You work for Netflix and have been asked to evaluate a potential acquisition of a smaller privately owned competitor. The acquisition candidate produces an EBITDA of 10% of Netflix's EBITDA and is offered to your firm at a price of multiple of 8 times EBITDA.
Assume the following: Current debt costs you 8% and you can raise additional debt at this rate today.
The loan is to be amortized over 7 years. Current return on equity is 15% Current WACC is 10% Tax rate is 30% (constant) 80% of the purchase price is considered depreciable assets - to be depreciated over ten years on a straight-line basis with no residual values. Residual value for this operation is to be 2x current EBITDA in year ten.
Create an after-tax cash flow analysis to answer the following: Economic analysis: is this a fundamentally sound investment? Using the tax cash flows and no debt (pure equity), is the prospect a positive NPV using ROE as the hurdle rate? Using the after tax cash flows and the firm's WACC, is this project desirable? Explain how you came to this conclusion.