of debt in the capital structure. The company determined the optimal amount of debt based on its ability to service the debt. As of 1987‚ Marriott had $2.5 billion debt which accounted for 59% of its capital. Lastly‚ Marriott repurchased undervalued shares. On regular bases‚ Marriott calculated a “warranted equity value” of its common shares and purchased the stocks that fell below the value. Marriott believed the repurchases of those shares were better uses of the company capital than acquisitions
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of its $ 770 million dollar‚ inception in 1988 CIC and its third-party lenders financed $150 million to the project and the government of Saskatchewan and Canada guaranteed the capital venture (Ivey‚ 2009). The government acknowledge that heavy oil refineries was uncharted territory but knew exploring the venture capital going forward would be a strategic investment for the future (Ivey‚ 2009). The strategy took an additional eight years to show profits in the industry because of various operational
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a. Discuss the specific items of capital that should be included in the WACC. The WACC calculation should include all the sources of capital like common stock‚ preferred stock‚ bonds and any other long-term debt. b. The comptroller currently finds the weights for the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from information from the balance sheet shown in Table 2. Compute the book value weights that the comptroller currently uses for the company’s capital structure. (In Millions)
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I use Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as the hurdle rate. The investment projects in our company are selected by discounting the appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. As the vice president of project financeof Marriott Corporation‚ I am conducting an analysis of our company (Marriott Corporation) for calculating the hurdle rates at each of our firm’s three divisions: lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. I use Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
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1. Wtd Cost of Capital Global Technology’s capital structure is as follows: Debt 35% Preferred Stock 15 Common Equity 50 The aftertax cost of debt is 6.5%; the cost of preferred stock is 10%; and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 13.5. Calculate Global Technology’s weighted average cost of capital. | Prop | Cost | Weight | Composite | Debt | 35% | 6.50% | 0.35 | 2.275 | Preferred Stock | 15% | 10% | 0.15 | 1.5 | Common Equity |
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are 1.45 and 1.62 respectively. If the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of this project could be lower than its internal rate of return (IRR) with the estimated beta of 1.62‚ the estimated beta of 1.45 would not cause the project to be rejected. Therefore‚ the analysis uses the estimated beta calculated against NYSE composites index‚ which is 1.62‚ to compute the WACC. Risk premium 4.35% Cost of Equity The standard approach to estimation cost of equity is: Re= Rf + Equity beta*
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chemicals‚ plastics‚ and real estate development concentrating in gas‚ oil‚ petrochemicals‚ and coal. In 1990‚ PP improved their coker and sulfur recovery facility to make their refining process more efficient and in turn has become one of the lowest cost refiners on the West Coast. Due to the refining process PP’s gasolines are among the most cleanest-burning in the industry. PP’s is also the producer of one-third of the world’s supply of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)‚ which is a chemical used
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CHAPTER 9 THE COST OF CAPITAL (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Capital components Answer: c Diff: E [i]. Which of the following is not considered a capital component for the purpose of calculating the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) as it applies to capital budgeting? a. Long-term debt. b. Common stock. c. Accounts payable and accruals. d. Preferred stock. Capital components Answer: d
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such resources and capital‚ the company has to oversee so many opportunities and ventures. Presently the company is at odds over whether they should use a company wide cut off rate based on the overall weighted average cost of capital or if Pioneer should use multiple rates that reflect risk-profit characteristics of the several businesses or economic sectors. At first we must decide if the methodology used in computing the company’s overall weighted average cost of capital is just. Second‚ we
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Midland Energy Resources Midland Energy Resources is a fully integrated energy company with operations in E&P‚ Refining & Marketing (R&M) and Petrochemicals. Capital budgeting at Midland is done using discounted cash flow method and weighted average cost of capital (rwacc). Corporate Weighted Average Cost of Capital‚ rwacc The primary use of the corporate rwacc is valuation (TV=FCF/(rwacc-g)). While the rwacc may be used for evaluating internal projects‚ the usage will be incorrect owing to the
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