The Objective in Corporate Finance “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does not matter how you get there” Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business Aswath Damodaran 2 First Principles Invest in projects that yield a return greater than the minimum acceptable hurdle rate. • The hurdle rate should be higher for riskier projects and reflect the financing mix used - owners’ funds (equity) or borrowed money (debt) • Returns on projects should be measured based on cash flows
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the same period Expenses have increased by 123%. Thus a reduction in margin. 2. ROCE a. It is defined as a ratio that indicates the efficiency and profitability of a company’s capital investments. In other words how efficiently are long term funds of a company being used. b. In 1994 it was 11%. In 1993 12.1%. In 1985 12.98%. A higher dip between 1985 & 1994. This is primarily because the proportion of Capital Employed has increased more than the proportion of NPAT. 3. Current Ratio a
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Corporate Case Study: Apple Inc. Article One: Apple’s Secret Plan for Its Cash Stash In 2012‚ Forbes Magazine published an article that discusses what Apple Inc. plans to do with the large amounts of money it has acquired over the years. The sum reaches up to $100 billion‚ making the company one of the most profitable in history. However‚ the company has around $64 billion of their cash stuck oversees. If Apple were to choose to move the money back to the United States they would be hit with a
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Aswath Damodaran 2 THE OBJECTIVE IN CORPORATE FINANCE “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does’nt maCer how you get there” First Principles 3 Aswath Damodaran 3 The Classical Viewpoint 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Van Horne: "In this book‚ we assume that the objecKve of the firm
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Corporate Finance – Chapter 2 – Long Quiz 1 1) Marvelous Entertainment Group‚ Inc. had net income of $32.7 million in 2005. The firm paid no dividends. If there were no further changes to the stockholders ’ equity accounts‚ then _____ by $32.7 million. [ ] common stock must have increased √ [ ] retained earnings must have increased [ ] total stockholders ’ equity must have decreased [ ] capital surplus must have decreased [ ] the market value of the firm ’s stock must have
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Problem set 2 16-1. Gladstone Corporation is about to launch a new product. Depending on the success of the new product‚ Gladstone may have one of four values next year: $150 million‚ $135 million‚ $95 million‚ and $80 million. These outcomes are all equally likely‚ and this risk is diversifiable. Gladstone will not make any payouts to investors during the year. Suppose the risk-free interest rate is 5% and assume perfect capital markets. a. What is the initial value of Gladstone’s equity
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GOODWAY (CORPORATE FINANCE) I. INTRODUCTION I.I. Company History Goodway Rubber Industries Sdn Bhd (“GWRI”) commenced its operation in Sabah in 1990. In 2003‚ Goodway Integrated Industries Berhad (“GIIB”) was established as an investment holding company of GWRI and all its subsidiaries. GIIB was listed on the Second Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 2004 and currently listed on the Main Board. The Company operations located at Nilai‚ Negeri Sembilan. Goodway has manufacturing
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Overview of Relevant Formulas Corporate Finance (B40.2302) _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Present value of $1 to be received after t years at discount rate r: 2. Present value of annuity of $1 per year for t years at discount rate r: $1 (1 + r )t ⎡1 − (1 + r ) − t ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ × $1 r ⎣ ⎦ 1 ⎡ (1 + g )t ⎤ 3. Present value of growing annuity of $1 at rate g per year at discount rate r: ⎢1 − ⎥ × $1 r − g ⎣ (1 + r )t ⎦ $1 r 4. Present value
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Bendigo Bank Case Study 2011 Question (1): Capital Structure and Financing in the Banking Industry Introduction Australian banks are an interesting case of capital structure and financing considerations as far as companies go‚ in that they are regulated in a number of ways by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Considerations of capital structure have the effect of reducing the cost of capital and so in turn increase the value
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Week 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance 1.4. Assignment 1a Due date: January 30‚ 2011 Instruction: Please submit your assignment as an attachment to my Blackboard E-mail by midnight on the due date Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile
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