ON CHAPTER 15 (COST OF CAPITAL) 1.) The Wind Rider Company has just issued a dividend of $2.10 per share on its common stock. The company is expected to maintain a constant 7% growth rate on its dividends indefinitely. If the stock sells for $40 a share‚ what is the company’s cost of equity? 2.) The Ball Corporation’s common stock has a beta of 1.15. If the risk free rate is 5% and the expected return on the market is 12%‚ what is Ball Corp.’s cost of equity capital? 3.) Stock
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What is cost of capital? The cost of capital is the cost of obtaining funds‚ through debt or equity‚ in order to finance an investment. It is used to evaluate new projects of a company‚ as it is the minimum return that investors expect for providing capital to the company‚ thus setting a benchmark that a new project has to meet. Importance The concept of cost of capital is a major standard for comparison used in finance decisions. Acceptance or rejection of an investment project depends on the
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Answers to Warm-Up Exercises E9-1. Answer: Weighted average cost of capital N 10‚ PV $20‚000 (1 0.02) $19‚600‚ PMT Solve for I 8.30% 0.08 $20‚000 $1‚600‚ FV $20‚000 E9-2. Cost of preferred stock Answer: The cost of preferred stock is the ratio of the preferred stock dividend to the firm’s net proceeds from the sale of the preferred stock. rp Dp Np rp (0.15 $35) ($35 $3) rp $5.25 $32 16.4% E9-3. Cost of common stock equity Answer: The cost of common stock equity can be found by dividing the dividend
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL FOR DELL COMPUTER 1) From the SEC website‚ the balance sheet of Dell Computer reveals a Book value of debt = $3‚394‚000‚000 and Book value of equity = $4‚625‚000‚000 The same balance shows the breakdown of the long-term debt (book values) in table 1. Table 1 Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Book Value (Face Value in million $) 3.38 06/15/2012 400 4.70 04/15/2013 599 5.63 04/15/2014 500 5.65 04/15/2018 499 5.88 06/15/2019 600 7.10 04/15/2028 396 6
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human capital via HRM is rooted in the needs of the organisation rather than opting for an ‘off the shelf’ closed option such as ‘Best Practise’ or high performance work practices. Theorists have yet to settle on a definitive model for best practise‚ which itself suggests a certain degree of flexibility is built into the interpretation of what it could be. Here lies the first contradiction to the pro best practise argument as these rigid principals are yet to be defined. Debatably‚ best practise
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The two types of cost estimating techniques that I am going to compare and contrast are parametric procedures applied to specific tasks and phase estimating. These two techniques are a part of bottom-up approaches but apply processes from top-down approaches. They both use techniques that allow for estimating projects by breaking down into sections. In comparison the parametric procedures breaks the projects down into specific tasks and the phase estimation breaks the projects down in a time line
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Case Study of Cost of Capital at Ameritrade 1-a How can the CAPM be used to estimate the cost of capital for a real business investment decision? CAPM results can be compared to the best expected rate of return that investor can possibly earn in other investments with similar risks‚ which is the cost of capital. Under the CAPM‚ the market portfolio is a well-diversified‚ efficient portfolio representing the non-diversifiable risk in the economy. Therefore‚ investments have similar risk if they
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Is apparent ‘best practice’ people management likely to deliver best possible performance in the context of an organization you are familiar with? Introduction What apparent best practice people management is (200) Schuler & Jackson (1987)‚ state that strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a term used to signal the view that human resource management (HRM) should enhance organisational performance. It is argued that a firm’s HRM is a potentially powerful source of sustainable competitive
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Toyota Cost of Capital Case: General Methodology We used the following framework to do the calculations for all the companies. Afterwards we will discuss their implications: To estimate the cost of equity (RE) we used the following CAPM model: RE = RF + βE (RM-RF) whereby‚ Market Premium = RM – RF = 6% (Given in case) RM = Return for S & P 500 (a market return that takes into account systematic risk associated with the market place where our company is traded‚ NYSE) Risk Free Rate
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brokerage sector. In march 1997‚ Ameritrade raised $22.5 million in an initial public offering. Management at Ameritrade is considering substantial investments in technology and advertising‚ but is unsure of the appropriate cost of capital. Estimating the cost of capital 1. Since we do not have the beta for Ameritrade‚ we need to find comparable firms for which we could compute the betas. There are several candidates in the case. Discuss which firms are most appropriate. Thus‚ the proportion
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