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Background Information On September 23, 2016, Marriott completed the acquisition of the Startwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Marriott paid $13.3 billion for Starwood. Did Marriott overpaid or get a...

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Background Information

On September 23, 2016, Marriott completed the acquisition of the Startwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Marriott paid $13.3 billion for Starwood. Did Marriott overpaid or get a good deal? What needs to happen to make the acquisition worthwhile for Marriott? Let's find out.

Instruction:

  1. Click the link to read the article about the Extended Stay valuation. (https://tinyurl.com/wmdepzmb).
  2. Use the attached historical cash flows as the base to estimate next 10 years' cash flows XXXXXXXXXXas in the Extended Stay article. Explain how you decide the cash flow and its growth rate. This article (https://tinyurl.com/2w44a7wp) has good information to help you with the cash flow and discount adjustments.(4 points).
  3. Follow Technique 4: 10-year DCF in Chen & Kim XXXXXXXXXXin Week 4 to calculate the present value of Starwood. Show your calculation on this spreadsheet. Please justify your choice of the terminal cap rate and discount rate (i.e. required return) in the box below. You can use the information from the assigned articles, the Hotel Perennial case, or anything you find on the Internet. Please include the citations. (6 points)
  4. Extra points opportunity: Your answer is likely to be very different from the $13.3 billion price tag paid by Marriott. What adjustment do you need to make on the cash flows, cash flow growth rate, terminal discount rate, and the discount rate to make your calculated value close to $13.3 billion. Are assumptions for those adjustments feasible or reasonable? (Bonus: 5 points)
Answered 2 days After Apr 28, 2021

Solution

Sugandh answered on May 01 2021
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Q1
    Hotel X
    For the purpose of this assignment, assume Operating Cash Flow is the Levered Free Cash Flow needed for the calculation.
    Data Date    Operating Cash Flow
    12/31/01    761
    12/31/02    706
    12/31/03    771
    12/31/04    578
    12/31/05    764
    12/31/06    500
    12/31/07    895
    12/31/08    646
    12/31/09    571
    12/31/10    764
    12/31/11    641
    12/31/12    1184
    12/31/13    1151
    12/31/14    994
    12/31/15    890
Q2&Q3
    Explanations:
    Q2. Explain how you decide the cash flow and its growth rate.
    The Analysis considered in terms with the cashflow is that the discounting is evident on a 10 years analysis the average will be around be around 14 percent from the following figuers.
    Question 2
    0-year free cash flow (FCF) estimate in million
    Year    2016    2017    2018    2019    2020    2021    2022    2023    2024    2025
    A/P    Actual    Actual    Actual    Actual    Actual    Projected    Projected    Projected    Projected    Projected
    Revenue    664.7    628.93    836.36    959.42    1,136.15    1,260.38    1,398.19    1,551.07    1,720.66    1,908.80
    EBITDA    -    -    -    -    426.41    473.03    524.75    582.13    645.78    716.39
    EBIT    -61.57    -90.9    -130.84    -113.39    386.28    372.92    413.69    458.93    509.11    564.77
    Tax Rate    2.87%    9.80%    9.54%    7.36%    5.23%    6.69%    6.69%    6.69%    6.69%    6.69%
    EBIAT    -59.8    -81.99    -118.35    -105.05    366.08    347.99    386.04    428.25    475.07    527.01
    Depreciation    61.57    90.9    130.84    113.39    40.13    100.11    111.06    123.2    136.67    151.62
    Accounts Receivable    6.09    -19.52    -12.61    -3.73    -4.31    -7.48    -8.3    -9.2    -10.21    -11.33
    Inventories    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -
    Accounts Payable    41.33    -13.02    32.55    -5.66    -5.16    115.28    35.22    39.07    43.34    48.08
    Capital...
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