Jaguar Plc Case Study

Globalization has led to an increase in multinational companies that produce different types of goods. Although these multinational corporations have been reaping substantial benefits as a result of market expansion, they face a greater risk of losing their international revenues as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates. Changes in the exchange rate between the countries expose the home company to various risks such as transaction exposure, translation, and economic exposure. As a result, the value of the firm is affected by fluctuation in the exchange rate. To effectively manage the exposures, companies use various hedging strategies such as the use of forwards contracts. The forward contracts enable the company to specify the fixed exchange which it will be willing to buy the foreign currency. This practice allows the organization to reduce the element of uncertainty regarding future cash flows. In this analysis, we are going to analyze Jaguar plc, which operates in the United Kingdom but sales over 50% of its products in the United States. As a result, in this analysis, we are going to take the case study of Jaguar plc and analyze various aspects. We are going to discuss on different exposures Jaguar is facing, the value of the company, the effect of dollar depreciation on the value of the corporate, and ways to

One of them is the discounted cash flow model and the other being the present value model. The discounted cash flow is used to determine the value of the firm in the future, while the present value model is used to give the current value of the company using future cash flows. Apart from valuation models, we also have exchange determination techniques such as purchasing power parity (PPP). This theory is used to determine the value of one currency to another by comparing the price of a particular commodity in one country to another. (Gans, King, Stonecash, Libich, & Mankiw,