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Analysis of Cost of Capital at Ameritrade
(Note that the written version of your group analysis will be handed in to me in
class on the yet to be determined date. This write-up will be graded, based upon
the reasonableness and thoroughness of your analysis as well as the clarity of
your writing. Late cases will not be accepted.)
Please address the following in your group analysis of this case:
1. What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the
proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why?
2. How can the Capital Asset Pricing Model be used to estimate the cost of capital for a
real (not financial) investment decision?
3. What is the estimate of the risk-free rate that should be employed in calculating the
cost of capital for Ameritrade?
4. What is the estimate of the market risk premium that should be employed in
calculating the cost of capital for Ameritrade?
5. In principle, what are the steps for computing the asset beta in the CAPM for
purposes of calculating the cost of capital for a project?
6. Ameritrade does not have a beta estimate as the firm has been publicly traded for
only a short time period. Exhibit 4 provides various choices of comparable firms.
What comparable firms do you recommend as the appropriate benchmarks for
evaluating the risk of Ameritrade’s planned advertising and technology
investments?
7. Using the stock price and returns data in Exhibits 4 and 5, and the capital structure
information in Exhibit 3, calculate the asset betas for the comparable firms.
8. Estimate the cost of capital for the proposed advertising program and the
technology upgrades.

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