Case analysis "Cost of Capital at Ameritrade" Cost of capital refers to the maximum rate of return a company must earn from its investments‚ so that the market values of the company’s equity shares do not go down. The people at Ameritrade are not in agreement on the best estimate of the cost of capital. Research analyst put the cost of capital at 12%‚ while other members of the management estimate it to be at 9% and the CFO estimates it to be at 15%. The CEO of the company is optimistic that
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The Oceanic Corporation (Determining the Cost of Capital) Larry Stone wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate because it is a benchmark for how well the company needs to do on a project in order to at least break even. The higher the hurdle rate‚ the riskier the project will have to be and the lower the hurdle rate is‚ the safer the project will be for a company. A company should strive for a financing mix that minimizes the hurdle rate and matches the assets being financed. If there
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P8-1 a) Expected Rate of Return $ $ $ Y 55‚000 6‚800 55‚000 X Previous Market Value Cash Flow Current Market Value X 20‚000 $ 1‚500 $ 21‚000 $ Y 12.50% 12.36% X: rt = (Ct + P rt = ($1‚50 rt = 0.125 = b) Both investments are equally risky. Keel should recommend Investment X because it has a Pt - Pt-1) / (Pt-1) Y: rt = (Ct + Pt - Pt-1) / (Pt-1) 0 + $21‚000 - $20‚000) / ($20‚000) rt = ($6‚800 + $55‚000 - $55‚000) / ($55‚00 = 12.5%
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money they need to earn a rate of return that exceeds their cost of capital. We can estimate a company’s cost of capital in the following way: WACC = (rD)(1-T)(WD) + (rS)(WS) Go to one of the databases from Part 1 of the Course Project and look up the most recent 10-K for your company‚ paying special attention to the balance sheet and the footnotes. Although we should use market value weights when determining a firm’s cost of capital‚ this may be difficult to determine for a firm with multiple
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Marriott Corporation and Project Chariot The Marriott Corporation (MC)‚ had seen a long‚ successful reign in the hospitality industry until the late 1980s. An economic downturn and the 1990 real estate crash resulted in MC owning newly developed hotel properties with no potential buyers in sight and a mound of debt. During the late 1980s‚ MC had promised in their annual reports to sell off some of their hotel properties and reduce their burden of debt. However‚ the company made little progress
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Corporation Board of Directors FROM: Chanunnett Manoonpong‚ Rennick Palley‚ Zhihui Zhang‚ Aaron (Jialin) Zhong DATE: August 22nd‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- RE: Mariott Corporation Capital Structure ------------------------------------------------- Marriott Corporation‚ with its comparative advantage in hotel development and management‚ has expected excellent future growth and profitability. Such increase in sales might bring in extra cash flow‚ resulting in underutilized
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WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital Formula The WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital formula is complex‚ and can be broken into several components. The individual component costs are provided in the following sections. WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital Variables V=Firm Total Value (Debt + Preferred Shares + Common Equity + Retained Earnings) Md=Market Value of Debt Mp=Market Value of Preferred Shares Mc=Market Value of Common Equity Mr=Market Value of Retained Earnings K=Current
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SOUTHEASTERN HOMECARE Cost of Capital Background Southeastern Homecare was initially a taxable partnership owned organization run by three partners‚ but later due to lack of capital and the rapid growth of the organization‚ the company was incorporated and the stocks were sold to the public. The company has two operating divisions: the Healthcare Services Division and the Information Systems Division. Both these divisions provide different services and operate individually. The Information Systems
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 14 A Case Brief Submitted to Submitted by In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Date Submitted September 28‚ 2011 Summary This case highlights Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager with NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She managed the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ and in July of 2001‚ was looking at the possibility of taking a position in Nike for her fund. Nike stock had declined significantly over the previous year‚ and it appeared
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systems that were similar in nature. Additionally‚ competitors such Starwood hotels began developing member loyalty programs that resulted in far higher guest engagement‚ (5% of guests amassed to roughly 20% of the company’s revenue). Nonetheless‚ Marriott is very intuitive when it comes to business intelligence‚ but its competitive advantage with analytics is quickly eroding and it needs to start focusing on other aspects of the business to remain the industry leader. 2. Describe your company’s position
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