structure is the capital structure that will optimize the company\’s stock price‚ it is also the capital structure that minimizes the company\’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC). Calculating Weighted Average Cost of Capital A company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is calculated as follows: Formula 11.8 WACC = (wd) [kd (1-t)] + (wps)(kps) + (wce)(kce) Where: Wd = weight percentage of debt in company’s capital structure Wps = weight percentage of preferred stock in company’s
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weight = .15/1.15 = .13 Long-term debt weight = 1/1.15 = .87 Since the accounts payable has the same cost as the overall WACC‚ we can write the equation for the WACC as: WACC = (1/1.8)(.14) + (0.8/1.8)[(.15/1.15)WACC + (1/1.15)(.08)(1 – .35)] Solving for WACC‚ we find: WACC = .0778 + .4444[(.15/1.15)WACC + .0452] WACC = .0778 + (.05797)WACC + .0201 (.9420)WACC = .0979 WACC = .1039‚ or 10.39% We will use basically the same equation to calculate the weighted average flotation cost‚ except we will
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L.Spight FIN100 – Week 10 Integrative Case Study Due – 9/5/10 Case Information: You work for HydroTech‚ a large manufacturer of high pressure industrial water pumps. The firm specializes in natural disaster services‚ ranging from pumps that draw water from lakes‚ ponds‚ and streams in drought stricken area to pumps that remove high water volumes in flooded area. You report directly to the CFO. Your boss has asked you to calculate HydroTech’s WAAC in preparation for an executive retreat
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If the company uses its overall WACC it may have divisions accept projects with returns below their respective WACC which will result in losses and vice versa. 2. The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is as average that reflects the expected return on all of a companies securities. For the WACC of Marriott as a whole represents tall of Marriott’s divisions as one company. Marriott’s divisions are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. To calculate the WACC a risk free rate was used of 8
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cost of capital is an essential component in WACC. WACC is composed of cost of equity and cost of debt.The Mortensen’s estimates are used in various ways including asset appraisals for both capital budgeting and financial accounting‚ performance assessments‚ M&A proposals and stock repurchases at division ‚business unit level and corporate level. 2. The Calculation for Wacc Midland’s wacc at the corporate level is calculated based on the formula WACC=rd*(D/V)*(1t)+re*(E/V). We calculate the
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Chapter 11: The Basics of Capital Budgeting 1. A firm should never accept a project if its acceptance would lead to an increase in the firm’s cost of capital (its WACC). a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Because “present value” refers to the value of cash flows that occur at different points in time‚ a series of present values of cash flows should not be summed to determine the value of a capital budgeting project. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 3. Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm’s
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital What It Measures The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate of return that the providers of a company’s capital require‚ weighted according to the proportion each element bears to the total pool of capital. Why It Is Important WACC is one of the most important figures in assessing a company’s financial health‚ both for internal use (in capital budgeting) and external use (valuing companies on investment markets). It gives companies an insight into
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2. Calculate Midland’s corporate WACC. Be prepared to defend you specific assumptions about the various inputs to the calculations. Is Midland’s choice of the MRP appropriate? If not‚ what recommendations would you make and why? In order to calculate Midland’s overall corporate WACC we must first determine the cost of equity and the cost of debt. The cost of equity can be defined as the risk-weighted projected return required by investors‚ where the return is largely unknown. Therefore the
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the Impact of Leverage The SML and WACC § Consider 100% equity financed firm § Beta = 1 E/V = 1! D/V = 0! § WACC =? E D WACC = × RE + × RD × (1 − TC ) = RE V V WACC = Cost of equity from CAPM [ ] WACC = RE = R f + β × E [RM ] − R f = E [RM ] Beta =1! 2 SML and WACC SML Expected Return WACC = E[RM] Rf [ R f + β × E [RM ] − R f ] β=1 Beta 3 Accept Projects Y and/or Z? Expected Return IRRz WACC = E[RM] IRRY SML Z Y Rf
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SOLUTION Name:__________________________________ Student #:_______________________________ Professor:_______________________________ - Time allowed: 3 hours - Aids allowed: None except for an 8’1/2” by 11’ double sided cheat sheet and a calculator - The exam is out of 60 marks. - There are 40 multiple choice questions. Each multiple choice question is worth 1 mark. - The remaining non-multiple choice questions are worth 20 marks. - Answer all multiple choice questions on the marksense
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