Posted: February 5th, 2019
Finance Case: Starbucks (SBUX)
Case: Starbucks (SBUX)Cost of Equity⢠Go to Yahoo Finance (www.finance.yahoo.com) to get information on Starbucks Company (SBUX)⢠Under Summary, you can find the following informationo # shares outstandingo Price per shareo Beta⢠Under Key Statistics, you can find book value per share⢠The bonds section (under market data) at Yahoo Finance can provide the T-bill rate⢠Use this information, along with the CAPM to estimate the cost of equityCost of Debt⢠Go to Morningstar Bond section to get market information on Starbucks, http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter/⢠Enter Starbucks to find the bond information. Note that you may not be able to find information on all bond issues due to the illiquidity of the bond market⢠Go to the Yahoo or SEC site to get book market information from the firmâs most recent 10Q ( ?Notes to the (Unaudited) Consolidated Financial Statements ? 6. Borrowings)⢠Find the weighted average cost of the debt⢠Use market values if you were able to get the information. Use the book values if market information was not available. They are often very closeCompute WACC. Use market value if available.