market portfolio is often represented by: A. a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities. B. a diversified stock market index. C. an investor's mutual fund portfolio. D. the historic record of stock market returns. 3. A stock's beta measures the: A. average return on the stock. B. variability in the stock's returns compared to that of the market portfolio. C. difference between the return on the stock and return on the market portfolio. D. market risk premium on the stock. 4. If the slope of the
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15 percent of its sales into EBITDA, and may generate $680 million in revenue next year... While it trades for a higher price-to-sales ratio than its peers, it’s also growing faster. MySocialMedia’s valuation of 22 times sales compares with an average of 9.2 times estimated 2012 revenue at Web business software companies... ...a comeback in venture-capital IPOs propelled MySocialMedia.com to a high of $122 in its first day of trading from an initial price of $45. With a market value of $8.4
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BACKGROUND In 1981, AHP had reached sales of more than $4 billion by producing 1,500 marketed brands in 4 different kind of business; prescription drugs, packaged drugs, food products, and housewares and households products. Moreover, AHP is known to be the largest and profitable business in prescription of drugs; however, the company has a sizable market share in antihypertensive, tranquilizers, and oral contraceptives. The company has almost debt- free balance sheet and growing cash reserves (40%
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Introduction After going through the Illustration Capsule, it is easy to see how McDonald’s is one of the world’s most respected, admired and endearing brands on the planet. On top of existing for more than half a century, they have been able to stay relevant and operating at such a highly level that can be attributable in part to their strategic vision and their execution. Organizing and controlling such a large entity may be cumbersome but the senior leadership of McDonald’s have put together
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Ethics and Compliance Paper In today’s business market, the role of compliance and ethics are very important. In Johnson and Johnson company ethics and compliance is very vital for their entire company with in the United States and around the world. Johnson and Johnson have a well written business code of conduct and ethics for directors and executive officers. Compliance with the government rules and regulations within the United States and around the world involving ethics is valued by the J&J’s
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bonds yielding 8%. The remaining long term debt will be at 7%. The marginal tax rate will remain the same. What will be Bickley’s new Beta with this new 15/85 capital structure? What is the WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) of Bickely with its 30/70 capital structure?Bickley’s average borrowing rate with this capital structure is 7.5%. What will be Bickley’s WACC with its 15/85 capital structure? PROBLEM BASED ON CHAPTER 26 – MODIGLIANI & MILLER EXTENSION MODELS WITH GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS
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Introduction and industry analysis JetBlue Airway Corporation is an American low-cost airline and it was one of a few U.S. airlines that were profitable during the sharp downturn in airline industry affected by the September 11, 2011 attacks. With its strong capital base, the company was successful due to its impressive management team, in which, David Neelaman has rich experience with airline start-ups; COO David Barger and CFO John Ower are all experienced former senior managers from other airlines
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Modigliani and Miller's Capital-Structure Irrelevance Proposition Modigliani and Miller, two professors in the 1950s, studied capital-structure theory intensely. From their analysis, they developed the capital-structure irrelevance proposition. Essentially, they hypothesized that in perfect markets, it does not matter what capital structure a company uses to finance its operations. The MM study is based on the following key assumptions: * No taxes * No transaction costs * No bankruptcy
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Financial Leverage And Capital Structure Policy 0 Chapter Outline The Capital Structure Question The Effect of Financial Leverage Capital Structure and the Cost of Equity Capital M&M Propositions I and II with Corporate Taxes Bankruptcy Costs Optimal Capital Structure 1 Capital Restructuring We are going to look at how changes in capital structure affect the value of the firm, all else equal Capital restructuring involves changing the amount of leverage
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therefore do not have individual Beta figures. In order to properly assess the cost of capital for Midland’s divisions, Mortensen collected beta estimates from several businesses with operations similar to those of Midland’s divisions and used the average of these estimates to derive a beta estimate for divisional beta estimates (pg.6). 2. Calculate Midland’s corporate WACC. Be prepared to defend your specific assumptions about the various inputs to the calculations (risk-free rate, equity
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