Financial Modelling Assignment
Financial Modelling Assignment
Financial Modelling Assignment
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Task 1
Part (a)
You have been provided with information from Company A's financial statements for the year en
Please use this information calculate the following investor ratios as at 30 September 2022 (in th
Earnings per share
Debt-to-equity ratio
Dividend per share
Dividend yield
Part (b)
The company's directors would like to expand the business to increase the company's operating
They are considering two different finance options to fund this expansion (Option 1 and Option 2
For each finance option, please calculate the impact that the expansion will have on the followin
Forecast profit after tax for the year ended 30 September 2023
Earnings per share for the year ended 30 September 2023
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Company A
Income statement for the year to 30 September 2022
£
Revenue 21,500,000
Cost of sales -4,800,000
Gross profit 16,700,000
Administrative expenses -6,250,000
Operating profit 10,450,000
Finance costs -328,600
Profit before tax 10,121,400
Corporation tax @ 25% -2,530,350
Profit after tax 7,591,050
Company A
Market information
Task 1(a)
Please calculate the following investor ratios
Task 1(b)
For each of the finance options, please calculate the
forecast profit after tax and earnings per share
Option 1 Option 2
£ £
Existing operating profit
Additional operating profit
Revised operating profit
Existing finance costs
Additional finance costs
Profit before tax
Corporation tax @ 25%
Profit after tax
Number of shares
Earnings per share (pence)
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ments for the year ended 30 September 2022. Methodology
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Company A
Statement of financial position at 30 September 2022
£
Non-current assets 15,000,000
Current assets 4,700,000
Total assets 19,700,000
Company A
Notes to the financial statements
Company A
Details of expansion plans
Main details £
Forecast increase in operating profit 2,200,000
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Total finance required 8,200,000 Option 1
Existing operating profit
Finance option 1 Additional operating profi
All of the finance would be raised using a bank loan Revised operating profit
Interest rate per annum 5.2% Existing finance costs
Additional finance costs
Finance option 2 Profit before tax
The company would issue additional ordinary shares Corporation tax @ 25%
Issue price per share (pence) 500.0 Profit after tax
Number of additional shares issued 1,640,000 Number of shares
Earnings per share
Task 2
Part (a)
Company B is planning to offer existing shareholders the opportunity to buy additional shares via
Using the information provided, please calculate the following:
The theoretical ex-rights price
The value of a right
Part (b)
Additionally, the directors would like to know what impact the rights issue would have on the co
Using the information provided, and your previous calculations, please calculate the following:
The average annual dividend growth rate
The correlation co-efficient of the dividend trend
Forecast the dividend per share that the company would be expected to pay next year
The total dividends that the company will pay without a rights issue and with a rights issue.
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Company B
Rights issue proposal
Company B
Dividends per share
2018 2019
Dividend per share (pence) 27.5 28.6
Task 2(a)
Please calculate the theoretical ex-rights price and the value of a right.
Value of a right
Task 2(b)
Please calculate the following
Average annual dividend growth rate
£
Total dividends next year - without a rights issue
Total dividends next year - with a rights issue
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buy additional shares via a rights issue. Methodology
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2020 2021 2022 Share price
29.2 32.1 34.0 Existing shares
Rights issue
Number of shares
Existing shares
Rights issue
Total value Total
£ Total value
Existing shares
Rights issue
Total
Value of a right
Correlation co-efficient o
Part (a)
Using the information provided for Option 1, please calculate the following:
Gross yield of Option 1
The total interest payable each year if they use Option 1
Part (b)
Using the information provided for Option 2, please calculate the following:
Gross yield of Option 2
The total interest payable each year if they use Option 2
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automaticall
Part (a)
Please complete the following for Option 1
Number of years
Gross yield
Company C
Bond option 2
Part (a)
You have been given information about the three different sources of finance that the company h
For each of the three sources of finance, please calculate the following:
The cost of each source of finance (e.g. the cost of equity [ke] for the ordinary shares)
The total market value of the shares / bonds
Part (b)
Using your calculations above, please calculate the company's Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC).
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automatically up
Part (a)
Please complete the following for the ordinary shares
D0 (pence)
P0 (pence)
g
Ke
MVe (£)
Kp
MVp (£)
Tax rate
Kd
MVd (£)
Part (b)
Please calculate the company's Weighted Average Cost of Capital.
Cost
%
Ordinary shares
Preference shares
Irredeemable bonds
Total
nary shares)
Company D
Preference shares Preference shares
D0 (pence)
Number of preference shares issued 600,000 P0 (pence)
Nominal value per share (pence) 25.0
Share price (pence) 42.0 Kp
Preference dividend rate 11.0%
MVp (£)
Company D
Irredeemable bonds Irredeemable bonds
Interest per bond (£)
Number of bonds issued 15,000 Market value per bond (£
The monthly growth in the company's share price in the 12 months to 30 September 2022.
The monthly growth in the FTSE index in the 12 months to 30 September 2022.
Part (b)
You have also been provided with other market data on Company E and general market informa
Please calculate the company's Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) using the CAPM formu
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automatically
Part (a) Please calculate the monthly growth in Company E's share price and the FTSE index
Market data
General market data
Company E
Market data
Ordinary shares
Number of ordinary shares issued 900,000
Share price (pence) 465.0
Irredeemable bonds
Number of bonds issued 12,000
Market value per bond £98.00
Coupon rate 4.0%
Cost
%
Ordinary shares
Irredeemable bonds
Total
September 2022.
2022. Marks available
Share price growth
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Ordinary shares Ordinary shares
Risk-free rate (Rf) Risk-free rate (Rf)
Part (b)
Once you have completed the two WACC calculations, please complete the summary table to
capital structure provides the optimum WACC and which option the directors should choose.
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automatica
Company F
Asset beta
Part (a)
Please complete the calculations outline below for each option
Company F
Capital structure option 1
Ordinary shares
Share price £2.24
Number of shares in issue 1,200,000
Debt finance
Bank loan £550,000
Interest rate 4.8%
Company F
Capital structure option 2
Ordinary shares
Share price £2.20
Number of shares in issue 800,000
Debt finance
Bank loan £750,000
Interest rate 5.1%
Part (b)
Summary of results WACC
Option A
Option B
Optimum WACC
he summary table to show the WACC for each option and identify which
ctors should choose.
Company F
Market information
Marks available
Option 1 Option 1
Asset beta Asset beta
Market value of debt (£) Market value of debt
Market value of equity (£) Market value of equit
Tax rate Tax rate
Equity beta Equity beta
Option 2 Option 2
Asset beta Asset beta
Market value of debt (£) Market value of debt
Market value of equity (£) Market value of equit
Tax rate Tax rate
Equity beta Equity beta
Part (a)
Using the information provided, please calculate the net present value of the investment
Part (b)
Please indicate to the directors whether they should 'Accept' or 'Reject' the investment.
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automatically up
Company G
Investment opportunity: forecast revenue and costs
Year 1 Year 2
Sales volume (units) 10,250 12,750
Selling price per unit £112.00 £115.00
Company G
Investment opportunity: production equipment
Part (a)
Please complete the net present value calculation below
Please note: all cash payments should be clearly shown in the calculation as negative values
Year 0 Year 1
£ £
Revenue
Variable costs
Fixed costs
Net trading cash flows
Corporation tax
Equipment
Disposal proceeds
Capital allowances (Working 1)
Net cash flows
Cost of capital
e investment.
Year 3 Year 4
15,500 8,500
£118.00 £120.00
£50.00 £60.00
£255,000 £275,000
Company G
Investment opportunity: relevant rates
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Part (b) Value
Please indicate whether the directors should ###
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Task 8
Company H has developed a new product and the directors are trying to forecast the revenue an
Part (a)
The directors have hired a market research company to forecast the potential sales volumes for e
The market research firm has advise Company H on an appropriate selling price for the product.
They have also indicated how much the selling price could be increased by each year.
However, they have indicated that sales volume for each year will depend on economic condition
Part (b)
Company H's purchasing manager has provided information relating to the cost of materials in re
Using this information and your calculations in part (a), please calculate the following:
The average annual growth in the cost of materials per unit in recent years
The correlation co-efficient of the cost of materials per unit over over during this period
The forecast cost of materials per unit for each of the next four years
The total cost of materials for each of the next four years.
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automatically u
Company H
Market research
Part (a)
Please complete the following calculations
Company H
Historic cost of materials
Part (b)
Please complete the following calculations
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ing this period
Year 2
Volume
Price
Total
Year 3
Volume
Price
Total
Year 4
Volume
Price
Total
2020 2021 2022
£54.50 £56.50 £57.50
Correlation co-efficient o
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Cost per unit
Units
Total cost
Task 9
The finance director of Company I has produced a Net Present Value calculation for a proposed in
However, the finance director is concerned that some of the estimates in the calculation may be in
Part (a)
Please calculate the sensitivity of the Net Present Value calculation to changes in the following:
Company I
Investment opportunity: Net Present Value calculation
Year 0 Year 1
£ £
Revenue 2,600,000
Cost of materials -845,000
Staff costs -650,000
Other overheads -570,000
Net trading cash flows 535,000
Corporation tax
Equipment -1,000,000
Disposal proceeds
Capital allowances
Net cash flows -1,000,000 535,000
Part (a)
Please calculate the sensitivity of the NPV calculation to changes in the following variables:
Cost of capital
Present value of cash flows affected
Original NPV
Sensitivity
Cost of capital
Present value of cash flows affected
Original NPV
Sensitivity
Part (b)
Please complete the table below and rank the variable (most sensitive = 1, least sensitive =3)
Sensitivity Ranking
Selling price
Staff costs
Other overheads
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he calculation may be inaccurate. Methodology
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nges in the following:
bles above and rank them (most sensitive = 1, least sensitive =3).
swers automatically update if any of the information changes
125,000
45,000 36,900 136,850
406,250 573,150 3,100
e following variables:
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Part (a)
Using the information provided, please complete the following remaining sections of the Net Pre
Revenue & costs (with random values generated within the limits you have been given)
Net trading cash flows
Corporation tax charges
Part (b)
Using appropriate formulas, please set up the spreadsheet to identify the following values from
Average NPV
Maximum NPV
Minimum NPV
Probability of failure
Please ensure that you use formula wherever appropriate, so that the answers automatically u
Please note that any random values will automatically refresh on a regular basis. So the most i
been set up correctly so that your answers will also update automatically.
Company J
Revenue and cost forecasts
Year 1 Year 2
Revenue £ £
Minimum revenue 900,000 1,125,000
Maximum revenue 2,125,000 2,650,000
Costs
Minimum costs 400,000 450,000
Maximum costs 600,000 700,000
Corporation tax rate 25%
Part (a)
Please complete the remaining sections of the Net Present Value calculation
ve been given)
Year 3 Year 4
£ £
1,600,000 1,100,000
2,900,000 2,200,000
600,000 550,000
900,000 350,000
Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Marks available
£ £ £ Methodology
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500,000
110,700 90,774 288,526
110,700 590,774 288,526
omplete the following calculations from the NPV simulation table Marks available
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