential consequences of a too high estimate compared to the firm’s “true” cost of capital? What about a too low estimate? Estimates of Midland’s cost of capital are used in many analyses, including asset appraisals for both capital budgeting and financial accounting, performance assessments, M&A proposals, and stock
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Date: October 7, 2013 Re: Midland Energy Resources Inc. Weighted Average Cost of Capital Midland Energy Resources Inc. is a publicly traded company that primarily deals in the energy industry. The company itself is divided into three major operational divisions, two of which that is concerning to the company include: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) and Refining and Marketing (R&M). The Petrochemicals division will not be addressed. Going forward, Midland Energy would like to undertake
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To find the corporate cost of capital for Midland Energy Resources we will need to find the cost of capital of the three divisions within the company. The formula for WACC is: WACC=rd * (D/V) * (1-t) + re * (E/V) where, rd= Cost of debt re= Cost of equity D= Market value of debt E= Market value of equity V= D+E= Value of the company (or division) T= Tax rate To calculate the cost of debt (rd) for each division we will use the data in the case by adding the premium over the US treasury securities
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources, Inc. is a global energy company comprised of three different operations – oil and gas exploration (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. E&P is Midland’s most profitable business, and midland anticipated continued heavy investment in acquisitions of promising properties, in development of its proved undeveloped reserves, and in expanding production. Midland wanted to boost
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 2 II. COMPONENT ESTIMATIONS ............................................................................... 2 1. Effective Tax Rate - t ............................................................................................. 2 2. Capital Structure – D/E ..............................................
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has performed thorough analysis surrounding the questions of cost of capital for Midland Energy Resources, Inc. (Midland). Here are the results of our research: 1. Ms. Mortensen estimates Midland’s cost of capital for a variety of reasons including use for capital budgeting, financial accounting, performance assessments, stock repurchase estimations, and potential “M&A” opportunities. In addition, Midland relies on the cost of capital to deliver on the financial and investment policies
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