The Cost of Capital Simrith Sidhu‚ Amy-Jane Miocevich‚ Jacques Rousset‚ Jing Tao Task One: Marriott uses the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. WACC is calculated using the 1987 financial data provided in the Marriot Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) case study and estimators. WACC = Cost of Equity x (Equity/Debt +Equity) + Cost of Debt x (Debt/(Debt + Equity)) x (1 – Tax Rate) This method is applied for Marriott as a whole and
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investments would you value using Marriott’s WACC? Cost of debt：8.95%+1.3%=10.25% Cost of equity：8.95%+1.64*7.43%=21.14% 實際beta=1.11，根據exhibit 1，長期債務為24.99億美元，權益價值為35.64億美元(30元*118.8百萬股)，可以得出D/V=24.99/35.64=41%標的資本結構D/V=60%，所以必需做出調整。 V=D+E，D/V=41%，E/V=59% Beta of asset=(E/V)*beta of equity=0.59*1.11=0.655 Beta of equity=(V/E)*beta of asset=(1/0.4)*0.655=1.64 Risk free rate：美國30年期政府公債利率為8.95% Risk premium：exhibit 5 S&P500和美國長期政府公債的利率差為7.43% WACC：(1-0.34)*0.6*10.25%+0.4*21.14%=12.515% If
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capital. Nova Chemical’s 1989 WACC Common Shares 15.2 (Exhibit 7) Price per Share 33.00 (5-Year Average) Equity (mkt value) 501.6 Bank Debt 84.5 (Exhibit 7) Current Portion LTD 10 (Exhibit 7) Long Term Debt 240 (Exhibit 7) Interest Bearing Debt 334.5 Source Amount (MM) % of Total Tax Cost Weighted Cost Debt (book value) 334.5 40.0% 6.6% 2.62% Equity (mkt value) 501.6 60.0% 17.6% 10.57% WACC 13.20% Average Tax Rate 40.0%
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 15 Financial Administration FINC 5713-180 Team 1 Fall 2013. October 8‚ 2013. Introduction Kimi Ford a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group which is a mutual-fund management firm‚ is considering to buy some shares from Nike‚ inc even if it’s share price had declined from the beginning of the year‚ for the Northpoint Large-cap fund she managed which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies and it was doing well despite the decline
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Nike Inc. Case 1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? WACC is weighted average cost of capital‚ which is the expected rate of return on average from all the company’s existing debts and securities. It takes into account all different types of financing in the company’s capital structure. The reason it is important to estimate WACC is because it measures what it costs the firm to take on a project based on its current Debt and Equity mix. When the
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1. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriot Corporation? Briefly outline the key assumptions that you made in computing the WACC. 2. What is the cost of capital for the lodging and restaurant divisions of Marriot Corporation? Briefly outline the key assumptions that you made in computing the cost of capital and outline any limitations that are presented by your analysis. 3. If Marriot uses a single company-wide cost of capital for evaluating investment opportunities in each of its
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this plant? All rights reserved - Christopher B. Alt 2 Key Steps in Capital Budgeting Estimate CFs (inflows & outflows) Assess riskiness of CFs Determine the appropriate cost of capital Find NPV and/or IRR Accept if NPV > 0 and/or IRR > WACC All rights reserved - Christopher B. Alt 3 Independent vs. Mutually Exclusive Projects Independent projects: if the cash flows of one are unaffected by the acceptance of the other Mutually exclusive projects: if the cash flows of one can
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Question 1 As a leading producer‚ marketer and importer of wines and distilled spirits‚ Brown-Forman was the fifth-largest distiller in the United States. But the company spent huge amount of money advertising premium brands and significantly less on low profit brands. In the late 1970’s‚ the whiskey market declined and this presented Brown Foreman with growth challenges in a mature market. Brown-Foreman’s response to market pressures and competition was to aggressively move into other faster
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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1. Calculate TRUST’s company after-tax WACC. The risk-free rate was 4.21%‚ the market risk premium was 6% and the company tax rate was 30%. The WACC should be rounded to four decimal places. After-tax WACC = rD (1-Tc) D/V + rE E/V rE = rf + βequity(rm – rf) rE = 0.0421 + 0.81(0.06) rE = 0.0907 E = number of outstanding shares x current share price E = 60 million x $3.43 E = $205.8 million D = $44 million bank loans + $1.2 million short-term hire purchase commitments D = $45.2 million
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