Case Study II : Weighted Average Cost of Capital Introduction and objectives This paper aims at describing a way to compute the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). This method is often used by company management to determine the economic feasibility of different projects and thus to compute the NPV of a specific project by discounting cash-flows. The WACC determines the return that the company should generate to satisfy its debt-holders. For the company‚ it consists in a tool for projects
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) Executive Summary: The case "Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)" focuses on an ideal opportunity to review the capital asset pricing model and the weighted average cost of capital through calculation of the cost of capital for Marriott as a whole. Dan Cohrs is faced with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions utilizing CAPM and WACC. This case illustrates
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company should implement a single rate of return‚ from 10% to the adjusted rate of return of 12.22%. Also‚ its weighted cost of capital should also be adjusted from 8.25% to 10.28%. JUSTIFICATION: New after tax cost Weighted cost Debt 25% 4.45% 1.1125 Retained earnings 65% 12.22% 7.943 New Equity 10% 12.22% 1.222 New weighted average cost of capital 10.28% 4.45% is the new after tax cost of debt for an AA rating bond in 1975. 12.22%
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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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initiating production is in the best interest of Dinky Company. Question 1: Calculate Dinky’s weighted average cost of capital using market weights for each financing component Due to the fact that Dinky Company is a levered firm‚ that is‚ financed by both debt and equity we must find the cost of financing for both the debt and the equity portions of the firm. The cost of capital is found by taking a weighted average of the cost of debt‚ and the cost of equity. In order to find the weights of the debt
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Mixon University of Maryland University College FIN 630‚ 04 November 2012 Turnitin.com=_________ ABSTRACT This paper examines the cost of capital for multinational firms and determines that the multinational firm should use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to evaluate international and domestic investment decisions and to magistrate the enactment of subsidiaries domestically and internationally. This paper also discusses the modification essential to evaluate exchange risk
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determine the company’s share price that best reflects the real value of the company. In our analysis in order to estimate the fair value of Netscape’s share price we have applied the Weighted Average Cost of Capital Method of Valuation. The WACC method implies that the firm’s weighted average cost of capital represents the average return that the company must pay to its investors‚ both debt and equity holders‚ on after tax basis. We assume that the company maintains constant Debt/Equity ratio and the WACC
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would cut down on labor and overhead costs has been proposed‚ and Star River needs to know whether to approve the purchase now‚ or wait three years‚ where new equipment would have to be purchased to handle the projected growth rates. Finally‚ a weighted average cost of capital needs to be estimated for the firm‚ which will help to answer this question of whether to wait or buy this equipment at the present time. RELEVENT FACTS AND ASSUMPTIONS DVDs have 14% more storage capacity than CD-ROMs 1999:
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should undervalued at discount rates below 11.2% * The market responded mixed signals to Nike’s changes. Kimi Ford has done cash flow estimation‚ and asks her assistant‚ Joanna Cohen to estimate cost of capital. WACC Methodology: * The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate (expressed as a percentage‚ like interest) that accompany is expected to pay to debt holders (cost of debt) and shareholders (cost of equity) to finance its assets. * It is the minimum return that a company
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Answers to Warm-Up Exercises E9-1. Answer: Weighted average cost of capital N 10‚ PV $20‚000 (1 0.02) $19‚600‚ PMT Solve for I 8.30% 0.08 $20‚000 $1‚600‚ FV $20‚000 E9-2. Cost of preferred stock Answer: The cost of preferred stock is the ratio of the preferred stock dividend to the firm’s net proceeds from the sale of the preferred stock. rp Dp Np rp (0.15 $35) ($35 $3) rp $5.25 $32 16.4% E9-3. Cost of common stock equity Answer: The cost of common stock equity can be found by dividing the dividend
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