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Happy Times, Inc., wants to expand its party stores into the Southeast. In order

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Happy Times, Inc., wants to expand its party stores into the Southeast. In order to establish an immediate presence in the area, the company is considering the purchase of the privately held Joe’s Party Supply. Happy Times currently has debt outstanding with a market value of $190 million and a YTM of 10 percent. The company’s market capitalization is $430 million, and the required return on equity is 15 percent. Joe’s currently has debt outstanding with a market value of $33 million. The EBIT for Joe’s next year is projected to be $17.0 million. EBIT is expected to grow at 9 percent per year for the next five years before slowing to 2 percent in perpetuity. Increases in net working capital and capital spending as a percentage of EBIT are expected to be 8 percent and 14 percent, while depreciation is expected to be 7 percent of EBIT. Joe’s has 2.1 million shares outstanding and the tax rate for both companies is 30 percent. a. What is the maximum share price that Happy Times should be willing to pay for Joe’s? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Maximum share price $ After examining your analysis, the CFO of Happy Times is uncomfortable using the perpetual growth rate in cash flows. Instead, she feels that the terminal value should be estimated using the EV / EBITDA multiple. The appropriate EV / EBITDA multiple is 9. b. What is your new estimate of the maximum share price for the purchase? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Maximum share price $

Explanation / Answer

a.

EBIT for year 1 = $17,000,000

Tax rate = 30%

Net income = EBIT * (1 – tax rate) = $17,000,000 * (1 - 0.30) = $11,900,000

Operating cash flow = Net income + Depreciation = Net income + (EBIT*0.07) = $11,900,000 + ($17,000,000*0.07) = $13,090,000

Increase in net working capital = EBIT * 0.08 = $17,000,000 * 0.08 = $1,360,000

Capital spending = EBIT * 0.14 = $17,000,000 * 0.14 = $2,380,000

Free cash flow for year 1 = Operating cash flow – Increase in net working capital – Capital spending = $13,090,000 - $1,360,000 - $2,380,000 = $9,350,000

The EBIT is expected to grow by 9% for first five years and 2% thereafter. Since all the cash flows are directly related to EBIT, the free cash flows shall also increase by same growth rate. Thus the free cash flows for next 6 years are as below:

Year

Growth rate

Free cash flow

1

$9,350,000.00

2

9%

$10,191,500.00

3

9%

$11,108,735.00

4

9%

$12,108,521.15

5

9%

$13,198,288.05

6

2%

$13,462,253.81

The above cash flows shall be discounted using the weighted average cost of capital to find the value of the company.

Market value of debt = $190 million

Market value of equity = $430 million

Weight of debt = 190/(190+430) = 0.31

Weight of equity = 430/(190+430) = 0.69

Cost of debt = YTM * (1-tax rate) = 10% * (1-0.30) = 7%

Cost of equity = 15%

Weighted average cost of capital = (7% * 0.31) + (15% * 0.69) = 0.1252 = 12.52%

Value of firm at the end of year 5 = Cash flow at year 6/(WACC – Growth rate) = $13,462,253.81/(0.1252 – 0.02) = $127,968,192.15

Year

Free cash flow

Present value factor @ 12.52%

Present value

1

$9,350,000.00

                  0.8887

$8,309,345.00

2

$10,191,500.00

                  0.7898

$8,049,246.70

3

$11,108,735.00

                  0.7020

$7,798,331.97

4

$12,108,521.15

                  0.6239

$7,554,506.35

5

$13,198,288.05

                  0.5544

$7,317,130.90

5

$127,968,192.15

                  0.5544

$70,945,565.73

$109,974,126.64

Market value of Joe = $109,974,126.64

Market value of debt of Joe = $33,000,000

Value of equity = $109,974,126.64 - $33,000,000 = $76,974,126.64

No. of shares outstanding = 2,100,000 shares

Value per share = $76,974,126.64/2,100,000 = $36.65 per share

Maximum share price that Happy Times should be willing to pay for Joe’s is $36.65 per share

b.

To calculate the terminal value using the EV/EBITDA multiple we need to calculate the Year 5 EBITDA, which is EBIT plus depreciation,

EBIT for year 5 = EBIT for year 1 * 1.094 = $17,000,000 * 1.4116 = $23,997,200

Depreciation = EBIT * 0.07 = $23,997,200 * 0.07 = $1,679,804

EBITDA = EBIT + Depreciation = $23,997,200 + $1,679,804 = $25,677,004

We can now calculate the terminal value of the company using the Year 5 EBITDA, which will be:

Terminal value at year 5 = EBITDA * (EV/EBITDA multiple) = $25,677,004 * 9 = $231,093,036

Note, this is the terminal value in Year 5 since we used the Year 5 EBITDA. We need to calculate the present value of the cash flows for the first 4 years, plus the present value of the Year 5 terminal value. We do not need to include the Year 5 cash flow since it is included in the Year 5 terminal value.

Year

Free cash flow

Present value factor @ 12.52%

Present value

1

$9,350,000.00

                  0.8887

$8,309,345.00

2

$10,191,500.00

                  0.7898

$8,049,246.70

3

$11,108,735.00

                  0.7020

$7,798,331.97

4

$12,108,521.15

                  0.6239

$7,554,506.35

5

$231,093,036.00

                  0.5544

$128,117,979.16

$159,829,409.17

Market value of Joe = $159,829,409.17

Market value of debt of Joe = $33,000,000

Value of equity = $159,829,409.17 - $33,000,000 = $126,829,409.17

No. of shares outstanding = 2,100,000 shares

Value per share = $126,829,409.17/2,100,000 = $60.39 per share

Maximum share price that Happy Times should be willing to pay for Joe’s is $60.39 per share

Year

Growth rate

Free cash flow

1

$9,350,000.00

2

9%

$10,191,500.00

3

9%

$11,108,735.00

4

9%

$12,108,521.15

5

9%

$13,198,288.05

6

2%

$13,462,253.81

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