• Q : Firm market value capital structure....
    Finance Basics :

    The common stock currently sells for $64 per share and has a beta of 1.2 , the preferred stock currently sells for $108 per share and bonds have 15 year to maturity and sell for 96 % of par. Market

  • Q : Rate of price appreciation....
    Finance Basics :

    Electronics, Inc. common stock returned a nifty 23.5 percent rate of return last year. The dividend amount was $0.25 a share which equated to a dividend yield of 0.95 percent. What was the rate of p

  • Q : Internal rate of return of a project....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the internal rate of return of a project that has an initial net outflow of 100, a t=1 cash flow of +250, and a t=2 cash flow of -156?

  • Q : Pros and cons of the traditional nyse trading....
    Finance Basics :

    Research the pros and cons of the traditional NYSE trading and the electronic trading (like NASDAQ or ECNs) then pick one of the sides and argue why the NYSE should either maintain its tradition and

  • Q : Pros and cons of setting a target rating....
    Finance Basics :

    Some corporations debt-equity targets are expressed not as a debt ratio but as a target debt rating on the firm's outstanding bonds. What are the pros and cons of setting a target rating rather than

  • Q : Hedging financial risk via derivatives....
    Finance Basics :

    In the context of analyzing dissertation topic about "hedging financial risk via derivatives", is case study research method suitable to analyze the above topic or is there a better more suitable re

  • Q : Option trading strategy....
    Finance Basics :

    You have been following the shares of Alcoa, a major aluminum producer. It is currently the beginning of December and three weeks before an anticipated strike in the aluminum industry.

  • Q : Determining the company pretax cost of debt....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the company's pretax cost of debt? If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the aftertax cost of debt?

  • Q : Determining the payback for project....
    Finance Basics :

    As the head of Human Resources at Harris Light & Magic Corporation, Renée is determined to increase the wealth of the company. She was approached by Segler Executive Management Retreats

  • Q : Maximum price per share....
    Finance Basics :

    If the target company has 20 million shares outstanding and you want to purchase 100% of the shares, what is the maximum price per share you would be willing to pay? Why? Would you try to negotiate

  • Q : Determining the present value of an annuity....
    Finance Basics :

    Present value of an annuity. Lease payments of $3,895.50 for a 10 year period. starting at the end of this year. If the firm uses a 9 percent discount rate, what is the present value of this annuity

  • Q : Prospective stock price after the issue....
    Finance Basics :

    What was the prospective stock price after the issue? What was the value of one right to buy new shares?

  • Q : Profit-maximizing decision....
    Finance Basics :

    The manager of the factory plans to buy two machines A and scrap his old machines . Is it a good idea? What other options might be better? What is the profit-maximizing decision here? The opportunit

  • Q : Reduction in cash conversion cycle....
    Finance Basics :

    It believes that it can reduce its average inventory to $863,000. Assume a 365-day year and that sales will not change. By how much must the firm also reduce its accounts receivable to meet its goal

  • Q : Implementing the lock box system....
    Finance Basics :

    It now requires 5 days on average to process the checks. A lock box system will reduce the process time by 2 days (2 days saved) and will cost $330,000. If the firm's cost of capital is 8%, should t

  • Q : Calculating the profitability index....
    Finance Basics :

    Your company is considering investing in a project that will cost $19,500,000 and will pay back to you $6,500,000 for the next 4 years. (These are after-tax cash flows.) If your company's cost of ca

  • Q : Advantages of going private....
    Finance Basics :

    List and describe the advantages of "going private" related to a firm that is currently a public firm.

  • Q : Determining the firm typical project....
    Finance Basics :

    The market risk premium is 11.5 percent, T-bills are yielding 7.5 percent, and the firm's tax rate is 32 percent. What discount rate should the firm apply to a new project's cash flows if the projec

  • Q : Determining the maximum lease payment....
    Finance Basics :

    The black box would cost $1,050,000 to buy and would be straight-line depreciated to a zero salvage. The actual salvage value is zero. The firm can borrow at 8%, and the corporate tax rate is 34%

  • Q : Estimating cost of equity....
    Finance Basics :

    Consider an M&M world with no taxes. When a firm is 30% debt financed, it's cost of debt is 6% and cost do equity is 12%. When the firm increases debt to 50%, assuming that debt still cost 6%, w

  • Q : Determining the projected sales....
    Finance Basics :

    After that, the sales should grow 10 percent per year for another two years, at which time the owners are planning on selling the company. What are the projected sales for the last year of the compa

  • Q : Determining the wacc for division....
    Finance Basics :

    If all current and future projects will be financed with 25 percent debt and 75 percent equity, and if the current cost of equity (based on average firm beta of 1.2 and a current risk-free rate of 4

  • Q : Necessary for the anticipated sales....
    Finance Basics :

    Assume CI's variable cost ratio is 0.7 and its required pretax rate of return on current assets investment is 15%. CI also estimates that an additional investment in inventory of $850,000 is necessa

  • Q : Percent rate of return on the loan....
    Finance Basics :

    An individual wants to borrow $120,000 from a bank and repay it in six equal annual end-of-year payments, including interest. If the bank wants to earn a 7 percent rate of return on the loan, what s

  • Q : Point price elasticity of demand....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the point price elasticity of demand for TV Plasma during the month of the discount. Calculate the profit maximizing price per unit if Price Mart has an average whole sale cost of $350 and

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