Hello, Please help with my accounting homework! Scenario: This time, imagine you are a recent...
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Hello, Please help with my accounting homework!
Scenario:
This time, imagine you are a recent graduate and have started working for PureMeat Company, a small but successful meat processing business that delivers premium cuts fresh, packaged and frozen to all supermarket chains across both the South and North Islands of New Zealand. PureMeat is currently in the process of evaluating whether to expand its business into Asian countries. The most recent balance sheet at fiscal year end 2021 is as follows:
PureMeat Corporation Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2021
Assets
$000
Liabilities & Equity
$000
Cash
75
Accounts Payable
672
Accounts Receivable
855
Accrued Marketing Expense
9
Inventory
650
Accrued G&A Expense
18
Total Current Assets
1,580
Total Current Debt
699
Fixed Assets
1,957
Long Term Debt
700
Accumulated Depreciation
(795)
Share capital
950
Net Fixed Assets
1,162
Retained Earnings
393
Total Assets
2,742
Total Debt and Equity
2,742
The company has 550,000 shares outstanding, which are selling for $3.98 per share.
Its debt is selling at book value with a yield to maturity of 8.8%.
From available market data you estimate the return on the market and inflation to be 9.5% and 1.5% respectively.
The company's beta is 1.45 and the company tax rate in New Zealand is 28%.
Questions:
a. Calculate the companys cost of debt before and after taking the tax deductibility of interest payments into account.
b. Calculate the cost of equity.
c. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital.
d. Based on a rough estimate of the project's free cash flows that management provided, you calculate a large internal rate of return of 27.5%. Despite your concerns that the management might be a little too optimistic with their forecasts, would you recommend pursuing the international expansion into Asia?
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