of project finance for Midland Energy Resources must determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. As each division has different functions and risk associations, the company needs separate discount rate to evaluate its projects. This report is prepared to find out the realistic measures for assessing cost of capital for Midland Energy Resources. After careful evaluation of available information
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of project finance for Midland Energy Resources must determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. As each division has different functions and risk associations, the company needs separate discount rate to evaluate its projects. This report is prepared to find out the realistic measures for assessing cost of capital for Midland Energy Resources. After careful evaluation of available information
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HSA 525-Health Financial Management Assignment # 4 – Medical Associates November 27, 2011 Medical Associates: Equity cost of capital, DCF, CAPM, risk, capital budgeting Medical Associates is a large for-profit group practice. Its dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% per year into the foreseeable future. The firm's last dividend (D0) was $2, and its current stock price is $23. The firm's beta coefficient is 1.6; the rate of return on 20-year T-bonds currently is 9%; the
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CHAPTER 14 COST OF CAPITAL Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. It is the minimum rate of return the firm must earn overall on its existing assets. If it earns more than this, value is created. 2. Book values for debt are likely to be much closer to market values than are equity book values. 3. No. The cost of capital depends on the risk of the project, not the source of the money. 4. Interest expense is tax-deductible. There is no difference between pretax
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665 million shares outstanding with a share price of $74.77, and $25 billion in debt. If in three years, Caterpillar has 700 million shares outstanding trading for $83 per share, how much debt will Caterpillar have if it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio? E = 665 million × $74.77 = $49.7 billion, D = $25 billion, D/E = 25/49.722 = 0.503. E = 700 million × $83.00 = $58.1 billion. Constant D/E implies D = 58.1
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the board of directors to calculate the company’s cost of capital accurately in order to apply it into several vital analyses of the corporation. This paper aims to estimate the corporate and divisional cost of capital for the next fiscal year and along with the estimations, several assumptions and arguments will be discussed to provide better overview and understanding of the whole process to the managers. II. INTRODUCTION TO WEIGHT AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL (WACC): WACC is the weight average of
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University of Wollongong Year Computing the divisional cost of capital using the pure play method H. W. Collier∗ S. Haslitt‡ T. Grai† C. B. McGowan∗∗ of Wollongong, collier@uow.edu.au University, USA ‡ Oakland University, USA ∗∗ Norfolk State University, USA † Oakland ∗ University This is a preprint of an article accepted for publication as Collier, HW, Grai, T, Haslitt, S and McGowan, CB, Computing the divisional cost of capital using the pure play method, Applied Financial Economics
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CHAPTER 10 The Cost of Capital Problem solving Lidija Dedi 9-1 Problem 1: Your company’ stock sells for $50 per share, its last dividend was $2, its growth rate is a constant 5%, and the company will incur a flotation cost of 15% if it sells new common stock. What is the firm’s cost of new equity? 9-2 Problem 2: Alpha’s stock currently has a price of $50 per share and is expected to pay a year-end dividend of 2,50 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant
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possible place in the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund, Ford needs to know Nike’s cost of capital. One of the most useful ways to measure the cost of capital is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Theoretically, the optimal capital structure in the mix of types of financing that produces the lowest WACC. WACC is calculated by multiplying the cost of each type of financing a company uses, be it debt or the many types of equity, by their respective weights. It is the rate of return that a company needs
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shareholders in the form of dividend payment and increased share value. However, the source of finance affects a company’s overall cost of capital and by extension its dividends to shareholders. This report addresses the importance of the capital market and the efficient market hypothesis theories. The various source of finance available to large companies and the related cost. As well as the importance of the dividend decision and its possible affect on the company’s share price. [pic] 2.0 The role
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