paper will look at the three most common models used for estimating the rate of return for a given company; dividend growth‚ Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). The board of directors for Apple Computer Corporation will receive this report‚ and based on the findings and analysis included‚ Apple will be given a recommendation as to the cost equity model they should implement to estimate their future rate of returns. This report will discuss the accuracy and ease
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revenue of $64.7 billion and had 136‚000 employees. Comcast provides cable television‚ internet services‚ Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)‚ and also content production. There is a variety of cable packages including some with only 20-40 channels to a full digital subscription with 300+ channels. They also provided On Demand service which includes 50‚000 programs for about $6 a month and provided a DVR service to record shows to view later. Comcast was founded in 1963 by Ralph Roberts. He is said to
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American Home Products Corporation1. CASE SUMMARYAHP Chief Executive"I just don ’t like to owe money"‚ said William F. Laporte‚ AHP chief executive‚ when asked about his company ’s almost debt-free balance sheet and growing cash reserves. Mr. Laporte had taken over as chief executive of American Home Products in 1964. Throughout 17 subsequent years of his tenure Mr. Laporte has not changed his opinion of debt financing and AHP ’s abstinence from debt continued‚ while the growth in its cash balance
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INTRODUCTION: CASE BACKGROUND & ISSUES CUP Corporation was one of the largest insurance firms based in Europe. It had a worldwide operation and was recently acquired by another major insurance company. The firm had made a series of acquisitions to broaden the types of insurance offerings and expanding the market needs. It sold a various forms of insurance in the health‚ life‚ casualty‚ property and automotive areas. Customer segments of the firm’s services are divided into two groups of agents
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Dell Corporation Case Study I. Introduction Started by Michael Dell‚ Dell Computer Corporation is one of the world’s leading direct marketers of personal computer systems. Dell Computer Corporation designs‚ manufactures‚ markets‚ services‚ and supports a wide range of computer systems‚ including desktop personal computers‚ notebook computers‚ and network servers. In addition‚ it also markets peripheral computer hardware and software‚ as well as service and support programs. The success of Dell
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products are sold everywhere convenience stores‚ grocery stores and kiosks. 2 - Cost of Capital A company’s capital is consists of mostly debt or equity. Equity and debt are external sources of financing and financing from external sources is not without cost. The cost of capital is the cost to raise capital through equity and debt. It can be defined as the weighted sum of the cots of equity and the cost of debt. It determines the rate of return that a firm would receive if it invested its
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Harvard Business School 9-289-047 Rev. April 1‚ 1998 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) In April 1988‚ Dan Cohrs‚ vice president of project finance at the Marriott Corporation‚ was preparing his annual recommendations for the hurdle rates at each of the firm’s three divisions.部门 要求报酬率 Investment projects at Marriott were selected by discounting the appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. In 1987‚ Marriott’s sales grew by 24% and its return on equity
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at Target Corporation Chervonda Cowart Managerial Applications of Information Technology –MIS535 Keller Graduate School of Management July 13‚ 2013 Subject of Course Project I propose the implementation of centralized real time pricing through the use of cloud technology at Target Corporations that would solve several company objectives relating to efficiency in resource allocation as well as cost savings in payroll. Business Problem Statement Since 2008 Target Corporation has been
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Estimate the required net working capital for each year and the cash flow due to investments in net working capital. The firm needs to increase its net working capital by 12% of incremental sales revenues. This amount is needed in the year before the sales revenue is earned. The amount for year 0 is 12% x $250‚000 = $30‚000.00‚ and that for year 1‚ 2‚ and 3 are $30‚900.00‚ $31‚827.00‚ and $32‚781.81 respectively. The cash flow due to the changes in the working capital is shown in Table 2. Year 0 1 2
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Article David Durand‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Association‚ Vol. 49‚ No. 4 (Sep.‚ 1959)‚ pp. 639-655. Purpose of the paper The focus of this paper is to contradict the results of [Franco Modigliani; Merton H. Miller‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Review‚ June 1958‚ 48‚261-97] (hereafter MM) assumptions in related to cost of capital theory. Foundations This
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