a. True b. False (24.4) SML FN Answer: a EASY . If you plotted the returns of Selleck & Company against those of the market and found that the slope of your line was negative‚ the CAPM would indicate that the required rate of return on Selleck’s stock should be less than the risk-free rate for a well-diversified investor‚ assuming that the observed relationship is expected to continue in the future. a. True
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1) Why do you think Larry Stone wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate? Is it justifiable to use the firm’s weighted average cost of capital as the divisional cost of capital? Please explain. Larry Stone wants to calculate the firm’s hurdle rate because he wants to have a more reliable basis of information before accepting projects for the company. By determining the firm’s hurdle rate‚ their company will also be able to make prudent decisions using accurate data. He also thinks that they should
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not adjusted frequently. Therefore‚ the debt ratio can be viewed as a constant and thus WACC is applicable. Capital structure: as assumed above‚ target debt ratio is employed in calculation. Tax rate/t: Effective tax rate should be applied to calculate the cost of capital. The average effective tax rate (39.73%‚ calculated in Section 2) of that in year 2004‚ 2005 and 2006 is used as the estimated tax rate. Cost of debt: I basically used the same method as Mortensen did in the case‚ computing the
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company will require additional long-term capital financing. Long-term financing involves debt or equity instruments with greater than one-year maturities‚ and the cost of this long-term capital can be calculated using either the Capital Asset Pricing (CAPM) or Discounted Cash Flows (DCFM) Model. The organization will have to compare and contrast the Capital Asset Pricing Model with the Discounted Cash Flows Model. The skill of comparing and contrasting financial options will help evaluate
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cost of debt. We believed the cost of debt should be estimated by yield to maturity of bond. We can calculate it by using data provided in exhibit 4. Calculation Data input: PV = 95.60 FV = 100 n = 40 Pmt = 6.752 (as it pays semi annually) = 3.375 By using spreadsheet we got before tax cost of debt = 3.58% (semiannual) or 7.16% (annual). Using 38% of tax rate we can calculate after tax cost of debt: After tax cost of debt = Before tax cost of debt x ( 1 – T)
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Midland Energy Resources Case Analysis Midland Energy Capital Planning Model • Fund significant overseas growth • As domestic natural resources dwindle‚ overseas investments are the main drivers of growth for Midland. These investments are analyzed and evaluated is US dollars (foreign cash flows are converted to US dollars) and have a US dollar discount rate applied to them. In 2006‚ 77.7% of Midland’s total earnings from equity affiliates came from non-US investments. • Invest in value creating
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precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In my analysis‚ I will examine why WACC is important in decision-making and I will show how WACC for Nike Inc. is calculated correctly. Also‚ I will calculate the company’s cost of equity using three different models: the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) and the Earnings Capitalization Model (EPS/ Price)‚ I can analyze their advantages and disadvantages and finally conclude whether or not an investment in Nike is
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NEKN82 EMPIRICAL FINANCE LAB 3 Report Done by: Lang‚ Qin 1988-12-05 Low Lihui Valerie 1989-09-24 Q1 Before we evaluate the actual investment performance of the five constructed portfolios for period 1992.02-2008.07‚ we firstly calculate the mean‚ variance and standard deviation of each of the portfolio using Excel. The results are generated as below: Portfolios | Z1 | Z2 | Z3 | Z4 | Z5 | Zm | Mean | 0.008490 | 0.003843 | 0.009980 | 0.000141 | 0.004840 | 0.0066 | Variance |
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QUESTION BANKSECURITY ANALYSIS & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTThird SemesterMBA – Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of MadrasPrepared by: N Rakesh‚ Chennai Investment / Financial system Define investment. What are its dimensions. Describe the different objectives of financial investment What are the characteristics of investment. Explain briefly the expectations of individual investors Discuss the problems faced by the Indian investors. Explain the function of Financial
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Star Appliances by estimating the company’s cost of equity. The methods used include the dividend discount model‚ the earnings/price model‚ and the CAPM model. After analyzing all three possibilities‚ it is apparent that the CAPM model provides the most accurate estimate of Star Company’s cost of capital because it accounts for the beta. Using the CAPM model‚ the new Star Company cost of equity is calculated as 9.4% and the WACC is determined to be 9.14% at the 9.5% debt rate. In addition to the
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