Chapter 910 The Cost of Capital ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 910-1 a. The weighted average cost of capital, WACC, is the weighted average of the after-tax component costs of capital—-debt, preferred stock, and common equity. Each weighting factor is the proportion of that type of capital in the optimal, or target, capital structure. The after-tax cost of debt, rd(1 - T), is the relevant cost to the firm of new debt financing. Since interest is deductible from taxable income
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Case Analysis of Nike, Inc.: Cost of Capital (CON) Cost of Equity The cost of equity is comprised the cost of preferred stock and common stock. In this case, I am willing to focus on the cost of common stock because Nike did not pay any dividend after June 30, 2001(see Exhibit 4). The cost of common stock is the return needed on the stock by shareholders in which investors discount the expected dividends of the firm to ascertain its share price. To perceive this definition, let me bring
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$42.2 billion. The company has been in business for over 120 years and employed more than 80,000 individuals. Janet Mortensen, the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources, has been asked to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole, as well as each of its three divisions as part of an annual budgeting process. Midland’s Three Divisions: Exploration & Production Oil exploration and production (E&P) is Midland’s most profitable business
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$42.2 billion. The company has been in business for over 120 years and employed more than 80,000 individuals. Janet Mortensen, the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources, has been asked to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole, as well as each of its three divisions as part of an annual budgeting process. Midland’s Three Divisions: Exploration & Production Oil exploration and production (E&P) is Midland’s most profitable
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chemicals, plastics, and real estate development concentrating in gas, oil, petrochemicals, and coal. In 1990, PP improved their coker and sulfur recovery facility to make their refining process more efficient and in turn has become one of the lowest cost refiners on the West Coast. Due to the refining process PP’s gasolines are among the most cleanest-burning in the industry. PP’s is also the producer of one-third of the world’s supply of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), which is a chemical used
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(Based on the “Summary Data” from Sample Quarter 1) What is the market value of the capital raised by debt? (for debt, book value approx = market value) Short-term Loans Maturing $ 0 Intermediate Term Debt Maturing $1,850,000 Current Liabilities Bond Maturing $1,200,000 Intermediate Loans 2 year $ 937,500 3 year $ 0 Long Term Liabilities Bonds $1,200,000 Total Capital Raised by Debt $5,187,500 What is the market value of the equity? Multiply
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INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AF335: Investments Table of Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………....3 2. Equity Analysis………………………………………………………………………..3 3. Recommendation……………………………………………………………………....6 4. JLG Equity Analysis Template………………………………………………………7 5. Value Line Report……………………………………………………………………12 INTRODUCTION PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks, foods, and beverages, with revenues of more than $39 billion and over 185,000 employees. PepsiCo owns some of the world's
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limited liability. The corporation will continue even if the owners are no longer part of it in order words it means unlimited life. Some of the disadvantages of a Corporation are they need to maintain more records than other business entities. The cost for running a Corporation is high and there's a double taxation. It is more time consuming. C. How do corporations go public and continue to grow? What are agency problems? What is
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AES Case study approach Cost of Capital for Lal Pir Project Levered Beta Cost of Equity Calculation Cost of Debt Calculation Weighted Average Cost of Capital Calculation Discount Rate Calculation Calculating the Range of Discount Rates for AES Cost of Equity Calculation Cost of Debt Calculation Weighted Average Cost of Capital Calculation Discount Rate Calculation If the project was in USA, PV of Cash Flows Project Value* Abstract: AES has been using a single discount
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financial instrument and determining the capital cost for each of these instruments is intertwined. Similar factors are involved in both calculations. Issues surrounding estimating the future cost of capital and placing a value on a financial instrument are similar too. A WACC formula makes it clear that the problem of discount rate determination can be separated in the problem of determining the financial weights and the problem of determining the segment cost of capital (e.viaminvest.com). A company’s assets
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