Marriott Corporation Case Study 1) The Marriott Corporation implemented for key elements into their financial strategy: manage rather than own hotel assets invest in projects that increase shareholder value‚ optimize the use of debt in the capital structure‚ and repurchase undervalued shares 2) Marriott uses WACC to measure the opportunity costs of capital of investments with similar risks. Each division of Marriott has a different cost of capital‚ based on debt capacity‚ debt cost‚ and equity
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Summer Training project Report PROJECT REPORT FOR THE PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ON “Analysis of Indian cement Industry & Financial performance of ACC LTD” IN “ACC CEMENT LIMITED” Submitted to: - Submitted by:SHIVALI KAMAL Semester -III RBS/PGPM/SPR09/006 Course: MBA+PGPM Batch: SPR-09/11 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. 1) 2) 3) 4) Contents Preface Acknowledgement Declaration Executive Summary Page No. 5) (A) (B) (C ) Introduction
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What business is Marriott in? Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? b. How does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? c. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation? • What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? • How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? 1. Are the four components of Marriott ’s financial strategy consistent
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Issue In this assignment‚ we are asked to compute the WACC of Marriott Corporation and each of the company’s three divisions. Our approach is outlined in the next section. We made a series of assumptions regarding either the available data or the missing information. This has been explained below‚ in a separate section. Approach We applied the following formulae to calculate the WACC: Our assumptions are explained in the next section. The table below presents the approach for calculations
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Marriott Corporation: Case Introduction Marriott is renowned for its elegant and comfortable hotels and resorts. The company caters to a targeted customer base‚ ranging from the frequent corporate business traveler to the family enjoying their occasional weekend get-away. Marriott has continued its rise in the lodging‚ contract services‚ and restaurant industries. The company continuously strives to meet the needs and wants of its customers while strategically maneuvering the rigors of today’s competitive
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Organization (Topic 6) A Research and Analysis Project for the BSc. [Hons] in Applied Accounting Name of Student: Andre Adimoolah ACCA Registration # : 1119620 Date: 13th March 2009 Number of Words: 5‚630 Acknowledgement and Thanks: This project would not have existed today if it had not been for the following persons that I would like to thank: ← My family‚ teachers‚ friends‚ and anyone who have contributed to the success of this project. ← The management and staff of Methanol
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MBA 832 (November 10th‚ 2011)Financial Analysis Project | The financial analysis project is worth 15% of your final mark. REQUIRED: Students will operate in teams‚ with two/three students per team. Using the World Wide Web‚ select two/three companies that are approximately the same size and that are in the same industry [e.g.‚ Imperial Oil & Petro-Canada‚ or Sleeman & Big Rock]. The Web site http://www.sedar.com provides a listing of several Canadian companies. It is best to avoid banks
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Marriott cost of capital Objective: 1) Calculate the divisional and the company cost of capital and explain the calculation. 2) Evaluate Marriott’s use of company cost-of-capital rate for the individual divisions. Cost of Capital for Lodging Division can be expressed as CC = We*Ce + Wd*Cd. For the weights of debt and equity (We and Wd)‚ the 1988 target-schedule rates of debt-to-assets and debt-to-equity were used as the only measures available in the case. Cost
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1. Are the four components of Marriott’s Financial Strategy consistent with its growth objective? Marriott’s sales grew up by 24% and its return on equity stood 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
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