NIKE, INC. COST OF CAPITAL Context: Estimating Cost of Equity with different methods. Compute WACC Nike’s current price per share= $ 42.09 Question: Is it undervalued or overvalued to make buy /sell decision? Forecasts for Cash flows, Dividend growth, EPS estimates for NIKE are given. Interest rate #’s, Betas, Book values on debt and equity are given. Also historical performance #s are given. At 12% WACC Nike is overvalued and hence sell decision; At 11.17% correct valuation; WACC
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below the “warranted equity value” has two effects. First of all it is a sign to stabilize the stock price, hence shareholder value will increase. Also, excess liquidity can be profitably invested. The profitability of the company can be improved when Marriott purchases the undervalued shares and destroys them afterwards. The return on assets will then increase. If the company is funded with debt a positive leverage effect could be achieved. 2.-5. WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is
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Marriott Corporation | Case Study – Write Up | Hitesh Gupta & Swapnil Deshpande 2-5-2015 | Q1 what is overall WACC for Marriott Corporation? Ans :- For calculating WACC we need cost of equity for the firm(ke) ,cost of debt(kd) capital structure of the firm and tax rate (t). To calculate cost of debt we chose the long term interest rate on U.S. government bond and added debt rate premium (From Table A debt premium = 1.3%) for Marriott Corporation to it. We chose long term US govt bond
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Joanna Cohen estimated the cost of capital. What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital and its Importance? The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate that a company is expected to pay to debt holders and shareholders to finance its assets. It is the minimum return that a company must earn on existing assets base to satisfy its owners, creditors, and other benefactors of the firm. There are numbers of ways a firm can raise funds: common and preferred equity, governmental subsidies, warrants
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Boeing 777 Darden Case Study UVA-F-1017 Case Study Assignment Subject: Cost of capital − cost of equity and cost of debt; beta risk; estimation; capital structure. The task for students is to evaluate the 777 against a financial standard, the investors’ required rate of return. The general objective of this case is to exercise students’ skills in estimating corporate (divisional/project) costs of capital – cost of equity and WACC. Case Questions, Analysis, and Directions: Read and analyze the case
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Inc.: Cost of Capital Nike, Inc.: Case Background: NorthPoint Large Cap Fund weighing whether to buy Nike’s stock. Nike has experienced sales growth decline, declines in profits and market share. Nike has reveal that it would increase exposure in mid-price footwear and apparel lines. It also commits to cut down expenses. The market responded mixed signals to Nike’s changes. Kimi Ford has done a cash flow estimation, and ask her assistant, Joanna Cohen to estimate cost of capital
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estimate the company and divisions’ cost of capital? Answer: The best way to estimate the cost of capital is by using the CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model) where the Weighted-Average Cost of Capital (rwacc) is given by the formula Where, D is the market value of the net debt E is the market value of the total equity V is the total market value of debt and equity = D + E T is the corporate tax rate rd is the appropriately calculated discount rate for debt (cost of debt) re is the appropriately
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TOPIC: ANALYSIS OF EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL AS A SOURCE OF FINANCE IN AN ORGANISATION RESEARCH PAPERS The 2 research papers under study are 1. The effect of CEO ownership and shareholder rights on cost of equity share capital. 2. What motivates seasoned equity offerings? Evidence from the use of issue proceeds. COST OF EQUITY CAPITAL AND ITS EFFECTS TO THE MANAGEMENT Introduction This paper investigates the cost of equity capital and its effects to the management which intends to hinder
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3)Attempting to remedy the situation, the firm cut its dividend in 1974 and 1975 and drastically reduced its working capital investment they turned to debt financing. Du Pont's debt-to-equity ratio rose from a conservative 7% in 1972 to 27% in 1975 while the interest coverage ratio fell from 38 to 4.6. The increased debt ratio shows that they were moving towards a higher leveraged position and aggressively financing growth with debt. The reduced interest coverage indicates that Du Pont was now
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Report on Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital of AstraZeneca Plc and British American Tobacco Plc. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction………………………………………… 4 2.0 Background………………………………………… 5 3.0 Capital Structure…………………………………… 6 3.1 Debt to equity……………………………… 6 3.2 Long term debt to equity…………………... 7 3.3 Total debt to capital………………………… 7 3.4 Long term debt to capital…………………... 8 3.5 Balance sheet structure AZN………………
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