Solutions to Chapter 12 The Cost of Capital 1. The yield to maturity for the bonds (since maturity is now 19 years) is the interest rate (r) that is the solution to the following equation: [$80 annuity factor(r‚ 19 years)] + [$1‚000/(1 + r)19] = $1‚050 Using a financial calculator‚ enter: n = 19‚ FV = 1000‚ PV = (-)1050‚ PMT = 90‚ and then compute i = 7.50% Therefore‚ the after-tax cost of debt is: 7.50% (1 – 0.35) = 4.88% 2. r = DIV/P0 = $4/$40 = 0.10 = 10% 3. = [0.3 7.50% (1
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL Book value vs. Market value While calculating the Nike’s cost of capital using both the book value (Exhibit 1.1) and the market value (Exhibit 1.2)‚ I could notice the mistake Cohen made finding the equity value. Cohen used the book value to reflect equity value. Although the book value is an accepted measure to estimate the debt value‚ the equity’s book value is an inaccurate measure of the value perceived by the shareholders. Since Nike is a publicly traded company
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FINAN 6121 – Corporate Finance Cost of Capital – The Walt Disney Company Team Titans B (Doug Horne‚ Shaun Hoggan‚ James Thackeray‚ Jeff Burg) The purpose of this project is to determine the weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for The Walt Disney Company. According to The Walt Disney Company’s Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended September 29‚ 2012‚ “The Walt Disney Company‚ together with its subsidiaries‚ is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in five business
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Group Case 1: Ameritrade – Cost of Capital Executive Summary: As a deep-discount brokerage‚ Ameritrade planned to improve its competitive position by price cutting‚ technology enhancements‚ and increased advertising in mid-1997. Before initiating the plan‚ Ameritrade needed know whether the investment returned more than it cost. We were hired to estimate the cost of capital correctly. The key question is to find suitable comparable firms to estimate Ameritrade’s asset beta‚ since it was a recently-listed
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Marriot Case Brief 1. What is the weighted Average Cost of Capital for Marriot Corporation? WACC for Marriott Corp is 11.89 WACC of divisions: Lodging 10.29‚ Restaurant 13.49‚ Contract Services 13.615 a) What risk-free rate and the risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? We used 8.95% as the risk free rate (LT Government Debt) and the MRP we used was 7.43%‚ which means are expected market return is 8.95+7.43=16.38% b) How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? We added the
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LECTURE 10 COST OF CAPITAL CLASS QUESTIONS 1. Roland Corporation’s last dividend (D0)‚ which was paid yesterday‚ was $2.50. The firm has a constant growth of 18.8%. The firm’s beta coefficient is 1.2. The required return on an average stock in the market is 13 percent‚ and the risk-free rate is 7 percent. Roland’s A-rated bonds are yielding 10 percent‚ its risk premium is 4% and its current stock price is $30. Which of the following values is the most reasonable estimate of Roland’s cost of retained
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Finance 5204 Managing Corporate Capital Investment and Capital Structure Case1 Cost of Capital at Ameritrade By: Elaine Huang Jonathan Hudson Christopher Lenker AMERITRADE DOES NOT HAVE A BETA ESTIMATE AS THE FIRM HAS BEEN PUBLICLY TRADED FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME PERIOD. EXHIBIT 4 PROVIDES VARIOUS CHOICES OF COMPARABLE FIRMS. WHAT COMPARABLE FIRMS DO YOU RECOMMEND AS THE APPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS FOR EVALUATING THE RISK OF AMERITRADE’S PLANNED INVESTMENTS? WHY? We recommend using the following
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1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? WACC- The weighted average cost of capital is the rate (percentage) that a company has to pay to its creditors and shareholders to finance assets. It is the “cost” of their worth. Companies raise money from many different types of securities and loans and the various required returns are what make up the cost of capital. WACC is used to decide if an
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at 22% in the year 1987‚ the sales and earnings per share has doubled over the previous year as stated in the case study. The company operates in three divisions: lodging‚ contract services and restaurants which represents 41%‚ 46% and 13% of sales in 1987 respectively. Marriott is determined to develop and to enhance its position in each division and remain a premier growth company as stated in the annual report (1987). This key objective implies to become the most profitable company‚ be the preferred
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have to be determined. Ameritrade’s managers should also consider what taking on these programs would do to its capital structure. They might have a certain debt to equity ratio they wish to maintain‚ or perhaps there would be covenants put on their contracts requiring them to maintain a certain debt to equity ratio while their loan was outstanding. Ameritrade should use a 6.10% risk free rate when calculating its cost of capital. This is the average of the 20 year bond annualized yield to maturity
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