WACC Example: A firm is considering a new project which would be similar in terms of risk to its existing projects. The firm needs a discount rate for evaluation purposes. The firm has enough cash on hand to provide the necessary equity financing for the project. Also‚ the firm: - has 1‚000‚000 common shares outstanding - current price $11.25 per share - next year’s dividend expected to be $1 per share - firm estimates dividends will
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Approach is to analyze financial maneuvers separately and then add their value to that of the business. | APV always works when WACC does‚ and sometimes when WACC doesn’t‚ because it requires fewer restrictive assumptions | Some limitations amount to technicalities‚ which are much more interesting to academics than to managers. | | Less Prone to serious errors than WACC. | Income from stocks- as opposed to bonds- may be taxed differently when the investor files a personal tax return : this usually
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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? 1.1 The definition of WACC Weighted average cost of capital(WACC)‚ is a weighted-computational method of analyzing the cost of capital based on the whole capital structure of a firm. The result of WACC is the rate a firm use to monitor the application of the current assets because it represents the return the firm MUST get. For example this rate could
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Boeing Corporation The Challenge of Being Ethical and Competitive “Because we dared to dream‚ dared to work hard‚ we have turned dreams into realities‚ to leave some huge footprints on every aerospace frontier. Now it is time to create some new footprints!” ~ Phil Condit‚ CEO‚ 1996 Boeing Chief Executive Phil Condit stared blankly at the road early Saturday evening as he drove to Boeing Headquarters. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel‚ contemplating the crucial decision at hand
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= 10/80 = 0.125 Common: E/V = 50/80 = 0.625 = [0.250 6% (1 – 0.35)] + [0.125 8%] + [0.625 12.0%] = 9.475% 6. Executive Fruit should use the WACC of Geothermal‚ not its own WACC‚ when evaluating an investment in geothermal power production. The risk of the project determines the discount rate‚ and in this case‚ Geothermal’s WACC is more reflective of the risk of the project in question. The proper discount rate‚ therefore‚ is not 12.3%. It is more likely to be 11.4%. 7. The flotation
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Analysis of Boeing Supply Chain Individual assignment Word Count: 1613 March 2013 The Boeing Company (Boeing)‚ incorporated on July 19‚ 1916‚ is an aerospace company and the largest manufactor of commercial and military aircrafts in the world. The Company operates in five segments: Commercial Airplanes‚ Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA)‚ Network & Space Systems (N&SS)‚ Global Services & Support (GS&S) and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC)
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Boeing 1. Select one or more diagnostic models that you believe provide a framework that succinctly identifies the key factors at the center of the Boeing situation. Explain your choice of model. According to the case study Boeing‚ the six-box organizational model provides a framework that succinctly identifies the key factors at the center of the Boeing situation. I have chosen this tool because it can be used for every company to combine bits of data‚ theories‚ research‚ and hunches into a working
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Travis Johnson‚ Suzanne Holt Case Study: Boeing 777 Copyright 2010. Gatton Student Research Publication. Volume 2‚ Number 2.Gatton College of Business & Economics‚ University of Kentucky FIN 445 October 2010 Gatton Student Research Publication | 1 The purpose of this case study is to determine if Boeing should accept or reject the project of producing their new line of commercial aircraft‚ the Boeing 777. The aircraft will complete a family of Boeing airplanes that service a broad
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Boeing Gets a Second Chance‚ And a Third Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace firm‚ providing goods and services for military and industry buyers around the world. The company makes jets‚ helicopters‚ missiles‚ satellites‚ and more‚ and is the United States’ largest exporter. With 153‚000 employees and net earnings exceeding $1.5 billion in 2005‚ Boeing is one of the largest corporations in the world. Surely such a well-known and visible firm would not be able to get away with unethical actions
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Boeing 777 QUESTION 1: The WACC that Boeing should use to discount the cash flows for the Boeing 777 investment is the WACC of the Boeing’s commercial division. Step 1: We needed to calculate the Beta of the commercial division of Boeing. We know that Beta of Boeing Corp. is the weighted average of the defense division Beta and the commercial division Beta. We started by calculating the unlevered Beta of Boeing Corp. We did that by unlevering the long-term Boeing Betas i.e.‚ more
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