1. Bob’s Warehouse has a pre-tax cost of debt of 8.4 percent and an unlevered cost of capital of 14.6 percent. The firm’s tax rate is 37 percent and the cost of equity is 18 percent. What is the firm’s debt-equity ratio? | 0.76 | | 0.82 | | 0.79 | | 0.87 | | 0.72 | 2. Johnson Tire Distributors has an unlevered cost of capital of 11 percent‚ a tax rate of 34 percent‚ and expected earnings before interest and taxes of $1‚400. The company has $2‚700 in bonds
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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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Overview This case study focuses on where financial theory ends and practical application of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) begins. It presents evidence on how some of the most financially complex companies and financial advisors estimated capital costs and focuses on the gaps found between theory and application. The approach taken in the paper differed from their predecessors in several various respects. Prior published information was solely based on written‚ closed-end surveys sent
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Valuation of equity Example based on dividend discount model : Vardhman limited’s earnings and dividends have been growing at a rate of 18% per annum. This growth rate is expected to continue for 4 years. After that the growth rate will fall to 12 % for the next 4 years. Thereafter‚ the growth rate is expected to be 6 % forever. If the last dividend per share was RS. 2.00 And the investor’s required rate of return on verdhman’s equity is 15% what is the intrinsic value per share? Step 1: the
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Valuation models Discounted cash flow models: Dividend discount Free cash flow to the firm Residual income Multiples-based valuation: Price-earnings Value-EBITDA Value-EBIT Value-Sales Price-Book value Equity valuation In conjunction with the valuation of Coles Group‚ contained in “Excel03 Equity valuation” Real options valuation Equity markets price shares above the present value of expected future cash flows‚ due to the presence of embedded options not captured by DCF analysis Real
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various features of debt and equity and their impact an organization. While evaluating debt and equity‚ an investment banker also has to consider the unique characteristics of the organization’s dealings while ensuring that the organization’s requirements are met. Debt CapitalDebt capital includes all long-term borrowing incurred by the firm. The cost of debt was found to be less than the cost of other forms of financing. The relative inexpensiveness of debt capital is because the lenders take the
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Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis Case 13 Teaching Notes Introduction “Each year in the US‚ corporations undertake more than $500 billion in capital spending” (Bruner 184). This case presents a reasonably analyzed set of teaching notes describing how these financially sophisticated corporations estimate their capital costs. Understanding the estimation of capital costs helps identify the uncertainty of the cost-of-capital theory‚ sets a benchmark for cost-of-capital‚ helps
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Source of capital: Capital is the basic needs of organisation; it is needed in every step of business‚ from buying raw materials to selling their goods. To maintain this capital‚ business needs to identify and allocate their proper source of finance. The place where the business gets their funds from is called their source of capital. The business have two different source of finance‚ internal source (for ex: retained profits‚ sales of existing assets‚ cut down stock level‚ etc) and external sources
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PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
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DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION LIST OF STOCKBROKERS AND INVESTMENT BANKS ON THE NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 4 5 8 23 32 35 37 46 48 5 54 87 89 95 97 Appendix I 23. CDS FORM 1. LIST OF CONTACTS ISSUER ISSUER : EQUITY BANK LIMITED Registered Head Office‚ NHIF Building 4th Floor‚ P.O. Box 7504-00200 NAIROBI Name / Title of Contact Persons Mr. James Njuguna Mwangi Chief Executive & Managing Director Mrs. Mary Wangari Wamae Company Secretary and Registrar Office
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