NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL Book value vs. Market value While calculating the Nike’s cost of capital using both the book value (Exhibit 1.1) and the market value (Exhibit 1.2)‚ I could notice the mistake Cohen made finding the equity value. Cohen used the book value to reflect equity value. Although the book value is an accepted measure to estimate the debt value‚ the equity’s book value is an inaccurate measure of the value perceived by the shareholders. Since Nike is a publicly traded company
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT Management Reporting Budgetary Control NO 213 BUDGETARY CONTROL AND VARIANCE ANALYSIS £ £££ ££££££ 1 333 35753 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT ONE OF A SERIES OF GUIDES FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT FROM www.FinancialManagementDevelopment.com This is one of a series of documents produced by David A Palmer as a guide for managers on specific financial topics to assist informed discussion. Readers should take appropriate advice before acting
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BUDGET MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS To have a basis in illustrating the analysis of variance or difference between budgeted and actual figures‚ the budget of a sampled (unknown) company was utilized (http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/business-finances/budgeting-systems.html). | | | | | | | | |
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LECTURE 10 COST OF CAPITAL CLASS QUESTIONS 1. Roland Corporation’s last dividend (D0)‚ which was paid yesterday‚ was $2.50. The firm has a constant growth of 18.8%. The firm’s beta coefficient is 1.2. The required return on an average stock in the market is 13 percent‚ and the risk-free rate is 7 percent. Roland’s A-rated bonds are yielding 10 percent‚ its risk premium is 4% and its current stock price is $30. Which of the following values is the most reasonable estimate of Roland’s cost of retained
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Ameritrade’s managers should also consider what taking on these programs would do to its capital structure. They might have a certain debt to equity ratio they wish to maintain‚ or perhaps there would be covenants put on their contracts requiring them to maintain a certain debt to equity ratio while their loan was outstanding. Ameritrade should use a 6.10% risk free rate when calculating its cost of capital. This is the average of the 20 year bond annualized yield to maturity (on August 31‚ 1997)
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Running head: Budget Development Analysis Budget Development Analysis University of Phoenix Education Finance and Budgeting/EDA 538 Dr. Pamela Wilkins March 21‚ 2009 Budget Development Analysis The budget of a school is potentially the most important step in the daily operation of a school district. Every decision that is made affects staff‚ students‚ programs‚ services and daily operations at the core of the school environment. Every decision can affect the success or failure
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sensitivity analysis showed that Nike was undervalued at a discount rate below 11.17%. Ford then asked her assistant‚ Joanna Cohen‚ to estimate Nike’s cost of capital‚ which‚ per Cohen’s analysis‚ came to 8.4%. Background The cost of capital is the minimum return that a company should make on an investment or the minimum return necessary for investors to cover their cost. Two main factors of the cost of capital are the cost of debt and the cost of equity. The capital used for
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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 when evaluating division-specific projects. Using the overall WACC to evaluate a project in the restaurant industry‚ for example‚ could cause Marriott to incorrectly accept a project‚ which would destroy wealth. Our analysis also
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Chapter 7 Operating budgets: bridging planning and control solutions Review Questions 1. A plan for using limited resources. 2. Firms budget for (1) planning‚ (2) coordination‚ and (3) control (performance evaluation and feedback). 3. Operating budgets reflect the collective expression of numerous short-term decisions that conform to the direction set by long-term plans. Financial budgets quantify the outcomes of operating budgets in summary financial statements.
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Your company is thinking about acquiring another corporation. You have two choices; the cost of each choice is $250‚000. You cannot spend more than that‚ so acquiring both corporations is not an option. The following are your critical data: a. Corporation A: 1) Revenues = 100K in year one‚ increasing by 10% each year 2) Expenses = 20K in year one‚ increasing by 15% each year 3) Depreciation Expense = 5K each year 4) Tax Rate = 25%
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