of debt = 4.5% + 3.57% = 8.07% Fourth add country specific risk: Since only Pakistan faces sovereign spread: Soevereign spread = 9.9% Pakistan: So the cost of equity = 7.2 + 9.9 = 17.1% Pakistan: Cost of debt = 8.07+9.9 = 17.97% WACC: Pakistan: WACC = E/V*cost of capital + D/V*cost of debt*(1-tax
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Nike’s management held a meeting to try and figure out a new strategy to rejuvenate the firm. The management had some new plans to address their financial woes. In Joanna’s memo to Kimi about Nike’s WACC‚ she calculated it to be 8.3%. She also provided some assumptions she made while developing this WACC. First‚ she noted that she decided to use a single cost of capital because she did not believe that other segments with Nike were large enough to make a considerable difference on the weights. She
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Assignment questions 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? WACC means the weighted average cost of capital. WACC is based on the respective weights of the firm’s financing sources‚ equity and debt at the respective return rates. A firm’s capital comes from two main ways‚ equity and debt‚ and WACC takes both into consideration. This means WACC includes all stock‚ bonds‚ long-term
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What is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Marriott Corporation? WACC = (1 - τ)rD(D/V) + rE(E/V) D = market value of debt E = market value of equity V = value of the firm = D + E rD = pretax cost of debt rE = after tax cost of debt τ = tax rate = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Cost of Equity Target debt ratio is 60%; actual is 41% [Exhibit 1] βs = 1.11 βu = βs / (1 + (1 – τ) D/E) = 1.11/(1 + (1 – .44) (.41)) = 0.80 Using the target debt ratio of 60%: βTs = βu (1 + (1 – τ) D/E)
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Overview This case study focuses on where financial theory ends and practical application of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) begins. It presents evidence on how some of the most financially complex companies and financial advisors estimated capital costs and focuses on the gaps found between theory and application. The approach taken in the paper differed from their predecessors in several various respects. Prior published information was solely based on written‚ closed-end surveys sent
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25 WACC 26 3 DCF Multiple Analysis Conclusion Scenarios Appendix References 28 29 30 31 32 39 4 Executive summary STERIS corp. is a global leader in infection prevention‚ contamination control‚ and surgical and critical care technology. It is comprised of three different segments: Healthcare‚ Life Sciences‚ Sterilization. Isomedix Contract Executive Summary Company Overview Industry Overview Porter Five Forces SWOT Explanation of Forecasts Competitor Analysis WACC DCF Multiple
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short-term bank debt in order to increase the current ratio. e. Reduce the percentage of debt in the target capital structure. 7. LaPango Inc. estimates that its average-risk projects have a WACC of 10%‚ its below-average risk projects have a WACC of 8%‚ and its above-average risk projects have a WACC of 12%. Which of the following
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Capital (WACC). Write down the WACC formula‚ and discuss its components. WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) is a market weighted average‚ at target leverage‚ of the cost of after tax debt and equity. It is a critical input for evaluating investment decision‚ and typically the discount rate for NPV calculation. And it serves as the benchmark for operating performance‚ relative to the opportunity cost of capital employed to create value. Algebraically‚ it is given by WACC = [E/(E
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NIKE CASE STUDY 1. Why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? What does it represent? Is the WACC set by investors or by managers? Weighted average cost of capital or WACC represents the overall cost of capital in the company. It takes into considerations cost of debt and cost of equity. As company’s value can grow by increasing its assets that could be financed either be debt or equity and cost of capital shows how much it costs to do that. Cost of capital is a very important component
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MBA 579 Homework Assignment 4-2 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. The tighter the probability distribution of its expected future returns‚ the greater the risk of a given investment as measured by its standard deviation. ____ 2. The standard deviation is a better measure of risk than the coefficient of variation if the expected returns of the securities being compared differ significantly. ____ 3. An individual stock’s diversifiable risk‚ which
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