Cost of common stock equity Ross Textiles wishes to measure its cost of common stock equity. The firm's stock is currently selling for $62.48. The firm just recently paid a dividend of $4.01. The firm has been increasing dividends regularly. Five years ago, the dividend was just $3.01. After underpricing and flotation costs, the firm expects to net $57.48 per share on a new issue. a. Determine average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years. Using that growth rate, what dividend would you expect the company to pay next year? b. Determine the net proceeds, Nn, that the firm will actually receive. c. Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the required return on the company's stock, r Subscript s, which should equal the cost of retained earnings, r Subscript r. d. Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the cost of new common stock, r Subscript n.
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Two projects, Alpha and Beta, are being considered using the payback method. Each has an initial cost of $100,000. The annual cash flows for each project are listed below. a) What is the pay back period in years for Alpha? (round to two decimal places)b) What is the pay back period in years for Beta? (round to two decimal places)
| Year | Project Alpha | Project Beta | |
| 1 | 25,000 | 15,000 | |
| 2 | 25,000 | 25,000 | |
| 3 | 25,000 | 45,000 | |
| 4 | 25,000 | 30,000 | |
| 5 | 25,000 | 20,000 | |
| 6 | 25,000 | 15,000 | |
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11. The NPV and payback period What information does the payback period provide? Payback period essentially provides the number of years it would take for a project to recover the initial investment from its operating cash flows. As the model was criticized, the model evolved incorporating time value of money to create the discounted payback method. The models still reflected faulty ranking criteria but they provided important information about liquidity and risk. The ______(shorter or longer)____ the payback, other things constant, the greater the project’s liquidity. Suppose Praxis Corporation’s CFO is evaluating a project with the following cash inflows. She does not know the project’s initial cost; however, she does know that the project’s regular payback period is 2.5 years.
If the project’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 8%, what is its NPV? $489,572 $367,179 $469,174 $407,977 Which of the following statements indicate a disadvantage of using the discounted payback period for capital budgeting decisions? Check all that apply. The discounted payback period does not take the time value of money into account. The discounted payback period is calculated using net income instead of cash flows. The discounted payback period does not take the project’s entire life into account. |
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Bilbo Baggins wants to save money to meet three objectives. First, he would like to be able to retire 30 years from now with retirement income of $27,000 per month for 15 years, with the first payment received 30 years and 1 month from now. Second, he would like to purchase a cabin in Rivendell in 15 years at an estimated cost of $728,000. Third, after he passes on at the end of the 15 years of withdrawals, he would like to leave an inheritance of $650,000 to his nephew Frodo. He can afford to save $2,100 per month for the next 15 years. |
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| If he can earn a 11 percent EAR before he retires and a 8 percent EAR after he retires, how much will he have to save each month in years 16 through 30? |
$5,198.12
$6,685.05
$4,994.27
$5,096.20
$6,092.78
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A stock price is currently $60. Over each of the next two three-month periods it is expected to go up by 6% or down by 5%. The risk-free interest rate is 8% per annum with continuous compounding. What is the value of a six-month European call option with a strike price of $61
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A machine purchased 3 years ago for $140,000 is now too slow to satisfy the demand of the customers. It can be upgraded now for $81,000 or sold to a smaller company internationally for $41,000. The upgraded machine will have an annual operating cost of $82,000 per year and a $33,000 salvage value in 3 years. If upgraded, the presently owned machine will be retained for only 3 more years, then replaced with a machine to be used in the manufacture of several other product lines. The replacement machine, which will serve the company now and for a maximum of 8 years, costs $224,000. Its salvage value will be $49,000 for years 1 through 5; $20,000 after 6 years; and $10,000 thereafter. It will have an estimated operating cost of $45,000 per year. Perform an economic analysis at 8% per year using a specified 3-year planning horizon.
a) Determine if the current machine should be replaced now or 3 years from now
b) Once decided, determine the equivalent AW for the next three years.
a) The current machine should be replaced ___.
b) The equivalent AW for the next three years is $ ___ .
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How the concept of moral hazard can be applied to the 2008 financial crisis?
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Joni is a financial planner for ABC firm. She provided all of her clients with the same products.
She felt this was OK since she had thoroughly researched them years ago and found them to be
excellent. By concentrating her recommendations with a few firms, she was able to receive
commission bonuses. She never discussed their goals and characteristics with her clients unless
they brought them up. Explain her violations of SEC and CFP regulations. Indicate what should
be done.
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Suppose you plan to retire in 40 years. If you make 10 annual investments of $ 5,000 into your retirement account for the first 10 years, and no more contributions to the account for the remaining 30 years. If the retirement account earns a fixed 11% annual interest, how much will you have at your retirement? Round it to two decimal places without the $ sign, e.g., 1234567.89.
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Use the bond term's below to answer the question
Maturity 7 years
Coupon Rate 4%
Face value $1,000
Annual Coupons
YTM 4%
Assuming the YTM remains constant throughout the bond's life, what
is the bond's current yield between periods 2 and 3 ?
A. 4.12%
B. 3.81%
C. 4.00%
D. 3.92%
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A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The
first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and
corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund
that yields a sure rate of 4.3%. The probability distributions of
the risky funds are:
| Expected Return | Standard Deviation | |||
| Stock fund (S) | 13 | % | 34 | % |
| Bond fund (B) | 6 | % | 27 | % |
The correlation between the fund returns is .0630.
Suppose now that your portfolio must yield an expected return of
11% and be efficient, that is, on the best feasible CAL.
a. What is the standard deviation of your
portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round
your answer to 2 decimal places
b. What is the proportion invested in the T-bill fund? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
b.1 What is the proportion invested in each of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
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Compute the cost of not taking the following cash discounts.
(Use a 360-day year. Do not round intermediate
calculations. Input your final answers as a percent rounded to 2
decimal places.)
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