1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? “When AES undertook primarily domestic contract generation projects where the risk of changes to input and output prices was minimal‚ a project finance framework was employed.” Usually‚ project finance framework is used when the project has predictable cash flows‚ which can easily represent operating targets through explicit contract. When cash flows are certainty‚ the company can have
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The Cost of Capital LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain what is meant by a firm’s weighted average cost of capital. • Define and calculate the component costs of debt and preferred stock. • Explain why retained earnings are not free and use three approaches to estimate the component cost of retained earnings. • Briefly explain why the cost of new equity is higher than the cost of retained earnings‚ calculate the cost of new
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hurdle rates is critical to accepting or rejecting projects‚ Marriott should be precise by calculating and using division-specific rates on division-specific projects. We used the WACC method so that our hurdle rates would reflect 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
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Analysis in Capital Budgeting In today’s business environment‚ company executives are often required to participate in a company’s capital budgeting process as the sponsor‚ reviewer or approving authority of investment decisions. In any of these capacities‚ it is imperative that the executive understands many of the key aspects of capital budgeting such as analyzing income statements‚ balance sheets‚ cash flows‚ appropriately discounting cash flows and‚ most importantly‚ identifying risk. Capital budgeting
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Application of Monte Carlo Simulation in Capital Budgeting | | |by Prit‚ Aug 2‚ 2008 | |The usefulness of Monte carlo Simulation in Capital Budgeting and the processes involved in Monte Carlo Simulation. It also | |highlights the advantages in some situation compared to other deterministic models where uncertainty is the norm. | |[pic]
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The capital budgeting proposals consists of five distinct but interrelated steps: 1) Proposal generation: Proposals are made at all levels within a business organization and are reviewed by the finance personnel. Proposals that require large outlays are more carefully scrutinized than less costly ones. 2) Review and analysis: Formal review and analysis is performed to assess the appropriateness of proposals and evaluate their economic viability. Once the analysis is complete‚ a summary report
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Average Cost of Capital What It Measures The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate of return that the providers of a company’s capital require‚ weighted according to the proportion each element bears to the total pool of capital. Why It Is Important WACC is one of the most important figures in assessing a company’s financial health‚ both for internal use (in capital budgeting) and external use (valuing companies on investment markets). It gives companies an insight into the cost of their
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Capital Budgeting Case Richard Hughes QRB/501 Robert Halle Capital Budgeting Case Our extensive research on two investment options yielded the decision that Corporation B is the company that our company has decided to acquire with a $250‚000 initial outlay. We have conducted 5-year income cash flow projections. Our company determined the Net Present Value (NPV) as well at the investment’s internal rate of return (IRR). When making a decision to purchase or invest in a company‚ a decision maker
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evaluating capital budgeting. Based on the video abstract‚ this paper will identify possible pitfalls‚ which may affect the business performance of the George’s Trains. Furthermore‚ this paper will deliver a statement of cash flow based on certain assumptions and performance trends of George’s Trains. It will recommend areas of improvement to endure success. Lastly‚ this paper provides conclusion on the overall capital budgeting analysis of George ’s Trains.
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Investment Decisions Chapters in This Part 10 11 12 Capital Budgeting Techniques Capital Budgeting Cash Flows Risk and Refinements in Capital Budgeting INTEGRATIVE CASE 5 Lasting Impressions Company robably nothing that financial managers do is more important to the long-term success of a company than making good investment decisions. The term capital budgeting describes the process for evaluating and selecting investment projects. Often‚ capital expenditures can be very large‚ such as building a
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