Professor Jon Tucker Jon.Tucker@uwe.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor in Finance
How to set the hurdle rate for capital investments
Tucker, Jon
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Dave Stauffer
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Abstract
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• There exists a wide range of approaches to setting the hurdle rate for capital investments.
• It is essential that we do not set the hurdle rate too high, thereby foregoing valuable investment opportunities, or too low, thereby destroying value for shareholders.
• Whilst academics tend to advocate a series of at times complex adjustments, most CFOs settle for a relatively simple approach and allow for complexity instead in their cash flow projections.
• The most common approach is to employ a CAPM-based equity cost as an input to a WACC calculation.
• A company-wide hurdle rate is typically employed by companies, though adjustments are made for projects of atypical risk.
Citation
Tucker, J. (2009). How to set the hurdle rate for capital investments. In D. Stauffer (Ed.), Qfinance: The Ultimate Resource (322-324). A & C Black
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2009 |
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Publicly Available Date | Jun 8, 2019 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 322-324 |
Book Title | Qfinance: The Ultimate Resource |
Keywords | hurdle rate, capital investment, cost of capital, WACC, CAPM |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1006065 |
Publisher URL | https://corp.credoreference.com/component/booktracker/edition/10075.html |
Related Public URLs | http://www.qfinance.com/mergers-and-acquisitions-best-practice/how-to-set-the-hurdle-rate-for-capital-investments?full”>“How to Set the Hurdle Rate for Capital Investments” |
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