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You purchase 1,000 shares of Spears Grinder, Inc. stock for $45 per share. A year later, the stock pays a dividend of $1.25 per share, and it sells for $49. Calculate your total dollar return.
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You are a hard working analyst in the office of financial operations for a manufacturing firm that produces a single product. You have developed the following cost structure information for this com
The federal government sometimes taxes dividends and capital gains at different rates. Other things held constant, if the tax rate on dividends is high relative to that on capital gains, then indivi
Boudreaux, age 30, wants to retire at age 60. He currently makes $50,000 per year. He has an objective to live on 75 percent of his preretirement income when he retires.
Dahlia Inc. has a 12-year, 10% annual coupon bond outstanding. The bond has a face value (FV) of $1,000, and a yield to maturity (YTM) of 9%. What is the current market price of the bond?
Phillips Equipment has 80,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at par. Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 6.75 percent. The company also has 750,000 shares of 7 percent preferred stoc
What is the firm's EOQ? What is Latest Fashionable Clothes' minimum cost of ordering and holding inventory?
Profit margins turnover ratios vary from one industry to another. What differences would you expect to find between a grocery chain, such as Safeway, and a steel company? Think particularly about tu
Herbert has opened a retirement fund account which pays 7 percent interest and requires $5,000 annual deposits. Herbert will retire in 15 years and expects 10 years of retirement life. What is the m
Gary's Pipe and Steel company expects sales next year to be $800,000 if the economy is strong, $500,000 if the economy is steady, and $350,000 if the economy is weak. Gary believes there is a 20 per
Delescio Produce had a degree of accounting operating leverage equal to 1.875 during the most recent period. If the firm's EBITDA was $50,000 and fixed cash expenses equal to $25,000,
On average, a Key Corporation sells $2,000,000 in merchandise a month. It keeps inventory equal to one-half of its monthly sales on hand at all times. If the firm analyzes its accounts using a 365-d
Many Asian governments have attempted to promote their export competitiveness by holding down the value of their currencies through foreign exchange market intervention.
Goodbye, Inc., recently issued new securities to finance a new TV show. The project cost $1.8 million and the company paid $111,000 in flotation costs.
E-Eyes Bank just issued some new preferred stock. The issue will pay a $20 annual dividend in perpetuity, beginning 20 years from now. If the market requires a 6.4 percent return on this investment,
Wall inc. forecasts that it will have the free cash flows in millions shown below. If the weighted average cost of capital is 14% and the free cash flows are expected to continue growing at the same
Homer's Trucking company bonds have a 11% coupon rate. Interest is paid semi-annually. The bonds have a par value of $1,000 and will mature 8 years from now. Compute the value of Homer's Trucking co
Suppose DFB instead paid a dividend of $4 per share this year and retained only $1 per share in earnings. If DFB maintains this higher payout rate in the future, what stock price would you estimate
Diamonds, Etc. manufactures jewelry settings and sells them to retail stores. In the past, most settings were made by hand and the overhead allocation rate in the prior year was $10 per labor hour
The Corner Bakery has a bond issue outstanding that matures in 7 years. The bonds pay interest semi-annually. Currently, the bonds are quoted at 101.4 percent of face value and carry a 9 percent co
An open-end fund has a net asset value of $10.70 per share. It is sold with a front-end load of 6%. What is the offering price?
Calculate the payback period of each investment. Which investments does the firm accept if the cutoff payback period in three years? Four years? If the firm invests by choosing projects with the short
You have just paid $20 million in the secondary market for the winning Powerball lottery ticket. The prize is $2 million at the end of each year for the next 25 years. If your required rate of retur
Current dividend of $1.00 and eps of $2.00. Projected next years dividend of $1.10 and eps of $2.20. ROE is 15%. Cost of equity capital is 11%.