to assess its two business segments. They look at return of capital on both segments and apply the same hurdle rate‚ which is also used for performance assessment. The hurdle rate was established using Teletech’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital (“WACC”) as a representation of the opportunity cost of money. Some of the company’s senior management‚ chiefly Rick Phillips‚ Executive Vice President of the Telecommunications Services segment‚ believe the company should be using different hurdle rates
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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. Calculate the levered Beta for each division: BL = BU (1+D/E)
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repurchase its stock as the company believed that repurchases of shares were a better use of Marriott’s cash flow and debt capacity than acquisitions or owning real estate. Computing Marriott’s WACC The cost-of-capital was computed both divisionally and overall for the company. It required using the formula WACC = (1-t_)RD(D/V) + RE(E/V). _D and E are the market values of the debt and equity respectively and V (market value) = D+E. RD and RE are the pretax cost of debt and cost of equity respectively
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Political Risk: 2. If Venerus implements the suggested methodology‚ what would be the range of discount rates that AES would use around the world? If Venerus and AES implement the suggested methodology‚ the projects would change while WACC changes. To find WACC we must first calculate the leveraged bets for each the US Red Oak and Lal Plr Pakistan projects‚ using the equation unleveled beta/(1-D/V). It is easy to find debt to capital ratios‚ which are 39.5% for U.S and 35.1% for Pakistan‚ and the
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highest NPV and here in our case we will choose project S since it has a greater NPV compared to project S (19.98>18.79). If the projects are independent we will choose both. C - 3 The NPV will change if the WACC change; if the WACC increases the NPV will decrease on the other hand if the WACC decreases the NPV will increase. D – 1 Internal rate of return (IRR) is the discount rate that forces PV inflows equal to cost‚ and the NPV = 0. IRR using excel for project L: IRR 18.13% For project
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equipment also has an IRR above the 15% WACC and a positive NPV. However‚ the used equipment option would provide greater returns‚ than the new equipment will. 6. Stewart is concerned that the projected annual sales growth rate of 15% for incremental blended material may be optimistic. Recalculate the Cash Payback Period‚ Discounted Cash Payback Period‚ NPV‚ IRR and MIRR for each alternative assuming the annual sales growth rates of 10% and 5%. Assume a WACC of 15%. Does the change in growth rate
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value (NPV) analysis‚ or in assessing the value of an asset. WACC (weighted average cost of capital) is the proportional average of each category of capital inside a firm (common shares‚ preferred shares‚ bonds and any other long-term debt). WACC is also called required return. The term required return tends to reflect an investor’s point of view‚ while cost of capital is the same return only from the firm’s point of view. WACC is the rate of return required by the capital provider in exchange
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explain capital structure and determine weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from the assumption provided by Mary Francis. Furthermore‚ we will show how WACC and Capital Structure can be leveraged to find out the viability of the capital project. Additionally‚ we will explain marginal cost of capital. To close‚ we will make a recommendation on the best approach to apply to project evaluation between capital structure and WACC Capital Structure Capital Structure refers to the sources of funding/financing
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it uses greater leverage. 2. No‚ it doesn’t follow. While it is true that the equity and debt costs are rising‚ the key thing to remember is that the cost of debt is still less than the cost of equity. Since we are using more and more debt‚ the WACC does not necessarily rise. 3. Because many relevant factors such as bankruptcy costs‚ tax asymmetries‚ and agency costs cannot easily be identified or quantified‚ it’s practically impossible to determine the precise debt-equity ratio that maximizes
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Star River Electronics Ltd. is a large manufacturer and supplier of CD-ROMS. It was founded as a joint venture between New Era Partners and Starlight Electronics Ltd. It has enjoyed a great deal of success in the past decade‚ due in large part to their excellent reputation. Star River does need to address several issues with the recent resignation of their former CEO. Digital Video Disks are expected to cut into the CD-ROM market in the very near future‚ and with only 5%
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