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After engaging in a dialogue with your colleagues on valuation, you will now be given an opportunity to apply
principles that were presented in this phase. Using a Web site that provides current stock and bond pricing and
yield information, complete and analyze the tables illustrated below. Your mentor suggests using a Web site
similar to this one.
To fill out the first table, you will need to select 3 bonds with maturities between 10 and 20 years with bond
ratings of "A to AAA," "B to BBB" and "C to CC" (you may want to use bond screener at the Web site linked
above). All of these bonds will have these values (future values) of $1,000. You will need to use a coupon rate of
the bond times the face value to calculate the annual coupon payment. You should subtract the maturity date
from the current year to determine the time to maturity. The Web site should provide you with the yield to
maturity and the current quote for the bond. (Be sure to multiply the bond quote by 10 to get the current market
value.) You will then need to indicate whether the bond is currently trading at a discount, premium, or par.
Annual Time-to Yield-to- Market Discount,
Company/ Face Value Coupon
Payment Maturity Maturity Value Premium,
Rating
(FV)
Rate
(PMT)
(NPER)
(RATE) (Quote)
Par
Bond
A-Rated
$1,000
B-Rated
$1,000
C-Rated
$1,000
•
•
•
Explain the relationship observed between ratings and yield to maturity.
Explain why the coupon rate and the yield to maturity determine why the bonds would trade at a
discount, premium, or par.
Based on the material you learn in this Phase, what would you expect to happen to the yield to maturity
and market value of the bonds if the time to maturity was increased or decreased by 5 years?
In this step, you have been asked to visit a credible Web site that provides detailed information on publicly traded
stocks and select 1 that has at least a 5-year history of paying dividends and 2 of its closest competitors.
To fill up the first table, you will need to gather information needed to calculate the required rate of return for
each of the 3 stocks. You will need to calculate the risk-free rate for this assignment. You will need the market
return that was calculated in Phase 2, and the beta that you should be able to find on the Web site.
Company
5-year RiskFree Rate of
Return
5-Year Return
on Top 500
Stocks
Beta (β)
Required Rate of
Return (CAPM)
To complete the next table, you will need the most recent dividends paid over the past year for each stock,
expected growth rate for the stocks, and the required rate of return you calculated in the previous table. You will
also need to compare your results with the current value of each stock and determine whether the model suggests
that they are over- or underpriced.
Company
Current
Dividend
Projected
Growth Rate
(next year)
Required Rate
of Return
(CAPM)
Estimated Stock
Price (Gordon
Model)
Current
Stock
Price
Over/Under
Priced
In the third table, you will be using the price to earnings ratio (P/E) along with the average expected earnings per
share provided by the Web site. You will also need to compare your results with the current value of each stock to
determine whether or not the model suggests that the stocks are over- or underpriced.
Company
Estimated
Earning
(next year)
P/E Ratio
Estimated Stock
Price (P/E)
Current Stock
Price
Over/Under
Priced
After completing the 3 tables, explain your findings and why your calculations coincide with the principles related
to bonds that were presented in the Phase. Be sure to address the following:
•
•
•
•
•
Explain the relationship observed between the required rate of return, growth rate and the dividend paid,
and the estimated value of the stock using the Gordon Model.
Explain the value and weaknesses of the Gordon model.
Explain the how the price-to-earnings model is used to estimate the value of the stocks.
Explain which of the 2 models seemed to be the most accurate in estimating the value of the stocks.
Based on the material that you learn in this Phase, what would you expect to happen to the value of the
stock if the growth rate, dividends, required rate of return, or the estimated earnings per share were to
increase or decrease? Be sure to explain each case separately.
Note: You can find information about the top 500 stocks at this Web site.
References
S&P 500 index chart. (2014). Retrieved from the Yahoo! Finance Web site:
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5egspc+interactive#symbol=^gspc;range=1y;compare=;indicator=v
olume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=;
Yahoo! Finance. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://finance.yahoo.com/
Be sure to document your paper with in-text citations, credible sources, and a list of references used in proper APA
format.
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But we'll need to come up with something innovative and inspiring to get their attention.To get us started, each of the members of your team are going to do research and analysis on this client to figure out where they're coming from, where they want to be, and where they see themselves in the future. Then, we will show them that we can help them achieve that future.Get me a report on [your assigned client's name] by next week. I want to know them by the time I'm done reading, and I want you living and breathing them by the time you're done with your report.I also want you to find some examples of sustainability projects that other entities similar to [your assigned client's name] have taken on recently. This will give us inspiration for our project idea, and ultimately help us show our client what sustainability in their field looks like in practice. Find one example in the U.S. and one abroad - places like Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Germany, Japan, and Denmark are sure to turn up something helpful.I'm putting everyone on this individually because all of you need to know this client inside and out, and some of you will find things that others might miss. Plus, some of you will be more thorough than others and I want to know who those people are.I look forward to reading your reports next week,MHThings to ConsiderAudience Centered CommunicationBecause the primary audience for your report is your project manager, Maya Harris, you must consider her expectations, preferences, communication style, requests, and perspective as you complete your report. Below are some things that you know about your boss:What you know about Maya Harris:The youngest of 4 children, Maya Harris lived in New Zealand until she was 15. At 15, her parents (from Ghana and Norway), both doctors who worked with Doctors Without Borders, accepted teaching positions at Stanford University in California.Maya holds a BS in Chemistry and Soil Science (California Polytechnic State University), and a MA and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (UC Berkeley).Maya Harris has worked for: The DOD; Caltrans; General Motors; and Equipoise Corporation.As a project manager, Maya Harris concurrently oversees 1-7 projects at a time, depending on project scope and client profile. The firm entrusts Harris with many of its most important projects.Harris boasts a portfolio full of large, high profile projects and highly sought after clients. She is well known for her organization, thoroughness, creative thinking, and leadership.She expects high quality, innovative, thoughtful, and thorough work from her teams.She is always on the lookout for excellent team members, and has a knack for building symbiotic teams, improving her teams' and firm's competitive edge and rates of success.Harris expects team members to be resourceful, reliable, and collaborative. Getting Answers to Your QuestionsIn professional instances like this, your superiors are likely to assume that you have knowledge that you may not actually have. For example, what information is she expecting in the report? How should it be formatted? What citation style should you use? Often times, co-workers or office administrators are great resources for answers to these kinds of questions, and many companies have specific format guidelines for various document types. But sometimes you'll need to use your best judgement, and you must always take your specific audience into account to make your work shine.In this case, we will assume that you're new to the company, and aren't really sure what to do. Thankfully, you have a friend who works for the same company, so you ask them for guidance. This is what they tell you:Citation Style: The company, Engineering Solutions, uses IEEE citation style (Links to an external site.) (as you suspected!)What to Include: Client research reports must always include:Background and historyLocation information, including general location history, population and demographic data, and topographical notes Client values and/or goals, as publicly stated via mission statements/"About" info on websites, as well as via any relevant news articlesInstances of the client taking actions or implementing policies that support their value claims, such as a company who claims to have/support strong family values who also offers 12 months paid maternity leave to employees List of recently completed, current, and planned projects with 1-3 sentence summary, listed in descending order of recencyHowever, different project managers will want some additional info, too, and Maya Harris is well known for her thoroughness, organization, and planning. This means you'll need to include the additional information that she specifically requested in her email.Document Formatting: Concerning report formatting.... well, when your friend started explaining it to you your eyes glazed over, so they emailed you this empty shell document downloadthat has the general format they usually use laid out for you. Your friend even included some general directions for what you must include in each section!But remember, you'll need to add headings and subheadings for the additional information that your boss asked for in her email.You can also change the style as you see fit, create a different cover page, etc.*IMPORTANT*: This assignment has two overarching purposes: to develop a comprehensive understanding of your clientand to develop audience centered communication competency. As such, you are expected to carefully and thoughtfully consider all aspects of this assignment based on your understanding of your boss's perspective and expectations (your boss is Maya Harris).In order to aid your independent thought and communication competency development, teams' average score totals (the total that will be shown on the score board, not your individual grades) will be issued a 5 point deduction for every instance where more than one question is asked per team, more than one team member asks a question, or a question is asked that is answered/addressed/linked in the assignment description/assignment document, or that can be answered fairly easily via internet research or group discussion. Therefore, it would be wise to discuss your questions and thoughts with your team members first, to only ask a question that is deemed very important by the entire team and unanswerable via internet research or discussion, and to specifically assign one person to ask the question on behalf of the entire team.To be clear: This assignment is an INDIVIDUAL assignment, and is NOT collaborative; however, the question penalty will encourage independent thinking as well as help you simultaneously develop self- and team-reliance. The penalty is also based on your target audience's preferences and characteristics; asking your boss a bunch of questions that you could probably think through and work out yourself, or with the aid of some group discussion or a quick internet search would reflect poorly on you and on your team. The penalty will affect your team's overall standings, but will not impact your individual grade.
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