Cost of Capital at Ameritrade What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? Mr. Ricketts believes that his role as CEO is to maximize shareholder value by accepting any project whose expected return on investment is greater than the cost of capital. Therefore‚ the main factors that Ameritrade management should consider are the expected return on investment for the project‚ and how this compares to the project’s
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Case: Lex Service Plc-Cost of Capital Objective: Lex service Plc sold its various subsidiaries and other assets in between 1991 and 1993 which provides more than £340 million of funds. To reinvest this huge amount of funds it evaluates many investment options and acquisitions. To evaluate the worth of new investments‚ Lex uses discounted cash flow analysis. In order to employ DCF analysis method‚ discount rate or cost of capital required. Now the question is arises ‘what should be real cost of
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Finance 5204 Managing Corporate Capital Investment and Capital Structure Case1 Cost of Capital at Ameritrade By: Elaine Huang Jonathan Hudson Christopher Lenker AMERITRADE DOES NOT HAVE A BETA ESTIMATE AS THE FIRM HAS BEEN PUBLICLY TRADED FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME PERIOD. EXHIBIT 4 PROVIDES VARIOUS CHOICES OF COMPARABLE FIRMS. WHAT COMPARABLE FIRMS DO YOU RECOMMEND AS THE APPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS FOR EVALUATING THE RISK OF AMERITRADE’S PLANNED INVESTMENTS? WHY? We recommend using the following
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public offering. Management at Ameritrade is considering substantial investments in technology and advertising‚ but is unsure of the appropriate cost of capital. Estimating the cost of capital 1. Since we do not have the beta for Ameritrade‚ we need to find comparable firms for which we could compute the betas. There are several candidates in the case. Discuss which firms are most appropriate. Thus‚ the proportion of the revenue a firm earns from transactions and interest (brokerage activities)
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Marriott Corporation : The Cost of Capital( Abridged) (บริษัท Marriott : ต้นทุนของเงินทุน (สรุป) ในเดือนเมษายน 1988 Dan Cohrs รองประธานของโครงการการเงินที่บริษัท Marriott ได้มีการเตรียมตัวแนะนำรายปีสำหรับ Hurdle rates(อัตราส่วนลด)ของแต่ละแผนก 3 แผนก โครงการการลงทุนแต่ละจะถูกคัดเลือกโดยอัตราส่วนลดที่เหมาะสมของ แต่ละแผนก ในปี 1987 Marriott มียอดขายเติบโต 24 % ละ ROE มียอดขาย 22% และรายได้ต่อหุ้นเพิ่มขึ้น 2 เท่า จากเมื่อ4ปีก่อน และกลยุทธ์การดำเนินการมีเป้าหมายตามแนวโน้มนี้ต่อไป
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up business either international or local‚ there are some factors to put into consideration. Even if your business is doing well and expanding at a high rate one must put into consideration the risks that ascertain that particular business. In the case of the AES‚ the founders did not put much consideration into their expanding business to the overseas accounts. Their main undoing was the assumption of the risks involved as same as in the U.S as it were in the foreign countries. The AEs had its majority
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UNIVERSITY MARRIOTT CORPORATION BONDHOLDERS VERSUS EQUITY HOLDERS On October 5‚ 1992‚ Marriott Corporation announced a plan to restructure the company by splitting itself into two parts. The announcement caused immediate and opposite price movements for its stock and its bonds. Stockholders were happy and bondholders were in a furor‚ particularly those that bought a new issue of bonds in April. The Restructuring Plan The two separate companies were to be Marriott International and Host Marriott. The
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Summary Wanting to add Nike’s share to her portfolio‚ Kimi Ford asked her new assistant‚ Joanna Cohen‚ to estimate Nike’s cost of capital. Cohen‚ later‚ came up with the cost of capital of 8.4% that was contradicted to Ford’s cost of capital of 12%. This report points out flaws of Cohen’s assumption and recalculates the WACC to obtain the most accurate cost of capital. In the cost of equity calculation‚ we will use CAPM‚ the dividend discount model (DDM)‚ and the earnings capitalization model (ECM)
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Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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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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