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Olsen Outfitters Inc. believes that its optimal capital structure consists of 70% common equity and 30%...

Olsen Outfitters Inc. believes that its optimal capital structure consists of 70% common equity and 30% debt, and its tax rate is 40%. Olsen must raise additional capital to fund its upcoming expansion. The firm will have $5 million of retained earnings with a cost of rs = 15%. New common stock in an amount up to $7 million would have a cost of re = 19%. Furthermore, Olsen can raise up to $3 million of debt at an interest rate of rd = 11% and an additional $3 million of debt at rd = 13%. The CFO estimates that a proposed expansion would require an investment of $7.8 million. What is the WACC for the last dollar raised to complete the expansion? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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What exactly is the capital structure of an organization? Additionally, what do we mean by the...

What exactly is the capital structure of an organization? Additionally, what do we mean by the cost of capital? When considering capital projects, are there ways of measuring risks and costs associated?

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2018 2017 Sales, ST Invest, Notes Pay, LT Debt factor increase 1.10 Sales $7,000 Operating costs...

 
2018 2017
Sales, ST Invest, Notes Pay, LT Debt factor increase 1.10 Sales $7,000
Operating costs as % of sales 77.50% Cash as % of sales 1.20%
Cash factor increase 1.15 Accts Rec as % of sales 11.00%
Accts. Rec factor increase 1.25 Inventory as % of sales 21.00%
Inventory factor increase 1.15 Net Plant & Equip as % of sales 28.00%
Net Plant & Equip factor increase 1.25 Accts Pay as % of sales 6.00%
Accts Pay factor increase 1.20 Accruals as % of Sales 6.00%
Accruals factor increase 1.15
Operating cost as % of sales 85.00%
Depreciation as % of Net Plant & Equip 10.00% Depreciation as % of Net Plant & Equip 10.00%
Interest rate 10.00% Interest rate 10.00%
Tax rate 40.00% Tax rate 40.00%
Payout rate 90.00% Payout rate 80.00%
Short-term investments as % of sales 0.50%
Notes payable as % of sales 2.00%
Long-term debt as % of sales 20.00%
Retained earnings multiple factor 1.50
Income Statements: 2018 2017
Sales $7,700.0 $7,000.0
Operating costs excluding depreciation 5,967.5 5,950.0
Depreciation and amortization 245.0 196.0
Earnings before interest and taxes $1,487.5 $854.0
Less interest 165.6 150.5
Pre-tax income $1,322.0 $703.5
Taxes 528.8 281.4
Net income available to common stockholders $793.2 $422.1
Common dividends $713.9 $337.7
Balance Sheets: 2018 2017
Assets
Cash $96.6 $84.0
Short-term investments 38.5 35.0
Accounts receivable 962.5 770.0
Inventories 1,690.5 1,470.0
Total current assets $2,788.1 $2,359.0
Net plant and equipment 2,450.0 1,960.0
Total assets $5,238.1 $4,319.0
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable $504.0 $420.0
Accruals 483.0 420.0
Notes payable 154.0 140.0
Total current liabilities $1,141.0 $980.0
Long-term debt 1,540.0 1,400.0
Total liabilities $2,681.0 $2,380.0
Common stock 2,351.2 1,812.4
Retained earnings 205.9 126.6
Total common equity $2,557.1 $1,939.0
Total liabilities and equity $5,238.1 $4,319.0
  1. What is the net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) for 2018? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to one decimal place.

    $   million

  2. What are the amounts of net operating working capital for both years? Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to one decimal place.

    2018 $   million

    2017 $   million

  3. What are the amounts of total net operating capital for both years? Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to one decimal place.

    2018 $   million

    2017 $   million

  4. What is the free cash flow for 2018? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to one decimal place.

    $   million

  5. What is the ROIC for 2018? Round your answer to one decimal places.

    %

  6. How much of the FCF did Rhodes use for each of the following purposes: after-tax interest, net debt repayments, dividends, net stock repurchases, and net purchases of short-term investments? (Hint: Remember that a net use can be negative.) Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to one decimal place.

    After-tax interest payment $   million
    Reduction (increase) in debt $   million
    Payment of dividends $   million
    Repurchase (Issue) stock $   million
    Purchase (Sale) of short-term investments $   million

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You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Barrington Industries. Unfortunately, company headquarters (where...

You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Barrington Industries. Unfortunately, company headquarters (where all of the firm's records are kept) has been destroyed by fire. So, your first job will be to recreate the firm's cash flow statement for the year just ended. The firm had $100,000 in the bank at the end of the prior year, and its working capital accounts except cash remained constant during the year. It earned $5 million in net income during the year but paid $800,000 in dividends to common shareholders. Throughout the year, the firm purchased $5.4 million of machinery that was needed for a new project. You have just spoken to the firm's accountants and learned that annual depreciation expense for the year is $440,000; however, the purchase price for the machinery represents additions to property, plant, and equipment before depreciation. Finally, you have determined that the only financing done by the firm was to issue long-term debt of $1 million at a 6% interest rate. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below. Open spreadsheet What was the firm's end-of-year cash balance? Recreate the firm's cash flow statement to arrive at your answer. Write out your answer completely. For example, 5 million should be entered as 5,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar, if necessary. $

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Using the historical financial statement information provided for KAJ Manufacturing, calculate the 20X4 to 20X5 percentage...

Using the historical financial statement information provided for KAJ Manufacturing, calculate the 20X4 to 20X5 percentage changes for these income statement items:
AMOUNTS in MILLIONS
Fiscal Year Ended
December 31,20X5 December 31, 20X4
Sales $31,037 $25,333
Net Income $1,792

$1,398

a. Sales
b. Net Income

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What is the connection between the value of shares and dividends? How are they both different?

What is the connection between the value of shares and dividends? How are they both different?

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Seattle Health Plans currently use zero-debt financing. It's operating income (EBIT) is $1 million, and it...

Seattle Health Plans currently use zero-debt financing. It's operating income (EBIT) is $1 million, and it pays taxes at a 40% rate. It had $5 million in assests, and because it is all equity financed, $5 million in equity. Suppose the firm is considering replacing half of its equity financing with debt financing bearing an interest rate of 8%.

A. What impact would the new capital structure have on the firm's net income, total dollar return to investors and ROE?

B. Redo the analysis, but now assume that the debt financing would cost 15%

C. Return to the initial 8% interest rate. Now assume that EBIT could be as low as %500,000 or as high as $1.5 million. There remain a 60% chance that EBIT would be $1 million.

D. Repeat the analysis required for part a, but now assume that Seattle Health Plan is a not-for-profit corporation and pays no taxes. Compare the results with those obtained in Part a.

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the rio rancho corporation financed a $10 million expansion by borrowing $2 million from israel discount...

the rio rancho corporation financed a $10 million expansion by borrowing $2 million from israel discount bank at an interest rate of 4.75% per year. in addition, the company issued bonds to the public with a face value of $8 million that have both a coupon rate and yield to maturity of 6.75%. if the company's tax rate is 38%, calculate the WACC of this expansion

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MXN is the symbol for the Mexican Peso. MXN/USD .05. A 2020 Toyota Supra costs $49,000...

  1. MXN is the symbol for the Mexican Peso. MXN/USD .05. A 2020 Toyota Supra costs $49,000 in the U.S. and 1,200,000 Mexican Pesos in Mexico. Based on this information, please answer the following questions.
  1. What is USD/MXP in real currency exchange rate terms?
  2. Is the USD over or undervalued?
  3. Where am I better off buying the Toyota Supra? In Mexico or in the U.S.?
  4. Based on the official/nominal MXN/USD currency exchange rate, what would I expect to pay for the Supra in Mexico?
  5. Based on the real cost of the same car in both countries, if Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) were to hold true, what would USD/MXN be?
  6. Based on the nominal currency exchange rate, if Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) were to hold true, what would I expect to pay for the Supra in the U.S.?

2) Lizzy owns a costume jewelry store in South Africa. She imports most of her jewelry from Zambia. She reads in the newspaper that Zambia is expected to lower interest rates. Is she better off waiting until Zambia actually lowers interest rates before she imports more jewelry from Zambia or should she import more jewelry now, before interest rates decline in Zambia? Explain your answer.

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Problem 4-03 (Algorithmic) The employee credit union at State University is planning the allocation of funds...

Problem 4-03 (Algorithmic)

The employee credit union at State University is planning the allocation of funds for the coming year. The credit union makes four types of loans to its members. In addition, the credit union invests in risk-free securities to stabilize income. The various revenueproducing investments together with annual rates of return are as follows:

Type of Loan/Investment Annual Rate of Return (%)
Automobile loans 8
Furniture loans 10
Other secured loans 11
Signature loans 12
Risk-free securities 9

The credit union will have $2.3 million available for investment during the coming year. State laws and credit union policies impose the following restrictions on the composition of the loans and investments.

  • Risk-free securities may not exceed 30% of the total funds available for investment.
  • Signature loans may not exceed 10% of the funds invested in all loans (automobile, furniture, other secured, and signature loans).
  • Furniture loans plus other secured loans may not exceed the automobile loans.
  • Other secured loans plus signature loans may not exceed the funds invested in risk-free securities.

How should the $2.3 million be allocated to each of the loan/investment alternatives to maximize total annual return? Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

Automobile Loans $  
Furniture Loans $  
Other Secured Loans $  
Signature Loans $  
Risk Free Loans $  

What is the projected total annual return? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

$  

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The USD/MXN spot FX is 18.91. You can borrow or deposit USD for one year at...

The USD/MXN spot FX is 18.91. You can borrow or deposit USD for one year at 2.36%. You can borrow or deposit MXN for one year at 8.12%. You get a 1-year FX forward quote from a bank of 20.75 USD/MXN. What is your gain/loss position in millions of USD if you borrow USD 100 mil., convert USD/MXN spot, lend MXN, and lock in your FX rate using the 1-year forward contract? Take to 4 decimals.

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5. What are the 4 basic premises for Traditional Finance? Name the 4 and explain each.

5. What are the 4 basic premises for Traditional Finance? Name the 4 and explain each.

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6. What are the 4 basic premises for Behavioral Finance? Name the 4 and explain each.

6. What are the 4 basic premises for Behavioral Finance? Name the 4 and explain each.

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Pelzer Printing Inc. has bonds outstanding with 9 years left to maturity. The bonds have a...

Pelzer Printing Inc. has bonds outstanding with 9 years left to maturity. The bonds have a 9% annual coupon rate and were issued 1 year ago at their par value of $1,000. However, due to changes in interest rates, the bond's market price has fallen to $910.30. The capital gains yield last year was -8.97%.

A. What is the yield to maturity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. ____%

B. For the coming year, what is the expected current yield? (Hint: Refer to footnote 7 for the definition of the current yield and to Table 7.1.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.  ____%

For the coming year, what is the expected capital gains yield? (Hint: Refer to footnote 7 for the definition of the current yield and to Table 7.1.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. ___ %

C. Will the actual realized yields be equal to the expected yields if interest rates change? If not, how will they differ?

  1. As long as promised coupon payments are made, the current yield will change as a result of changing interest rates. However, changing rates will cause the price to change and as a result, the realized return to investors will differ from the YTM.
  2. As long as promised coupon payments are made, the current yield will not change as a result of changing interest rates. However, changing rates will cause the price to change and as a result, the realized return to investors should equal the YTM.
  3. As long as promised coupon payments are made, the current yield will change as a result of changing interest rates. However, changing rates will cause the price to change and as a result, the realized return to investors should equal the YTM.
  4. As long as promised coupon payments are made, the current yield will change as a result of changing interest rates. However, changing rates will not cause the price to change and as a result, the realized return to investors should equal the YTM.
  5. As rates change they will cause the end-of-year price to change and thus the realized capital gains yield to change. As a result, the realized return to investors will differ from the YTM.

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In March 2018, Daniela Motor Financing (DMF), offered some securities for sale to the public. Under...

In March 2018, Daniela Motor Financing (DMF), offered some securities for sale to the public. Under the terms of the deal, DMF promised to repay the owner of one of these securities $2,000 in March 2043, but investors would receive nothing until then. Investors paid DMF $900 for each of these securities; so they gave up $900 in March 2018, for the promise of a $2,000 payment 25 years later.

a.

Assuming you purchased the bond for $900, what rate of return would you earn if you held the bond for 25 years until it matured with a value $2,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b.

Suppose under the terms of the bond you could redeem the bond in 2026. DMF agreed to pay an annual interest rate of 1.1 percent until that date. How much would the bond be worth at that time? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

c.

In 2026, instead of cashing in the bond for its then current value, you decide to hold the bond until it matures in 2043. What annual rate of return will you earn over the last 17 years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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