Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Calculations The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the discount rate used in the discounted cash flow analysis. Usually‚ the WACC is the weighted average of the cost of debt (Kd) and the cost of equity (Ke)‚ since debt and equity are the most common sources of funds for the companies. In general‚ the formula for WACC is the following: As implied by the formula itself‚ if a company does not have interest-bearing debts‚ then its WACC would equal
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combination of WACC and APV methods. As stated above‚ ACC will use the Leverage buy out (LBO) approach‚ which means that the debt to equity ratio of AirThread will not be the same from 2008 to 2012‚ so APV approach would be more suitable to valuate the cash flows between 2008 and 2012. After 2012‚ AirThread will de-lever to industry norm and thus‚ they will have a target leverage ratio; therefore WACC is best to estimate the terminal value. Finally‚ regarding the valuation of non-operating investments
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Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915) There are plenty of notable female hymn writers throughout the turn of the century. They have all blessed us with their musical talents‚ poetic filled lyrics‚ and their encouraging songs of worship. In the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ female composers started to illustrate their musical talents. There were quite a few of famous female hymn writers but this person I took interest in quickly. Now I want to play a game called “Guess Who’s this Hymn Writer”
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from now. If the required return is 9 percent‚ what is the value of the investment? What would the value be if the payments occurred for 40 years? For 75 years? Forever? 2. Calculating Annuity Cash Flows. If you put up $25‚000 today in exchange for a 7.9 percent‚ 12year annuity‚ what will the annual cash flow be? 3. Calculating Perpetuity Values. Dawa Financial is trying to sell you an investment policy that will pay you and your heirs $35‚000 per year forever. If the required rate of return on this
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C) What do you think is the real cause for the cash flow problem at cyclone? What actions can be taken to improve the situation? Comment on Rangi’s management of the factory. The real causes for the cash flow problem at cyclone are: • No perfect planning to distribute goods /provisions • Failure to establish human resource strategies. • Misusage of wealth during the cyclone • Negligence & irresponsibility of top level management. • Unsatisfactory workplace. Remedies to be done for improvement of
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Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows Richard S. Ruback* This paper presents the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method for valuing risky cash flows. I show that the CCF method is equivalent to discounting Free Cash Flows (FCF) by the weighted average cost of capital. Because the interest tax shields are included in the cash flows‚ the CCF approach is easier to apply whenever debt is forecasted in levels instead of as a percent of total enterprise value. The CCF method retains
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How to Prepare a Bank Reconciliation Statement: To prepare the bank reconciliation statement‚ the following rules may be useful for the students: 1. Check the cash book receipts and payments against the bank statement. 2. Items not ticked on either side of the cash book will represent those which have not yet passed through the bank statement. 3. Make a list of these items. 4. Items not ticked on either side of the bank statement will represent those which have not yet been passed
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Discounted Cash Flow Homework Problems Please post the answers (and show your work) in the assignments section by midnight the last day of the week assigned. 1. Calculate the future value of 1‚535 invested today for 8 years at 6 percent. (5 points) $1535 * 1.5938 = $2‚446 2. What is the total present value of the following cash stream‚ discounted at 8 percent? (5 points) |Year |Amount |Rate |PV | |1 | $ 400
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Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby‚ (June 18‚ 1926–August 18‚ 2001) was a businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices. Crosby initiated the Zero Defects program at the Martin Company Orlando‚ Florida plant [1]. As the quality control manager of the Pershing missile program‚ Crosby was credited with a 25 percent reduction in the overall rejection rate and a 30 percent reduction in scrap costs. In 1979 after a career at ITT‚ Crosby started the management
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these assets would provide earnings growth in the future and as far as determine Microsoft’s market value. The company choose a conservative accounting policies. 2. What effect did Microsoft’s software capitalization policy have on its financial statements? a) 60% R&D Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 R&D recognized 860 1‚326 1‚863 2‚601 2‚970 Adjustments 516 258 796 398 1‚118 559 1‚561 780 1‚782 Capitalized Development Costs
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