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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Solution 1: (i) P0 = D1 Ke - g CA – IPC TEST CAPITAL STRUCTURE = 3.50 (1.06) 0.15 – 0.06 = `41.22 (ii) Ke = D1 + g P0 0.15 = 3.50 (1 + g) + g 50 7.50 = 3.50 + 3.50g + 50g g= 4 = 7.48% 53.5 Solution 2: (i) Determination of EPS at EBIT level of `22‚00‚000 Financing Plan (a) (b) Equity Shares (`) Debentures (`) Pref. EBIT 22‚00‚000 22‚00‚000 Less: Interest (16‚000) (1‚21‚000) Taxable Income 21‚84‚000 20‚79‚000 Less: Tax @ 30% (6‚55‚200) (6‚23‚700) EAT 15‚28‚800 14‚55‚300 Less: Dividend on Pref
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) General Approach The company is split into 3 divisions Lodging‚ Contract Services and Restaurants. The WACC for each of the 3 divisions and then subsequently the entire corporation’s WACC need to be calculated. This will be done through calculating the WACC for each of the 3 divisions and then taking a weighted average of these 3 divisional WACC numbers to get the overall Marriott Corporation WACC. 1. Calculating the Beta a
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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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Marriott Corporation (A) Introduction In 1927 J.W. Marriott Sr. founded the Marriott Corporation (MC) and during the 1980s experienced a huge growth. Marriott’s main strategy in those days was developing hotel properties around the world and selling these properties to outside investors while retaining lucrative long-term management contracts. MC was a conservative company and it stressed the themes of careful attention on the details‚ the organization and its employees. Quality was the one of the
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Cost of Equity: For the risk-free rate‚ we decided to use the 30-year old Treasury yield‚ which is currently 4.6%. We believe it is important to match the time horizon when comparing financial assets. Given that stocks have essentially an endless time horizon‚ the 30-year Treasury seems a more reasonable asset by which to compare stocks. 1-month Treasury Bills‚ for instance‚ are comparable to safety-deposit boxes‚ which are completely safe‚ but cannot ever yield a return. It’s highly likely that
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? Historically‚ the AES capital budgeting method primarily used the following assumptions: • All nonrecourse debt was regarded as good • Dividend cash flow were considered equally risky • Project was evaluated by the equity discount rate for the dividends from the project • A 12% discount rate was applied to all projects. The historical method is quite simplistic
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to determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). This SLP calculates the WACC for my SLP company – McDonalds‚ discusses how those calculations were arrived at and briefly describes WACC and what investors use it for. COMPANY NAME: McDonalds Inc Balance sheet date: 31 DEC 07 Market values date: 1 SEP 08 SOURCE BOOK VALUE MARKET VALUE PROPORTIONS COST (%) PRODUCT (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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Nike Inc.: Cost of Capital The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the overall required rate of return on a firm as a whole. It is important to calculate a firm’s cost of capital in order to determine the feasibility of a particular investment for a firm. I do not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. She calculated value of equity‚ value of debt‚ cost of equity‚ and cost of debt all incorrectly. For value of equity‚ Joanna simply used the number stated on the balance sheet instead
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Executive summary In this report we focus on Nike’s Inc. Cost of Capital and its financial importance for the company and future investors. The management of Nike Inc. addresses issues both on top-line growth and operating performance. The company’s cost of capital is a critical element in such decisions and it is important to estimate precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In our analysis‚ we examine why WACC is important in decision making and we show how WACC for Nike Inc. is
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