Ameritrade: Cost of Capital What factors should Ameritrade Management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? When considering the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades‚ we have to ensure that the project will likely add value to the company‚ so we need to consider the return on investment versus the cost of capital. If the return on investment‚ measured by the net present value and internal rate of return‚ exceeds the cost of capital
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Finance 5204 Managing Corporate Capital Investment and Capital Structure Case1 Cost of Capital at Ameritrade By: Elaine Huang Jonathan Hudson Christopher Lenker AMERITRADE DOES NOT HAVE A BETA ESTIMATE AS THE FIRM HAS BEEN PUBLICLY TRADED FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME PERIOD. EXHIBIT 4 PROVIDES VARIOUS CHOICES OF COMPARABLE FIRMS. WHAT COMPARABLE FIRMS DO YOU RECOMMEND AS THE APPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS FOR EVALUATING THE RISK OF AMERITRADE’S PLANNED INVESTMENTS? WHY? We recommend using the following
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Group Case 1: Ameritrade – Cost of Capital Executive Summary: As a deep-discount brokerage‚ Ameritrade planned to improve its competitive position by price cutting‚ technology enhancements‚ and increased advertising in mid-1997. Before initiating the plan‚ Ameritrade needed know whether the investment returned more than it cost. We were hired to estimate the cost of capital correctly. The key question is to find suitable comparable firms to estimate Ameritrade’s asset beta‚ since it was a recently-listed
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capital structure. They might have a certain debt to equity ratio they wish to maintain‚ or perhaps there would be covenants put on their contracts requiring them to maintain a certain debt to equity ratio while their loan was outstanding. Ameritrade should use a 6.10% risk free rate when calculating its cost of capital. This is the average of the 20 year bond annualized yield to maturity (on August 31‚ 1997) and the long term historical average annual return (from 1929 1996). The long term
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1) What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? Strategic evaluation 2) Ameritrade does not have a beta estimate as the firm has been publicly traded for only a short time period. What comparable firms do you recommend as the appropriate benchmarks for evaluating the risk of Ameritrade’s planned advertising and technology investments. Beta: 1) which firms to use as a benchmark and why 2) Calculate beta
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NPV Versus IRR W.L. Silber I. Our favorite project A has the following cash flows: -1000 0 0 1 0 2 +300 3 +600 4 +900 5 We know that if the cost of capital is 18 percent we reject the project because the net present value is negative: - 1000 + 300 600 900 + + = NPV 3 4 (1.18) (1.18) (1.18)5 - 1000 + 182.59 + 309.47 + 393.40 = -114.54 We also know that at a cost of capital of 8% we accept the project because the net present value is positive: - 1000 + 300 600 900
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Running head: A COMPARISON OF EVA AND NPV A Comparison of EVA and NPV (discuss the differences and similarity of EVA and NPV; why would companies choose to adopt EVA‚ implementation issues; chronicle the implementation experience of EVA on a real life company). 1 A COMPARISON OF EVA AND NPV 2 A Comparison of EVA and NPV (discuss the differences and similarity of EVA and NPV; why would companies choose to adopt EVA‚ implementation issues; chronicle the implementation
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N04 HL P1 Q5 Payback Calculation Year Machine A $ Machine B $ 1 45‚000 25‚000 Part of 2 20‚000 (0.57 of 35‚000) 35‚000 Part of 3 - 25‚000 (0.45 of 55‚000) Investment 65‚000 85‚000 1 + 0.57 = 1.57 (Machine A has payback period of 1.57 years) 2 + 0.45 = 2.45 (Machine B has payback period of 2.45 years) Accounting Rate of Return Calculation Machine A $ Machine B $ Net Return 155‚000 205‚000 Total Return-Investment 155‚000 – 65‚000 = 90‚000 205‚000 – 85‚000 = 120‚000
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**What is NPV?** a) If the value of NPV is greater than 0‚ then the project is a go! In other words‚ it’s profitable and worth the risk. b) If the value of NPV is less than 0‚ then the project isn’t worth the risk and is a no-go. So NPV takes risk and reward into consideration‚ which is why we use it in the world of corporate finance and capital budgeting. **Example** In order for us to calculate NPV‚ let’s use the following example. Suppose we’d like to make 10% profit on a 3
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before-tax required rate of return for Deer Valley is 14%. Compute the before-tax NPV of the new lift and advise the managers of Deer Valley about whether adding the lift will be a profitable investment. Show calculations to support your answer. 2. Assume that the after-tax required rate of return for Deer Valley is 8%‚ the income tax rate is 40%‚ and the MACRS recovery period is 10 years. Compute the after-tax NPV of the new lift and advise the managers of Deer Valley about whether adding the
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