Telus: The Cost of Capital Telus needs to calculate the cost of capital from the variety of data given. The cost of capital is determined mostly by how the funds are used rather than where they were obtained from. It relies on the risk of investments Telus involves in‚ therefore‚ depending on cost of both equity of debt as described below. Also note that‚ even though the preferred shares are not attractive to issuers and may not get issued again‚ it is still on the company’s balance sheet and affect
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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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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 investment is worth
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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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Case Solution Cost of Capital at Ameritrade | | • Executive summary: Formed in 1971 and listed in March 1997‚ Ameritrade has been one of the most successful players in the deep- discount brokerage sector. Ameritrade’s two major sources of revenue‚ Transaction income (brokerage commissions‚ clearing fees‚ and payment for order flow) and Net interest revenues that were generated from net balance
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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 (on August 31‚ 1997) and the long term historical average annual return (from 1929 1996)
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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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Summary Wanting to add Nike’s share to her portfolio‚ Kimi Ford asked her new assistant‚ Joanna Cohen‚ to estimate Nike’s cost of capital. Cohen‚ later‚ came up with the cost of capital of 8.4% that was contradicted to Ford’s cost of capital of 12%. This report points out flaws of Cohen’s assumption and recalculates the WACC to obtain the most accurate cost of capital. In the cost of equity calculation‚ we will use CAPM‚ the dividend discount model (DDM)‚ and the earnings capitalization model (ECM)
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considerations are measurement issues. Financial measures‚ in particular‚ cost measures‚ are needed to evaluate alternate strategies on whether to introduce a new product or service line‚ to determine the appropriate sale price and the consequent market position for the firm’s product. Question 1) “Contribution” represents the portion of sales revenue that is not consumed by variable costs and so contributes to the coverage of fixed costs. To compute profit contribution that can be earned by carrying 1
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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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