THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXI‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 2006 Corporate Financial Policy and the Value of Cash MICHAEL FAULKENDER and RONG WANG∗ ABSTRACT We examine the cross-sectional variation in the marginal value of corporate cash holdings that arises from differences in corporate financial policy. We begin by providing semi-quantitative predictions for the value of an extra dollar of cash depending upon the likely use of that dollar‚ and derive a set of intuitive hypotheses to test empirically
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Calculations The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the discount rate used in the discounted cash flow analysis. Usually‚ the WACC is the weighted average of the cost of debt (Kd) and the cost of equity (Ke)‚ since debt and equity are the most common sources of funds for the companies. In general‚ the formula for WACC is the following: As implied by the formula itself‚ if a company does not have interest-bearing debts‚ then its WACC would equal
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Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows Richard S. Ruback* This paper presents the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method for valuing risky cash flows. I show that the CCF method is equivalent to discounting Free Cash Flows (FCF) by the weighted average cost of capital. Because the interest tax shields are included in the cash flows‚ the CCF approach is easier to apply whenever debt is forecasted in levels instead of as a percent of total enterprise value. The CCF method retains
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Brocoum Courtney Delia Stephanie Doherty David Dubois Radu Oprea December 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 1 Financial Health 1 Financial Forecast for 2002 and 2003 3 Key Driver Assumptions 5 Star River WACC 5 Free Cash Flows of the Packaging Machine Investment 7 Appendices 7 i. Objectives This report seeks to answer the following five questions about Star River Electronics Ltd.: 1. Assess the current financial health and recent financial performance
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Cash Flow Preparation FIN/200 September 8‚ 2011 Axia College of University of Phoenix WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT – CASH FLOW PREPARATION 1. Prepare a statement of cash flows for the Widget Corporation. Follow the general procedures indicated in Table 2–10. ___________________________________________________________________ WIDGET CORPORATION Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31‚ 2008 Sales $2‚200‚000 Cost of goods sold 1‚300‚000 Gross profits 900‚000 Selling and administrative
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Assignment4SLopez A situation where I would have to use my financial reserve would be when the engine of the car I commute to work in blew up. I would have to use that money to get a new engine or just buy a new car. I think that it should be saved up for at least 6 months in case you lose your job you have time to get a new one. If I were to get laid off from my job I would have enough money for 6 months expenses. I would have enough time to get a new job. I’d prefer compound interest
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debt-to-equity ratio will change in time. Since we will need to estimate the discount rate any time the capital structure changes‚ neither WACC nor APV would be reliable alone. Therefore‚ Ms. Zhang should use the combination of WACC and APV methods. As stated above‚ ACC will use the Leverage buy out (LBO) approach‚ which means that the debt to equity ratio of AirThread will not be the same from 2008 to 2012‚ so APV approach would be more suitable to valuate the cash flows between 2008 and 2012
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Non-profit vs. For-profit in Healthcare Organizations In the healthcare industry there is a universal goal of treating patients and taking care of people. How that is accomplished is also similar‚ but the organizations behind the healthcare service provider can vary greatly. In this paper we will analyze the characteristics of non-profit and for-profit healthcare organizations and the factors that impact their operations. Additionally‚ we will look at the various ways a non-profit organization
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Difference Between Cash Flow and Funds Flow Statement Many people think that both cash and fund are same‚ however they both are different and so is the case with cash flow statement and funds flow statement. Let’s look at some of the differences between cash flow and funds flow statement – 1. While funds flow statement reveals the change in the working capital of a company between two balance sheet dates while cash flow statement reveals the change in the cash position of the company between two
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CASH HOLDINGS‚ WORKING CAPITAL AND FIRM VALUE: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCE Ruta AUTUKAITE* – Eric MOLAY** Abstract: Although companies deal with day-to-day short term financial decisions‚ in corporate finance the emphasis is being put on long term financial issues when talking about company’s value. In this paper a sample of French listed companies was chosen to assess the importance of short term financial decisions to company’s value by testing the following hypotheses: an extra euro invested in cash
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