The financial aspect of the company is studied using various methodologies such as cash flow analysis and various investment appraisal methods. In this project we have chosen to use NPV and IRR methods of investment appraisal because of several reasons. Investment appraisal could have also been performed by other methods like Payback Period, but the drawback of this method is that it does not consider cash flows that arrive after the payback period and hence can lead to nonsensical decision in some cases. On the other hand NPV and IRR both are more reliable because they consider all cash flows till the end of the project. Further in Payback Period method equal weight is given to all cash flows arriving before payback period, in spite of the fact that more distant cash flows are less valuable. This problem is also overcome with NPV and IRR methods because both consider time value of money. Again NPV and IRR methods also help to ensure whether the investment will increase the firm’s value. Other methods cannot provide this information. The accounting rate of return method of investment appraisal has also been rejected for use in this project because it considers only profits that do not equal cash and also it does not consider time value of money.
Cash Flow Analysis - It is performed for each model to analyse the company's financial health over the model time of 5 years. On the other hand, investment appraisal is required to evaluate the attractiveness of an investment (in this case business model) and is an integral part of capital budgeting. For this project investment appraisal is performed by the following methods.
Net present value (NPV) is the difference between the present value of cash inflows and cash outflows and can be ...
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Star Appliance is looking to expand their product line and is considering three different projects: dishwashers, garbage disposals, and trash compactors. We want to determine which project would be worth doing by determining if they will add value to Star. Thus, the project(s) that will add the most value to Star Appliance will be worth pursuing. The current hurdle rate of 10% should be re-evaluated by finding the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Then by forecasting the cash flows of each project and discounting them by the WACC to find the net present value, or by solving for the internal rate of return, we should be able to see which projects Star should undertake.
Earlier 2002, the stock price of Agnico-Eagle Mines sharply decreased by $1 finally closed at $13.89. This price has reached one of the lowest level, from the company's historical perspective. As a professional equity portfolio manager, who has a large number of AEM stocks on hand. Acker and his team are necessary to find a proper way to estimated the fair value of AEM as well as its equity. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) has been chosen to do this job. The theory behind DCF valuation approach is that the firm's value can be estimated by using the expected future free cash flow discounted by an appropriate discounted rate (Koller etc 2005). However several assumptions need to be clearly examined within this approach. The following sections are showing the process of DCF step by step.
...eting tool that show the differences between the present value of revenues and the present value of expenses. The project can be profitable when the net present value is positive. In other words, the present value of revenues is greater than the present value of expenses. Profitability index is another tool for evaluating investment projects, which is the ratio of the PV of benefits on the PV of costs. A project can be beneficial if the profitability index is greater than 1. Also, it has the same idea as NPV that In other words, the present value of benefits is greater than the present value of costs. However, these two methods (NPV and Profitability Index) have been used to evaluate the proposal of implementing EHR.
The first method we will review is the accounting method. Through this accounting approach we will analyze specific ratios and their possible impact on the company's performance. The specific ratios we will review include the return on total assets, return on equity, gross profit margin, earnings per share, price earnings ratio, debt to assets, debt to equity, accounts receivable turnover, total asset turnover, fixed asset turnover, and average collection period. I will explain each ratio in greater detail, and why I have included it in this analysis, when I give the results of each specific ratio calculation.
Discounted cash flow is a valuation technique that discounts projected cash inflows and outflows to evaluate the potential value of an investment. There are three discounted cash flow methods: Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability Index (PI) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). The net present value discounts all cash inflows and outflows at a minimum rate of return, which is usually the cost of capital. The profitability index refers to the ratio of the present value of cash inflow to the present value of cash outflows. The internal rate of return refers to the interest rate that discounts cash inflow projections to the present to ensure that the present value of cash inflows is equivalent to the present value of cash outflows (Brown, 1992).
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In my assignment I will be focusing on Pat McDonagh. Pat who is from Kilimordaly in County Galway is one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. The main reason I have picked him for my assignment is because I admire all the employment he has pumped into Irelands recovering economy and also our local economy as he would be considered a local man where I come from and live. I believe he is the perfect example of what an entrepreneur should be as he is not afraid to get involved, is never satisfied and on top of this is very passionate about what he does. Pat, who has a name for being Galway's most prominent businessmen, was named as the Galway Association of London's Person of the Year back in 2013.
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