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? 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and justify your assumptions. 3. Calculate the costs of equity using CAPM‚ the dividend discount model‚ and the earnings capitalization ratio. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method? 4. What should Kimi Ford recommend regarding an investment in Nike? 2 Case Overview
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MINI CASE: MEXICO’S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROBLEM Recently‚ Mexico experienced large-scale trade deficits‚ depletion of foreign reserve holdings and a major currency devaluation in December 1994‚ followed by the decision to freely float the peso. These events also brought about a severe recession and higher unemployment in Mexico. Since the devaluation‚ however‚ the trade balance has improved. Investigate the Mexican experiences in detail and write a report on the subject. In the report‚ you may:
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Mini-Case 1. How can you create theme areas that will also promote future sales for the hotel (such as food and beverages‚ rooms‚ conventions‚ etc)? According to the case‚ this hotel adopted some Hollywood theme areas such as the Wizard of Oz and Gone with the wind. Therefore the food and beverages should match these types of theme. For example‚ manager could names food and beverage related to the theme or use some fantasy tableware cater for the customers. The reason is the customer want enjoy
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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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Marriot Case Marriot use the Weighted Average Cost of Capital to estimate the cost of capital for the corporation as a whole and for each division‚ and the hurdle rate is updated annually.(WACC = (1-Tc) * (D/A) * R[D] + (E/A) * R[E]) Marriot’s Tax Bracket = 175.9/398.9 = 44% Division’s asset weight to the corporation: Lodging = 2777.4/4582.7 = 0.59 Contract = 1237.7/4582.7 = 0.28 Restaurant = 567.6/4582.7 = 0.13 Risk free rate is 30 years T-Bond = 8.95% (Lodging use long-term debt)
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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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iMINICASE STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’
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Intitech vs The Coffee Bean 1. How would you gauge Peter’s achievement orientation? What are some of the needs not being met for Peter Gibbons at Initech? What changes might improve Peter’s motivation? Peter Gibbons is clearly subjected to a bad work environment‚ and lack of motivation which is his primary fuel for really hating his job. His achievement orientatin is low at best‚ and he has developed an lack of motivation to achieve success. This could have been created by Initech itself‚
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Quiz chapter 2 1. __________ refers to the change in the firm’s current assets relative to its current liabilities over some time period. A) Operating cash flow B) Capital spending C) Cash flow to creditors D) Cash flow from assets E) Additions to net working capital 2. If total assets = $550‚ fixed assets = $375‚ current liabilities = $140‚ equity = $265‚ long term debt = $145‚ and current assets is the only remaining item on the balance sheet‚ what is the value of net working
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Case Study II : 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
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