Financial Decision Making Final Project Case analysis: Marriott Corporation Introduction and background The Marriott Corporation‚ an American firm‚ was founded in 1927 by J.Willard Marriot.The company began as a small beer stand and soon began to sell food and provided lodging that expanded rapidly. With the help of his wife Alice‚ the family owned business had 45 restaurants in nine states by 1940 and grew into one of the leading service companies. The Company has three major lines
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MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Aquarius – Pub Valuation Overview The Greens are looking to sell Aquarius Ales‚ their pub located in Austin Texas as they are looking to fully retire and take up golfing and quilt making. Recently they have received their first offer to buy the business which was $450‚000 from Marc Johnston and John Sheridan‚ two University of Texas graduates who miss the college scene. The Greens are seriously considering the offer but feel that it
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market beta’s were used based on ? Rs = Rf + Beta x [ Rm – Rf ] Highest return noted was 7.29% ( = 3.69% + 0.72 * 5.3% ). Because of the market risks‚ different values of Market risk premiums and Beta was considered (using regression). Heinz’s WACC Calculation for a range with focus on Beta variation: We
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Equity beta 1.15 1.04 1.39 Rf 4.62% 4.62% 4.62% Rm 10.12% 10.12% 10.12% Rm - Rf 5.50% 5.50% 5.50% Cost of equity 10.95% 10.34% 12.27% Weight of debt 22.20% 27.10% 7.50% Weight of equity 77.80% 72.90% 92.50% WACC 9.30% 8.47% 11.72% Information on Corporation can be found from Exhibit 1 of Case 15 in Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation‚ 6th edition‚ by Bruner RF‚ Eades KM‚ Schill MJ McGraw Hill‚ pg 225. I am using 4.62% for
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recently highly used by investors coming from developed market economies. A basic construction of EVA measure is clear from the following formula: EVAt = NOPATt – Ct x WACCt where NOPATt is Net Operating Profit After Tax‚ Ct is long term capital‚ WACC is Weighted Average Cost of Capital. If EVA > 0 than we can say a company is successful. This is the only case wealth of shareholders increases because they gain more than what their original investment was. The service to creditors is included there
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equity market risk premium (EMRP) did you use? Why? c. What Beta did you use and how did you derive it? d. Which risk-free rate did you use? Why? e. Which capital-structure weights did you use? Why? 2. Judged against your WACC‚ how attractive is the Boeing 7E7 project? f. Under what circumstances is the project economically attractive? g. What does sensitivity analysis (your own and/or that shown in the case) reveal about the nature of Boeing’s gamble on
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retain their customer base. Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) for Apple The WACC calculation is a company’s cost of capital in which each category of capital is equally weighted. A firm should use WACC as the discount rate when calculating the Net Present Value (NPV) of any typical project. All capital sources such as common stock‚ preferred stock‚ bonds and all other long-term debt are included in this calculation. As the WACC of a firm increases‚ the beta and rate of return on equity increases
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The BOEING 777 CASE SUMMARY In October 1990 Boeing officially announced the launch of the latest addition to the Boeing family: The Boeing 777. The Boeing 777 is a long range‚ wide-body‚ twin jet engine jet. In this case study we are trying to evaluate the 777 project. This project seems a bit risky since R&D and design expense are very high for this project and the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq has increased the oil prices. 1. We know that there are two ways to increase return on equity RoE
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Apex Financial Valuations By: Melvin Davis Applied Managerial Finance Phase 3 discussion board Dr. Bilal Makkawi April 24‚ 2013 Abstract After meeting with the CEO and the VP of the company I have been assigned the task to explain and define certain material for the company as the Vice President of finance. In order for everyone to have knowledge of what is about to take place in the upcoming weeks I will be defining and explaining some very vital information on Net Present Value (NPV)
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Nike Inc. Case Number 2 Nike Incorporated’s cost of capital is a vital element when addressing opportunities regarding top-line growth and operating performance. Weighted Average Costs of Capital (WACC) is an essential estimation that is needed in order to determine the amount of interest that will be paid for each additional dollar financed. This translates to be the minimum overall required rate of return that the firm will keep. We disagree with Johanna Cohen’s assessment of Nike due to two
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