Weighted Average Cost of Capital: Home Depot‚ Inc. Second Project FIN515 – Managerial Finance Instructor: Prof. David Eichenholtz Group: John Okogeri Fiona Harrison-Butts Haider Chaudhry Mia O’Blenis Christopher Cardenas Date: April 5‚ 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 company profile 3 WACC calculation 4 explanation of calculation/results 5 Limiting factors 5 Conclusion 6 references 7 Weighted Cost of Capital: Home Depot‚ Inc. Introduction The purpose of this project
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addressing the following issues. Please include the Excel sheets to support your answers. 1. How are Mortensen’s estimates of Midland’s cost of capital used? How‚ if at all‚ should these anticipated uses affect the calculations? Janet Mortensen‚ Senior Vice President of project finance for Midland Energy Resources has calculated yearly annual cost of capital investments for Midland and each of its three divisions. The three divisions consist of oil and gas Exploration and Production (E&P)
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Case Study: Marriott Corporation The Cost of Capital Teresa Cortez Keith Gemmell Brandon Papsidero Robin Reschke October 28‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? ..................................
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financed by its debt or by its equity. The Weighted Average Cost of Capital is the average costs of these sources of financing‚ each of which is weighted by its respective use in the given situation. By taking the weighted average‚ we can see how much interest the company has to pay for every dollar it finances. Basically‚ the WACC is the minimum required return that the company must earn to satisfy its creditors‚ owners‚ and other providers of capital‚ or they will invest in another company that
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smallest. The capital spending in R&M would remain stable and in petrochemicals was expected to grow. The four primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy are to fund substantial overseas growth‚ invest in value-creating projects‚ optimize its capital structure‚ and repurchase undervalued shares. Janet Mortensen‚ the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources‚ has been involved in estimating the cost of capital of the company. She calculated the weighted average cost of capital
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Petroleum Corporation. It will analyze the financial summary of Pioneer from 1983 to 1990 as well as the U.S. capital markets from 1980 to 1990. It will present correct calculations of the overall corporate weighted average cost of capital‚ and will discuss the constant growth dividend valuation model and capital asset pricing model. This paper will choose either the single corporate cost of capital or multiple divisional hurdle rates in evaluating projects and allocating investment funds among divisions
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THIS PART 11 12 13 The Cost of Capital Leverage and Capital Structure Dividend Policy INTEGRATIVE CASE 4 O’GRADY APPAREL COMPANY CHAPTER 11 The Cost of Capital INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCES Overview This chapter introduces the student to an important financial concept‚ the cost of capital. The mechanics of computing the sources of capital-debt‚ preferred stock‚ common stock‚ and retained earnings are reviewed. The relationship between the cost of capital and both the firm’s financing
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Target Capital Structure The target (optimal) capital structure is simply defined as the mix of debt‚ preferred stock and common equity that will optimize the company’s stock price. As a company raises new capital it will focus on maintaining this target (optimal) capital structure. Look Out! It is important to note is that while the target structure is the capital structure that will optimize the company\’s stock price‚ it is also the capital structure that minimizes the company\’s weighted-average
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Solution to Case 04 Determining the Cost of Capital Can One Size Fit All? Questions: 1. Why do you think Larry Stone wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate? Is it justifiable to use the firm’s weighted average cost of capital as the divisional cost of capital? Please explain. Larry wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate because it would provide him with a yardstick with which to measure the feasibility of future investment proposals. The firm had thus far been using a ‘gut feel’ approach
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never paid a dividend. Its current free cash flow of $400‚000 is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. The weighted average cost of capital is WACC = 12%. Calculate EMC’s value of operations. (13-3) Horizon Value Current and projected free cash flows for Radell Global Operations are shown below. Growth is expected to be constant after 2012‚ and the weighted average cost of capital is 11%. What is the horizon (continuing) value at 2012? | Actual | Projected | | 2010 | 2011 | 2012
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