Hurdle

Currently Teletech Corporation uses 9.30% as their hurdle rate and satisfied with the intellectual relevance of a hurdle rate as an expression of the opportunity cost of money by the managers. As a result the firm’s share prices are inactive. Their price-to-earnings ratio is also below investor’s expectation in comparison to the company’s risk. The relationship between risk and return is important to take into consideration. The constant hurdle rate results in a flat line and doesn’t correlate risk

Statement of Problem Teletech Corporation’s CFO, Margaret Weston needs to decide three things. (1) What are the appropriate hurdle rates for each segment of their business? (2) Is the Products and Systems segment underperforming? And (3) How should Teletech respond to the raider Victor Yossarian? Facts and Assumptions Teletech Corporation has two distinct business segments, the more established Telecommunications Services segment, and the recently added Products and Systems segment. These two

Case Study 3: Estimating the Cost of Capital 1. Currently Teletech Corporation (TC) uses a single hurdle rate for both their Telecommunications Services (TS) and Products and Services (P&S) divisions. This hurdle rate obtained by an estimate of TC Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), which is calculated at 9.3%. When analyzing critically at this point, TS is underperforming with a return on capital (ROC) of 9.1%, whereas, P&S segment is well over the required rate of return as it is gaining

The Teletech Corporation is currently using a single, constant, hurdle rate for their two different segments, which are, telecommunications services and products and systems divisions. Based on the estimate of corporation’s WACC, the hurdle rate is the cost of capital. Using the data in Exhibit 1, we have calculated the WACC for the telecommunications services segment and the products and systems segment of Teletech. The WACC for Telecommunications Services is 8.47%, while it is 11.30% for Products

discuss the overall information about TeleTech when the organization started until the current state of the company. Founded in 1982, TeleTech has had problems with misusing its resources and not earning an adequate return, the main issue is about the hurdle rate when evaluating performances, and setting the annual capital budget. Benefits and compensation of the organization will be discussed.   TeleTech Holdings Corporation TeleTech Holdings Corporations (TeleTech) is a global provider of customer

Financial Decision Analysis~Marriott Corporation Case Study Executive Summary – Q5 – Hurdle Rate Analysis Hurdle rates, the weighted cost of capital that projected cash flows must exceed for initiatives to be considered, vary within Marriott Corporations due to their unique industry risk levels and capital structures. They use this number to determine which projects to accept, to adjust the rate at which the firm grows and as a measure for compensation within each business area, and as incentive

the pre-tax cost of debt are based on our averaged comparative company analysis. Using the averaged beta of 1.05, the pretax cost of debt of 5.79%, (based on bond ratings) and the weighted average of debt & equity, the telecommunications segmented hurdle rate is calculated at 8.64% (see Exhibit 2). Using the same market risk premium and risk free rate (5.5% & 4.62% respectively) given in the case, the averaged beta of 1.40, the pretax cost of debt of 7.65%, and the weighted average of debt & equity

1. How does Teletech currently use the hurdle rate? Teletech currently uses the hurdle rate in the assessment of the firm’s economic profit and NPV. The rate is based on an estimate of Teletech’s WACC. Currently, the hurdle rate for Teletech is 10.407%, using data in Figure 1. The case rounds this number to 10.41% 2. What are the segment WACCs for Teletech? What assumptions do you have to make to do these calculations? Using the data in Figure 1, we can calculate the WACC for the

a. Explain why risk adjustments are important and how they can affect firm value. b. Explain how the single hurdle rate currently used by Northern Forest Products can change the risk structure of the company. For example, think about what would happen if the Plastic Products Division received a disproportionately high level of funding because their returns exceed the company hurdle rates (its growth rate substantially exceeds the corporate average). Assuming that the risk of the division remains

over my first hurdle, literally. My coach had the new hurdlers line up in front of our hurdles and told us just to start going over. Well, unfortunately, he made it seem less challenging that what it really was. Over and over again I could not make it over. I’d either run full speed ahead and halt right at the hurdle or completely go around the hurdle. This routine of literally dodging hurdles went on for about a week. My coach showed us that we could physically get over the hurdle, it was all just