Cost of Capital Estimate for Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. In the first section of my report‚ I list out the main models and methods applied to estimate the cost of capital for Midland’s three divisions‚ general assumptions made and the corresponding justifications. In the second section‚ Calculations‚ I not only compute the cost of capital based on the general assumptions previously made‚ but also discuss specifics of each division and the additional adjustments or assumptions made to justify
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Model (CAPM): ra = rf + Ba (rm-rf) where: rf = the rate of return on risk-free securities (typically Treasuries) Ba = the beta of the investment in question rm = the market’s overall expected rate of return Let’s assume the following for Company XYZ: Next year’s dividend: $1 Current stock price: $10 Dividend growth rate: 3% rf: 3% Ba: 1.0 rm: 12% Using the dividend growth model‚ we can calculate that Company XYZ’s cost of capital is ($1 / $10 ) + 3% = 13% Using CAPM‚ we can
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1.0 Summary of case study NorthPoint Group is a mutual fund management firm which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies. Its top holding included ExxonMobil‚ General Motors‚ McDonald’s‚ 3M and other large cap. NorthPoint Group performed extremely well although the stock market had declined over 18 months. In 2000‚ it earned a return of 20.7% while the S&P 500 fell 10.1%. At June 2001‚ NorthPoint Group’s return stood at 6.4% while the S&P 500 stood at -7.3%. Nike‚ Inc. is an American multinational
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Case Study Nike Introduction Good morning ladies and gentlemen and thank for taking the time to meet with us. Nike was founded on January 25‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight. The company officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1978. Nike has various products which include footwear as well as other apparel that compliment the former. This accounts for 92 percent of the company’s revenue. The other 8 percent comes from equipment and non Nike brand products‚ such as Cole
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CASE STUDY HOMEWORK CORPORATE FINANCE PROFESSOR: G. BERTINETTI STUDENT Albert Maurer 1 The Situation: In 2010 a new company was created in order to enter into the food industry. They spent many months in studying the market‚ engineering the products and the commercial strategy‚ find out the production plants. At the end of 2010 the business plan is ready and the company has already participated to an exhibition where many potential customers said to be very interested to the project
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Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company that oversees and manages various subsidiary companies (Berkshire Hathaway‚ 2011). The current members of the Board of Directors are Warren Buffett‚ Charlie Munger‚ Walter Scott Jr.‚ Thomas Murphy‚ Howard Graham Buffett‚ Ronald Olson‚ Donald Keough‚ Charlotte Guyman‚ David Gottesman‚ Bill Gates‚ Stephen Burke‚ and Susan Decker (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2011). The primary job of the Board of Directors is to see that the
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2. Do you think the CAPM model is an appropriate way to calculate the cost of equity for these projects? Why or why not? Yes‚ the CAPM model is an appropriate way to calculate the cost of equity for these projects because they are short-term and it takes into account the riskiness of each project. 5. Which of the projects are unacceptable and why? Projects A and B are unacceptable because they both have negative Net Present Values. 7. Which project do you recommend and why? Explain why each
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debt ratio is 60%; actual is 41% [Exhibit 1] βs = 1.11 βu = βs / (1 + (1 – τ) D/E) = 1.11/(1 + (1 – .44) (.41)) = 0.80 Using the target debt ratio of 60%: βTs = βu (1 + (1 – τ) D/E) = .8(1 + (1 – .44) (.6/.4)) βTs =1.47 Using CAPM: rf = 8.95% long-term rate on U.S. government bonds (rm – rf) = 7.43% average 1926-1987 rE = rf + βTs (rm – rf)
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prices so much different from another company and why do the prices go up and down? We will analyze at a set of financial data to calculate theoretical stock prices for IBM. We will use a systematic approach utilizing the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Constant Growth Model (CGM) to determine IBM’s stock price. 1. An estimate of the risk-free rate of interest (krf) was obtained by going to Bloomberg.com and using the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond rate. Even though our assignment sheet asks
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Securities Analysis Index 1. The background of the company 2. AT&T’s Life Cycle Analysis 3. Analysis of Return on Equity 4. The company’s projected future growth rate of earnings 5. Analysis of its required rate of return using the CAPM measurement 6. The company’s intrinsic value using the discount valuation techniques 7. Conclusions 8. References 1. AT&T Background AT&T Inc. is an American multinational corporation that provides telecommunications services
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