Capital Budgeting Case Egret Printing & Publishing Company Instructor: Mr. Sabin Bikram Panta Submitted By: Group 3 Shivshankar Yadav (12336) 9/3/2012 Theory and Case Background: The term capital budgeting refers to the process of decision making by which firms evaluate the purchase of major fixed assets‚ including building‚ machineries‚ and equipment. Capital budgeting describes the firm’s formal planning process for the acquisition and investment of capital and results in capital
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Introduction of Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting is the process of identifying‚ analyzing and selecting investment project by a firm which the project expected will generate cash flows over one year. Each potential investment’s value will be estimated by using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuation in order to find its Net Present Value (NPV). All the incremental cash flows from the investment required estimating the size and timing by using this valuation. The NPV will influence by the discount
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Cost of Capital Definition: cost of capital is the rate of return that a company must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. The cost of capital to a company is the minimum rate of return that is must earn on its investments in order to satisfy the various categories of investors‚ who have made investments in the form of shares ‚ debentures and loans. The cost of capital in operational terms refers to the discount rate that would be used in determining the
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Chapter 7 Budgeting and Cost Estimation Copyright 2009 John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Low Bids If you are bidding on a project‚ do you want your bid to be as low as possible and still make a profit? Accept Low Bid If you are accepting bids on a project‚ do you want to accept the lowest bid? Budgeting A plan for allocating scarce resources to the various endeavors of an organization A budget implies constraints Thus‚ it implies that managers will not get everything they
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CHAPTER 11: THE COST OF CAPITAL LEARNING GOALS: 1. Understand the key assumptions‚ the basic concept and the specific sources of capital associated with the cost of capital. 2. Determine the cost of long-term debt and the cost of preferred stock. 3. Calculate the cost of common stock equity and convert it into the cost of retained earnings and the cost of new issues of common stock. 4. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and discuss alternative weighing schemes
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product lines‚ new equipment and other assets‚ managers must know the cost of obtaining funds to acquire these assets. The cost associated with different sources of funds is called the cost of capital. . If the business earns more than its cost of capital‚ the market value of the business will increase. Likewise‚ if returns on long-term investments are below the cost of capital‚ market values will decline. Therefore‚ how we manage capital is extremely important to fulfilling the basic objective of increased
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Questions Case #5 – Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital 1. Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? 2. How does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? 3. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation? a. What risk free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? b. How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? 4. If Marriott used a single corporate
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The Cost of Capital for Goff Computer‚ Inc. Rahul Parikh BUS650: Managerial Finance (MAH1209A) Dr Charles Smith March 18‚ 2012. The Cost of Capital for Goff Computer‚ Inc.: 1. Most publicly traded corporations are required to submit 10Q (quarterly) and 10K (annual) reports to the SEC detailing their financial operations over the previous quarter or year‚ respectively. These corporate fillings are available on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Go to the SEC Web site‚ follow the “Search for
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Case 3: Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES Question 1 Explain and comment on the capital budgeting method used historically by AES. Is there a need for change? Explain. Question 2 If Venerus implements the suggested methodology‚ what will be the adjusted discount rate for the Red Oak project (USA) and the Lal Plr project (Pakistan)? Question 3 Calculate the effect that a revision of its cost of capital will have on the Lal Plr project’s NPV. Comment on the
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Sunday‚ March 15‚ 2009 COST OF CAPITAL AT AES Evaluating the Historical Capital Budgeting Method Currently AES employs Project Finance Framework. Project finance tends to be used in projects with tangible assets with predictable cash flows in which construction and operating targets can be easily established through explicit contract. The key to AES projects financing lies with the precise forecasting of cash flows. In effect‚ the possibility of estimating cash flows with an acceptable
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