Cap Budgeting and Return
Cap Budgeting and Return
Cap Budgeting and Return
Topics Covered:
Market Portfolio:
Portfolio of all assets in the economy. In practice a broad stock market index, such as the S&P
Composite, is used to represent the market.
The S&P Composite 1500 combines three leading indices, the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the S&P
SmallCap 600, to cover approximately 90% of U.S. market capitalization. It is designed for investors seeking to
replicate the performance of the U.S. equity market or benchmark against a representative universe of tradable
stocks.
Market risk (systematic risk) is nondiversifiable. This type of risk cannot be diversified away.
Macroeconomic factors that affect all companies.
Unique risk (unsystematic risk) is diversifiable. This type of risk can be reduced through diversification.
Specific (microeconomic) factors that affect individual firms or industries.
The market compensates investors for accepting risk - but only for market risk. Unique risk can and should
be diversified away.
So - we need to be able to measure market risk. We use beta as a measure of market risk.
Beta:
Beta(b) measures how the return of an individual asset (or even a portfolio) varies with the market portfolio
(a stock index like the S&P 500).
When the market was up 1%, Turbo average % change was +0.8%
When the market was down 1%, Turbo average % change was -0.8%
The average change of 1.6 % (-0.8 to 0.8) divided by the 2% (-1.0 to 1.0) change in the market produces
a beta of 0.8.
1.6
B = 2 = 0.8
Turbo
return %
1
0.8
0.6
0.4 Market Return %
0.2
0
-0.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
Portfolio Beta
Diversification decreases variability from unique risk, but not from market risk.
If you owned all of the S&P Composite Index stocks, you would have an average beta of 1.0
Theory of the relationship between risk and return which states that the expected risk premium on any
security equals its beta times the market risk premium.
a stock’s expected rate of return = risk-free rate + the (stock’s) risk premium.
The main assumption is investors hold well diversified portfolios = only concerned with
market risk.
A stock’s risk premium = measure of market risk X market risk premium.
market risk premium = r - r
m f
risk premium = (r -r )
m f
r = r + (r - r )
f m f
Example: What is Yahoo’s expected return if its b = 1.75, the current 3-mo. T-bill rate is 1%, and the
historical market risk premium of 8% is demanded?
Yahoo k = 1% + 1.75(8%) = 15%
Security Market Line
18.00%
16.00%
14.00%
Expected
12.00%
Return
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
Beta
Application of CAPM to Stock Valuation
Can use CAPM to calculate a stock’s expected return for valuation purposes.
Also, our previous expected return formulas should equal CAPM expected
return.
Expected Dividend Yield + Expected Capital Gains Yield = CAPM expected return
(Div1 + P1 – P0)/P0 or Div1/P0 + g = CAPM
Example: CAPM and Stock Valuation: Pepsi
Pepsi’s B = 0.67, assume r = 1%, r = 9%.Pepsi’s stock price today is $48 and it’s expected
f m
dividend is $0.68. What price do investors expect Pepsi’s stock to sell for a year from
now?
From CAPM: r = 1% + 0.67(9%-1%) = 6.36%
6.36% = Exp. Dividend Yld. + Exp. Capital Gains Yld.
P = $48, Div = $0.68: Div1/P0 = $0.68/$48 = 1.42%
0 1
1.42% + Exp. Capital Gain Yld = 6.36%
Exp Capital Gain Yld = 4.94% = (P -P )/P or g
1 0 0
Exp. P = P (1+g) = $48(1.0494) = $50.37
1 0
10.00%
8.00%
6.67%
Expected
6.00%
Return
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
Beta
Investors would want to buy Pepsi and will drive up the price until its expected
return = CAPM return of 6.36%.
New Price = Div1/(CAPM r – g) = $0.68/(.0636 -.0525) = $61.26
The project cost of capital depends on the use to which the capital is being put. Therefore, it
depends on the risk of the project and not the risk of the company.
For now, we can assume a firm uses only equity financing. So Given this assumption, we can
use the market risk of the project and the CAPM to find the opportunity cost of capital.
Example - Based on the CAPM with rf = 3% and market risk premium of 9% , MAD-Doctor Inc.
(insert maniacal laughter here) has a cost of capital of 3% + 2.1(9%) = 21.9%. A breakdown of the
company’s investment projects is listed below. When evaluating a new tissue re-animation
investment, which cost of capital should be used?
Investments:
1/3 Lightning Power Generation B=1.6
1/3 Surgical Equipment B=2.0
1/3 Tissue Re-animation B=2.7
AVG. B of assets = 2.1
Re-animation r = 3% + 2.7 (9% ) = 27.3%
27.3% reflects the opportunity cost of capital on an investment given the unique risk of the
project.