WACC Example: A firm is considering a new project which would be similar in terms of risk to its existing projects. The firm needs a discount rate for evaluation purposes. The firm has enough cash on hand to provide the necessary equity financing for the project. Also‚ the firm: - has 1‚000‚000 common shares outstanding - current price $11.25 per share - next year’s dividend expected to be $1 per share - firm estimates dividends will
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Approach is to analyze financial maneuvers separately and then add their value to that of the business. | APV always works when WACC does‚ and sometimes when WACC doesn’t‚ because it requires fewer restrictive assumptions | Some limitations amount to technicalities‚ which are much more interesting to academics than to managers. | | Less Prone to serious errors than WACC. | Income from stocks- as opposed to bonds- may be taxed differently when the investor files a personal tax return : this usually
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= 10/80 = 0.125 Common: E/V = 50/80 = 0.625 = [0.250 6% (1 – 0.35)] + [0.125 8%] + [0.625 12.0%] = 9.475% 6. Executive Fruit should use the WACC of Geothermal‚ not its own WACC‚ when evaluating an investment in geothermal power production. The risk of the project determines the discount rate‚ and in this case‚ Geothermal’s WACC is more reflective of the risk of the project in question. The proper discount rate‚ therefore‚ is not 12.3%. It is more likely to be 11.4%. 7. The flotation
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Nivea Case 1. What is the market’s perception of the Nivea family brand on each of the a ollowing dimensions? a. Performance Nivea decided to create a family of products that symbolically could be represented as the “Nivea universe”. The company had a “mono-product” philosophy which means there would be only one product promising consumers universal application in each product category. b. Imagery Early ads established the image of the Nivea woman as
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The Nike Sweatshop DebateShould Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own‚ but where subcontractors make products for Nike?Nike is definitely not only responsible but also accountable for the working conditions of foreign factories that it does not own which it subcontracts with. Nike should have taken the initiative to be responsible of the contractors/employees working in other countries on a global scale. For example: Recently‚ Pepsi Cola was in
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Nike Case Study Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For Master of Business Administration Degree Tiffin University at University of Bucharest Information and Decision Support Course By Ciprian Jitaru Instructor: Prof. John J. Millar Ph.D. Dean Emeritus and Professor of Management Cohort 9 November 06‚ 2010 1. What external and internal pressures did Mark Parker face when he assumed the leadership of Nike‚ and how did he respond to this challenges?
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Nike Case Answers– Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadership of Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the set of unofficial relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: ▪ Helping people
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Jack in the Box decreased in re-cent years. The ratio is below one and shows a conservative attitude in operation and may slow down the growth of the company. The Calculation of WACC Table 5 Equity Debt Pref. E Weight 75.58% 24.42% 0.00% Cost 10.96% 1.84% 0.00% W x C 8.28% 0.45% 0.00% WACC 8.73% WACC=Weight of Equity * Cost of Equity+ Weight of Debt * Cost of Debt + Weight of Pre-ferred Equity* Cost of Pref. E Table 6 Cost of Debt (After-tax) 1
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Nike Case – Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadershipof Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the shadow organization that represents the actualworking and communication relationships that may not resemble the formal organizationalchart
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Corporation Case Study: Nike What is it? NIKE‚ Inc. is the world’s leading innovator in athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. Before there was the Swoosh‚ before there was Nike‚ there were two visionary men who pioneered a revolution in athletic footwear that redefined the industry. Nike Employees Nike Employee Networks are designed to help Nike move toward greater diversity. In the U.S.‚ six employee networks focus attention on important communities within Nike. The intended
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