1. How does a higher beta affect WACC and why?
2. How does a drop in the bond market effect WACC and why?
3. What is the WACC for a public utility given the following information: beta: 0.8, expected rate of return on the S&P 500: 12.4%, risk-free rate (T-bill yield): 4%, yield to maturity on long-term bonds: 7.2%, required rate of return on preferred stock: 7.5%, common equity ratio: 60%, debt ratio: 30%, preferred stock ratio: 10% and an effective corporate tax rate: 30%.

You are interested in buying a house and renting it out. You expect to receive a monthly net income of $1,500 from rent. You then expect to sell the house for $300,000 at the end of 60 months. If your discount rate on this investment is 0.8% per month, what is this property worth to you today? Assume that you receive rent at the beginning of each month and you receive the first rent the same day you purchase the property. Round to the nearest cent. ​[Hint: Notice that the interest rate provided is monthy, so this is i/m. Also, 60 months is nxm.]

A 200 km, 2.5 Gb/s communication link consists of four spans and three optical amplifiers. The transmitter power is 0 dBm and the fiber loss is 0.25 dB/km. Assume the receiver bandwidth ∆f = 0.7B and responsivity of 0.8 A/W. The operating wavelength is 1.55 µm.
a) What is the span loss? What is the optimal amplifier gain for maximum SNR?
b) If each amplifier has a 4 dB noise figure, then what is the SNR at the output of the last amplifier?
c) Whatis the receiver sensitivity (Q=6)? Will the system work as designed?

Methane gas enters a horizontal pipe with a thin wall of 25 cm diameter at a temperature of 309 C with 4.5 tons of mass flow per hour and exits at 289 C. The pipe is smooth and its length is 10 m and the ambient and environmental temperature is 25 C. Since the smear coefficient of the pipe surface is given as 0.8;

 a-) Indoor and outdoor convection coefficients (W / m2K),

b-) Heat loss from the pipe to the environment (W),

c-) The surface temperature of the pipe (C),

d-) Calculate the required fan control (W) and interpret the results.

Northwood Company manufactures basketballs. The company has a ball that sells for $25. At present, the ball is manufactured in a small plant that relies heavily on direct labor workers. Thus, variable expenses are high, totaling $15.00 per ball, of which 60% is direct labor cost.

Last year, the company sold 44,000 of these balls, with the following results:

Required:

1. Compute (a) last year's CM ratio and the break-even point in balls, and (b) the degree of operating leverage at last year’s sales level.

2. Due to an increase in labor rates, the company estimates that next year's variable expenses will increase by $3.00 per ball. If this change takes place and the selling price per ball remains constant at $25.00, what will be next year's CM ratio and the break-even point in balls?

3. Refer to the data in (2) above. If the expected change in variable expenses takes place, how many balls will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $123,000, as last year?

4. Refer again to the data in (2) above. The president feels that the company must raise the selling price of its basketballs. If Northwood Company wants to maintain the same CM ratio as last year (as computed in requirement 1a), what selling price per ball must it charge next year to cover the increased labor costs?

5. Refer to the original data. The company is discussing the construction of a new, automated manufacturing plant. The new plant would slash variable expenses per ball by 40.00%, but it would cause fixed expenses per year to double. If the new plant is built, what would be the company’s new CM ratio and new break-even point in balls?

6. Refer to the data in (5) above.

a. If the new plant is built, how many balls will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $123,000, as last year?

b. Assume the new plant is built and that next year the company manufactures and sells 44,000 balls (the same number as sold last year). Prepare a contribution format income statement and compute the degree of operating leverage.

Due to an increase in labor rates, the company estimates that next year's variable expenses will increase by $3.00 per ball. If this change takes place and the selling price per ball remains constant at $25.00, what will be next year's CM ratio and the break-even point in balls? (Round "CM Ratio" to 2 decimal places and "Unit sales to break even" to the nearest whole unit.)

REQ 2

REQ 3

Refer to the data in Required (2). If the expected change in variable expenses takes place, how many balls will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $123,000, as last year? (Round your answer to the nearest whole unit.)

REQ 4

Refer again to the data in Required (2). The president feels that the company must raise the selling price of its basketballs. If Northwood Company wants to maintain the same CM ratio as last year (as computed in requirement 1a), what selling price per ball must it charge next year to cover the increased labor costs? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Refer to the original data. The company is discussing the construction of a new, automated manufacturing plant. The new plant would slash variable expenses per ball by 40.00%, but it would cause fixed expenses per year to double. If the new plant is built, what would be the company’s new CM ratio and new break-even point in balls? (Round "CM Ratio" to 2 decimal places and "Unit sales to break even" to the nearest whole unit.)

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If the new plant is built, how many balls will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $123,000, as last year? (Round your answer to the nearest whole unit.

Assume the new plant is built and that next year the company manufactures and sells 44,000 balls (the same number as sold last year). Prepare a contribution format income statement and compute the degree of operating leverage. (Round "Degree of operating leverage" to 2 decimal places.)

Utah Enterprises is considering buying a vacant lot that sells for $1.8 million. If the property is purchased, the company's plan is to spend another $6 million today (t = 0) to build a hotel on the property. The after-tax cash flows from the hotel will depend critically on whether the state imposes a tourism tax in this year's legislative session. If the tax is imposed, the hotel is expected to produce after-tax cash inflows of $810,000 at the end of each of the next 15 years, versus $1,710,000 if the tax is not imposed. The project has a 14% cost of capital. Assume at the outset that the company does not have the option to delay the project. Use decision-tree analysis to answer the following questions. What is the project's expected NPV if the tax is imposed? Negative value, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $ What is the project's expected NPV if the tax is not imposed? Negative value, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $ Given that there is a 50% chance that the tax will be imposed, what is the project's expected NPV if the company proceed with it today? Negative value, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. $ Although the company does not have an option to delay construction, it does have the option to abandon the project 1 year from now if the tax is imposed. If it abandons the project, it would sell the complete property 1 year from now at an expected price of $7.8 million. Once the project is abandoned, the company would no longer receive any cash inflows from it. If all cash flows are discounted at 14%, would the existence of this abandonment option affect the company's decision to proceed with the project today? Assume there is no option to abandon or delay the project but that the company has an option to purchase an adjacent property in 1 year at a price of $2 million. If the tourism tax is imposed, then the net present value of developing this property (as of t = 1) is only $300,000 (so it wouldn't make sense to purchase the property for $2 million). However, if the tax is not imposed, then the net present value of the future opportunities from developing the property would be $4 million (as of t = 1). Thus, under this scenario it would make sense to purchase the property for $2 million. Given that cash flows are discounted at 14% and that there's a 50-50 chance the tax will be imposed, how much would the company pay today for the option to purchase this property 1 year from now for $2 million? Negative value, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations Round your answer to the nearest cent. $

Siesta Manufacturing has asked you to evaluate a capital investment project. The project will require an initial investment of $88,000. The life of the investment is 7 years with a residual value of $4,000. If the project produces net annual cash inflows of $16,000, what is the accounting rate of return?

In what ways are the Payback Period and Accounting Rate of Return methods of capital budgeting alike?

ABC Company is adding a new product line that will require an investment of $1,500,000. The product line is estimated to generate cash inflows of $300,000 the first year, $250,000 the second year, and $200,000 each year thereafter for ten more years. What is the payback period?

Bonneville Manufacturing is considering an investment that would require an initial net investment of $650,000. The following annual revenues/expenses relate exclusively to the investment: Sales $350,000 -Variable expenses -$40,000 -Salaries expense -$28,000 -Rent expense -$20,000 -Depreciation expense -$40,000 Operating income $222,000 The investment will have a residual value of $50,000 at the end of its 15 year useful life. What is the payback period for this investment?

An annuity is best described as which of the following statements? A stream of interest payments on a principal amount invested, Another term used for future value, A stream of equal cash installments made at equal time intervals

Another term used for present value Concose Park Department is considering a new capital investment. The following information is available on the investment. The cost of the machine will be $330,000. The annual cost savings if the new machine is acquired will be $85,000. The machine will have a 5-year life, at which time the terminal disposal value is expected to be $32,000. Concose Park Department is assuming no tax consequences. If Concose Park Department has a required rate of return of 10%, what is the NPV of the project?

Norwood, Inc. is considering three different independent investment opportunities. The present value of future cash flows for each are as follows: Project A =$600,000, Project B = $550,000 & Project C = $500,000. The initial investment of each project is as follows: Project A =$320,000, Project B = $300,000 & Project C = $230,000. Use the Profitability index to determine what order should Norwood prioritize investment in the projects?

The discount rate that sets the present value of a project’s cash inflows equal to the present value of the project’s investment is called: NPV, ARR, IRR, payback period

Chris Tellson invested in a project with a payback period of 4 years. The project earns $30,000 cash each year for 8 years. Chris’s required minimum rate of return is 8%. How much did Chris initially invest?

The time value of money is considered in the following capital budgeting method(s)? Profitability Index. NPV, All answers given use the time value of $, IRR

You run a hotel with 200 rooms. Fixed daily cost is $1500 which includes staff salary and property charges, maintenance cost of hospital is additional $300 daily. Variable cost per room is $15 which includes cleaning, utility cost etc. You charge $100 per room per day. You sold 50 rooms today, how much profit did you earn.

a) 2000, b) 3000, c) 2500, d) 2450

You run a hospital with 100 rooms. Fixed daily cost is $1000 which includes staff salary, property charges, maintenance etc. Variable cost per room is $10 which includes cleaning, equipment rentals, utility cost etc. You charge $50 per room per day. You sold 30 rooms today, how much revenue did you earn.

a) 1500, b) 500, c) 5000, d) 100

A vendor sells hotdogs at $15 /piece. For every hot dog he spends $12 in the raw material. Additionally, he spends $1 for packing each hotdog and monthly $50, $20, $10 as food truck rent, electricity and other expenses respectively. How much is the vendor contributing to covering his fixed costs or generating profits (contribution margin)?

a) 2, b) 5, c) 6, d) 3

US Hotelier and Chinese Insurer Contest Ownership of Starwood In March 2016, struggling US hotel group, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, owner of Weston and Sheraton Hotels, found itself in a bidding war. It had accepted an offer of $10.8bn (€8.1bn, £6.5bn) in cash and stock from US hotelier Marriott International the previous year. Whilst discussing the details of the acquisition, due to close in March 2016, Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group made an unsolicited offer of $12.9bn. Marriott responded by increasing its offer to $13.6bn and Starwood investors eagerly awaited higher bids.

If Marriott succeeded it would create the world’s largest hotel company with 5500 owned or franchised hotels with 1.1 million rooms under 30 brands. Marriott believed it was a compelling bidder having demonstrated multi-year industry-leading growth, powerful brands and consistent return of capital to shareholders, with shares trading consistently above those of its peers. Having already conducted five months of extensive investigation and joint integration planning with Starwood, including careful analysis of the brand architecture, Marriott was confident it could make annual cost savings of $250m, generate greater long-term shareholder value from a larger global presence and offer wider choice of brands to consumers and improved economics to owners and franchisees.

Little known outside of China before 2013, Anbang Insurance Group originated as a small car insurer, before China’s move to give insurers greater freedom to invest their money. This allowed Anbang to sell investment products and other services, making them major players in real estate. A slowing Chinese economy and devaluing currency encouraged many domestic companies to invest overseas and Anbang then aggressively pursued overseas deals, largely fuelled by selling high yield investment products at home. Having spent $2bn on insurers in Belgium and South Korea, Anbang also made many large US acquisitions including the Waldorf Astoria for $1.95bn, the American insurer, Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance ($1.6bn) and the biggest-ever acquisition of American property assets by a mainland Chinese buyer, Strategic Hotels and Resorts ($6.5bn), owner of Four Seasons hotels, the Fairmont and Intercontinental hotels and the JW Marriott Essex House hotel. As a late bidder, Anbang had had little time for in-depth investigation of Starwoods but was making its bid in a consortium that included American private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Company. With close personal links to the Chinese Government, commentators believed Anbang could greatly increase Starwood’s cash reserves.

On 28 March, Anbang raised its bid to $14bn and analysts wondered whether Marriott would be able to raise its offer further as increasing the cash part of its offer could threaten its investment-grade rating and adding more stock would dilute its earnings per share. Marriott’s response was to say that its offer was not just about price. It also questioned whether Anbang had sufficient funds to close the deal and whether the Committee on Foreign Investment (Cfius), which reviews all deals for American companies that involve national security, would intervene as it had with the Waldorf sale, although this had been approved. Starwood properties could be deemed to be near government offices and military bases. This could delay the deal and possibly discourage Anbang’s bid. Commentators also wondered whether they had the skills to manage Starwood as the management team at its Belgian acquisition had left quickly amid complaints about Anbang’s management style.

Questions

1. How do the bidders’ acquisition motives differ?

2. What are the strategic and organisational fit implications of both bids?