1) Executive Summary Marriott needs to calculate hurdle rates which will be used in its investment project selection. The company chooses to use cost of capital as its hurdle rate. Since the company has three business divisions and the cost of capital in each division varies and differs from that of Marriott as a whole‚ each division needs to have its own hurdle rate. The reason behind this practice is the company’s strategy which focuses on growth. Using a single hurdle rate for the whole company
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Assignment | Cost of Capital‚ Capital Budgeting and Financial Planning | Chapter(s) | 9‚ 10‚ 12 | Group Name | | Student Name(s) | | Date | | Instructions: HW Assignments will be uploaded to Kean Blackboard and must be accessed from there. You must work in groups where assigned (or independently if not assigned to groups) on homework assignments. Points are noted against each question. You are required to submit Home Work assignments electronically on Kean Blackboard using MS-Office
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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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Case Solution Cost of Capital at Ameritrade | | • Executive summary: Formed in 1971 and listed in March 1997‚ Ameritrade has been one of the most successful players in the deep- discount brokerage sector. Ameritrade’s two major sources of revenue‚ Transaction income (brokerage commissions‚ clearing fees‚ and payment for order flow) and Net interest revenues that were generated from net balance
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Capital Structure Practice Problems 1. Hayfin Enterprises has the following operating results and capital structure: Hayfin Enterprises ($000s) | | | Financial Data | | Revenue | $ 6‚000 | Operating Expenses | $ (4‚500) | EBIT (Operating Profit) | $ 1‚500 | | | Debt | $ 1‚200 | Equity | $ 8‚800 | Total Capital | $ 10‚000 | Interest rate on debt = 9% Share price = $25 (MV = BV) The firm is contemplating
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broker-dealers executed options transactions on behalf of the broker-dealers’ clients‚ should be held liable for the tortious acts of the broker-dealers. Plaintiffs seek to recover their investment losses‚ interest‚ and statutory attorney’s fees and costs. On March 9‚ 2010‚ the 11th Senate of the German Federal Supreme Court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor in one of these cases‚ and held Pershing liable for a German broker-dealer’s tortious acts. In subsequent cases‚ the Supreme Court continued to rule
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: capital structure‚ valuation‚ and cost of capital Teaching Note Synopsis In June 2002‚ a managing director of an active-investor hedge fund was considering the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley had been conservatively financed and at the date of the case‚ carried no debt. The tasks for the student are to: Estimate the potential change in value from relevering Wrigley using adjusted present value analysis
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hurdle rates is critical to accepting or rejecting projects‚ Marriott should be precise by calculating and using division-specific rates on division-specific projects. We used the WACC method so that our hurdle rates would reflect appropriate cost of debt and cost of equity‚ as explained in our subsequent analysis. We found Marriott’s hurdle rates: 8.646% for hotels‚ 10.94% for restaurants‚ 11.094% for contracts‚ and 9.688% for the entire company. Marriott should use the division-specific hurdle rates
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to determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). This SLP calculates the WACC for my SLP company – McDonalds‚ discusses how those calculations were arrived at and briefly describes WACC and what investors use it for. COMPANY NAME: McDonalds Inc Balance sheet date: 31 DEC 07 Market values date: 1 SEP 08 SOURCE BOOK VALUE MARKET VALUE PROPORTIONS COST (%) PRODUCT (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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paper will look at the three most common models used for estimating the rate of return for a given company; dividend growth‚ Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). The board of directors for Apple Computer Corporation will receive this report‚ and based on the findings and analysis included‚ Apple will be given a recommendation as to the cost equity model they should implement to estimate their future rate of returns. This report will discuss the accuracy and ease
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