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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use the firm’s weighted average cost of capital as the divisional cost of capital. We use the company’s cost of capital to value new assets which have the same risk as the old ones. If the company is acquiring new assets whose risk is more or less than the risk of the existing assets then the capital required to finance(fund) the new assets will have a different cost of capital as investors demand a return based on the risk to their
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organization should be aware of. Those types of financing are debt financing and equity financing. This paper will give the definition of both types of financing and also two examples of each. The paper will also discuss which of the financing is more important and which will be a better choice for the company that will be using them. The people that are not in the accounting world may want to know what debt financing is and how it works. Well‚ debt financing is a type of financing that is used by many
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calculate Boeing’s WACC along with IRR to determine whether this is a financially worthwhile project. In order to calculate the WACC‚ Bair must consider the betas from Boeing’s commercial sector as well as the defense sector. One beta cannot be used for the whole company due to the vast difference in volatility between the two sectors. Once these two separate betas are calculated‚ they can be weighted based on the % revenue which each industry contributes to the company and then a WACC can be calculated
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Structure (Million of USD) Market Cap 1‚134.07 ST Debt 13.78 LT Debt 352.63 Pref. E - Total 1‚500.48 Graph 2 According to the 2010 annual report‚ the weighted-average outstanding shares were 55‚070 thousand. The stock price of Oct‚ 2010 is 20.59. So‚ the market Cap of equity equals to 55.07 Million * 20.59 = 1134.07 Million. The Short-term Debt and Long term Debt come from the annual report and according to the notes
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C10390017‚ DT366 yr2 Report on the WACC for Fiat motors The WACC is the weighted average cost of capital. It is a calculation of the firms cost of capital taking into account the relevant weight of equity and debt as a proportion of the total. The cost of equity or KE calculated using a risk free rate example German 5yr government bond‚ the firm’s beta and the return on the market. The firm’s beta is a calculation of the firms exposure to the market‚ a beta of less than 1 indicates that the firm is
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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 investor files a personal tax return : this usually
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DEBT vs. EQUITY AND ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: A REVIEW Linda Schmid Klein‚ University of Connecticut Thomas J. O’Brien*‚ University of Connecticut Stephen R. Peters‚ University of Cincinnati March 2002; Forthcoming‚ The Financial Review *Corresponding author: Department of Finance‚ University of Connecticut‚ 2100 Hillside Rd.‚ Storrs‚ CT 06269-1041; Phone: (860) 486-3041; Fax: (860) 486-0634; E-mail: thomas.obrien@uconn.edu Acknowledgements: The authors thank Ivan Brick‚ Shanta Hegde
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Corporation was founded in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. by Federal Express‚ the world’s largest airline in terms of freight tons flown and the world’s fourth largest in terms of fleet size‚ delivering packages and freight to more than 375 destinations in nearly every country each day. With the purchase of Caliber‚ FedEx started offering other services besides express shipping. The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a unique code used to identify transportation companies. It
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The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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