Chapter 9 Cost of Capital 1. What is the WACC? a. Weighted Average Cost of Capital- most firms employ different types of capital‚ and because of their differences in risk‚ the difference securities have different required rates of return. Typically=debt‚ preferred stock and common equity. 2. What precautions must we take when measuring the WACC to use for capital budgeting decisions (future investment)? b. The company’s current and recent past book and market value structures
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Pfizer Inc.’S Cost of Capital and Capital structure - Xiaoyue Shi The costs of capital and capital structures for Pfizer Inc. and its two competitors Merck & Co. Inc. and Johnson & Johnson in the pharmaceutical industry are analyzed in this memo. When calculating the cost of common stock for the three companies‚ three different approaches including Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and the bond yield plus risk premium are applied (Appendix A). For CAPM approach
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still high and I am not willing to increase my risk by 12% (20% - 8% = 6% = 8% 0% = 20% ge for Expansion of B. ion A appears to be less risky. $12‚000‚ so if I were to choose an investment‚ it would be Expansion A because I am taking less risk fo Expansion B won’t make me change my answer. = 12%) in order to gain 1%. or the same return as Expansion B. P8-14 Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 a) Expected Return Asset F Asset G Asset H 16% 17% 14% 17% 16% 15% 18% 15% 16%
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Chapter 13 Problem Outline typical PLC with reference one specific industry to capture market shares. Briefly explain the start and end of particular model. Proton Industry level: Automobile Sector of industry level: 1.3 or 1.5 spec Individual product level: Exora‚Perdana‚Saga‚Neo PLC of Proton The product life cycle is an important concept in marketing. It describes the stages a product goes through from when it was first thought of until it finally is removed
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Using the beta that you have chosen‚ estimate the expected return on an equity investment in the companies to a short term investor a long term investor As a manager in this firm‚ how would you use this expected return? 3. Estimating Default Risk and Cost of Debt Does it have any recent borrowings? If yes‚ what interest rate did the company pay on these borrowing? 4. Short-term solvency or liquidity
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profitable and competitive advantage. The third financial strategy of optimizing the use of debt in the capital structure helps the company to maximize the revenues from its debt’s management. Marriott invests a large sum of money in long-term asset. It is essential to maximize and optimize its long-term debt to meet the need of investment. Generally‚ Marriott optimize the use of debt in its capital structure helps the company maximize revenues from its debt’s management. The fourth financial strategy
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) Executive Summary: The case "Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)" focuses on an ideal opportunity to review the capital asset pricing model and the weighted average cost of capital through calculation of the cost of capital for Marriott as a whole. Dan Cohrs is faced with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions utilizing CAPM and WACC. This case illustrates
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homework 7 Globalizing the Cost of Capital Budgeting at AES Chia yun ‚Tsai(Debbie) 2013/3/22 The reason why Rob Venerus used the cost of capital concept to improve upon what AES had used in the past for a discount rate is because the old model always used the same discount rate for the model. However‚ with electricity generating businesses around the world‚ the old model started to cause some problems. In the past‚ AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting‚ but the company’s
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Best Practices in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis Robert F. Bruner‚ Kenneth M. Eades‚ Robert S. Harris‚ and Robert C. Higgins This paper pn ^ents ihns‚ Wn Itujjlini; finunaal advtsi-i’s. lUic -M-ven‚ best selling texlho(>k.\ and trade hooks. The re.sulls show close aligninvn! ainuu-^:‚ all lh< M S‚ y’i’jps an ihc use of common theoreliva! frameworks and on many aspects of estimation. We Jin a ’’an.>( •arunhtn. however‚ for the joint choices oflhe nsk-free rate. heia.
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well‚ allocate service department costs to “production” or user departments‚ and ultimately to the products and services that they provide. For example‚ hospitals use sophisticated methods for allocating costs of service departments such as Housekeeping‚ Patient Admissions‚ and Medical Records to patient wards and outpatient services‚ and then to individual patients. Historically‚ these allocations were important to hospitals because Medicare reimbursement was based on actual costs. To the extent
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