the minimum amount of return on a project the company is willing to accept before starting a project. It is used in project evaluation to evaluate the amount of return on the project. A common method for evaluating the hurdle rate is apply the discounted cash flow method to the project‚ like net present value. 2. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? They used it based on the firm’s rating‚ beta‚ cost of capital‚ and they calculated WACC of 9.3% for the whole corporation
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questions relate to the Ocean Carriers case in your course packet. You can find the data for this case on the course website in a spreadsheet named: Ocean Carriers Exhibits.xls. This case provides the opportunity to make a capital budgeting decision by using discounted cash flow analysis to make an investment and corporate policy decision. Ocean Carriers is a shipping company evaluating a proposed lease of a ship for a three-year period beginning in 2003. The proposed leasing contract offers very attractive
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NET PRESENT‚ VALUE‚ MERGERS AND ACQUISTIONS TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL AVIE MARIE JOHNSTONE STRATEGIC CORPORATE FINANCE FIN501 MODULE 5 CASE ASSIGNMENT PROFESSOR WALTER WITHAM
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Marla JacksonWeek 3 IP Assignment August 4‚ 2012 Part 1 Determine the year to year percentage annual growth in total net sales. a. 2005-2004/2004= 11‚933-11‚062/11‚062= 871/11‚062= 0.0787 = 7.9% growth b. 2006-2005/2005= 9‚181-11‚933/11‚933= -2752/11‚933= -0.2306 = -23% no growth c. 2007-2006/2006= 6‚141-9‚181/9‚181 -3‚040/9‚181= 0.3311 = -33.1% no growth d. 2008-2007/2007= 8‚334-6‚141/6‚141= 2‚193/6‚141= 0.3571 = 35.71% growth Based only on your answers
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scholarship. What is the value of this scholarship if the payment wil be made of $50‚000 per year for the next 2 years‚ followed by payments of $25‚000 per year for the next two years. The appropriate interest rate is 8% per year 3. A level-coupon bond has par value of $1‚000 that pays $120 per year and has 10 years to maturity. If the yield for similar bonds is currently 14%‚ what is the bond’s value? 4. You are thinking about investing in a $2‚000 face value bond which will mature in
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payment from long term debt that is implied by traditional buy-out and leveraged recapitalizations. Fair market value of the firm: Rm: Prime rate = 9% rf: risk free rate = 7.2% Average Unleveraged beta bu = = .839 Assume that growth rate : g = 2%‚ RPm = 4% ‚ tax rate is 35% Unlevered cost of equity rsu = rf + RPm (bu) = 7.2% + 4%(.839) = 10.56% Operating cash flow using base case projections: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Cash Flow 7‚772 9‚233 9‚807 10‚292 10‚513 Interest Expenses
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Question 16 Answer = 3 Net profit is the difference between the total costs and the total income over the life of the project. ((-155 000) + (-5 000) + 40 000 + 50 000 + 50 000 + 50 000 + 30 000) = R60 000 Question 17 Answer = 4 Net profit is the difference between the total costs and the total income over the life of the project. ((-140 000) + 15 000 + 5 000 + 20 000 + 30 000 + 60 000 + 70 000) = R60 000 Additional information about net profit: advantage as method for comparing projects –
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your approach (qualitatively) to value AirThread. Should Ms. Zhang use WACC‚ APV or some combination thereof? Explain. (2 points) * From the statement of AirThread case‚ we know that American Cable Communication want to raise capital by Leveraged Buyout (LBO) approach. This means ACC will finance money though equity and debt to buy AirThread and pay the debt by the cash flows or assets of AirThread. * In another word‚ it’s a highly levered transaction using a fixed WACC discount rate; however
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000) 1 18‚000 19‚000 2 15‚000 17‚000 3 18‚000 19‚000 4 16‚000 14‚000 5 19‚000 15‚000 6 14‚000 13‚000 Evaluate the above proposals according to: 1. Pay Back Period. 2. Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) 3. Net present value method (NPV) Proposal A is better than B‚ because ARR and NPV are higher than Proposal B 2. There are two Proposals. Proposal A and Proposal B. Proposal A costs $ 80‚000 and Proposal B costs $ 100‚000. The discount
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Question 1 2 out of 2 points | | | Assume that the economy is in a mild recession‚ and as a result interest rates and money costs generally are relatively low. The WACC for two mutually exclusive projects that are being considered is 8%. Project S has an IRR of 20% while Project L ’s IRR is 15%. The projects have the same NPV at the 8% current WACC. However‚ you believe that the economy is about to recover‚ and money costs and thus your WACC will also increase. You also think that the projects
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