Financial Management Case - Boeing 7E7 1. Background 1.1 General introduction of Boeing Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. Boeing is organized into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. According to Boeing’s 2002 Annual Report, the revenues split between its commercial airplanes division and its integrated defense systems division is about 50/50
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such resources and capital, the company has to oversee so many opportunities and ventures. Presently the company is at odds over whether they should use a company wide cut off rate based on the overall weighted average cost of capital or if Pioneer should use multiple rates that reflect risk-profit characteristics of the several businesses or economic sectors. At first we must decide if the methodology used in computing the company’s overall weighted average cost of capital is just. Second, we
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The Weighted Average Cost of Capital Cost of Capital – the cost that a firm must pay for the capital it uses to finance new investments and investment projects. Capital comes from: 1) Debt 2) Preferred stock 3) Retained earnings 4) Common stock Alternatively: Cost of Capital to the firm is the equilibrium rate of return demanded by investors in the capital markets for securities in that risk class. So, it is the minimum rate of return required
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years, Harry Davis Industries has been too constrained by the high cost of capital to make many capital investments. Recently, though, capital costs have been declining, and the company has decided to look seriously at a major expansion program that had been proposed by the marketing department. Assume that you are an assistant to Leigh Jones, the financial vice-president. Your first task is to estimate Harry Davis’ cost of capital. Jones has provided you with the following data, which she believes
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A Tutorial on Discounted Cash Flow, Fall 2015 Notes prepared by John Tsagarelis, jtsagare@uwo.ca DRAFT: Comments, Suggestions Welcome 9/20/2015 Preamble As we walk through life we develop mental maps of situational settings. These are not sight patterns, but rather decision patterns among choices available to us in any given circumstance. For example, we take familiar roads to our summer cottage or accept return-on-equity is an unbiased stock return predictor. Once we form a map, it is
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Estimation 4 Cost of Equity, Cost of Debt, WACC Calculation 5 Discounted Cash Flows and Company Evaluation 5 6. Sensitivity Analysis 6 7. Final Recommendations 6 8. Appendix 7 Appendix 1: Historical Free Cash Flow Analysis 7 Appendix 2: Historical Free Cash Flow Analysis 8 Appendix 3: Growth Estimations 9 Appendix 4: 2012 Operating Expense Growth Estimation 10 Appendix 5: Income Taxes 11 Appendix 6 11 Working Capital, Depreciation and Amortization, Capital Expenditure Estimation
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last few years, Harry Davis Industries has been too constrained by the high cost of capital to make many capital investments. Recently, though, capital costs have been declining, and the company has decided to look seriously at a major expansion program proposed by the marketing department. Assume that you are an assistant to Leigh Jones, the financial vice president. Your first task is to estimate Harry Davis’s cost of capital. Jones has provided you with the following data, which she believes may
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companies to acquire economies of scale led executives to conclude that in the future, only a few large network providers would survive in the industry. The company believes that the only way to achieve customer growth amidst the rapid increase in costs to acquire new customers and high penetration rates in video and internet is through additional acquisitions. Currently, ACC is considering the idea of buying out AirThread Connections, one of the largest wireless companies in the United States. The
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the company the opportunity for further investment with the aim of establishing its brand globally and expanding its geographic outreach. As a publicly traded company, Rosetta Stone will receive more exposure to both national and the international capital markets, creating the opportunity to reach more investors. For example, the planned stock market listing would allow institutional customers, who currently represent 20% of Rosetta Stone’s customer base, to buy shares. Another important advantage
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WEEK 3 Homework * * * What is the relationship between a firm’s life cycle stage and its ability to accurately forecast sales? Why is this the case, and how do capital suppliers respond? Why is so much emphasis placed on forecasting sales and cash balances in building proformas and projections? * * * Professor, class, * * There is a tight relationship between a firm's life cycle stage and its ability to accurately forecast sales. The earlier a venture is at its
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