Nike Inc. Case 1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? WACC is weighted average cost of capital‚ which is the expected rate of return on average from all the company’s existing debts and securities. It takes into account all different types of financing in the company’s capital structure. The reason it is important to estimate WACC is because it measures what it costs the firm to take on a project based on its current Debt and Equity mix. When the
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Cost of debt When individuals use the cost of debt‚ they should know the measurement of the interest rate‚ or the yield paid to the bondholders. When analyzing the cost of debt‚ people should know that it ’s an effective rate that businesses are willing to pay on the current debt that they have accrued. The cost of debt is a measurement of the before or after tax returns. Considering the case that individuals can deduct the interest‚ makes the tax after cost more popular than the before tax. A business
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Calculating the break-even point To avoid making a loss every business must at least break-even by achieving a level of sales that covers its total costs. But what level of sales is necessary to break-even? To explore the concept of break-even‚ we need to define some basic terms: Fixed costs: Costs that do not vary with output or sales e.g. managers salaries‚ rent and rates on business premises. Variable costs: Costs that vary with the quantity produced or sold e.g. costs of materials
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UNDERSTANDING BRAND EQUITY ANSWERS TO TEN COMMON BRANDING QUESTIONS Kevin Lane Keller Tuck School of Business Dartmouth College UNDERSTANDING BRAND EQUITY ANSWERS TO TEN COMMON BRANDING QUESTIONS One of the most popular and potentially important marketing topics to arise in the 1980 ’s was the concept of brand equity. The emergence of brand equity‚ however‚ has meant both "good news" and "bad news." The good news is that it has raised the importance of the brand in marketing strategy --
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source of finance‚ internal source (for ex: retained profits‚ sales of existing assets‚ cut down stock level‚ etc) and external sources that can be furthermore divided into three different form‚ either short term (for ex: bank overdraft‚ creditors‚ debt factoring etc)‚ medium term (leasing‚ hire purchase‚ medium term loan‚ etc) or long term (shares‚ debentures‚ long term loan‚ etc). So the business can raise finance in number of ways. It also depends on the nature of business‚ if it is a big organisation
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Debt with Warrants Like a convertible security‚ debt with warrants attached is issued with a feature that allows its holder to purchase a given number of shares at a certain price. Warrants act as a “sweetener” when attached to debt securities. It adds its marketability and lowers its required interest rate. Usually‚ the holders (of warrants) will not exercise their warrants until the market value of the security exceeds the exercise price because they can purchase the said security in a cheaper
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Company Overviews Nike In 1964 in Oregon‚ Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman join together to make a new enterprise; each contributed about $500 to the partnership. The company started bringing low priced and high tech athletic shoes from Japan to replace the German domination of athletic shoes in the industry. In 1971‚ a graphic design student created the Swoosh trademark for a $35 fee. In the same year Jeff Johnson‚ Blue Ribbon Sports ’ first employee‚ made his most durable contribution to the
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PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
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capital. WACC is used to decide if an investment is worth it or not based on the weights of debt and equity. Why WACC is important * To decide what projects to accept or reject. Rate of return should be equal to or greater than company cost of capital * Knowing cost of debt and cost of equity helps a company determine how they should be structured and whether more financing should come from equity or debt I do not agree with Cohen’s calculation for WACC. While some of her calculations
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Shareholder’s Equity Samantha Partida ACC 306 Ashley Harper December 10‚ 2012 Shareholder’s equity‚ also known as stockholder’s equity‚ is essentially the amount of equity directly from stock. The calculation to determine shareholder’s equity is quite simple as outlined further in this paper. In order to figure out where the numbers are located for this figure‚ just look for the shareholder’s equity financial statement. Comprehensive income also plays a role in equity. Shareholder’s equity is also
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