Reference no: EM133110889
Suppose Wasteful, Inc. (NASDAQ Ticker: WASTE) is an inefficiently run company. The buyout firm of XXX is considering an LBO of WASTE. WASTE currently has 10,000,000 shares outstanding trading at $100/shr and no debt. The Lean & Mean Corp (Ticker: LEAN) is half debt and half equity and is a competitor to WASTE. LEAN has a cost of equity of 20% and a cost of debt of 8%. The tax rate is 40%.
XXX has made the following projections for free cash flows (including from asset sales) and interest payments:
2022 2023
FCFF 250 100
Interest 100 50
XXX assumes that CCFs (i.e., the sum of FCFF and tax shields) will grow at 4% after 2023. With this forecast, how would you characterise WASTE's terminal value (TV) as a multiple of Capital Cash Flows (CCFs) (under the LBO)? XXX uses LEAN to estimate WASTE's business risk.
A. TV = 11.9 times terminal CCF
B. TV = 9.2 times terminal CCF
C. TV = 10.4 times terminal CCF
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E. TV = 12.4 times terminal CCF
F. TV = 10.0 times terminal CCF