Financial Analysis: Kohl’s May 6, 2016 WACC Calculation: a) Estimation of Cost of Debt: For the purpose of calculation of cost of debt for the company, we have used the most recent debt issued by the company. Referring to note 2 of the financial statements, we found that during July, 2015, the company issued $650 million of 4.25% notes due in July 2025 and $450 million of 5.55% notes due in July 2045. (Kohl's, 2015) Accordingly, we used the average coupon rate of these two recently issued
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Valoración de Empresas IIND-3402 ------------------------------------------------- JULIO VILLARREAL NAVARRO 2015-10 ------------------------------------------------- ASIST. GRADUADO: RAÚL A. ESCOBAR Nombre | Código | Grupo | Andrés González Pungo | 201124899 | 11 | Luis Camilo Díaz | 201124802 | | Jaime Alberto Ronderos | 201124231 | | Juan Fernando Salazar | 201126734 | | ------------------------------------------------- Abstract:
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Capital (WACC) Components & Recommendations The cost of capital is a crucial measure used in the capital budgeting process and determining what projects are profitable for the firm. The most common method of estimating the cost of capital in firms is the WACC, as it accounts for both debt and equity as sources of financing. This measure focuses on current financial market conditions and hence, ignores irrelevant historical costs. There are two major components to estimating the WACC for a company
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they should use the market rate). Thus using the market rate to calculate CAPM you use the Beta and market risk premium which are both based on the market rate and more accurate. Finally, their company WACC of 9% that they have calculated is incorrect and given the above calculations, their WACC using CAPM would
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1 Marriott Corporation: Cost of Capital Analysis In this paper, I shall attempt to determine the optimal cost of capital for Marriott Corporation using the WACC method and compare it against the cost of capital of a division with the firm to determine the implications of using a “firm wide” cost of capital Cost of Capital for the firm Based on the data given in the case, the beta equity for Marriott Corporation is currently set at 1.11. However, given the changes in the debt component in Marriott’s
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The Guillermo Furniture Store Scenario Susie Smith FIN/571- Corporate Finance September 26, 2011 Danica Djordjevich, Instructor The Guillermo Furniture Store Scenario Guillermo Navallez is the owner of a furniture manufacturing company located near his New Sonora, Mexico home. This company specialized is handcraft products priced at a slight premium for the quality they represent. This scenario presents a challenge from the arrival of new competition from overseas that has entered the
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term government bond + risk premium =8.95 % + 1.10 % = 10.05% 3) Finding cost of equity of the lodging division; Re=Rf + (Rpm)*beta =8.95% + (7.43%) * 1.128 = 17.33% Using spread of S&P 500 and Govt. bond as the premium. 4) WACC for the lodging division; =0.74 * (10.05%) + 0.26 (17.33%) = 11.94% Restaurants Division 1) Finding beta The more comparable business in restaurants industry to the restaurants division of Marriot is Wendy’s International, where levered
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Benchmark) 2.3 WACC estimation Compute WACC WACC = wd rd (1-T) + wps rps + ws rs = (13.3B/64.6B*1.85) + 0 + 51.2B/64.6B* 6.23% = 5.3% Investors use WACC to help decide whether a company represents a good investment opportunity. To some extent, WACC represents the rate at which a company produces value for investors—if a company produces a return of 20% and has a WACC of 11%, then the company creates 9% additional value for investors. If the return is lower than the WACC, the business
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VIPUL PARTI – 27246307 | 12/3/2015 | | Evaluation of Cohen’s Report and Calculation of WACC We do not agree with Cohen’s report about the cost of capital because of the following reasons. * Capital Structure (% equity vs % debt): In calculating the capital structure of Nike Inc., Johanna Cohen has calculated the percentage of equity
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I. Introduction A. Background Boeing, a well-known aerospace company, has been facing a large decision regarding investing money in to producing a new aircraft. Boeing is split into two different primary segments: commercial airplanes and integrated defense systems or in other words, government contracts. Boeing makes commercial airplanes that can be used for both short and long-range flights, while also accepting government defense contracts. Boeing produces and sells six different airplanes
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