Eskimo Pie Corporation
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ESKIMO PIE CORPORATION
Assume that you are an advisor to Mr. Clark, President of Eskimo Pie Corporation.
He has asked you to evaluate the feasibility of the plan proposed by Wheat First Securities by developing an estimate of the value of the Eskimo Pie Company
as a stand-alone company. Exhibit 6 gives you information to work from although you need to use information from the case and you need to use more years in your valuation. (Use the information below to develop an estimate of the cost of equity capital.) Make a recommendation to Mr. Clark on the Wheat First plan.
Market
Value of Total
Firm Sales Equity Debt Beta
Ben and Jerry's $97.00 $110.10 $2.80 1.2
Dreyer's Ice Cream 354.9 534 44.3 1.4
Empire of Carolina 243.1 51.4 89.8 0.3
Steve's Homemade Ice Cream 35.1 37.4 3.1 2.5
Hershey Foods 2,889.20 4,002.50 282.9 1.0
Tootsie Roll 207.9 728.8 0 1.0
You are limited to two pages for this case although there is no limit on the number
of exhibits. Remember you will be graded on your paper's clarity, diction, grammar,
punctuation and spelling. Be sure to proof your paper. Late cases will not be accepted
Assume that you are an advisor to Mr. Clark, President of Eskimo Pie Corporation.
He has asked you to evaluate the feasibility of the plan proposed by Wheat First Securities by developing
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