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Dinklage Corp. has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $70, and the book value per share is $9. The company also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $75 million, a coupon rate of 7 percent, and sells for 95 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $60 million, a coupon rate of 6 percent, and sells for 107 percent of par. The first issue matures in 25 years, the second in 8 years. Both bonds make semiannual coupon payments.
a. What are the company's capital structure weights on a book value basis? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., .1616.)
b. What are the company’s capital structure weights on a market value basis? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., .1616.)
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Filer Manufacturing has 7 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $86, and the book value per share is $5. Filer Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70 million, has a 9 percent coupon, and sells for 96 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $45 million, has a 10 percent coupon, and sells for 104 percent of par. The first issue matures in 24 years, the second in 6 years. |
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The most recent dividend was $5.8 and the dividend growth rate is 7 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average of that implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 34 percent. |
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| What is the company's WACC? |
Multiple Choice
12.93%
9.42%
9.12%
18.54%
9.27%
In: Finance
1. Explain the reason for revenue decoupling and how it works. (Hint: Explain how revenue decoupling is a deviation from traditional rate-of-return/cost-of-service regulation).
2. What is the difference between a reserve and resource? How does economics play a role?
3. Deregulation of electricity markets leads to different electricity prices on different days and at different times of a day. Using a supply-demand diagram, explain why electricity prices tend to be volatile under such pricing. (Hint: how would you characterize the price elasticity of supply and demand at peak periods?)
4. What is the first-best policy instrument to mitigate climate change in the energy industry? How does the performance of subsidies for renewable energy compare with the first-best policy? (Response can be in list form here.)
5. What is the difference between a reserve and resource? How does economics play a role?
In: Economics
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suppose General Supplies (Company) has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $57, and the book value per share is $5. The company also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70.8 million and a coupon rate of 7 percent and sells for 107 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $60 million and a coupon rate of 7 percent and sells for 109 percent of par. The first issue matures in 9 years, the second in 26 years. |
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Suppose the company’s stock has a beta of 1.3. The risk-free rate is 3 percent, and the market risk premium is 7 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 40 percent. What is the company’s WACC? |
In: Finance
Brief Exercise 15-6 Sales-type lease; lessor; income statement effects [LO15-3]
A lease agreement that qualifies as a finance lease calls for
annual lease payments of $50,000 over a four-year lease term (also
the asset’s useful life), with the first payment at January 1, the
beginning of the lease. The interest rate is 7%. The lessor’s
fiscal year is the calendar year. The lessor manufactured this
asset at a cost of $144,000. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of
$1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the
tables provided.)
Required:
a. Determine the price at which the lessor is “selling” the asset
(present value of the lease payments).
b. Create a partial amortization through the first payment on
January 1, 2017.
c. What would be the amounts related to the lease that the lessor
would report in its income statement for the year ended December 31
(ignore taxes)?
In: Accounting
A company wants to buy a new management information system. The cost of the system is $10 million, with an additional $1,000,000 for delivery/installation. Immediate net working capital of $500,000 and an additional net working capital investment of $250,000 at the end of year one. The system has a life of 10 years. It will be depreciated as a 7-year asset under MACRS rules. Salvage value is $1,000,000 at end of 10 years. Tax rate is 24 percent. Rate of return is 16%.
New system will save $2,400,000 per year. Costs are $500,000 during the first year, and will increase by 6% per year for the ten year period. Sales price is $15 per unit of computer time and sales are expected to be 170,000 units. After the first year, demand for computer time will decline by 5% per year. An additional $400,000 per year in computer operating costs will be charged and will increase by 6% annully over the ten years.
Calculate the NPV.
In: Finance
The city of Kansas City establishes a delivery truck that provides service to other departments, all of which are accounted for in its general fund. During its first year of operations the shop engages in the following transactions:
It purchases equipment at a cost of $50 million and issues long-term notes for the purchase price. The useful life of the equipment is eight years, with no residual value.
It purchases supplies at a cost of $8 million. Of these it uses $3 million. In its governmental funds, the district accounts for supplies on a purchases basis.
It incurs $15 million in other operating costs.
It bills other departments for $25 million.
For purposes of external reporting, school district officials are considering two options:
-Account for the vehicle repair shop in an internal service fund
-Account for the vehicle repair shop in the general fund
1. Record the transactions for the print shop assuming (1) the city selected the first option (2) the city selected the second option.
In: Finance
Company X has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $57, and the book value per share is $5. The company also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70.8 million and a coupon rate of 7 percent and sells for 107 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $60 million and a coupon rate of 7 percent and sells for 109 percent of par. The first issue matures in 9 years, the second in 26 years. Suppose the company’s stock has a beta of 1.3. The risk-free rate is 3 percent, and the market risk premium is 7 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 40 percent. What is the company’s WACC? (9 points)
In: Finance
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Dinklage Corp. has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $70, and the book value per share is $9. The company also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $75 million, a coupon rate of 7 percent, and sells for 95 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $60 million, a coupon rate of 6 percent, and sells for 107 percent of par. The first issue matures in 25 years, the second in 8 years. |
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Suppose the most recent dividend was $4.30 and the dividend growth rate is 4.5 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average of that implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 21 percent. What is the company’s WACC? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
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