CEMENTO ANDINO S.A: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF A LATIN AMERICAN COMPANY

In emerging markets, it is essential to evaluate for a combination of debt and capital in determining the optimal value of a company. Accordingly, Peruvian companies seek to adjust their capital structure to achieve sustainability and be attractive to investors. All this is done, because an investor usually studies the capital structure of a company when deciding whether to invest money in shares. Thus, companies expect to strengthen balance sheets and reduce risks.The challenge for the senior management of the firm is to evaluate the company ́s development prospects in the domestic market and the issues associated with a strategic alliance with a foreign concern. Therefore, in the case we consider the Modigliani-Miller markets value of a firm is independent theorem from 1959, taking into account the taxes
of Peru. According to Modigliani and Miller, in perfect capital markets the value of a firm is independent of its capital structure. For those reasons, the objective of this case study is to analyze and evaluate the optimal value of the company with the combination of debt and capital.