Case Analysis of Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Apparently‚ the issue of Nike’s case is to control and check the calculation cost of capital done by Joanna Cohen who is the assistant of a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group. But I am willing to tell you that it can be a complex case in which we can doubt about sensitivity analysis done by Kimi Ford (portfolio manager) because her assumptions such as Revenue Growth Rate‚ COGS / Sales‚ S &A / Sales‚ Current Assets / Sales‚ and Current Liability
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Roebuck and Company took a $60 million charge against earnings after admitting that it recommended unnecessary repairs to customers in its automobile service business; Standard Chartered Bank was banned from trading on the Hong Kong stock market after being implicated in an improper share support scheme. The list goes on. In each case‚ employees broke through existing control mechanisms and jeopardized the franchise of the business. The cost to the companies- in damaged reputations‚ fines‚ business
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Pfizer Inc.’S Cost of Capital and Capital structure - Xiaoyue Shi The costs of capital and capital structures for Pfizer Inc. and its two competitors Merck & Co. Inc. and Johnson & Johnson in the pharmaceutical industry are analyzed in this memo. When calculating the cost of common stock for the three companies‚ three different approaches including Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and the bond yield plus risk premium are applied (Appendix A). For CAPM approach
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EPS Accounting Report: Development and Problems Earnings per share is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. The computation of earnings per share is income minus preferred stock dividends divided by weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the period. Earning per share is considered to be the single most important metric to determine a company’s profitability which is crucial to the decision making of potential
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practices required that the company use accounting limitations to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to portray a favorable depiction of its performance. By misrepresenting earnings reports while continuing to enjoy the revenue provided by the investors not privy to the true financial condition of Enron‚ the executives of Enron embezzled funds funneling in from investments while reporting fraudulent earnings to those investors Shareholders lost nearly $11 billion when Enron’s stock
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and closure of the company. One of the most famous was Enron‚ but another well known failure was that of WorldCom. WorldCom was a big player in the telecommunications industry‚ being the largest telecom carrier of Internet traffic. In 2002‚ WorldCom joined the ranks of failed companies mostly because of the tactics that management and its accountants used to show that the company was earning more money than it was. This was partly in part because of the CEO Benard Ebbers and his appetite for money
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Earning a college degree has always been a very important goal of mine. My children are getting older and in a few short years will start looking into college themselves. It became more important for me now than ever to make my dream‚ my goal‚ a reality. There were many factors that came into play when I decided that this was the right time in my life to return to school. Being a non-traditional student‚ cost‚ flexibility‚ and accreditation were among the most important factors for me when choosing
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UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA: ACCOUTING THEORY 1 – (ADMN 631) LECTURE: JAMES KWAME OTIEKU A PRESENTATION ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION BY EMMANUEL MENSAH ID NO: 10328957 AND PETER OPATA NYAKO ID NO: 10329653 1st October 2009 EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Introduction Accounting standards define the accounting language that management uses to communicate with the firm’s external stakeholders. By creating a framework
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Midland Energy/Sample 2 Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. is a global energy company that operates in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P)‚ refining and marketing (R&M)‚ and petrochemicals. Midland’s most profitable segment is its E&P division which produces 67% of the company’s net income (Exhibit 3). Its largest division is R&M with the Petrochemical division being the smallest. The primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy are to fund substantial overseas
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What punishment‚ if any‚ do you believe David Myers should have been given for his role in the WorldCom fraud? A2. Mr. Myers was charged with securities fraud‚ conspiracy to commit securities fraud‚ and filing false statements. Based on these charges‚ I think Mr. Myers would be sentenced to 5-8 years prison terms. In addition‚ he would be imposed with a large amount of fine. Furthermore‚ the WorldCom would take a certain amount of bonus back for the period while he was being investigated. However
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