Richmond Rent-A-Car is about to go public. The investment banking firm of Tinkers, Evers & Chance is attempting to price the issue. The car rental industry generally trades at a 15 percent discount below the P/E ratio on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index. Assume that the index currently has a P/E ratio of 15. The firm can be compared to the car rental industry as follows: Richmond Car Rental Industry Growth rate in earnings per share 12% 10% Consistency of performance Increased earnings 4 out of 5 years Increased earnings 3 out of 5 years Debt to total assets 25% 40% Turnover of product Slightly below average Average Quality of management High Average Assume, in assessing the initial P/E ratio, the investment banker will first determine the appropriate industry P/E based on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Then a 0.50 point will be added to the P/E ratio for each case in which Richmond Rent-A-Car is superior to the industry norm, and a 0.50 point will be deducted for an inferior comparison. On this basis, what should the initial P/E be for the firm? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

The estimated cashflows for two mutually exclusive projects are shown below.

(A) Using a cost of capital of 14%, which project should be taken based on the NPV amounts?

(B) Calculate the IRR for both projects.  Based on the IRR amounts, which project should be taken?

(C) Why are your answer to parts A and B not the same?

(D) Using a cost of capital of 17%, which project should be taken based on the NPV amounts?

(E) Create an NPV profile for the net cashflows form the two projects with discount rates from 0% to 20% in increments of 1%.  You do not need to create the graph.

Notice in your NPV profile that the two lines cross at about 16%.  This is called the crossover point.

(F) Use the IRR function to calculate the exact cross-over point.

(G) Next use the value you just calculated with the IRR function as the new discount rate for both projects, and calculate the NPV of both projects.  

(H) What do you find from your answers to part G?

1. Kavita Raman is a foreign exchange trader for a bank in New York. She can borrow $1 million (or its Swiss franc equivalent) at her disposal for a short term money market investment. Kavita wonders whether she should make an uncovered interest arbitrage (UIA) transaction. She faces the following quotes:

2. Which currency should she borrow, and how much is the payoff in terms of U.S. dollars in case of uncovered interest arbitrage (UIA) transaction?

Walk me through DCF (Discounted Cash Flows)

Please respond very accurately and in detail I need this for an interview.

Thanks! :)

1. Oregon Transportation Inc. (OTI) has just signed a contract to purchase light rail cars from a manufacturer in Germany for €2,500,000. The purchase was made in June with payment due six months later in December. Because this is a sizable contract for the firm and because the contract is in euros rather than dollars, OTI is considering several hedging alternatives to reduce the exchange rate risk arising from the sale. To help the firm make a hedging decision you have gathered the following information.
   • The spot exchange rate is $1.1740/€
   • The six month forward rate is $1.1480/€
   • OTI’s cost of capital is 12% per annum
   • The Euro zone 6-month borrowing rate is 7% per annum (or 3.5% for 6 months)
   • The Euro zone 6-month lending rate is 5% per annum (or 2.5% for 6 months)
   • The U.S. 6-month borrowing rate is 6% per annum (or 3% for 6 months)
   • The U.S. 6-month lending rate is 4.5% per annum (or 2.25% for 6 months)
   • December put options for €625,000; strike price $1.18, premium price is 1.5%
   • OTI’s forecast for 6-month spot rates is $1.19/€
   • The budget rate, or the highest acceptable purchase price for this project, is $2,975,000 or $1.19/€ ($2,975,000/€2,500,000)

Q.1) OTI chooses to hedge its transaction exposure in the forward market at the available forward rate. The required amount in dollars to pay off the accounts payable in 6 months will be __________.

Q.2)

1. Using the information provided in question 29, OTI would be ____________ by an amount equal to ____________ with a forward hedge than if they had not hedged and their predicted exchange rate for 6 months had been correct.

Q.3)

1. Again, using the information provided in question 29, OTI chooses to hedge its transaction exposure by the money market hedge. Given the OTI's cost of capital, the future value of the U.S. dollar proceeds at the end of 6 months to pay off the accounts payable will be __________.

You own a car dealership and are trying to decide how to configure the showroom floor. The floor has 2000 square feet of usable space. You have hired an analyst and asked her to estimate the NPV of putting a particular model on the floor and how much space each model​ requires:

In​ addition, the showroom also requires office space. The analyst has estimated that office space generates a NPV of

$ 14 per square foot. What models should be displayed on the floor and how many square feet should be devoted to office​ space?

(a) Describe two non-forfeiture options.

(b) For each one of the non-forfeiture options you described in part (a), give a family situation for which you would recommend that option and explain why.

Katie Homes and Garden Co. has 13,500,000 shares outstanding. The stock is currently selling at $56 per share. If an unfriendly outside group acquired 15 percent of the shares, existing stockholders will be able to buy new shares at 25 percent below the currently existing stock price.

a. How many shares must the unfriendly outside group acquire for the poison pill to go into effect? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
  

b. What will be the new purchase price for the existing stockholders? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
  

identify two firms one with a beta more than 1.5 and another with a beta of less than 0.7. Report your findings by naming the firms and their betas, describing their products, and explaining why you believe the beta seems predictable (or perhaps not predictable) for the firms chosen.

1. a)            What are the cash flows associated with a bond?

2.             What are the distinguishing features of debt as compared to equity?

3.             What is the indenture? What are protective covenants. Give some examples.

4.            Define the following types of Bonds:

                –   Euro Bond

                –   Zero-Coupon Bond

                –   Samurai Bond

                –   Equipment Obligation Bond

2. a)            Differentiate between term Loans and Bonds.

Country is India

Discuss how regional economic integration has influenced the way your country does business with other nations. Does it create more opportunities for trade or just increase the competition? Make some observations about the impact this might have on an organization's decision to invest in the country.

You would like to buy a house that costs $350,000. You have $50,000 in cash that you can put down on the house, but you need to borrow the rest of the purchase price. The bank is offering you a 30-year mortgage that requires annual payments and has an interest rate of 7% per year. You can afford to pay only $23,500 per year. The bank agrees to allow you to pay this amount each year, yet still borrow $300,000. At the end of the mortgage (in 30 years), you must make a balloon payment; that is, you must repay the remaining balance on the mortgage. How much will be this balloon payment?

1. Reel Fast Charters, based in the Bahamas, runs multi-day fishing charters for wealthy anglers.  They have been very successful in their first five years in operation and Brian (the owner) is considering adding a second boat.  A new 80’ Viking would cost $5,000,000 with another $1,000,000 needed to upgrade the interior to a level that would attract the wealthy clients they desire.  The boat would be depreciated straight-line over 15 years, but would be sold at the end of five years, for an estimated $5,000,000.  The new boat would generate estimated additional revenue of $2,000,000 per year and would have associated expenses of $625,000.  No additional working capital would be necessary.  The firm’s tax rate is 30% and the required rate of return is 12%.  Calculate the NPV and IRR.  Should the new boat be purchased?  

ABC needs $719,000 to take advantage of a special offer from their key supplier. The loan will allow them to reduce their accounts payable and begin taking trade discounts. They plan to repay the loan in one year out of their normal operating cash flows. The bank has offered a one-year discount loan at an annual percentage rate of 5.25%. Given this information, how many dollars of interest is ABC expected to pay for this arrangement?