I. Introduction Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager for the mutual-fund management group NorthPoint‚ was reviewing the financials of Nike Inc. to consider buying shares for the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund that she managed. A week prior‚ Nike Inc. held an analysts’ meeting to share their 2001 fiscal results and develop a strategy to revitalize the company. II. Background of Firm Nike’s revenues since 1997 had grown from $9 billion‚ while net income had fallen $220 million. A study written by Douglas
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management firm. In July 2001‚ Ford considered buying shares of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the well-known athletic shoe manufacturer. It would be prudent of Ford to base her assessment on Nike’s financial reports for 2001. Around the same time‚ Nike held an analysts’ meeting to disclose those financial results. They also addressed ways to revitalize the company‚ since share price was beginning to decline and revenues had plateaued at around $9 billion. Although Nike projected a rosy future‚ many analysts had mixed reactions
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1. Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is used to determine the average cost of financing a company. Companies are funded using both debt and equity and both require varying rates of return. WACC allows you to put a “weight” on the different types of financing and their differing rates to get a total cost of capital. Team 12 does not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because we feel she took some liberties in her numbers‚ the most notable being that of equity. Ms. Cohen used book
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Nike Inc.: Cost of Capital The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the overall required rate of return on a firm as a whole. It is important to calculate a firm’s cost of capital in order to determine the feasibility of a particular investment for a firm. I do not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. She calculated value of equity‚ value of debt‚ cost of equity‚ and cost of debt all incorrectly. For value of equity‚ Joanna simply used the number stated on the balance sheet instead
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Introduction Kimi Ford is a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm. She is evaluating Nike‚ Inc. (“Nike”) to potentially buy shares of their stock for the fund she manages‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. This fund mostly invests in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. This Fund has performed well over the last 18 months despite the decline in the stock market. Ford has done a significant amount of research through analysts’ reports
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Cost Allocations & Activity Based Costing (ABC) Abstract The cost allocation is a process of assigning costs to different activities. There is several methodology of cost allocation. The cost driver allocates costs into different activities and locations. Health organizations use different allocation methods according to their needs to attain organization and profitability. The purpose of allocation is to make the understanding
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Manufacturing Overhead Name Institution Manufacturing Overhead Manufacturing overhead costs play a vital role in determining final cost of the product. Manufacturing overhead represents all the costs that the company incurs indirectly and not related to the cost of direct labor‚ direct materials or direct cost of machines (Donald‚ 2010). In short‚ companies are not able to trace these costs to individual items during the manufacturing process. Examples of overhead costs
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2008 Mr. Burns called for a formal analysis of the company’s options with regard to business opportunities. Location was the first issue considered in the analysis. Greetings stores are located in high-traffic malls where rental costs are high. The additional rental cost was justified‚ however‚ by the revenue that resulted from these highly visible locations. In recent years‚ though‚ the intense competition from other stores in the mall selling similar merchandise has become a disadvantage of the
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1. A company uses a predetermined overhead recovery rate based on machine hours. Budgeted factory overhead for a year amounted to £720 000‚ but actual factory overhead incurred was £738 000. During the year‚ the company absorbed £714 000 of factory overhead on 119 000 actual machine hours. What was the company’s budgeted level of machine hours for the year? A 116098 B 119000
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Manufacturing overhead (also known as factory overhead‚ factory burden‚ production overhead) involves a company’s factory operations. It includes the costs incurred in the factory other than the costs of direct materials and direct labor. This is the reason that manufacturing overhead is often classified as an indirect product cost. Generally accepted accounting principles require that cost of direct material cost‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead be considered as the cost of products for
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