Ameritrade – case study Executive Summary Ameritrade provides online brokerage services and operates an Internet-based financial management services business. 90% of the company’s revenues are from the provision of discount brokerage services. The company’s objective is to improve its competitive position in deep-discount brokerage. In order to achieve this objective‚ the company must grow its customer base‚ requiring an investment of $100 million to upgrade its technological capabilities as well
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Preface First of all‚ I would like to thank Ms. Thuy for her enthusiastic guidance and response all of questions to help me complete this exercise easily. Simultaneously‚ thanks to her professional lectures on class which also build me with deep understanding of how to access and deal with problems in financial management so that I can complete this report. All of the data is collected through 2 website: http://finance.yahoo.com/ and http://www.finra.org/ I. ABOUT FEDEX CORPORATION: FedEx
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1. Briefly describe the project that Ameritrade is considering. Ameritrage wants to be the largest brokerage firm worldwide based on the number of trades. In order to grow the customer base the company would require substantial investment in technology and advertising. These investments are made to improve service‚ capacity and customer awareness of Ameritrade. 2. The title suggests that the cost of capital is important here. Concisely describe what cost of capital means. It is the cost of what
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Executive Summary As a Deep-Discount Brokerage firm‚ Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AHC) plans to invest in advertising and technology in order to increase their consumer base and thus revenues. The purpose of this report is to assess the riskiness of the proposed investments by considering the project’s cost of capital calculated via the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A range of factors will be considered in order to assess each possible variable that may influence the result. Areas of focus
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Calculating WACC for Marriot Marriot has three divisions : * Lodging * Restaurant * Contract services Financial Strategy of Marriott * Manage rather than own hotel assets * Invest in projects that increase shareholder value * Optimize the use of debt in the capital structure * Repurchase undervalued sharesunlevered Unlevered Asset Beta Asset beta = (E/V) * Equity betaE = Market value of equity V = Market value of company = Market value of equity
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Sam O’Brien‚ C10390017‚ DT366 yr2 Report on the WACC for Fiat motors The WACC is the weighted average cost of capital. It is a calculation of the firms cost of capital taking into account the relevant weight of equity and debt as a proportion of the total. The cost of equity or KE calculated using a risk free rate example German 5yr government bond‚ the firm’s beta and the return on the market. The firm’s beta is a calculation of the firms exposure to the market‚ a beta of less than 1 indicates
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calculate Boeing’s WACC along with IRR to determine whether this is a financially worthwhile project. In order to calculate the WACC‚ Bair must consider the betas from Boeing’s commercial sector as well as the defense sector. One beta cannot be used for the whole company due to the vast difference in volatility between the two sectors. Once these two separate betas are calculated‚ they can be weighted based on the % revenue which each industry contributes to the company and then a WACC can be calculated
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Introduction We focus on SMRT Corporation Ltd (SMRT) and SBS Transit Ltd (SBS). The market for their common equity (E)‚ debt (D) and preferred stock (PS) are summarized here: | |E (SGD$) |D (SGD$) |PS (SGD$) |D/(D+E+PS) |E/(D+E+PS) |PS/(D+E+PS) | |SMRT |309.8M[1] |472.3M |0 |60.39% |39.61% |0 | |SBS |649
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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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