unsure of her decision on Nike stock; she proceeded to ask Joanna Cohen to estimate Nike’s weighted average cost of capital. IV. Constraints on Solution Cohen calculated a weighted average cost of capital of 8.4 percent by using the capital asset pricing model for Nike Inc. Cohen’s calculations are incorrect because she used the book value for both debt and equity. When calculating cost of capital‚ the
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Midland’s overall corporate WACC we must first determine the cost of equity and the cost of debt. The cost of equity can be defined as the risk-weighted projected return required by investors‚ where the return is largely unknown. Therefore the cost of equity for the upcoming year can be inferred by using the Beta of equity in the CAPM formula. In the case we are given the Beta of equity for the corporation. Therefore to calculate the cost of equity we plug the Beta of equity into the CAPM formula
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Using the publicly available data‚ we estimated the weighted average cost of capital of the AMD and Duke Energy. For the AMD‚ the WACC is 10.83%. For Duck Energy‚ the WACC is 2.76% When we calculate those number‚ we need to know the equity and debt of the company which can easily find on yahoo finance. The cost of debt and the corporate tax rate that we calculated are also based on the data from yahoo finance. We made Beta for the companies with 10 year ranges and use it to calculate return of
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Midland’s cost of capital 1. I choose the rate of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds in 2007 (4.98%) as the risk free rate in the 2007 WACC calculations. The reason is that majority of large firms and financial analysts report using long-term yields for bonds to determine the risk-free rate. Rf=0.0498 2. Cost of debt‚ which is determined by adding the spread to Treasury (1.62%) to the rate of 30-year treasury bonds in 2007. Rd=0.0498+0.0162=0.066 3. Cost of equity‚ the EMRP (5%) and D/E (59
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Case Questions Case #5 – Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital 1. Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? 2. How does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? 3. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation? a. What risk free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? b. How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? 4. If Marriott used a single corporate
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Situation Analysis Company is trying to estimate cost of capital for each of the three divisions‚ Exploration and Production (E&P)‚ Refining and Marketing (R&M) and Petrochemicals. Cost of capital analysis is used in taking following decisions in the organization: Project appraisal Financial accounting Stock repurchases decisions Merger & Acquisitions Performance assessment The estimates produced by treasury were criticized because of specific
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Energy Resources and their Uses in Producing Electricity Renewable energy is energy drawn from natural processes that are restored quicker than they are used up‚ some renewable energy resources are biomass‚ food‚ wind‚ waves‚ flowing water‚ solar and geothermal. The sun however‚ is known to be the ultimate energy resource since almost all energy resources originate from the sun’s energy. This is possible according to the law of conservation of energy which states that energy can’t be destroyed
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The Cost of Capital for Goff Computer‚ Inc. Rahul Parikh BUS650: Managerial Finance (MAH1209A) Dr Charles Smith March 18‚ 2012. The Cost of Capital for Goff Computer‚ Inc.: 1. Most publicly traded corporations are required to submit 10Q (quarterly) and 10K (annual) reports to the SEC detailing their financial operations over the previous quarter or year‚ respectively. These corporate fillings are available on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Go to the SEC Web site‚ follow the “Search for
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product lines‚ new equipment and other assets‚ managers must know the cost of obtaining funds to acquire these assets. The cost associated with different sources of funds is called the cost of capital. . If the business earns more than its cost of capital‚ the market value of the business will increase. Likewise‚ if returns on long-term investments are below the cost of capital‚ market values will decline. Therefore‚ how we manage capital is extremely important to fulfilling the basic objective of increased
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Chapter 8 The Cost of Capital 236 CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL TRUE/FALSE 1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm’s balance sheet. 2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors’ required returns. 3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt. 4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax
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