The Cost of Capital Benedict Amanor‚ Yolanda Brown-McCutchen‚ Edith Compean‚ Angel Longino and Melissa Shea-Brooks FIN/571 May 18‚ 2015 William Stokes The Cost of Capital In our fifth week of understanding the practices of Corporate Finance‚ we reviewed the Cost of Capital video. This video provided information on Pfizer‚ a researched based pharmaceutical company that makes products to help face health care challenges. Our goal is to highlight the cost of capital as described by Amit
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL 1. Calculate the current cost of capital of Secure and Safe on a weighted average basis Capital structure Type Details $50‚000‚000 bonds 5.5% coupon $20‚000‚000 preferred stock Par value $50 per share Dividend $2.75 per share p.a $25‚000‚000 book value of common stock Cost of capital is 12% Firm’s marginal tax rate is 30%. Cost of debt (issuance of bonds) According to the book Finance for Managers (2015)‚ we get the real cost of debt by taking out the tax liability
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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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Journal of Health Economics 22 (2003) 151–185 The price of innovation: new estimates of drug development costs Joseph A. DiMasi a‚∗‚ Ronald W. Hansen b‚ Henry G. Grabowski c a Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development‚ Tufts University‚ 192 South Street‚ Suite 550‚ Boston‚ MA 02111‚ USA b William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration‚ University of Rochester‚ Rochester‚ NY‚ USA c Department of Economics‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC‚ USA Received 17 January 2002; received
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WACC: Weighted average cost of capital =WACC= SS+B×Rs+BS+B×RB×1-tC note: Rs ‚ cost of equity; RB ‚ cost of debt; tC ‚ corporate tax rate. For cost of equity‚ Rs‚ we calculate it by using the SML‚ according to CAPM model. Rs=RF+β×[RM-RF] As we can see in the chart behind the case‚ beta of Worldwide Paper Company is 1.10; the Market risk premium (RM-RF) is 6.0%. Because this on-site longwood woodyard project has six year life and the investment spend over two years‚ the total long of this program
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Ameritrade’s Cost of Capital Harvard Case Study 1. What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? One factor that is significant and pertinent to this case is determining the cost of capital that should be employed for Ameritrade. An appropriate discount rate is required to derive the net present value of the advertising program and technology upgrades. With that said‚ estimating future cash flows
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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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Mini Cases: Cost of Capital Part A: Cost of Debt Mini Case 1: Cost of perpetual/Irredeemable debt Ashok Leyland issued Rs 100 Lakhs 12% debentures of Rs. 100 each. Calculate the cost of debt in each of the following cases. (Assume corporate tax rate being 40%). Case (a) If debentures are issued at par with no floatation cost. Case (b) If debentures are issued at par with 5% floatation cost. Case (c) If debentures are issued at 10% premium with 5% floatation cost. Case (d) If debentures are issued
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COST OF CAPITAL of HERO HONDA (WACC) Component | Amount | Cost | Weight | Weighted Cost | No debt: the amount given in bl sheet is a deferred sales tax | | | | | Equity | 39.94 | 20.68206 | 0.011526629 | 0.238394441 | Retained earnings | 3425.08 | 20.68206 | 0.988473371 | 20.44366632 | | | | | | Total Capital employed | 41209.34 | | | 20.68206076 | THE GORDON GROWTH MODEL The Gordon growth model‚ developed by Gordon and Shapiro‚ assumes that dividends grow
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FINANCIAL LEVERAGE ON COST OF CAPITAL AND VALUATION OF FIRM: A STUDY OF CEMENT INDUSTRY NAME- DIPANNITA GHOSH DEPT- MBA ROLL- 11 INTRODUCTION In corporate finance‚ financing decisions has greater importance because the optimal capital structure can be created trough proper mix of finance. Corporate managers generally prefer borrowings over other means of financing. Management of a company has to be very careful while deciding the extent of financing leverage in its capital structure because
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