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Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Capital Asset Pricing Model capital structure CAPM Cost of Debt Cost of equity country risk premium CRP Leverage WACC Weighted average cost of capital

The weighted average cost of capital (“WACC”) is the rate of return that investors expect from investing in a given company instead of other companies with similar risk125. The WACC can be calculated by determining its three components: the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of equity and the company’s target capital structure126.

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Valuation Methods: The Valuation Process

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The Valuation Process Definitions of value Several value definitions serve as the foundation for the variety of valuation models available to the comparison of equity valuation methods, such as intrinsic value, going-concern value, liquidation value, and fair value. Intrinsic Value The intrinsic value of any asset is the value of the asset given a hypothetically complete understanding of the asset’s investment characteristics. The intrinsic value suggests that an asset’s market price is the best available estimate of its intrinsic value. Going-Concern Value and Liquidation Value In estimating value, a going- concern assumption is the assumption that the company will continue...

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Why? Financial & Management Accounting

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Financial accounting statements are prepared for the benefit of those outside the company.

WHY?

Are you profitable?

Do you collect your “net profit”?

What are you worth?

Do you collect your “net worth”?

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Cost Volume Profit Analysis / Break Even Analysis (Part 2)

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Cost Volume Profit Analysis (CVP) / Break Even Analysis (Part 1)

Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis

Managers must make decisions about sales volume, pricing and costs and are concerned about the impact of their decisions on profit. Therefore, they need to understand the relations among revenues, costs, volume and profit. Cost-volume-profit, or CVP, analysis provides managers with information for decision making.

What is CVP?

CVP analysis explores the relationship between sales revenue, cost and their effect on profits. Also known as Break-even analysis

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