Hi WSO,
I am working on a modeling assignment for school, which is based on Harvard Business School case studies. This one in particular is the Men's Wearhouse/Jos. A Banks merger model. I am only provided income statement/balance sheet for both, multiples from comparable companies, and risk-free/beta/risk premium chart.
The information that I have is from 2011-2014. Certain balance sheet items such as prepaid expenses, PP & E, depreciation, and notes payable are not provided for the final year (2014).
My TWO questions are: how do I calculate a growth rate for each firm, and do I calculate the missing metrics as a projection, or will they be insignificant in the grand scheme of the model?
This is my first real financial model where I need to figure everything out and key information is not given.
Thanks in advance!
