• Q : Best estimate of the company cost of equity....
    Finance Basics :

    Stock in Dragula Industries has a beta of 1.4. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 4.40 percent. If the stock sells for $32 per share, what is your best estimate

  • Q : Computing cost of equity by using dcf method....
    Finance Basics :

    Berta Industries stock has a beta of 1.30. The company just paid a dividend of $0.30, and the dividends are expected to grow at 4 percent. Calculate the cost of equity using the DCF method.

  • Q : Methods of avoiding the estate tax....
    Finance Basics :

    What are two methods of avoiding the estate tax? • How would you advise your client if their net worth exceeded twenty million dollars, they were aged 60, married, and in good health.

  • Q : Gain or loss on entire stock option portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    She is worried that the stock price will rise significantly over the next 6 months. The stock is at$45 and she buys a 6 month call with a strike of $50. At the expiration the stock is at $54. What i

  • Q : Determining firm current cash conversion cycle....
    Finance Basics :

    As part of your analysis, you want to determine the firm's cash conversion cycle. Using the following information and a 360-day year, what is your estimate of the firm's current cash conversion cycl

  • Q : Various forms of market efficiency....
    Finance Basics :

    Discuss the various forms of market efficiency. Include in your discussion the information sets involved in each form and the relationships across information sets and across forms of market effici

  • Q : After-tax cost of debt-cost of preferred stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Estimate LampSmart's After-tax cost of debt. Estimate LampSmart's cost of preferred stock. Estimate LampSmart's cost of common stock. Estimate LampSmart's weight of debt based on its market value. Est

  • Q : Bases of accounting which are used in bfs....
    Finance Basics :

    How does one decide what entities to include in the government's BFS? What bases of accounting are used in the BFS?

  • Q : Determining value of one share of stock....
    Finance Basics :

    The company has stated that it plans on issuing a dividend of $.50 a share at the end of this year and then issuing a final liquidating dividend of $2.05 a share at the end of next year. Your requi

  • Q : Determining amount of annual net income for firm....
    Finance Basics :

    The company adheres to a 60% dividend payout ratio and has a P/E ratio of 19. There are 21,000 shares of stock outstanding. What is the amount of the annual net income for the firm?

  • Q : Computing firm cash conversion cycle....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the firm's cash conversion cycle, its daily cash operating expenditure, and the amount of resources needed to support its cash conversion cycle.

  • Q : Examples of successes resulting from cultural matches....
    Finance Basics :

    As CFO of the acquiring company, what approaches would you use in merging the target companies finance department into your area of responsibility attempting to minimize the cultural differences? Wh

  • Q : What is real option analysis....
    Finance Basics :

    How do companies minimize their foreign currency exposure? What is real option analysis? Why is important in M&A activities or is it? What forces drive international M & A activity, and how a

  • Q : Computing eac....
    Finance Basics :

    You have a 1999 Nissan that is expected to run for another three year-Calculate the EAC for both Nissan and Hyundai. When should you buy the new Hyundai?

  • Q : Approximate real rate of return on investment....
    Finance Basics :

    ver the course of the year, you received $2 in dividends and inflation averaged 2.7 percent. Today, you sold your shares for $54.2 a share. What is your approximate real rate of return on this inves

  • Q : Net advantage to leasing....
    Finance Basics :

    The lease terms, which include maintenance, call for a $12,000 lease payment (4 payments total) at the beginning of each year. DTC's tax rate is 40%. What is the net advantage to leasing?

  • Q : Value of endowment in today dollars....
    Finance Basics :

    The first $2 million will start today; at the end of the 5 years, the hospital will also receive a lump sum payment of $16 M. Assuming the cost of money is 4%, what is the value of this endowment in

  • Q : Future appreciation of the euro....
    Finance Basics :

    Describe in general terms how future appreciation of the euro will likely affect the value (from the parent's perspective) of a project established in Germany today by a U.S.-based MNC.

  • Q : Explain market efficiency theory....
    Finance Basics :

    Please explain market efficiency theory? What is strong-form efficiency? Which stock exchange would be an example for this type of market efficiency? What is semistrong-form efficiency? Which stock ex

  • Q : What type of security is tax deductibility....
    Finance Basics :

    What type of security is tax deductibility a characteristic? EPS dilution is a characteristic concern with equity (stock) or debt securities? Is the cost of debt financing higher or lower than equity

  • Q : Define the hedging principle....
    Finance Basics :

    Define the hedging principle. How can this principle be used in the management of working capital?

  • Q : Computing variance and standard deviation of portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    A portfolio is made up of 75% of stock 1, and 25% of stock 2. Stock 1 has a variance of .08, and stock 2 has a variance of .035. The covariance between the stocks is -.001. Calculate both the varian

  • Q : Computing bank before-tax cost of funds....
    Finance Basics :

    The bank has estimated that reserve requirements, deposit insurance fees, and uncollected balances reduce the amount of money available on checking deposits by 10% and on savings and time deposits b

  • Q : Computing component weight of debt-market values....
    Finance Basics :

    There were 3,000 bonds issued and similar bonds are now selling to yield 12% annually. Zimmerman does not have preferred stock and the market value of equity is $3,000,000. Calculate the component w

  • Q : Determining firm value of operations....
    Finance Basics :

    After Year 2, FCF is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. If the weighted average cost of capital is 14%, what is the firm's value of operations, in millions?

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