1 Marriott Corporation: Cost of Capital Analysis In this paper, I shall attempt to determine the optimal cost of capital for Marriott Corporation using the WACC method and compare it against the cost of capital of a division with the firm to determine the implications of using a “firm wide” cost of capital Cost of Capital for the firm Based on the data given in the case, the beta equity for Marriott Corporation is currently set at 1.11. However, given the changes in the debt component in Marriott’s
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Marriott Corporation - The Cost of Capital (Abridged) The Marriott Corporation is comprised of three major lines of businesses, lodging, restaurants and contract services. In order to decide which projects to take on in these divisions, each year a hurdle rate must be set which they use to discount a project’s cash flow to see if it will be profitable enough. We will conduct an analysis to calculate the hurdle rate for Marriott as a whole and for each division. We will use WACC as the hurdle rate
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------------------------------------------------- Abstract: Marriot Corporation is an American company founded in 1927. It started as a beer stand, but after 60 years of continual growth, became one of the leading lodging and food service companies in the US. In 1987 the total sales of the company reached 6,500 billion dollars. Nowadays, the corporation’s operation includes nearly 361 hotels, provides food and services management to important institutions and corporations around the world, and owns important restaurant
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Harvard Business School 9-282-042 Rev. September 15, 1986 Marriott Corporation The idea of repurchasing shares was no stranger to Bill Marriott by January 1980. Almost five million shares of common stock had been repurchased on the open market by Marriott Corporation during 1979 at a total cost of $74 million and an average price of $15.16 in the belief that they were undervalued—a belief that still was not fully reflected in the market price. At $19 5/8, the stock was selling at only
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preferred employer, preferred provider and the most profitable company, which means Marriott intend to outperform the average market. Considering the above information, Marriott’s financial strategies are consistent with its growth objective. To be more specific, firstly, Marriott actively manages hotel assets using syndication method with a fully integrated development process rather than passively own it. For example, Marriott developed more than $1 billion worth of hotel properties, making it one of
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Analysis of Marriott Corporation’s ‘Project Chariot’ Introduction In the spring of 1992, J.W. Marriott Jr., Marriott Corporation’s Chairman and CEO, must decide whether to recommend a proposal to the Board of Directors for a complete restructuring of the firm due to financial distress and a hefty current debt burden. While restructuring seems promising to executives, there are serious ethical considerations at hand regarding the fiduciary duty of management to both shareholders and debtholders
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| Marriott Corporation | Case Study – Write Up | Hitesh Gupta & Swapnil Deshpande 2-5-2015 | Q1 what is overall WACC for Marriott Corporation? Ans :- For calculating WACC we need cost of equity for the firm(ke) ,cost of debt(kd) capital structure of the firm and tax rate (t). To calculate cost of debt we chose the long term interest rate on U.S. government bond and added debt rate premium (From Table A debt premium = 1.3%) for Marriott Corporation to it. We chose long term US
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#1 Marriott Corporation Memo (required): The Marriott case will be discussed in class on Mar. 2. Prepare, in groups of no more than three students, a 2-page memo answering the questions below. The memo is to be submitted to the records office by 12 noon on Mar. 2. Groups should submit only one memo. Please retain a copy of your memo for purposes of class discussion. The following are some further guidelines: 1. The case provides a formula for the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) that
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Marriot Corporation: The Cost of Capital The University of Hong Kong Group 5 January 29, 2016 GUO Weizuo, Aurora 3035235642 guoweizuo2014@163.com HE Fei, Vincent 3035236608 vincenthefei@gmail.com LI Yao, Steve 3035159109 liyao@connect.hku.hk LOU Chaoyue, Laura 3035236414 lauralou@hku.hk Catalog 1. Four components of Marriott’s financial strategies consistent with its growth objective ............... 1 2. The weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation
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Assignment Source Document: HBS case- Marriott Corporation: cost of capital Prepare a case discussion report. The report must at least address the following issues 1. Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? Marriot has following four financial strategy components * Manage rather than own hotel assets. * Invest in projects that increase shareholders values * Optimize the use of debt in the capital structure * Repurchased undervalued
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