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Capital Budgeting

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the process of measuring, evaluating, and selecting long-term investment opportunities for a firm

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Risk (in reference to project risk)

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the possibility of loss or other unfavorable results that derives from uncertainty implicit in future outcomes

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Reward

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the benefit expected or required from investment of resources in capital projects and other undertakings

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Payback Period Approach

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Determines the number of years needed to recover the initial cash investment in a project and compares that time with a pre-established maximum payback period
*ignores time value of money

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Discounted Payback Period Approach

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Determines the # of years needed to recover the initial cash investment in a project using discounted cash flows and compares that time with a pre-established maximum payback period

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Accounting Rate of Return Approach (ARR)

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  • determines the expected annual incremental accounting net income from a project as a percent of the initial (or average) investment
7
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ARR Formula

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average annual incremental revenue - average annual incremental expenses / initial (or average) investment
*accrual accounting

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Net Present Value Approach (NPV)

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Determines the present value of expected cash inflows and compares that value with the present value of expected outflows in the project
*present value is determined using discount rate, also called “hurdle rate”, based on cost of capital to firm (WACC)

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Internal Rate of Return Approach (IRR)

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Determines the discount rate that equates the present value of expected cash inflows with the present value of expected cash outflows
*IRR computes the discount rate that makes the NPV of cash flows equal to zero

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Profitability Index Approach (PI) - Cost Benefit Ratio

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Determines project rankings by taking into account both the net present value and the cost of each project

11
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Profitability Index calculation

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PI = NPV of project inflows/PV of project cost

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Financial Structure

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The mixture of liabilities and owners’ equity accounts of a firm

13
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Capital Structure

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The long-term sources of funding - long-term debt and owners’ equity

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Short-term or Working Capital Financing

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The funding provided by obligations which become due within one year (i.e. current liabilities)

15
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Payables

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Occur through the acquiring of goods or services financed by incurring an obligation to pay in the future

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Accrued Accounts Payable

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Result from acquiring cash and other benefits financed by an obligation to be financed in the future

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“Stand-by” credit

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An arrangement to have financing available for a specific purpose or period of time

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Line of credit

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Informal agreement whereby a financial institution agrees to a maximum amount of credit that will be extended at any one time

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Revolving credit

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formal agreement whereby a financial institution or other lender agrees to a maximum amount of credit that will be extended

20
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Letter of credit

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A conditional commitment by a financial institution to pay a third party in accordance with specified terms and conditions

21
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Commercial Paper

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short-term, unsecured promissory notes sold by large, highly-creditworthy firms

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Pledging Accounts Receivable

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using accounts receivable as security for short-term borrowings

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Factoring Accounts Receivable

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Factoring is the sale of Accounts Receivable

- buyer is called the “Factor”

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Without recourse

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The factor (buyer) bears the risk associated with collectability, expect in the case of fraud

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With recourse

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The factor (buyer) has recourse against the seller for some or all of the risk associated with uncollectability of the receivables

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Inventory Secured Loans

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Occur when a firm pledges all or part of its inventory as collateral for a short-term loan

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Floating Lien Agreement

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Borrower gives a lien on all of its inventory, but retains control of its inventory, which it continuously sells and replaces

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Chattel Mortgage Agreement

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Lender has a lien against specifically identified inventory, borrower retains control of that inventory, but can’t sell it without lender approval

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Field warehouse agreement

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Inventory remains at borrower’s warehouse, but under the control of an independent third party

30
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Terminal warehouse agreement

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Inventory is moved to a public warehouse and placed under the control of an independent third party

31
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Net lease

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  • lessee assumes cost associated with ownership:
    maintenance, taxes and insurance
  • called “executory costs” in accounting
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Net-net lease

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Lessee assumes cost associated with ownership (above) and responsibility for residual value at end of the lease

33
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Bonds

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  • long-term promissory notes
  • in return for proceeds (cash), the issuer of the bonds (the borrower) promises to pay bondholder (the investor) a fixed amount of interest each period and repay the face or principal of the bond at maturity
34
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Bond indenture

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bond contract

35
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Par/face value

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bond principal

36
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Coupon rate of interest

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Annual rate of interest stated on face of bond (“stated rate”)

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Debenture bonds

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  • unsecured
  • no specific assets are designated as collateral
  • they carry more risk and have higher cost than secured bonds
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Secured bonds

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  • have specific assets designated as collateral
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Current yield (CY) - bonds

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Ratio of annual interest payments to current price of the bonds in the market

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“market interest rate” risk

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The risk that the market value will go down due to interest rates going up in the market

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Preferred Stock

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Ownership interest with preference claims (over common stock)

  • usually does not having voting rights
  • dividends are usually limited in amount and expected (like bond interest) - not required
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Callable preferred stock

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gives the firm the right to buy back preferred shares, usually at pre-established price

43
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Preferred stock theoretical value (PSV) calculation

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Annual Dividend/Required Rate of Return

44
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Preferred stock expected rate of return (PSER) calculation

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annual dividend/market price

45
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Common stock

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the basic ownership interest in a corporation 
*regulatory requirements limit most companies to one class of common stock
46
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Common Stock (CS) valuation

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  • the present value of expected cash flows

- 2 cash flows - commons dividends and common stock appreciation

47
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Common Stock Expected Rate of Return (CSER)

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(1st year dividend/market price) + growth rate

48
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Hedging principle of financing

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calls for matching cash flows from assets with cash requirements needed to finance those assets