Economic and Financial Studies

FIRMUS Consulting gives support to its clients in their strategic investment decisions covering from economic evaluation aimed at cost-benefit analysis,  to financial evaluation directed to determine the optimal  financing structure. We also offer our clients specific studies designed to determine key aspects of project evaluation such as price and tariff forecasts, and feasibility evaluation of suppliers technical-economical bid proposals.

Projects and Investments Evaluation:

Feasibility Analysis for Investment Projects

Economic Evaluation:

Cost-Benefit Analysis 

Financial Evaluation:

Cash-flow analysis, requirements and restraints from shareholders and creditors.

Sector Analysis Studies: 

  • Specialized economic analysis
  • Tariff analysis

 

Relevant Experience:

  • Projection of sugar prices in Mexico.
  • Development of corporate surveys and economic model to assess the economic impact of sport fishing in Los Cabos, BCS.
  • Projection of electric tariffs in NW Mexico.
  • Projections of domestic prices for thermal coal in Mexico.
  • Appraisal of efficient Electric Tariffs for the case of Mexico.
  • Middle-income housing real estate prices survey in Mexico City.
  • Financial and tax evaluation of a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Altamira, Mexico.
  • Financial feasibility study for a multipurpose pipeline in Costa Rica (Limon-La Garita).
  • Financial and tax chapters of the award support documentation for over 15 combined cycle power plants bids in Mexico.

Case Study

 

In 2007 and 2008, The Billfish Foundation funded a comprehensive study to estimate the economic benefits generated by the sport fishing activity in the Los Cabos region. The study analyzes the multiplying effects in income, jobs, and tax revenues.