Brand loyalty, ample capital, and broad based sourcing create an environment where the bigger companies such as Nike and Reebok have little trouble maintaining market share. Nike enjoys the largest share, with 42.3% of the nearly $8 billion market in the year 2000. Reebok was second with 11.9%, Adidas had 10.8%, and New Balance had 9.6% of the market. The remaining 25% must be divided among the numerous smaller companies fighting for a shot at survival. NIKE Corporation NIKE Corporation was incorporated
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CASE 14: NIKE, INC.: COST OF CAPITAL What is WACC and why it is important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohan’s WACC calculation? What is WACC and why it is important? Do you agree with Joanna Cohan’s WACC calculation? WACC (Weighted average cost of capital) is the minimum return that a company must earn on existing asset base on satisfy its creditors, owners and other providers of capital WACC is important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital because: The
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Nike I2 ERP Implementation Failure Case Study February 9, 2014 Shafer Minnick Morgan Correll Jeff Harvey Nike stands as the World’s leading producer of Athletic Footwear, Apparel and Equipment. As of 2013 they held complete ownership or joint venture in the following companies: Nike Brand Cole Haan Converse Hurley International Umbro Athletic Wear Nike Golf Jordan Brand This is a rather long and somewhat surprising list to many, based on some of these brands are
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III. Statement of Situation Kimi Ford thought about investing in Nike. After reading the reports from Nike’s analyst meeting, she still was not sure whether to invest or not. Lehman Brothers determined Nike was a great investment; however, UBS Warburg and CSFB analysts disagreed. Since the reports did not help Kimi Ford out with her decision, she decided to develop her own discounted cash flow analysis. As shown in Exhibit 1, Kimi Ford projected her own discounted cash flow analysis with her assumptions
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Nike Kim Ford is a portfolio manager for the NorthPoint Group and she is assessing whether to buy shares of Nike stock for her NorthPoint Large Cap Fund. Ms. Ford has asked her assistant, Joanna Cohen, to estimate Nike’s cost of capital so Ms. Ford could make an informative decision whether to buy Nike shares for her Fund. I will analyze Ms. Cohen’s methodologies and results of Nike’s cost of capital. Ms. Cohen used the book value for debt and equity when she should have used the market value
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Brand loyalty, ample capital, and broad based sourcing create an environment where the bigger companies such as Nike and Reebok have little trouble maintaining market share. Nike enjoys the largest share, with 42.3% of the nearly $8 billion market in the year 2000. Reebok was second with 11.9%, Adidas had 10.8%, and New Balance had 9.6% of the market. The remaining 25% must be divided among the numerous smaller companies fighting for a shot at survival. NIKE Corporation NIKE Corporation was incorporated
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The Best Logistics Practices Model Regarding “Direct Ship” Executive Summary This report shares the best logistics practices that Nike China Supply Chain implemented to postpone capital investment in logistics infrastructure, and optimize operation efficiency by shortening delivery lead time and reducing cost of logistics operation. The research draws attention to Nike China’s vision of increasing revenue to $4B by 2015, which means 60% growth from 2012. Even though the China Logistics Center (CLC)
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Executive Summary: Nike, Inc. Cost of Capital Mid-year 2001, Nike, Inc. revealed their strategy to rejuvenate the company image, increase stagnant earnings, and to take back market share. By July, the share price for Nike had declined significantly to $42.09. During Nike’s analysts’ meeting, management stated their goals of 8% to 10% in revenue-growth and over 15% in earnings-growth. Analysts’ reviews were mixed on the new targets and the actual growth potential for Nike, so Kimi Ford and her
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Owner’s Investment | This source consist in money injection by the owners AdvantagesThey can help you raise start-up or expansion capital for your business without placing the risk of loss. You can also make a profit that you can re-invest or put aside. A good return on an investment can maximise earning potentialDisadvantageIt is always possible to lose money on any investment you make. Let’s say you invest a certain amount of money into something that value can change or the interest rates might
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industry are these businesses competing in? Nike Inc. and Adidas AG are the two largest and arguably well known sportswear companies in the world. Both companies compete against one another in the numerous industries including the athletic footwear industry. Nike Inc. is in itself the world’s largest athletic footwear supplier, holding an astonishing 50% of a 20 billion dollar global industry (S&P, 2010) and 40% of the US market (IBIS, 2010). Nike powers its massive lead on the market with innovative
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