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The new owner thinks that inventories are excessive and can be lowered to the point where the current ratio is equal to the industry average, 2.5x, without affecting sales or net income.
Deployment Specialists pays a current (annual) dividend of $1 and is expected to grow at 24% for two years and then at 7% thereafter. If the required return for Deployment Specialists is 10.5%, what
Return to the assumption that the company has $5 million in assets at the end of 2013, but now assume that the company pays no dividends. Under these assumptions, what would be the additional funds
What would be the additional funds needed of the company's year-end 2013 assets had been $7 million? Assume that all other numbers, including sales, are the same as in Problem 12-1 and that the comp
SVG Corp's stock will pay D1 =3.00, D2 =8.00, D3 =12.00, and D4 =23. After Year 4, the dividends will grow at 6% forever. Investors require a rate of return of 14%. What price will they pay for the
ABC Corp earned $7.00 per share last year. The company plows back 35% of its earnings into projects yielding 18%. Investors require a rate of return of 12%. What price will they pay for the stock? W
Tapley Corporation's 14 percent coupon rate, semiannual payment, $1000 par value bonds mature in 30 years. The bonds sell at a price of $1353.54, and their yield curve is flat.
The Corner Bakery has a debt-equity ratio of 0.62. The firm's required return on assets is 14.2 percent and its cost of equity is 16.1 percent. What is the pre-tax cost of debt based on M & M Pr
Qualcomm`s 5-year bonds yield 7.00%, and 5-year T-bonds yield 5.15%. The real risk-free rate is r* = 3.0%, the inflation premium for 5-year bonds is IP = 1.75%.
Dandy Product's overall weighted average required rate of return is 8 percent. Its yogurt division is riskier than average, its fresh produce division has average risk, and its institutional foods d
Sweet Treats common stock is currently priced at $18.53 a share. The company just paid $1.25 per share as its annual dividend. The dividends have been increasing by 2.5 percent annually and are exp
A five-year project has an initial fixed asset investment of $300,000, an initial NWC investment of $28,000, and an annual OCF of ?$27,000. The fixed asset is fully depreciated over the life of the
The Lo Sun Corporation offers a 5.1 percent bond with a current market price of $746.50. The yield to maturity is 8.58 percent. The face value is $1,000. Interest is paid semiannually. How many year
A company's preferred stock pays a constant dividend of $2 per share in perpetuity (zero growth). If the required rate of return is 8%, what price should you be willing to pay for stock.
The Grand Canyon University mascot, the ‘Lope, graduated from GCU and anticipates monthly take-home pay of $2,750 for his mascot work over the next 3 months. He also expects a tax refund in th
A bound with a $1000 par value sells for $895. The coupon rate is 7%, the bound maturs in 20 years, and coupon interest is paid semi annually. the tax rate is 35%. What is the aftertax cost of this
The Campbell Company is considering adding a robotic paint sprayer to its production line. The sprayer's base price $1,080,000, and it would cost another $22,500 to install it.
In order to help you through college, your parents just deposited $20000 into a bank account paying 7% interest. Starting one year from today, you plan to withdraw equal amounts from your account fo
Pretend that you are the CFO and your boss, the CEO has told your company's board of will be possible to increase sales by 20%. You consult the heads of the purchasing and collection departments as
Suppose the bond had been selling at a discount rather than a premium. Would the yield to maturity have been the most likely return, or would the yield to call have been most likely?
A retailer has anticipated yearly expenses of $300,000, a net profit objective of $30,000, planned reductions of $50,000, and planned net sales of $1,000,000. What is its required initial markup per
Explore the capital budgeting techniques of payback period, net present value, internal rate of return and profitability index. Comapre and contrast each of the techniques with an emphasis on comp
In the summer of 2010, smidgeon industries was evaluating whether or not to purchase one of its suppliers, the supplier, Carswell Manufacturing, provides Smidgeon with the raw steel Smidgeon uses to
If the annual inflation rate is 3.5% in the U.S. and 2% in the U.K, and the dollar depreciated against the pound by 2.5%, then the real exchange rate, assuming that PPP initially held, is?
Burk tires just paid a dividend of d0= $1.32 . analysts expect the companys dividend to grow by 30% this year, by 10% in year 2, and at a constant rate of 5% in year 3 and thereafter.