If you have a CEO or a person who is considered to be an insider sell a large block of stock and he gets reported through the security and exchange commission, is that a sign that the company as well as the stop is headed for challenging times?
In: Finance
In: Computer Science
The Nanjo Van(NV) Sdn Bhd is a private limited company incorporated in Malaysia. Starting its business in the last 5 years, NV already employs 70 dispatch staffs for delivery services. The company currently owns 15 vans and 20 motorcycles, some were purchased new, and some were acquired second-hand.
Since the pandemic of Covid-19 early 2020, the company suffers from inadequate resources as many trading companies now need transport facilities to sell their products. The company then decides to lease 10 more vans from a lessor in town under a 15-year leasehold agreement. This lease comes with purchase option at huge discounted price and most likely the company will buy the vehicles at the end of the lease term.
Full details of all vehicles owned by the company are maintained in a non-current asset register. But the leasehold vehicles are only recorded in the form of their monthly rentals in expense.
Required:
(10 Marks)
(5 Marks)
(Total: 15 Marks)
In: Accounting
17
Which of the following is NOT a reason it is hard for the board of directors to effectively monitor all the activity of the CEO and top management?
The board of directors may be not be experts in the business of the corporation.
Members of the board of directors can be large shareholders.
The board of directors are part time.
Board of directors depends upon management for most of their information about the company and its competitive situation.
22
Some people have suggested that managers should have a professional code of ethics like the one for physicians. Your textbook even included an example of a managerial code of ethics (the MBA oath). Which of the following is NOT a reason it is harder to set up a managerial code of ethics than the one for physicians?
Managers serve stakeholders with a more diverse set of ethical standards.
Managers serve many more stakeholders than physicians.
Being a physician is a less complex job than being a manager.
The acceptable rules of business can change across countries.
23
A local Phoenix fashion designer has been successful selling expensive jewelry inspired by the styles of Arizona After a long vacation in Japan the designer noticed no one was selling similar jewelry in Japan. The designer has already signed a lease on a small store in Tokyo and arranged for friend to move to Japan and run the store. It will open in six months. The designer approaches you to ask for your help in this effort What is the first question you should ask?
Who will be your competitors in Japan?
What kinds of jewelry do the Japanese like?
Have you made a business plan?
None of these
Have you considered using a joint venture with local Japanese firm?
In: Operations Management
Leverage Benefits: You have finished your MBA and taken job at a small manufacturing company that specializes in restoring old fj-40 Land Cruisers and the Series II and III Land rovers (the classic safari vehicles you see in movies). With baby boomers retiring and fulfilling pent up dreams the business cannot keep up with demand for these classic rugged 4-wheel drive vehicles. The owners would like to expand but tell you they only have about half cash to pay for the expansion, which would cost about $600,000. You ask them why they don’t just borrow the other half. They say it is too expensive, especially compared to the cost of retained earnings. Current loans from the bank would cost 7% to 8%. The company is every profitable and the expansion would have a positive NPV at discounts up to 18% or 20%. The company’s tax rate is 30%.
A. Do you agree with the owners that debt is expensive compared to retained earnings?
B. Make a brief argument for why the owners should borrow and pursue this opportunity.
In: Finance
Lynn Price recently completed her MBA and accepted a job with an electronics manufacturing company. Although she likes her job, she is also looking forward to retiring one day. To ensure that her retirement is comfortable, Lynn intends to invest $3,000 of her salary into a tax-sheltered retirement fund at the end of each year. Lynn is not certain what rate of return this investment will earn each year, but she expects each year’s rate of return could be modeled appropriately as a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 12.5% and standard deviation of 2%. (this problem requires the use of Analytic Solver Platform)
If Lynn is 30 years old, how much money should she expect to have in her retirement fund (expected value) at age 60? Answer this question by using the appropriate Psi Statistical function
What is the probability that Lynn will have more than $1 million in her retirement fund when she reaches age 60? Answer this question by using the appropriate Psi Statistical function
Attach the screenshots of your spreadsheet model and the distribution graph for the fund she will have at age 60
In: Statistics and Probability
The MBA 802 Company reported 2018 net income of $9 million and depreciation of $3.5 million. The top part of the MBA802’s 2017 and 2018 balance sheets is listed as follows (in millions of dollars).
2017 2018
Current assets:
Cash $18 $30
Accounts receivable 20 24
Inventory 10 11
Total Current Assets: $48 $65
Current Liabilities:
Accrued wages and taxes $ 5 $11
Accounts payable 25 29
Other Accrued Liabilities 18 25
Total Current Liabilities: $48 $65
What is the 2018 net cash flow from operating activities for the MBA802 Company? (Display the answer as noted below - If you calculated the answer as being $12.3 million, input the answer in the following format 12.3)
In: Accounting
XYZ Company is a reputable manufacturer of various especially electronic items. Jay Carter, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by the company in its finance department. On of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by the XYZ is smartphone. The company currently has one smartphone in the market and sells has been excellent. The smartphone is a unique item in that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as with any electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smartphone has limited features in comparison with newer models. The company can manufacture the new smartphone for $300 each in variable costs. Fixed costs for the operation are estimated to run $5.1 million per year. The estimated sales volume is 64,000, 106,000, 87,000, 78,000, and 54,000 unit per year for the next five years, respectively. The unit price of the new smartphone will be $485. The necessary equipment can be purchased for $31 million and will be depreciated on a seven-year MACRS schedule (Use Table A-1 below). It is believed the value of the equipment in five years will be $5.5 million. Net working capital for the smartphones will be one time at $5,000,000 at the beginning of the project (time zero). XYZ has a 35% corporate tax rate and required return of 12%. Jay was asked to prepare a report that answer the following questions: Part 1- (40 Points) 1. What is the project NPV? 2. What is the Project IRR? 3. What is the payback period of the project? 4. What is profitability index of the project? 5. How sensitive is the NPV to change in the price of the new smartphone (assume that the price goes done to $370)? 6. How sensitive is the NPV to change in the quantity sold (assume that quantity reduce by 10%)? Part 2- (25 Points) 1. What is a break-even (quantity)? 2. If the total interest payment be $150,000, what are the degrees of operating and financial leverage? Part 3- (25 Points) Assume that the company has the following capital structure: Debt $15,000,000 Preferred stock $7,5,000,000 Common stock $27,5,000,000 What will be the cost of capital if the company decide to raise the needed capital proportionally and with following costs? Please use the following information to calculate the weighted cost of capital: a. Bond: A 30-year bond with a face value of $1000 and coupon interest rate of 13% and floatation cost of $20 (Tax is 35%) b. Preferred stock: Face value of $35 that pays dividend $5 and floatation cost of $2 c. Common stock: Market value of $54 with floatation cost of $3.5. Last dividend was $6. The dividend will expect to grow at 7%. Part 4 (10 Points) Uses the new cost of capital, calculate the NPV and IRR?
In: Finance
XYZ Company is a reputable manufacturer of various especially electronic items. Jay Carter, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by the company in its finance department.
On of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by the XYZ is smartphone. The company currently has one smartphone in the market and sells has been excellent. The smartphone is a unique item in that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as with any electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smartphone has limited features in comparison with newer models.
The company can manufacture the new smartphone for $300 each in variable costs. Fixed costs for the operation are estimated to run $5.1 million per year. The estimated sales volume is 64,000, 106,000, 87,000, 78,000, and 54,000 unit per year for the next five years, respectively.
The unit price of the new smartphone will be $485. The necessary equipment can be purchased for $31 million and will be depreciated on a seven-year MACRS schedule (Use Table A-1 below). It is believed the value of the equipment in five years will be $5.5 million.
Net working capital for the smartphones will be one time at $5,000,000 at the beginning of the project (time zero). XYZ has a 35% corporate tax rate and required return of 12%.
Jay was asked to prepare a report that answer the following questions:
Part 2- (25 Points)
Assume that the company has the following capital structure:
|
Debt |
$15,000,000 |
|
Preferred stock |
$7,500,000 |
|
Common stock |
$27,500,000 |
What will be the cost of capital if the company decide to raise the needed capital proportionally and with following costs? Please use the following information to calculate the weighted cost of capital:
A 30-year bond with a face value of $1000 and coupon interest rate of 13% and floatation cost of $20 (Tax is 35%)
Face value of $35 that pays dividend $5 and floatation cost of $2
Market value of $54 with floatation cost of $3.5. Last dividend was $6. The dividend will expect to grow at 7%.
Uses the new cost of capital, calculate the NPV and IRR?
In: Finance
Jericho Company recently acquired three businesses, recognizing goodwill in each acquisition. The acquired goodwill was allocated to the three reporting units: Apple, Banana, and Carrot. Jericho provides the following information in performing the 2012 annual review for impairment.
|
Carrying Value |
Fair Value |
Valuation of Reporting Unit (Including Goodwill) |
||
|
Apple |
Tangible Assets |
$300,000 |
$320,000 |
$525,000 |
|
Trademarks |
20,000 |
10,000 |
||
|
Licenses |
85,000 |
90,000 |
||
|
Liabilities |
20,000 |
20,000 |
||
|
Goodwill |
130,000 |
? |
||
|
Banana |
Tangible Assets |
$250,000 |
$400,000 |
$450,000 |
|
Trademarks |
25,000 |
50,000 |
||
|
Licenses |
18,000 |
18,000 |
||
|
Goodwill |
140,000 |
? |
||
|
Carrot |
Tangible Assets |
$120,000 |
$120,000 |
$215,000 |
|
Unpatented Technology |
0 |
50,000 |
||
|
Customer List |
35,000 |
45,000 |
||
|
Goodwill |
75,000 |
? |
Required:
A: Which of Jericho's reporting units require both steps to test
for goodwill impairment?
B: How much goodwill impairment should Jericho report for 2012?
In: Accounting