Wrigley’s WACC before recapitalization is 10.9%. Since the WACC is same as cost of equity. After raising $3 billion debt for pay dividend or share repurchase, it would change the Wrigley’s capital structure. The recapitalized WACC is 10.91%, which does not change. In general, the WACC would decrease after raise up large debt and the firm value would increase. In Wrigley’s case, the re-leveraged beta increased from 0.78 to 0.85 and debt ratios increased from 0 to 20.9%, which make the firm value stay
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and to evaluate performance. The firm was split between wanting to change to a risk adjusted hurdle rate and keeping the current policy. The current policy was to use a constant hurdle rate of 9.30% for all projects and that rate was based on the WACC for the corporation as a whole. So this lead me to a series of questions. What is the hurdle rate? How did Teletech apply it? What are the pros and cons of risk adjusted hurdle rates? What are the risked adjusted rates? What should Teletech do in response
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levered CAPM betas to compute the cost of equity and the weighted average cost of capital for Microsoft at different debt levels. This study shows the impact of increasing financial leverage on WACC. As financial leverage increases, the WACC decreases until the optimal debt ratio is reached, after which, the WACC begins to rise. At this debt ratio, the value of Microsoft will be maximized. Our results indicate the optimal debt ratio for Microsoft is 37.5 percent. Introduction One of the most difficult
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comment critically on the following: 1- Do you agree with the way the company computes its weighted average cost of capital. Why or why not? Be specific? How would you compute the WACC? Use RF= 8.08%, Beta of equity for Pioneer = 0.8 and RM-RF = 7% I disagree with the way the company computes it’s WACC. They are assuming a cost of equity based on the current earnings yield on the stock to raise new equity. This does not make sense as the share price can fluctuate and vary based on multiple
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specialized financial and contractual arrangements similar to project financing, all of which are valued in dollars. Value-creating Investments: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methods, involving debt-free cash flows and a hurdle rate equal to or derived from the WACC for the project of division, are typically used to evaluate most prospective investment, yet for overseas projects are evaluated as streams of future equity cash flows and discounted as a rate based on the cost of equity. Optimize Capital Structure:
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for capital employed. Issues: Did Pioneer compute WACC correctly and if not what did they do wrong? Compute your own. How should the company determine a minimum rate of return: by (1) a single cutoff rate based on the company's overall WACC or (2) a system of multiple cutoff rates that reflect the risk-profit characteristics of the several businesses? Analysis: Pioneer Petroleum Corporation did not calculate the WACC correctly. Starting with the cost of debt, the formula is
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M&A proposals, stock repurchase decision, and performance assessment. II. Brief Explanation: cost of capital, WACC, and CAPM. Cost of capital: the cost of corporate`s fund, including debt and equity. It is the minimum return rate that shareholders, investors, and lenders expect to compensate their risks. It is also the minimum profit that corporate tends to generate. WACC: weighted average cost of capital. It is a way to calculate cost of capital based on company`s financial structure. It
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Choco Huang, Ariel Chou, Matt Krieger In this report we analyzed Cohen’s approach in calculating WACC. After observing how Cohen derived his figures we came up with our own WACC, terminal value, and EPS. Cohen broke down his calculations into five parts 1) Single or Multiple Costs of Capital 2) Proportion of capital from debt and equity 3) Cost of Debt 4) Cost of Equity 5) WACC In part one; we disagreed with Cohen where he decided to value the company as a whole instead of
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shares in order to determine the overall weighted average cost of capital (WACC) within the company. What is WACC? Weighted average cost of Capital is defined as a calculation of a firm’s cost of capital in which each category of capital is properly weighted. All capital resources are used in determining this cost which includes common stock, preferred stock, bonds and any other long term debt. Calculating overall WACC. Use of short and Long term debt When calculating the cost of debt
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BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT MIDLAND ENERGY RESOURCES Midland Energy Resources was a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. It had been incorporated more than 120 years and had more than 80,000 employees in 2007. Its consolidated operating revenue, operating income and total assets were $248.5 billion, $42.2 billion and $262.4 billion respectively in 2006. Midland’s E&P division operated in all parts of
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