Strident Marks: Calculate cost of capital, IRR, WACC, MCC.
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You are a financial analyst in the finance division of Strident Marks, a manufacturer of athletic equipment and apparel, which has recently gone through the initial public offering (IPO) process and has become a public company. Strident Marks has annual sales revenue of approximately $50 million and makes seven unique and distinct products (which serve seven different markets). Each product is represented by its own division within the company and has its own group of sales, marketing, and manufacturing personnel. Some departments, including human resources and the finance division, support the entire organization. Operations consist of a single headquarters and production (manufacturing) center.
In your role as financial analyst you are responsible for compiling and reporting on budget / forecast data, for assisting your investor relations department, and for assessing and valuing new business opportunities (which will ultimately be presented to upper management). You report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and have the use of the accounting department's staff accountants to assist you with your budget / forecast responsibilities.
You have been informed by the CFO that Strident Marks will be aggressively pursuing new business opportunities, which may include expansion through acquisition and the development and implementation of new products. As a publicly traded company, Strident Marks is scrutinized by bankers and investors as never before. In fulfilling your responsibilities you must keep this in mind, and you must instill a new sense of financial discipline in the organization.
What does a company's cost of capital represent and how is it calculated? How do market rates and the company's perceived market risk impact its cost of capital, and how does the company's debt to equity mix impact this cost of capital? Using the information provided, develop a spreadsheet to calculate weighted average cost (WAC) and marginal weighted average cost (MCC) of capital for Strident Marks?
You have developed the following table concerning the cost of capital sources for Strident Marks:
Source of capital
After tax cost
Long term debt
6%
Preferred stock
18%
Common stock equity
20%
Strident Marks capital structure weights used to calculate its WACC are:
Source of Capital After Tax Cost Amount Available After tax cost, After Break Point
Long-term debt 6% 200,000 12%
Preferred stock 18% 100,000 25%
Common stock equity 20% 200,000 40%
The future investment opportunities and the corresponding Internal Rate of Return (IRR) follow. As a result of operating its business operations profitably, Strident Marks has $1,000,000 to invest. Considering Strident Marks' weighted average cost of capital and MCC, rank the investment opportunities and indicate which ones would be accepted, which (if any) would be rejected and why.
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What does a company's cost of capital represent and how is it calculated? How do market rates and the company's perceived market risk impact its cost of capital, and how does the company's debt to equity mix impact this cost of capital? Using the information provided, develop a spreadsheet to calculate weighted average cost (WAC) and marginal weighted average cost (MCC) of capital for Strident Marks?
You have developed the following table concerning the cost of capital sources for Strident Marks:
Source of capital After tax cost
Long term debt 6%
Preferred stock 18%
Common stock equity 20%
Strident Marks capital structure weights used to calculate its WACC are:
Source of Capital After Tax Cost Amount Available After tax cost, After Break Point
Long-term debt 6% 200,000 12%
Preferred stock 18% 100,000 25%
Common stock equity 20% 200,000 40%
The future investment opportunities and the corresponding Internal Rate of Return (IRR) follow. As a result of operating its business operations profitably, Strident Marks has $1,000,000 to invest. Considering Strident Marks' weighted average cost of capital and MCC, rank the investment opportunities and indicate which ones would be accepted, which (if any) would be rejected and why.
Investment Opportunity IRR Initial Investment
A 20% $300,000
B 16% $350,000
C 23% $300,000
D 15% $450,000
E 24% $250,000
F 14% $400,000
G 22% $200,000
H 18% $150,000
I 17% $100,000
What does a company's cost of capital represent and how is it calculated? How do market rates and the company's perceived market risk impact its cost of capital, and how does the company's debt to equity mix impact this cost of capital? Using the information provided, develop a spreadsheet to calculate weighted average cost (WAC) and marginal weighted average cost (MCC) of capital for Strident Marks?
A firm's long-term success depends upon the firm's investments earning a sufficient rate of return. This sufficient or minimum rate of return necessary for a firm to succeed is called the cost of capital.
The cost of capital can also be viewed as the minimum rate of return required keeping investors satisfied. Thus it is used to know the rate of return expected by the investors. Thus cost of capital is used to evaluate the project. It is also know as discount rate.
We measure marginal cost of capital because we want to measure the cost of new capital used to finance new investments.
Thus it is the relevant cost in the investment decisions is the future cost or the marginal cost.
Marginal cost is the new or the incremental cost that the firm incurs if it were to raise capital now, or in the near ...
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