million in new debt bearing an interest rate of 6.75% to repurchase 14 million shares at a price of $18.50 per share. How would such a buyback affect Blaine? Consider the impact on‚ among other things‚ the family’s ownership interest‚ and the company’s cost of capital. 4) As a member of Blaine’s controlling family‚ would you be in favor of the above proposal? Would you be in favor of it as a non-family shareholder? 5) How does the proposal discussed above differ from a special one-time dividend
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade Christoph Schneider Ross School of Business Basic assumptions Tax Rate Beta Debt Leverage (D/V) Leverage (D/E) 1997 35.5% 0.25 0.00 0.00 1996 39.4% 1995 35.1% Average 36.7% Comparable companies’ βE Tax Rate Beta Debt Leverage (D/V) Leverage (D/E) Discount Brokerage Firms Charles Schwab Quick & Reilly Waterhouse Securities 1997 35.5% 1996 39.4% β E from Jan’92-Dec’96 2.30 2.20 β E from all months 2.35 2.30
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Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company that oversees and manages various subsidiary companies (Berkshire Hathaway‚ 2011). The current members of the Board of Directors are Warren Buffett‚ Charlie Munger‚ Walter Scott Jr.‚ Thomas Murphy‚ Howard Graham Buffett‚ Ronald Olson‚ Donald Keough‚ Charlotte Guyman‚ David Gottesman‚ Bill Gates‚ Stephen Burke‚ and Susan Decker (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2011). The primary job of the Board of Directors is to see that the
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decided to evaluate this company based upon two methods: The Discounted Cash Flow Method and the Comparable Companies Method. Discounted Cash Flow Method takes the forecast free cash flows during forecasted horizon. Then we estimate the cost of capital (weighted average cost of capital) and estimate continuing value (value after forecast horizon). The future value is discounted to the present value. We than add back cash ($13 Million) and non-current assets and deduct total debt. With the information provided
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What type of investments would you value using Marriott’s WACC? The weighted average cost of capital measures the average risk inherent in the corporation and overall capital structure of the entire firm. Noting that low asset betas for less cyclical industries such as utilities and household products‚ versus the much higher asset betas of high-tech firms and luxury retailers‚ we can’t deal with the varied businesses in the same way when doing the valuation since that different lines of businesses
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Can One Size Fit All? The Oceanic Corporation‚ a Chesapeake‚ VA based company‚ was established in 1994. Glenn Rodgers III founded the corporation‚ which was privately owned at the time‚ after his retirement from Norentech Corporation. The Oceanic Corporation was originally formed to provide ship repair services and quickly earned a Department of Defense (DOD) certified Alteration Boat Repair (ABR) designation. Among its specialties were structural welding‚ piping system installation and repairs
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Nike Executive Summary Executive summary In this report I will focus on Nike’s Inc. Cost of Capital and its financial importance for the company and future investors. The management of Nike Inc. addresses issues both on top-line growth and operating performance. The company’s cost of capital is a critical element in such decisions and it is important to estimate precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In my analysis‚ I will examine why WACC is important in decision-making and
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Financial Management Time allowed Reading and planning: 15 minutes Writing: 3 hours ALL FOUR questions are compulsory and MUST be attempted. Do NOT open this paper until instructed by the supervisor. During reading and planning time only the question paper may be annotated. You must NOT write in your answer booklet until instructed by the supervisor. This question paper must not be removed from the examination hall. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Paper
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(CAPM) 20 Expected Return Vs. Required Return 21 Portfolio Planning 21 Dividend growth model 24 Corporate Valuation Model 24 Constant & non-constant growth of dividend 27 Actual prices Vs. Expected Prices 27 Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) 28 Trend of financial statements in last five years 30 Acknowledgement First of all we all are thankful to one and only the Almighty Allah for always guiding us in the thick and thin and giving us strengths and
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proportion of debt in a market- value capital structure rd = pretax cost of debt capital tc = marginal effective corporate tax rate Wequity = proportion of equity in a market-value capital structure re = cost of equity capital We know from the case that: Tc = 35% Rf = 0.85% Wdebt = 44646/129686= 0.344% Wequity = 85040/129686= 0.656% From Exhibit 11‚ rd is calculated as below which is 5.335% |Debt amount |Price |Market value |YTM |Weighted YTM | |202 |106.175 |214.474 |3.911% |0.167%
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