$40 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 4% and the market risk premium is 8%. Jack ’s tax rate is 35%. What is Jack ’s weighted average cost of capital? Answer | | 7.10% | | | 7.39% | | | 10.38% | | | 10.65% | | | 11.37% | 1 points Question 2 1. Peter ’s Audio Shop has a cost of debt of 7%‚ a cost of equity of 11%‚ and a cost of preferred stock of 8%. The firm has 104‚000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $20 a share. There are
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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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than the current average risk level of the company. Therefore‚ adopting what kind of discount rate in evaluating a new project will be the key of whether or not to proceed with the project. The most recent studies on the combination of MM theory and CAPM model are based on the formula of cost of capital‚ which could get a beta equation of levered firm and unlevered firm. However‚ when we treat a company as an asset portfolio‚ the risk factor of the asset is the weighted average risk of equity and
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used by investors coming from developed market economies. A basic construction of EVA measure is clear from the following formula: EVAt = NOPATt – Ct x WACCt where NOPATt is Net Operating Profit After Tax‚ Ct is long term capital‚ WACC is Weighted Average Cost of Capital. If EVA > 0 than we can say a company is successful. This is the only case wealth of shareholders increases because they gain more than what their original investment was. The service to creditors is included there‚ too. In case
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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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