5. Merger analysis - Free cash flow to equity (FCFE) approach Consider the following acquisition data regarding Scorecard Corp. and Rapid Route Logistics: Scorecard Corp. is considering an acquisition of Rapid Route Logistics Scorecard Corp. estimates that acquiring Rapid Route will result in incremental value for the firm. The analysts involved in the deal have collected the following information from the projected financial statements of the target company. Rapid Route is a publicly traded company, and its market-determined pre-merger beta is 1.00. You also have the following information about the company and the projected statements. - Rapid Route currently has a $24.00 million market value of equity and $15.60 million in debt. - The risk-free rate is 3.5% with a 5.60% market risk premium, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model produces a pre-merger required rate of return on equity rsL of 9.10%. - Rapid Route's cost of debt is 5.50% at a tax rate of 30%. - The projections assume that the company will have a post-horizon growth rate of 5.50%. - Current total net operating capital is $104.0 million, and the sum of existing debt and debt required to maintain a constant capital structure at the time of acquisition is $32 million. - The firm has no nonoperating assets, such as marketable securities. With the given information, use the free cash flow to equity (FCFE) approach to calculate the following values involved in the merger analysis. (Note: Round your answer to two decimal places.) Rapid Route's shareholders will if it merges with Scorecard rather than remaining as a stand-alone corporation. True or False: The horizon value in the FCFE approach is different from the horizon value in the adjusted present value (APV) approach. The horizon value in the FCFE approach is only for equity, whereas the horizon value in the APV approach is for the total value of operations. With the given information, use the free cash flow to equity (FCFE) approach to calculate the following values involved in the merger analysis. (Note: Round your answer to two decimal places.) Rapid Route's shareholders will_ if it merges with Scorecard rather than remaining as a stand-alone corporation. True or False: The horizon value in the FCFE approach is different from the horizon value in the adjusted present value (APV) approach. The horizon value in the FCFE approach is only for equity, whereas the horizon value in the APV approach is for the total value of operations. True False 5. Merger analysis - Free cash flow to equity (FCFE) approach Consider the following acquisition data regarding Scorecard Corp. and Rapid Route Logistics: Scorecard Corp. is considering an acquisition of Rapid Route Logistics Scorecard Corp. estimates that acquiring Rapid Route will result in incremental value for the firm. The analysts involved in the deal have collected the following information from the projected financial statements of the target company. Rapid Route is a publicly traded company, and its market-determined pre-merger beta is 1.00. You also have the following information about the company and the projected statements. - Rapid Route currently has a $24.00 million market value of equity and $15.60 million in debt. - The risk-free rate is 3.5% with a 5.60% market risk premium, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model produces a pre-merger required rate of return on equity rsL of 9.10%. - Rapid Route's cost of debt is 5.50% at a tax rate of 30%. - The projections assume that the company will have a post-horizon growth rate of 5.50%. - Current total net operating capital is $104.0 million, and the sum of existing debt and debt required to maintain a constant capital structure at the time of acquisition is $32 million. - The firm has no nonoperating assets, such as marketable securities. With the given information, use the free cash flow to equity (FCFE) approach to calculate the following values involved in the merger analysis. (Note: Round your answer to two decimal places.) Rapid Route's shareholders will if it merges with Scorecard rather than remaining as a stand-alone corporation. True or False: The horizon value in the FCFE approach is different from the horizon value in the adjusted present value (APV) approach. The horizon value in the FCFE approach is only for equity, whereas the horizon value in the APV approach is for the total value of operations. With the given information, use the free cash flow to equity (FCFE) approach to calculate the following values involved in the merger analysis. (Note: Round your answer to two decimal places.) Rapid Route's shareholders will_ if it merges with Scorecard rather than remaining as a stand-alone corporation. True or False: The horizon value in the FCFE approach is different from the horizon value in the adjusted present value (APV) approach. The horizon value in the FCFE approach is only for equity, whereas the horizon value in the APV approach is for the total value of operations. True False
