Executive summary In this report we focus on Nike’s Inc. Cost of Capital and its financial importance for the company and future investors. The management of Nike Inc. addresses issues both on top-line growth and operating performance. The company’s cost of capital is a critical element in such decisions and it is important to estimate precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In our analysis‚ we examine why WACC is important in decision making and we show how WACC for Nike Inc. is
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Cost Methods ACC/561 September 4‚ 2013 Cost Methods Absorption costing is a process in which you relate a portion of your fixed overhead costs to the manufacturing product cost. This process will be done on a per unit term. Divide the fixed costs by the number of units manufactured and sold over the period of the term. This will give you the cost of per unit for the amount made and the amount. With the variable costing unlike the absorption costing you will use the fixed
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does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriott has defined a clear financial strategy containing four elements. To determine the cost of capital‚ which also acted as hurdle rate for investment decision‚ cost of capital estimates were generated from each of the three business divisions; lodging‚ contract services and restaurants. Each division estimates its cost of capital based on: Debt Capacity Cost of Debt Cost of Equity All of the above are calculated
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Nike Inc.: Cost of Capital The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the overall required rate of return on a firm as a whole. It is important to calculate a firm’s cost of capital in order to determine the feasibility of a particular investment for a firm. I do not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. She calculated value of equity‚ value of debt‚ cost of equity‚ and cost of debt all incorrectly. For value of equity‚ Joanna simply used the number stated on the balance sheet instead
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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The Cost of Capital Benedict Amanor‚ Yolanda Brown-McCutchen‚ Edith Compean‚ Angel Longino and Melissa Shea-Brooks FIN/571 May 18‚ 2015 William Stokes The Cost of Capital In our fifth week of understanding the practices of Corporate Finance‚ we reviewed the Cost of Capital video. This video provided information on Pfizer‚ a researched based pharmaceutical company that makes products to help face health care challenges. Our goal is to highlight the cost of capital as described by Amit
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[pic] EnCana Corporation -Cost of Capital Nabil Naouli Yong Peng Ahmed Alenazi Raj Kancharapu Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. History 2 a. Top Competitors 4 b. Major Product and Services 5 c. SWOT Analysis 5 3. Calculating Cost of Capital 6 a. Calculating Cost of Equity 7 i. Risk free rate 7 ii. Market Risk Premium 8 iii. Beta 8 b. Calculating Cost of Debt 9 c. Weighted Average Cost of Capital ( WACC ) 10 d. WACC- EnCana Corp. 2010 12 4. Discussion
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| Table of Contents Cost of Capital 2 Value of Equity 2 Cost of Equity 2 CAPM Model 2 Dividend Growth Model 3 Value of Debt 3 Cost of Debt 4 WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) 4 Comparison to Joanna Cohen’s Analysis 4 Financial Statement Analysis 5 Nike Inc. 5 Financial Ratios 6 Leverage Ratios 6 Efficiency Ratios 6 Liquidity Ratios 7 Profitability Ratios 7 Valuation Ratios 7 Conclusion 8 Appendix A – Ratio Calculation 9 Leverage Ratios 9 Efficiency Ratios 9 Liquidity Ratios
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estimate the cost of capital Before starting to describe the problems associated to the estimation of the cost of capital‚ it is extremely relevant to describe its meaning: according to Investopedia‚ it is “the cost of funds used for financing a business”. In order to carry out this process‚ the companies can only be financed through equity; only through debt; or using a “combination of debt and equity” - in this particular case it is a “overall cost of capital derived from a weighted average of all
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divisions--lodging division‚ restaurant division and contract service division. Marriott uses Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as the hurdle rate‚ and use it to discount the appropriate cash flows when evaluate an investment project. Our goal is to determine the WACC at every division base on the information that the case has provided. First of all‚ we will determine the cost of debt‚ cost of equity and the capital structure for the whole company. Then we will compute for the tax rate‚ and
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