Encana Case Summary
DEFINITION:
The required return necessary to make a capital budgeting project, such as building a new factory, worthwhile. Cost of capital includes the cost of debt and the cost of equity.
SUMMARY
EnCana Corporation is a natural gas and oil producer, with involvement in the Alberta Oil Sands. The company was formed though the integration of two large North American oil and gas explorers and producers, Alberta Energy Company Ltd. and Pan Canadian Energy Corporation. Two managers attending a week-long executive education course are working on an assignment which requires them to estimate the cost of capital for EnCana Corporation, a leading North American oil and gas producer. The two managers disagree about which costs need to be taken into account to complete the assignment. They are not sure about the costs of different sources of capital, the overall cost of capital and the appropriate use of the hurdle rate. …show more content…
Here we will take average of both long term debt and short term debt. • We will be counting the cost of debt after tax because interest expenses are tax exempted.
• We took short term debt & long term debt both because short term is ever needed and long term is required
•
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL (WACC)
Calculation of Wd:
8.125+7.20+7.37+6.5=29.4
29.4/4=7.3
SHORT TERM DEBTS:
1425/8054 (5.25+3.67/2)
1425/8054 (8.92/2)
1425/8054 (4.46)
0.789
LONG TERM
The required return necessary to make a capital budgeting project, such as building a new factory, worthwhile. Cost of capital includes the cost of debt and the cost of equity.
SUMMARY
EnCana Corporation is a natural gas and oil producer, with involvement in the Alberta Oil Sands. The company was formed though the integration of two large North American oil and gas explorers and producers, Alberta Energy Company Ltd. and Pan Canadian Energy Corporation. Two managers attending a week-long executive education course are working on an assignment which requires them to estimate the cost of capital for EnCana Corporation, a leading North American oil and gas producer. The two managers disagree about which costs need to be taken into account to complete the assignment. They are not sure about the costs of different sources of capital, the overall cost of capital and the appropriate use of the hurdle rate. …show more content…
Here we will take average of both long term debt and short term debt. • We will be counting the cost of debt after tax because interest expenses are tax exempted.
• We took short term debt & long term debt both because short term is ever needed and long term is required
•
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL (WACC)
Calculation of Wd:
8.125+7.20+7.37+6.5=29.4
29.4/4=7.3
SHORT TERM DEBTS:
1425/8054 (5.25+3.67/2)
1425/8054 (8.92/2)
1425/8054 (4.46)
0.789
LONG TERM