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Case 5: Midland

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Energy Case Project

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Team 12

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1. How are Mortensen’s estimates of Midland’s cost of capital used?

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How, if at all, should these anticipated uses affect the calculations?

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- Asset appraisals, in terms of both financial accounting and capital budgeting,

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performance evaluations, stock repurchase, and mergers and acquisitions decisions.

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- changes in stock repurchases does affect the calculations

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- the riskiness of a certain project or investment will lead to changes in the cost of capital

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calculations.

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2. Calculate Midland’s corporate WACC.

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Cost of Debt 6.28%

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Cost of Equity 10.91%

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Tax Rate 39.46%

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D/V 37.22%

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E/V 62.78%

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WACC 8.26%

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3. Should Midland use a single corporate hurdle rate for evaluating

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investment opportunities in all of its divisions?

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- Illogical to use same hurdle

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- Different risk and credit rating

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- Different debt and capital structure

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4. Compute a separate cost of capital for the E&P and Marketing &

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Refining divisions. What causes them to differ from one another?

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● Different Industries （ which means their risk factors to the market are supposed to be different. ）

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● The credit ratings of these two divisions are different （ which can lead to a different required rate of
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E&P WACC R&M WACC

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Levered Beta 1.15 Levered Beta 1.2

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Spread 1.6% Spread 1.8%

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D/E 39.8% D/E 20.3%

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Relevered Beta 1.4 Relevered Beta 1.36

Cost of Equity 11.68% re Cost of Equity 11.46%

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WACC 8.054% WACC 9.12%
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5. Compute a cost of capital for the Petrochemical

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division ？

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Corporate Beta = weight of E&P * Beta of E&P + weight of R&M * Beta of R&M + Weight of P * Beta of P.

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we have the levered Beta of Petrochemical division as 0.55

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Cost of equity=Rf+Beta*Rmp=4.66%+0.55*5%=7.43%

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Tax Rate 39.46%

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Cost of Debt 6.01%

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D/V 0.4

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E/V 0.6

Cost of Equity re 7.43%

WACC 5.92%
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Thank you!

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