Once America’s most innovative consumer products company‚ Procter and Gamble (P&G) started by selling soaps and candles in a small Cincinnati storefront in 1837 (Procter and Gamble‚ 2008). After a hundred and seventy-one years P&G has grown to over one hundred household brands in over eighty countries (Markels 2006). Their products range from air fresheners to prescription drugs. However‚ as P&G headed into the twenty-first century they announced that they would not be meeting their 1st quarter earnings
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1. Why do think Larry Stone wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate? Is it justifiable to use the firm’s weighted average cost of capital as the divisional cost of capital? Please explain. (10% weighting) Answer The hurdle rate is the rate of return a firm has to offer finance providers to induce them to buy and hold financial security. (Arnold‚2007). This is also known as cost of capital or weighted average cost of capital. The returns offered by alternative securities with the same risk
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A HEALTHY DOSE OF SUCCESS Question: How will you define the business of SLL? Comment on the business plan of SLL and state your opinion on the likelihood of its business. Answer: Muhammad Majeed‚ who is an owner of Sami Labs Ltd. (SLL) and Sabinsa Corporation. SLL is a manufacturer of specialized products based on Indian herbal extracts relying on the principal of ayurveda. Normally Indian companies export raw herbs but SLL emphasis on value addition through extraction. The export price of extracted
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The Business Problem P&G faced problems managing the vast amounts of paper required for a company that develops drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Regulatory issues‚ research and development (R&D)‚ and potential litigation generate even more paper documents and files. As a result‚ P&G wanted to gain control of its company documents‚ reduce administrative oversight of its paper documents‚ reduce costs‚ accelerate R&D initiatives‚ and improve tracking and signature compliance. P&G decided
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1. Why do Companies such as Procter & Gamble target emerging markets? Do you agree with this strategy? Big companies such as Procter & Gamble target emerging markets because they are determined to grow. Their strategy is to capture as much customers as they can. Procter & Gamble had a goal of reaching a billion more consumers by penetrating the emerging markets with the most population and development such as India and China. By doing this‚ they are creating a profitable future‚ and it worked since
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weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to be 8.3%. I find error in this calculation as a result of the following points of disagreement: a) Weighting of Capital Structure: Use of book values of capital rather than the market values b) Cost of Debt Calculation: Incorrect method for calculating debt c) Tax Rate: Use of a tax rate derived from the summation of state and statutory taxes instead of the firm’s marginal tax rate 2. Revised Calculation of WACC: WACC reflects the weighted average
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1.0 Define the Problem According to John Dewey‚ “a problem well defined is half solved.” From the case‚ the main problem is how P&G should capitalize in the intense competition market (objective)‚ especially with the launch of Plax to ensure the continued profitability of Scope and sustain to be the 1st place in the mouth wash industry (success measure)‚ given the differing points of view from the various business team members (constrain). To achieve the goal‚ the company must be innovative to invent
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TANMAY GUPTA tg2311 American Chemical Corporation Cost of Capital : Collinsville Investment [pic] Where: Re = cost of equity Rd = cost of debt E = market value of the firm’s equity D = market value of the firm’s debt V = E + D Tc = corporate tax rate D/V and E/V Ratio: Since the target debt ratio of Dixon is given to be about 35%‚ we assume the target D/V ratio for Colinsville investment to be the same. Hence the E/V ratio
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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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The Cost of Capital Project: Internet Version {December 2009} By Wm R McDaniel‚ PhD Objective The assignment is to estimate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for an actual corporation as of the current time. Actual managers would need to know their company’s WACC as a starting datum to estimate the discount rate to use in the net present value analysis of new projects or of termination decisions. The student will later need to know the technique for application in some case
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