Harvard Business School 9-298-101 Rev. March 18‚ 1998 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital In April 1988‚ Dan Cohrs‚ vice president of project finance at the Marriott Corporation‚ was preparing his annual recommendations for the hurdle rates at each of the firm ’s three divisions. Investment projects at Marriott were selected by discounting the appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. In 1987‚ Marriott ’s sales grew by 24% and its return on equity stood
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prudent and sustainable funding sources‚ to add to their current funding mix. This is leading to a renewed interest in structured asset-backed financing solutions‚ designed to give treasurers the opportunity to rebalance and re-engineer their capital structures by offering well-priced‚ longer maturity alternatives. By securing a funding solution on the assets already owned by the company‚ or assets that will be essential to the business‚ it is possible to rebalance pricing models in a company’s favour
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MCI Takeover Battle: Case analysis questions 1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Verizon‚ MCI‚ and Qwest? Where are the synergies in the proposed combination? 2. Evaluate the two offers in Exhibit 7. What explains the two structures? In each case‚ what is the value to MCI shareholders? 3. Merger arbitrage (or risk arbitrage) funds speculate on the completion of stock and cash mergers‚ typically buying the target and hedging the risk of the acquirer’s shares accordingly to exchange ratio
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Homework #5 1) MCI initially financed its needs through equity issuance. This was done because MCI’s source of revenue was insecure in its infancy‚ and this allowed them to raise capital without being tied down by excessive debt repayments further down the road. To continue raising capital after MCI began posting early profits (particularly to repay short-term bank debt)‚ the company issued convertible preferred stock. This preferred stock was able to attract capital due to its dividend paying
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------------------------------------------------- We have reviewed the financial information provided for Adelphia Communications Corporation for the years 1992-1996. We have also evaluated the Company’s position and strategy within the industry‚ standard industry practices‚ and evaluated the Company’s ability to repay debt. We have concluded that the Company should be considered high-risk; however the decision of whether to grant loans to the Company should be based on the creditor’s acceptable
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Chapter 12 Capital Structure and Leverage LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain why capital structure policy involves a trade-off between risk and return‚ and list the four primary factors that influence capital structure decisions. • Distinguish between a firm’s business risk and its financial risk. • Explain how operating leverage contributes to a firm’s business risk and conduct a breakeven analysis‚ complete with
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Question 5: Evaluate the Put-Warrant/Convertible Bond proposal. Does it solve Intel’s capital structure dilemma? What arguments might be made in favor of it? Intel’s capital structure dilemma was that it was holding too much cash on hand. Eventually‚ there were three available strategies or alternatives that Intel could undertake in terms of cash disbursement policies. First‚ it could continue or expand its market-repurchase program. Secondly‚ Intel could declare dividends to its shareholders
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Question 1 MCI is going to need significant cash in order to undertake the capital investment plans that will allow it to achieve the 20% market share that it desires. The projections call for capital expenditures ranging from $890 mln in 1984 to $2.76 bln in 1987. With an existing cash position of $542 mln‚ MCI can cover its capital expenditures requirements for only a year (1984). Thereafter‚ the financing needs range from $732 mln in 1985 to $1.43 bln in 1987‚ assuming that access charges do
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To : President‚ Marriott Corporation From : FLO299 Subject : Marriott Corporation – The Cost of Capital Date : April 6‚ 2010 The Importance of the Cost of Capital The cost of capital is important as it forms the basis for Marriott’s investing and financial decisions. By understanding and knowing the cost of capital‚ Marriott is able to select relevant investment projects for the company‚ determine incentive compensation‚ and repurchase undervalued shares when needed. The returns
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restaurant division and contract service division. Marriott uses Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as the hurdle rate‚ and use it to discount the appropriate cash flows when evaluate an investment project. Our goal is to determine the WACC at every division base on the information that the case has provided. First of all‚ we will determine the cost of debt‚ cost of equity and the capital structure for the whole company. Then we will compute for the tax rate‚ and calculate the WACC for the
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