The Capital Assets Price Model (CAPM)‚ is a model for pricing an individual security or a portfolio. Its basic function is to describe the relationship between risk and expected return‚ which is often used to estimate a cost of equity (Wikipedia‚ 2009). It serves as a model for determining the discount rate which is used in calculating net present value. The CAPM says that the expected return of a security or a portfolio equals the rate on a risk-free security plus a risk premium. The formula is:
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its technological processes. The financial vice president has developed an estimate for the firms cost of capital to use in capital budgeting decisions. He has requested that this cost of capital estimate and analysis be completed for the next board of directors meeting. Section 1 of this report discusses and analyzes the firms cost of capital. It begins with a discussion of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
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market sales and prices of stocks‚ management presented its plans to improve and perform better. • Third party sources also gave their opinions on whether the stock was a sound investment. WACC CALCULATION: Cost of Capital Calculations: Nike Inc Cohen calculated a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 8.3 percent by using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) for Nike Inc. I do not agree with her figure‚ and the reasons to that are as follows: Value of equity The problem with Cohen’s
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alternative forecasts. The students must estimate a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for Boeing’s commercial-aircraft business segment in order to evaluate the IRRs. As a result of that analysis‚ the students identify the key value drivers and distinguish‚ on a qualitative basis‚ the key gambles that Boeing is making. The general objective of this case is to exercise students’ skills in estimating a weighted-average cost of capital and cost of equity. The need for students to estimate a segment
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Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital: TheoryChapter 13 :Financial Theory and Corporate Policy (Copeland and Weston) INTRODUCTION In the summary of the following chapter is shown the mixture of the financial source of a company. There are the sources of debt and equity but also the financing affects of the cost of capital. Furthermore‚ it shows its connections to the shareholder’s wealth and how to calculate the cost of capital in a specific situation where the risk is depending from the case
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from one of the company’s founders. Compute Nova Chemical’s weighted average cost of 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
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immediate issue management must address to avoid a takeover. Financial Analysis Cost of Capital: Our estimate of the pound-based weighted average cost of capital for Grand Metropolitan was 16.433862%. We used the weights from exhibit 6. The tax rate was given as 35%. We used the weighted average costs of debt and preferred stock from exhibit 7. We then discounted the flow of future dividends to find the cost of common equity. We also used the three strategic business units to find the
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Stock Repurchase 2 a. Outstanding Shares 2 b. Book Value of Equity 2 c. Price per Share 2 d. Earnings per Share 3 e. Debt Interest Coverage Rations and Financial Flexibility 3 f. Outstanding Shares 3 Wrigley’s Current Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) 4 Debt Proceeds to Pay a Dividend or Repurchase Shares 4 Wrigley’s Recapitalization 5 Appendices 5 i. Objectives This report seeks to answer the following five questions about William Wrigley Jr.: 1. In the
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question #1 should go here) Analysis: Based on her calculations‚ Joanna Cohen estimated that Nike’s cost of capital was approximately 8.4%. Ms. Cohen used a single Weighted Average Cost of Capital to calculate the firm’s cost of capital‚ and we agree that only a single cost of capital needs to be used due to the similarities between more than 95% of their revenues. However we believe that the cost of capital calculation is inaccurate based on some of the information that Cohen gives while explaining
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Nike‚ INC: Cost of capital 1. 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? Definition of WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital): WACC is basically the average of the cost of finance (debt and equity). Since a company’s assets can be financed by debt or equity‚ WACC can show the averages of the costs involved in the sources of financing. These costs are then weighted by the users
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