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    Marriott Cost of Capital

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    1) Executive Summary Marriott needs to calculate hurdle rates which will be used in its investment project selection. The company chooses to use cost of capital as its hurdle rate. Since the company has three business divisions and the cost of capital in each division varies and differs from that of Marriott as a whole‚ each division needs to have its own hurdle rate. The reason behind this practice is the company’s strategy which focuses on growth. Using a single hurdle rate for the whole company

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    Marriott: Cost of Capital

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    Marriott Case Marriott Corporation‚ an American firm‚ has 3 major lines of business: lodging‚ contract service and restaurants. Its growth objective is to remain a premier growth company. The four components of its financial strategy are consistent with this growth objective for the reasons: Manage rather than own hotel assets: Marriott sold its hotel assets to limited partners to reduce assets and thus‚ it can increase ROA and thereby increase potential profitability. Invest in projects

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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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    Marriott’s three divisions and for the firm as a whole. Marriott should find the hurdle rates for its divisions separately because its divisions operate in separate industries and therefore face different business risks. Marriott’s vice president says that increasing the hurdle rate by 1% would decrease the present value of project inflows by 1%. Since finding appropriate hurdle rates is critical to accepting or rejecting projects‚ Marriott should be precise by calculating and using division-specific

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    1. How does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriott has defined a clear financial strategy containing four elements. To determine the cost of capital‚ which also acted as hurdle rate for investment decision‚ cost of capital estimates were generated from each of the three business divisions; lodging‚ contract services and restaurants. Each division estimates its cost of capital based on: Debt Capacity Cost of Debt Cost of Equity All of the above are

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    To : President‚ Marriott Corporation From : FLO299 Subject : Marriott Corporation – The Cost of Capital Date : April 6‚ 2010 The Importance of the Cost of Capital The cost of capital is important as it forms the basis for Marriott’s investing and financial decisions. By understanding and knowing the cost of capitalMarriott is able to select relevant investment projects for the company‚ determine incentive compensation‚ and repurchase undervalued shares when needed. The returns

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    Case 1- Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Some preliminary questions: 1. What do you think about Marriott’s policy of repurchasing shares? Repurchase whenever stock price < warranted equity value Does this mean the market is inefficient? 2. Why does Marriott manage rather than own hotel assets? Finding limited partners on a hotel project is equivalent to selling private equity in the project Is there any reason to

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    Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating

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    Harvard Business School 9-298-101 Rev. March 18‚ 1998 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital In April 1988‚ Dan Cohrs‚ vice president of project finance at the Marriott Corporation‚ was preparing his annual recommendations for the hurdle rates at each of the firm ’s three divisions. Investment projects at Marriott were selected by discounting the appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. In 1987‚ Marriott ’s sales grew by 24% and its return on equity stood at 22%

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    Marriott Case 1. What is the WACC for Marriott Corporation? Cost of Debt Tax Rate We determined this number by taking income taxes paid/EBITDA = 175.9/398.9 = 44.1% Return on debt There are two clear components of debt: fixed and floating. In order to get the fixed debt rate we took the interest rates on fixed-rate government securities and added the premium

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