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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UV0010 NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings included ExxonMobil
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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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Case Study of Cost of Capital at Ameritrade 1-a How can the CAPM be used to estimate the cost of capital for a real business investment decision? CAPM results can be compared to the best expected rate of return that investor can possibly earn in other investments with similar risks‚ which is the cost of capital. Under the CAPM‚ the market portfolio is a well-diversified‚ efficient portfolio representing the non-diversifiable risk in the economy. Therefore‚ investments have similar risk if they
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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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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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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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Lex Service PLC--- Cost of Capital In 1928 Lex Garages Limited‚ at the time of public incorporation‚ had single garage in London.After 60 years‚ Lex Service PLC became a leading company in automotive distribution and leasing in the United Kingdom. In late 1950‚ Lex obtained from Volvo Car Corporation the exclusive franchise to import and distribute Volvo cars in the United Kingdom that ended in1992 four years before the scheduled termination date. This news dropped the share price of Lexto 30%.
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| Table of Contents Cost of Capital 2 Value of Equity 2 Cost of Equity 2 CAPM Model 2 Dividend Growth Model 3 Value of Debt 3 Cost of Debt 4 WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) 4 Comparison to Joanna Cohen’s Analysis 4 Financial Statement Analysis 5 Nike Inc. 5 Financial Ratios 6 Leverage Ratios 6 Efficiency Ratios 6 Liquidity Ratios 7 Profitability Ratios 7 Valuation Ratios 7 Conclusion 8 Appendix A – Ratio Calculation 9 Leverage Ratios 9 Efficiency Ratios 9 Liquidity Ratios
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Toyota Cost of Capital Case: General Methodology We used the following framework to do the calculations for all the companies. Afterwards we will discuss their implications: To estimate the cost of equity (RE) we used the following CAPM model: RE = RF + βE (RM-RF) whereby‚ Market Premium = RM – RF = 6% (Given in case) RM = Return for S & P 500 (a market return that takes into account systematic risk associated with the market place where our company is traded‚ NYSE) Risk Free Rate
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