NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL Book value vs. Market value While calculating the Nike’s cost of capital using both the book value (Exhibit 1.1) and the market value (Exhibit 1.2)‚ I could notice the mistake Cohen made finding the equity value. Cohen used the book value to reflect equity value. Although the book value is an accepted measure to estimate the debt value‚ the equity’s book value is an inaccurate measure of the value perceived by the shareholders. Since Nike is a publicly traded company
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Solutions to Chapter 12 The Cost of Capital 1. The yield to maturity for the bonds (since maturity is now 19 years) is the interest rate (r) that is the solution to the following equation: [$80 annuity factor(r‚ 19 years)] + [$1‚000/(1 + r)19] = $1‚050 Using a financial calculator‚ enter: n = 19‚ FV = 1000‚ PV = (-)1050‚ PMT = 90‚ and then compute i = 7.50% Therefore‚ the after-tax cost of debt is: 7.50% (1 – 0.35) = 4.88% 2. r = DIV/P0 = $4/$40 = 0.10 = 10% 3. = [0.3 7.50% (1
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Group Case 1: Ameritrade – Cost of Capital Executive Summary: As a deep-discount brokerage‚ Ameritrade planned to improve its competitive position by price cutting‚ technology enhancements‚ and increased advertising in mid-1997. Before initiating the plan‚ Ameritrade needed know whether the investment returned more than it cost. We were hired to estimate the cost of capital correctly. The key question is to find suitable comparable firms to estimate Ameritrade’s asset beta‚ since it was a recently-listed
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WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? WACC- The weighted average cost of capital is the rate (percentage) that a company has to pay to its creditors and shareholders to finance assets. It is the “cost” of their worth. Companies raise money from many different types of securities and loans and the various required returns are what make up the cost of capital. WACC is used to decide if an investment is worth
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Ameritrade’s managers should also consider what taking on these programs would do to its capital structure. They might have a certain debt to equity ratio they wish to maintain‚ or perhaps there would be covenants put on their contracts requiring them to maintain a certain debt to equity ratio while their loan was outstanding. Ameritrade should use a 6.10% risk free rate when calculating its cost of capital. This is the average of the 20 year bond annualized yield to maturity (on August 31‚ 1997)
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Telus: The Cost of Capital Telus needs to calculate the cost of capital from the variety of data given. The cost of capital is determined mostly by how the funds are used rather than where they were obtained from. It relies on the risk of investments Telus involves in‚ therefore‚ depending on cost of both equity of debt as described below. Also note that‚ even though the preferred shares are not attractive to issuers and may not get issued again‚ it is still on the company’s balance sheet and affect
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Toyota Cost of Capital Case: General Methodology We used the following framework to do the calculations for all the companies. Afterwards we will discuss their implications: To estimate the cost of equity (RE) we used the following CAPM model: RE = RF + βE (RM-RF) whereby‚ Market Premium = RM – RF = 6% (Given in case) RM = Return for S & P 500 (a market return that takes into account systematic risk associated with the market place where our company is traded‚ NYSE) Risk Free Rate
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Case Solution Cost of Capital at Ameritrade | | • Executive summary: Formed in 1971 and listed in March 1997‚ Ameritrade has been one of the most successful players in the deep- discount brokerage sector. Ameritrade’s two major sources of revenue‚ Transaction income (brokerage commissions‚ clearing fees‚ and payment for order flow) and Net interest revenues that were generated from net balance
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Análisis Caso Marriott Corporation: Costo de Capital En el caso se plantea que Marriott utiliza cuatro elementos en su Estrategia Financiera las cuales apuntan a un crecimiento objetivo. Por lo que‚ se pregunta‚ ¿Son consistentes estos elementos con su crecimiento objetivo?‚ y para ello se realiza el siguiente análisis. I. Análisis de los Elementos de Estrategia Financiera: Primero debemos identificar que el alto crecimiento que busca Marriott es igual a maximizar el valor de la empresa y para
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When J. Willard Marriott opened his first nine stool A&W restaurant in Washington D.C. on May 20‚ 1927 he had no idea what his name would mean to the world one day. John Willard Marriott was born on September 17‚ 1900. He was from a farm in Utah where he spent his childhood and young adult ages working for his parents. Early on‚ J. Willard was a young mind looking for business. When he was old enough his dad let him travel for the family business. While he was going through Washington D.C. he
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