Sun Devil Inc. completed another successful year including a significant acquisition of Bear Down Co. For the past year, Sun Devil had operating income (OI) of $65 million and net financial expense (NFE) of $5 million during the year. During the year, Sun Devil acquired a competitor, Bear Down, for $200 million in an all equity transaction of newly issued shares. The resulting ending balance in Sun Devil’s common stock equity (CSE) was $450 million. With the acquisition of Bear Down and Sun Devil’s organic growth, net operating assets (NOA) ended the year at $625 million, representing an increase of $300 million from the beginning of the year. Additionally, Sun Devil had net financial borrowings (NFO) of $50 million during the year. During the year, Sun Devil did not do a stock buyback. However, Sun Devil paid $20 million in cash dividends as well as received $10 million from the exercise of employee stock options.
b. What are free cash flows (FCF) for the year?
c. What is the amount of common stock equity (CSE) as of the beginning of the year?
b) Free cash flows for the year:
Free cash flow to the company= Net operating profit after tax - changes in NOA
Free cash flows = 65 million - 300 million = (- 235) million
In this case, we can see that SUN Devil is having a negetive free cash flow during the year but this does not mean anything bad with the companies performance since they have made some significant investments during the year.
c) Amount of common stock equity as of the begining of the year:
Equity at the end of the year = 450 million
Less - Equity issued for aquisition of Bear Down = 200 million
Less - Employee stock option plan during the year = 10 million
Hence amount of common stock at the begining = 240 million
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