Case Introduction The Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation and the United Steelworkers of America entered into an agreement to reserve 50% of the openings in an in plant craft training program for African Americans (Byars & Rue‚ 2008). Brian F. Weber was a white male who wanted to enter this program but was denied. Weber claimed he was discriminated against due to the fact that African American employees were accepted into a training program over senior white employees. Mr. Weber had seniority
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Marriot Case Marriot use the Weighted Average Cost of Capital to estimate the cost of capital for the corporation as a whole and for each division‚ and the hurdle rate is updated annually.(WACC = (1-Tc) * (D/A) * R[D] + (E/A) * R[E]) Marriot’s Tax Bracket = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Division’s asset weight to the corporation: Lodging = 2777.4/4582.7 = 0.59 Contract = 1237.7/4582.7 = 0.28 Restaurant = 567.6/4582.7 = 0.13 Risk free rate is 30 years T-Bond = 8.95% (Lodging use long-term debt)
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A Note on Valuation Models: CCFs vs. APV vs WACC Fabrice Bienfait Table of Content Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 2 Enterprise Valuation ....................................................................................................................... 2 The Weighted Average Cost of Capital Approach ......................................................................... 2 The
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Financial Management Agenda 1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and justify your assumptions. 3. Calculate the costs of equity using CAPM‚ the dividend discount model‚ and the earnings capitalization ratio. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method? 4. What should Kimi Ford recommend regarding
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Chapter 6 (Case 6-1 CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION) 1.The net profit figure reported under PRC GAAP is RMB 19‚011 million. This is RMB 2‚592 million lower than the amount under IFRS‚ and RMB 6‚566 million lower than the amount under U.S. GAAP. The net profit figure of RMB 19‚011 reported under PRC GAAP was increased to RMB 21‚593 under IFRS. The increase of RMB 2‚582 under IFRS was due to the following reasons: Dep. and disposal of oil and gas properties RMB3‚044 Acquisition of subsidiaries
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buybacks and strong dividends. About 43.8% of the total capital of the company comes from debt and the remaining comes from equity. The cost of the different components of its capital structure are – debt: 2.92% (after-tax cost)‚ and equity: 9.49%. The WACC is 6.61%‚ based on the capital structure outlined. The effective tax rate is 35.4%. AT&T has had dividend growth for the last 25 years. The dividend growth this year was 2.5% and the last year was 12.7%. Dividends declared totalled $1.61 per share
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0.28 0.48 0.42 Target D/D+S Target D/S Levered Beta 74% 2.85 1.62 Costs of Equity: Rf Lodging MRP 8.95% 7.43% Beta Requity 1.62 21.02% Costs of Debt: Rf Lodging 8.95% Spread Tax rate Rdebt(1-T) 1.10% 0.44 0.0563 WACCs: Lodging Target D/D+S Rdebt(1-T) S/D+S Requity WACC 74% 0.0563 26% 21.02% 9.63% Page 1 Sales Weighted Levered Beta 1.56
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Risk – Free Rate 3% + Beta Coefficient .36 Market Risk Premium 8% Cost of Equity 5.88% + Risk - Free Rate 3.% Weighted Cost of Equity 3.52% X Percentage of Total Capital Supplied by Equity 60% + Before Tax Cost of Debt 5.66% WACC 5..00% Weighted Cost of Debt 1.53% Before Tax Operating Profit in % 100% After Tax Cost of Debt 3.83% X X After Tax Operating Profit in 67.6% 40% of Total Capital Supplied by Debt 40% - Income Tax Rate 32.4% Rate of Return of
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What is Nova Chemical’s strategy? How do the various divisions relate to the firm’s overall strategy? Industry analysts are expecting high growth rates for specialty chemicals of 10-15%. As a result‚ Nova Chemical has a 5 year strategy that focuses on development of the company’s two specialty chemicals divisions: the Laboratory Products Division (LPD) and‚ more substantially‚ the Environmental Products Division (EPD). Investment will focus on the company’s EPD division through expansion
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FACTORS THAT CAN INFLUENCE JUSTICE IN AMERICA Ivy Tech Community College Patricia Smihter Factors That Can Influence Justice In America There are several factors that can influence justice in America. I find that you can read and look up information all day on justice in America as far back as history goes. The constitution of the United States and the Supreme Court help set laws
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