What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? 1.1 The definition of WACC Weighted average cost of capital(WACC)‚ is a weighted-computational method of analyzing the cost of capital based on the whole capital structure of a firm. The result of WACC is the rate a firm use to monitor the application of the current assets because it represents the return the firm MUST get. For example this rate could
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| ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES | APV | | | 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
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(a) Discuss the absolute advantage theory and its relevance to international trade. John Solman and Mark Sutcliffe‚ Economics of Business‚ states that “that the reasons for international trade are just extensions of the reasons for trade within a nation and that instead of people or countries being self-sufficient it makes more sense to specialize in different trades’. Solman and Sutcliff advised that ‘firms or companies usually specialize in certain types of goods or services which allow them
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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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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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Weighted Average Cost of Capital Introduction and objectives This paper aims at describing a way to compute the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). This method is often used by company management to determine the economic feasibility of different projects and thus to compute the NPV of a specific project by discounting cash-flows. The WACC determines the return that the company should generate to satisfy its debt-holders. For the company‚ it consists in a tool for projects decision-making
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X. Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) The valuation of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is based discounting future cash flows and economic profit‚ for that the weighted average cost of capital is needed. The WACC is the opportunity cost when investing in Abercrombie & Fitch Co. opposed to other investments with a similar risk. Investors want their return to excess the WACC before it can be considered a good investment; since people in general are risk averse‚ they want compensation for taking on risk
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(1577 million dollars)‚ Germany (1268‚8 million dollars)‚ and USA (1278‚1 million dollars). So it means that Japan is really attractive to be investigated in our work. [2] So high indexes of export are also affected by following factors: 1) Advantages of Japan’s geographical location – it is relative close to main international trade partners. Such partners in 2009 were: China – 18‚88% of export share; USA – 16‚42%; Korea – 8‚13%; Taiwan – 6‚27%; Hong Kong – 5‚49%. In 2010 the total equivalent
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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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