EMRP=10.3%-4.85%= 5.45% 6.0% is reasonable for the Market Risk Premium in the WACC calculation. Midland’s Equity Market Value from Exhibit 5 =E= $134‚114 million Midland’s Net Debt from Exhibit 5 = D = $79‚508 million Midland’s Total Market Value = V = E + D = $213‚622 million Weight for the cost of debt = D/V = 0.3722= 37.22% Weight for the cost of equity = E/V = 0.6278= ^2.78% The 2006 corporate tax rate for Midland is calculated as 38.58% from taking the ratio of Taxes ($30‚447
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respectively. Her monthly payment on an automobile loan is $375. What is Louise’s debt payments-to-income ratio? Is Louise living within her means? (LO 5.3) Louise’s Gross Income = $3‚000 Less: Income taxes = -700 Less: Social Security Tax = -250 Less: IRA contribution = -100 Net take-home pay = $1‚950 Her monthly payments on VISA‚ MasterCard‚ and a car loan add up to $500 per month. Louise’s debt payments to income ratio is 500 to 1‚950‚ or 25.6 percent. This ratio exceeds
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Question 1 We believe that Ms Stark should not revise her recommendation regarding FPL. The HOLD recommendation seems to be the most appropriate. Our judgement assumes a dividend cut from FPL. However‚ this dividend cut would be a precise strategic choice rather than one dictated by financing difficulties. Specifically‚ the dividend cut will raise future growth‚ with little effect on the stock price. By cutting dividends‚ FPL can react better to future threats. After an initial panic selling triggered
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HBS 9-501-050 Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks ’’ Optical Networks Division Nortel Networks was a global player in telephony‚ data and wireless and wireline Internet solutions. Maureen Conroy and Nathalie Sauve‚ members of the Customer Value Management (CVM) Team at Nortel Networks Optical Networks‚ must recommend one of three customer value measurement methodologies to ON President Greg Mumford. In December of 1997‚ ON took a “right-angle turn” ’’ innovative cultural‚ operational
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Cost of Debt and Cost of Equity: Cost of Debt is the interest rate and the Cost of Equity is the expected rate of return demanded by investors in the firm’s common stock. The issue at hand is finding the correct costs of debt and equity in order to find an accurate calculation of WACC. Cohen used the 20-year yield on U.S. Treasuries as the risk free rate‚ which we found to be the correct figure given that Nike Inc. debt was valued over 25 years. Because there is no other given yield that is comparable
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HBS- Airborne Express Background Information Seattle based Airborne Express was the third largest express mail business in the 1990s. The product of two specialist airfreight carriers‚ Airborne Express began operations in 1968 and targeted businesses requiring regular‚ high-volume shipments of urgent items. Airborne maintained low cost operations by focusing on efficiency. We discuss how the express mail industry evolved throughout the 1990s and what Airborne did to remain competitive. How and
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With regard to the third objective‚ Miller and Modigliani claimed that the use of debt‚ in the presence of corporate taxes‚ could increase the value of a company through the value added by debt tax shield. In modern finance‚ it is commonly believed that debt can increase the value of a corporation. However‚ a company should be careful about high debt levels because of the distress costs associated with high debt. As stated
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Introduction Benton Textiles have developed a new process‚ which can apply a special finish to certain types of textiles. The subsequent analysis will discuss two of the key questions that every company faces when it introduces a new product: Which market should the company target? And how should the new product be priced? The alternatives for Benton is either to enter the higher priced market‚ to the lower priced market‚ or to combine the two and first enter the higher priced market and then move
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HBS Case: AQUALISA QUARTZ – SIMPLY A BETTER SHOWER. 1. (A) After spending 5.8 million developing the Quartz‚ the product is definitely worth the investment because (1) The Quartz is the product that answer directly to the customer needs and wants. Most consumers need and want the product that can fix the problems – poor pressure‚ fluctuations in pressure and tolerance in using. (2) Choosing a shower brand depends mostly on which brand plumbers are familiar to so with new technology of the
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structure? Because there is no preferred stock or long term debt‚ Ameritrade is a 100% equity firm. 2. What is Ameritrade’s cost of equity capital? CAPM= (.0643)+ (1.8264)(.188-.0559)=.2902=29.02% Return on Market=(899.470-757.12)/757.12=.188 Beta calculation on Attached Excel Spreadsheet. 3. What is Ameritrade’s cost of debt capital? Because there is no interest expense in 1997‚ Ameritrade has no cost of debt. 4. What is Ameritrade’s WACC? WACC= (1)(.2902)=29.02%
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