Columbus Manufacturing's stock currently sells for $ 24.32 a share. The stock just paid a dividend of $2 a share (i.e.,D0=2). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 3 % a year. What is the required rate of return on the company's stock? Express your answer in percentage, and round it to two decimal places, i.e., 13.54, for example for 0.1354)

Refer to Table 10-1, which is based on bonds paying 10 percent interest for 20 years. Assume interest rates in the market (yield to maturity) decrease from 25 to 20 percent. a. What is the bond price at 25 percent? b. What is the bond price at 20 percent? c. What would be your percentage return on the investment if you bought when rates were 25 percent and sold when rates were 20 percent? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

The technique for calculating a bid price can be extended to many other types of problems. Answer the following questions using the same technique as setting a bid price; that is, set the project NPV to zero and solve for the variable in question. Guthrie Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 150,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. It will cost $1,900,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. You estimate that in five years this equipment can be salvaged for $160,000. Your fixed production costs will be $275,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $10.40 per carton. You also need an initial investment in net working capital of $140,000. The tax rate is 25 percent and you require a return of 12 percent on your investment. Assume that the price per carton is $17.00. a. Calculate the project NPV. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the minimum number of cartons per year that can be supplied and still break even? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) c. What is the highest fixed costs that could be incurred and still break even? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

The technique for calculating a bid price can be extended to many other types of problems. Answer the following questions using the same technique as setting a bid price; that is, set the project NPV to zero and solve for the variable in question. Guthrie Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 156,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. It will cost $1,960,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. You estimate that in five years this equipment can be salvaged for $166,000. Your fixed production costs will be $281,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. You also need an initial investment in net working capital of $146,000. The tax rate is 21 percent and you require a return of 10 percent on your investment. Assume that the price per carton is $17.60. a. Calculate the project NPV. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the minimum number of cartons per year that can be supplied and still break even? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) c. What is the highest fixed costs that could be incurred and still break even? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Consider historical data showing that the average annual rate of return on the S&P 500 portfolio over the past 85 years has averaged roughly 8% more than the Treasury bill return and that the S&P 500 standard deviation has been about 27% per year. Assume these values are representative of investors' expectations for future performance and that the current T-bill rate is 6%.

Calculate the utility levels of each portfolio for an investor with A = 2. Assume the utility function is U = E(r) − 0.5 × Aσ².

A firm is considering an investment in a new machine with a price of $17.2 million to replace its existing machine. The current machine has a book value of $6.8 million and a market value of $5.5 million. The new machine is expected to have a 4-year life, and the old machine has four years left in which it can be used. If the firm replaces the old machine with the new machine, it expects to save $7.0 million in operating costs each year over the next four years. Both machines will have no salvage value in four years. If the firm purchases the new machine, it will also need an investment of $390,000 in net working capital. The required return on the investment is 10 percent and the tax rate is 24 percent. The company uses straight-line depreciation. What is the NPV of the decision to purchase a new machine? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.) What is the IRR of the decision to purchase a new machine? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) What is the NPV of the decision to purchase the old machine? (A negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.) What is the IRR of the decision to purchase the old machine? (A negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. )

Select two public companies in the same industry, obtain their most recent published financial statements, and perform financial ratio analysis for both. Write a report to summarize your findings and conclusion. Your report should include:

1. Balance sheet ratio analysis
2. Income statement ratio analysis
3. Statement of cash flow ratio analysis
4. Credit rating of both companies by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s
5. Ratio comparative analysis
6. Clear conclusion and opinion about which company you prefer to invest in, and why.

What are the knowledge important for hotel business (Customer, supplier, administrator)(Small hotels like darwin city hotel)? How they use these knowledge? Develop a KMS framework for the business

Simone runs a small business and receives an invoice for $1000 payable in 30 days. The invoice offers a discount of 2% for immediate payment. If Simone doesn’t pay immediately and instead pays in 30 days, what effective annual interest rate is she paying?

Georgia Office Supplies recently reported $12,500 of sales, $7,250 of operating costs other than depreciation, and $1,250 of depreciation. The company had no amortization charges and no non-operating income. It had $8,000 of bonds outstanding that carry a 7.5% interest rate, and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 40%. The firm had 1,000 shares outstanding.

1) How much was the firm's taxable income, or earnings before taxes (EBT)?

EBT = $12,500 - $7,250 - $1,250 - (.075 x $8,000) = $3,400

2) What is the firm’s earnings per share (EPS), assuming a Dividend of $100?

The expected pretax return on three stocks is divided between dividends and capital gains in the following way:

a. If each stock is priced at $195, what are the expected net percentage returns on each stock to (i) a pension fund that does not pay taxes, (ii) a corporation paying tax at 45% (the effective tax rate on dividends received by corporations is 10.5%), and (iii) an individual with an effective tax rate of 10% on dividends and 5% on capital gains? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

b. Suppose that investors pay 40% tax on dividends and 10% tax on capital gains. If stocks are priced to yield an after-tax return of 10%, what would A, B, and C each sell for? Assume the expected dividend is a level perpetuity. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Stock Price
A
B
C

A proposed cost-saving device has an installed cost of $655,000. The device will be used in a five-year project but is classified as three-year MACRS property for tax purposes. The required initial net working capital investment is $65,000, the marginal tax rate is 22 percent, and the project discount rate is 11 percent. The device has an estimated Year 5 salvage value of $56,000. What level of pretax cost savings do we require for this project to be profitable? MACRS schedule. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

You are given the following information: Stock Expected return (in %) σ (in %) A 10 10 B 5 5 The covariance between these returns is 16%2 . The risk-free rate is 6%. (a) Find the expected return and standard deviation of the following portfolios: i. 50% in A, 50% in B ii. 50% in A, 50% in the risk-free asset iii. 150% in A, financed by borrowing at the risk-free rate

Lemon Auto Wholesalers had sales of $1,570,000 last year, and cost of goods sold represented 70 percent of sales. Selling and administrative expenses were 12 percent of sales. Depreciation expense was $14,000 and interest expense for the year was $15,000. The firm’s tax rate is 30 percent. a. Compute earnings after taxes. b-1. Assume the firm hires Ms. Carr, an efficiency expert, as a consultant. She suggests that by increasing selling and administrative expenses to 14 percent of sales, sales can be increased to $1,620,600. The extra sales effort will also reduce cost of goods sold to 66 percent of sales. (There will be a larger markup in prices as a result of more aggressive selling.) Depreciation expense will remain at $14,000. However, more automobiles will have to be carried in inventory to satisfy customers, and interest expense will go up to $22,600. The firm’s tax rate will remain at 30 percent. Compute revised earnings after taxes based on Ms. Carr’s suggestions for Lemon Auto Wholesalers. (Round taxes and earnings after taxes to 1 decimal place.) b-2. Will her ideas increase or decrease profitability? Increase profitability Decrease profitability