Boeing’s WACC along with IRR to determine whether this is a financially worthwhile project. In order to calculate the WACC‚ Bair must consider the betas from Boeing’s commercial sector as well as the defense sector. One beta cannot be used for the whole company due to the vast difference in volatility between the two sectors. Once these two separate betas are calculated‚ they can be weighted based on the % revenue which each industry contributes to the company and then a WACC can be calculated for
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CASE STUDY HOMEWORK CORPORATE FINANCE PROFESSOR: G. BERTINETTI STUDENT Albert Maurer 1 The Situation: In 2010 a new company was created in order to enter into the food industry. They spent many months in studying the market‚ engineering the products and the commercial strategy‚ find out the production plants. At the end of 2010 the business plan is ready and the company has already participated to an exhibition where many potential customers said to be very interested to the project
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firm holds the more susceptible to systematic risk the firm will be. For example‚ higher fixed interest payments will be especially detrimental to the firm during market recessions. The beta on a levered firm reflects both business and financial risk. Thus‚ CAPM concludes that a stock’s risk premium is beta times the market risk premium. Adding the risk free rate will give us the cost of equity. The firm’s weighted average cost of capital is determined by taking the percentage of equity at market
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at beta one uses systematic and unsystematic risk. Systematic risk is one which can be eliminated by diversification and this are for securities of specific investments Unsystematic risks can not be eliminated by diversification and these include interest rates and tax (Brigham‚ 2005) β = Systematic risk Market risk = 7.75 ÷ 4.5 = 1.723 The beta for Coca Cola Company is 1.723(www.pcquote.com/stocks/).Beta measures the unsystematic risk of a firm under analysis. Beta can
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with the market of - 0.25‚ and a beta coefficient of - 0.5. Security B has an expected return of 11%‚ a standard deviation of returns of 10%‚ a correlation with the market of 0.75‚ and a beta coefficient of 0.5. Which security is more risky? Why? In order to answer this question you need to outline Security A and Security B Security A Expected rate of return of 6% Standard deviation of returns of 30% Correlation coefficient with the market of -0.25 Beta coefficient of -0.5 Security B
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Midland Energy Resources Case Analysis Midland Energy Capital Planning Model • Fund significant overseas growth • As domestic natural resources dwindle‚ overseas investments are the main drivers of growth for Midland. These investments are analyzed and evaluated is US dollars (foreign cash flows are converted to US dollars) and have a US dollar discount rate applied to them. In 2006‚ 77.7% of Midland’s total earnings from equity affiliates came from non-US investments. • Invest in value creating
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FIN 501 Test 2 138 terms by Mila_Sambunjak Ready to study? ! Start with Flashcards Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. You hold two bonds. One is a 10-year‚ zero coupon‚ issue and the other is a 10-year bond that pays a 6% annual coupon. The same market rate‚ 6%‚ applies to both bonds. If the market rate rises from the current level‚ the zero coupon bond will experience the larger percentage decline. b. The time to maturity does not affect the change in the value of a bond in response
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you measure the cost of debt for each division? Should the debt cost differ across divisions? Why? c. How did you measure the beta of each division? Case Hints and Suggestions The primary objective of this case is to show students how the CAPM is used to compute the cost of capital. Students learn to calculate beta based on comparable companies and to lever betas to adjust for capital structure. Students are asked to determine the appropriate risk-less rate and market risk premium. This
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Information of systematic risk is beneficial for investors to analyze the nature of risk associated with investment (Gu and Kim‚ 2002). Another most important aspect to determine the financial variables which are associated with systematic risk or beta is to help the firm’s executives. Finance officer consider the systematic risk at the time of making policies and strategies in order to enhance the investor’s wealth. Breen and Lerner (1973) argued in the context of decision making that variations
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Yurop Shrestha Economics Thesis CAPM vs. APT: An Empirical Analysis Introduction The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ was first developed by William Sharpe (1964)‚ and later extended and clarified by John Lintner (1965) and Fischer Black (1972). Four decades after the birth of this model‚ CAPM is still accepted as an appropriate technique for evaluating financial assets and retains an important place in both academic scholars and finance practitioners. It is used to estimate cost of capital
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