finding beta‚ cost of debt‚ and cost of equity in order to find weighted average cost of capital‚ or WACC‚ must be calculated using proxy firms and divisional data. The firm’s use of WACC is directed towards analysis of the company’s future capital investments. Specifically‚ firms use it as a discount rate in determining a projects profitability versus the cost of taking it on. A firm-wide WACC is a beneficial tool for determining whether a firm should repurchase shares or buy back equity. On
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Christopher Cardenas Date: April 5‚ 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 company profile 3 WACC calculation 4 explanation of calculation/results 5 Limiting factors 5 Conclusion 6 references 7 Weighted Cost of Capital: Home Depot‚ Inc. Introduction The purpose of this project is to find the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) for Home Depot. Investopedia.com reveals that the WACC is “a calculation of a firm’s cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately
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established in 1924 and operating in oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemical fields. Company uses weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) as a discount rate to discount future cash flows that generate from possible projects. According to net present values of these possible projects management decides to invest or not. WACC represents the minimum rate of return from the investments to satisfy both debt-holders (bondholders) and shareholders. Since these investments are forward-looking
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average cost of capital (WACC) as it applies to capital budgeting? a. Long-term debt. b. Common stock. c. Accounts payable and accruals. d. Preferred stock. Capital components Answer: d Diff: E [ii]. For a typical firm with a given capital structure‚ which of the following is correct? (Note: All rates are after taxes.) a. kd > ke > ks > WACC. b. ks > ke > kd > WACC. c. WACC > ke > ks > kd. d. ke > ks > WACC > kd. e. None of the
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Assignment Chapter 11 Assignment Chapter 11 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm’s cost of capital are equal‚ the NPV of a project whose cash flows accrue relatively rapidly will be more sensitive to changes in the discount rate than the NPV of a project whose cash flows come in later in its life. ____ 2. The internal rate of return is that discount rate that equates the present value of the cash outflows (or costs) with
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Write a 1‚050- to 1‚750-word paper in which you justify the current market price of the organization’s debt‚ if any‚ and equity‚ using various capital valuation models. Complete the following in your paper: • Show calculations that support your findings‚ including those involving rates of return. • Defend which valuation model best supports your findings. Capital
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you identify an organization’s optimal cost of capital? Is the cost of capital increasing or decreasing for most companies? DQ 2 What is meant by Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)? What are the components of WACC? Why is WACC a more appropriate discount rate when doing capital budgeting? What is the impact on WACC when an organization needs to raise long term capital? DQ 3 What is an IPO? How does an IPO allow an organization to grow financially? When is a merger or an acquisition‚ instead
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structure is the capital structure that will optimize the company\’s stock price‚ it is also the capital structure that minimizes the company\’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC). Calculating Weighted Average Cost of Capital A company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is calculated as follows: Formula 11.8 WACC = (wd) [kd (1-t)] + (wps)(kps) + (wce)(kce) Where: Wd = weight percentage of debt in company’s capital structure Wps = weight percentage of preferred stock in company’s
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Homework Solution2010Fall second half Ch14 18. There are several ways to approach this problem‚ but all (when done correctly!) should give approximately the same answer. We have chosen to use the regression analysis function of an electronic spreadsheet program to calculate the alpha and beta for each security. The regressions are in the following form: Security return = alpha + (beta ( market return) + error term The results are: | |Alpha
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weight = .15/1.15 = .13 Long-term debt weight = 1/1.15 = .87 Since the accounts payable has the same cost as the overall WACC‚ we can write the equation for the WACC as: WACC = (1/1.8)(.14) + (0.8/1.8)[(.15/1.15)WACC + (1/1.15)(.08)(1 – .35)] Solving for WACC‚ we find: WACC = .0778 + .4444[(.15/1.15)WACC + .0452] WACC = .0778 + (.05797)WACC + .0201 (.9420)WACC = .0979 WACC = .1039‚ or 10.39% We will use basically the same equation to calculate the weighted average flotation cost‚ except we will
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