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In the previous problem, suppose the project requires an initial investment in net working capital of $285,000 and the fixed asset will have a market value of $225,000 at the end of the project. What
Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $530,000 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will be worth $50,000 at
Dog Up! Franks is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $345,000. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project's five-year life, at the end of which the
An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $8,300,000 and will be sold for $1,700,000 at the end of the project. If
Howell Petroleum is considering a new project that complements its existing business. The machine required for the project costs $3.9 million. The marketing department predicts that sales related to
Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The company operates deep mines as well as strip mines. Most of the coal
Phillips Industries runs a small manufacturing operation. For this fiscal year, it expects real net cash flows of $235,000. The company is an ongoing operation, but it expects competitive pressures
We are evaluating a project that costs $588,000, has an eight-year life, and has no salvage value. Assume that depreciation is straight-line to zero over the life of the project. Sales are projected
Niko has purchased a brand new machine to produce its High Flight line of shoes. The machine has an economic life of five years. The depreciation schedule for the machine is straight-line with no
Consider a four-year project with the following information: Initial fixed asset investment $410,000; straight-line depreciation to zero over the four-year life; zero salvage value; price $35;
You are considering a new product launch. The project will cost $760,000, have a four-year life, and have no salvage value; depreciation is straight line to zero. Sales are projected at 420 units per
McGilla Golf has decided to sell a new line of golf clubs. The clubs will sell for $850 per set and have a variable cost of $430 per set. The company has spent $150,000 for a marketing study that
We are examining a new project. We expect to sell 7,000 units per year at $38 net cash flow apiece for the next 10 years. In other words, the annual operating cash flow is projected to be $38 3 7,000
In the previous problem, suppose you think it is likely that expected sales will be revised upward to 9,500 units if the first year is a success and revised downward to 3,800 units if the first year
In the previous problem, suppose the scale of the project can be doubled in one year in the sense that twice as many units can be produced and sold. Naturally, expansion would be desirable only if
Your buddy comes to you with a sure-fire way to make some quick money and help pay off your student loans. His idea is to sell T-shirts with the words "I get" on them. "You get it?" He says, "You see
Young screenwriter Carl Draper has just finished his first script. It has action, drama, and humor, and he thinks it will be a blockbuster. He takes the script to every motion picture studio in town
Hickock Mining is evaluating when to open a gold mine. The mine has 44,000 ounces of gold left that can be mined, and mining operations will produce 5,500 ounces per year. The required return on the
Allied Products, Inc., is considering a new product launch. The firm expects to have an annual operating cash flow of $13.5 million for the next 10 years. Allied Products uses a discount rate of 13
Applied Nanotech is thinking about introducing a new surface cleaning machine. The marketing department has come up with the estimate that Applied Nanotech can sell 15 units per year at $275,000 net
You are the financial analyst for a tennis racket manufacturer. The company is considering using a graphite like material in its tennis rackets. The company has estimated the information in the
Consider a project to supply Detroit with 25,000 tons of machine screws annually for automobile production. You will need an initial $2,700,000 investment in threading equipment to get the project
Consider the following project for Hand Clapper, Inc. The company is considering a four-year project to manufacture clap-command garage door openers. This project requires an initial investment of
In each of the following cases, find the unknown variable. Ignore taxes.
L.J.'s Toys, Inc., just purchased a $375,000 machine to produce toy cars. The machine will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method over its five-year economic life. Each toy sells for $21.
Ang Electronics, Inc., has developed a new DVDR. If the DVDR is successful, the present value of the payoff (when the product is brought to market) is $27 million. If the DVDR fails, the present
The manager for a growing firm is considering the launch of a new product. If the product goes directly to market, there is a 50 percent chance of success. For $125,000 the manager can conduct a
B&B has a new baby powder ready to market. If the firm goes directly to the market with the product, there is only a 55 percent chance of success. However, the firm can conduct customer segment
You are considering investing in a company that cultivates abalone for sale to local restaurants. Use the following information:Sales price per abalone = $39Variable costs per abalone = $7.15Fixed
What is the price of a 15-year, zero coupon bond paying $1,000 at maturity, assuming semiannual compounding, if the YTM is:a. 6 percent?b. 8 percent?c. 10 percent?
If Treasury bills are currently paying 3.9 percent and the inflation rate is 2.1 percent, what is the approximate real rate of interest? The exact real rate?
Suppose the real rate is 2.4 percent and the inflation rate is 3.7 percent. What rate would you expect to see on a Treasury bill?
Say you own an asset that had a total return last year of 11.6 percent. If the inflation rate last year was 5.3 percent, what was your real return?
You buy a zero coupon bond at the beginning of the year that has a face value of $1,000, a YTM of 6.3 percent, and 25 years to maturity. If you hold the bond for the entire year, how much in
Miller Corporation has a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond pays a coupon of 8.5 percent, has a YTM of 7 percent, and has 13 years to maturity. The Modigliani Company has a discount
Laurel, Inc., and Hardy Corp. both have 6.5 percent coupon bonds outstanding, with semiannual interest payments, and both are priced at par value. The Laurel, Inc., bond has 3 years to maturity,
The Faulk Corp. has a 6 percent coupon bond outstanding. The Gonas Company has a 14 percent bond outstanding. Both bonds have 12 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 10
Hacker Software has 6.2 percent coupon bonds on the market with 9 years to maturity. The bonds make semiannual payments and currently sell for 104 percent of par. What is the current yield on the
RAK Co. wants to issue new 20-year bonds for some much-needed expansion projects. The company currently has 6.4 percent coupon bonds on the market that sell for $1,063, make semiannual payments, and
You purchase a bond with an invoice price of $950. The bond has a coupon rate of 5.2 percent, and there are 2 months to the next semiannual coupon date. What is the clean price of the bond?
You purchase a bond with a coupon rate of 5.9 percent and a clean price of $984. If the next semiannual coupon payment is due in four months, what is the invoice price?
Erna Corp. has 9 percent coupon bonds making annual payments with a YTM of 7.81 percent. The current yield on these bonds is 8.42 percent. How many years do these bonds have left until they mature?
Suppose the following bond quote for IOU Corporation appears in the financial page of today's newspaper. Assume the bond has a face value of $1,000, semiannual coupon payments, and the current date
Tesla Corporation needs to raise funds to finance a plant expansion, and it has decided to issue 25-year zero coupon bonds to raise the money. The required return on the bonds will be 5.4 percent.a.
Suppose your company needs to raise $50 million and you want to issue 30-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 6 percent, and you're evaluating two issue
Bond P is a premium bond with a coupon of 8.5 percent. Bond D has a coupon of 5.5 percent and is selling at a discount. Both bonds make annual payments, have a YTM of 7 percent, and have 10 years to
Watters Umbrella Corp. issued 15-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 5.9 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 105 percent of par value, what is the
The YTM on a bond is the interest rate you earn on your investment if interest rates don't change. If you actually sell the bond before it matures, your realized return is known as the holding period
The Frush Corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. Bond M has a face value of $30,000 and matures in 20 years. The bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $800
When Marilyn Monroe died, ex-husband Joe DiMaggio vowed to place fresh flowers on her grave every Sunday as long as he lived. The week after she died in 1962, a bunch of fresh flowers that the former
You are planning to save for retirement over the next 30 years. To save for retirement, you will invest $900 per month in a stock account in real dollars and $300 per month in a bond account in real
Rhiannon Corporation has bonds on the market with 11.5 years to maturity, a YTM of 7.3 percent, and a current price of $1,080. The bonds make semiannual payments. What must the coupon rate be on
Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par
A Japanese company has a bond outstanding that sells for 106 percent of its ¥100,000 par value. The bond has a coupon rate of 2.8 percent paid annually and matures in 21 years. What is the yield to
The following Treasury bond quote appeared in The Wall Street Journal on May 11, 2004:Why would anyone buy this Treasury bond with a negative yield to maturity? How is this possible?
The Starr Co. just paid a dividend of $1.95 per share on its stock. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5 percent per year, indefinitely. If investors require a return of 11
The Spring Flower Co. has earnings of $2.35 per share. The benchmark PE for the company is 18. What stock price would you consider appropriate? What if the benchmark PE were 21?
Universal Laser, Inc., just paid a dividend of $2.90 on its stock. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be a constant 6 percent per year, indefinitely. Investors require a 15 percent return on
Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company
Bucksnort, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $9 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $4 per share for each of the next five years,
Lohn Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $13, $8, $6.50, and $2.40. Afterwards, the company pledges to maintain a constant 4.5 percent growth rate in
Phillips Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 25 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 5 percent thereafter. If the required
Synovec Corp. is experiencing rapid growth. Dividends are expected to grow at 30 percent per year during the next three years, 18 percent over the following year, and then 8 percent per year
Fifth National Bank just issued some new preferred stock. The issue will pay an annual dividend of $5 in perpetuity, beginning five years from now. If the market requires a return of 4.7 percent on
You have found the following stock quote for RJW Enterprises, Inc., in the financial pages of today's newspaper. What is the annual dividend? What was the closing price for this stock that appeared
Pasqually Mineral Water, Inc., will pay a quarterly dividend per share of $.90 at the end of each of the next 12 quarters. Thereafter, the dividend will grow at a quarterly rate of 1 percent,
Briley, Inc., is expected to pay equal dividends at the end of each of the next two years. Thereafter, the dividend will grow at a constant annual rate of 4 percent, forever. The current stock price
Juggernaut Satellite Corporation earned $23 million for the fiscal year ending yesterday. The firm also paid out 30 percent of its earnings as dividends yesterday. The firm will continue to pay out
Four years ago, Bling Diamond, Inc., paid a dividend of $1.51 per share. The company paid a dividend of $1.87 per share yesterday. Dividends will grow over the next five years at the same rate they
Consider Pacific Energy Company and U.S. Bluechips, Inc., both of which reported earnings of $630,000. Without new projects, both firms will continue to generate earnings of $630,000 in perpetuity.
Ramsay Corp. currently has an EPS of $3.10, and the benchmark PE for the company is 21. Earnings are expected to grow at 6 percent per year.a. What is your estimate of the current stock price?b. What
FFDP Corp. has yearly sales of $42 million and costs of $13 million. The company's balance sheet shows debt of $64 million and cash of $21 million. There are 1,750,000 shares outstanding and the
Fincher Manufacturing has projected sales of $135 million next year. Costs are expected to be $76 million and net investment is expected to be $15 million. Each of these values is expected to grow at
Consider four different stocks, all of which have a required return of 14 percent and a most recent dividend of $3.50 per share. Stocks W, X, and Y are expected to maintain constant growth rates in
Most corporations pay quarterly dividends on their common stock rather than annual dividends. Barring any unusual circumstances during the year, the board raises, lowers, or maintains the current
Storico Co. just paid a dividend of $3.40 per share. The company will increase its dividend by 20 percent next year and will then reduce its dividend growth rate by 5 percentage points per year until
This one's a little harder. Suppose the current share price for the firm in the previous problem is $62.40 and all the dividend information remains the same. What required return must investors be
The Stambaugh Corporation currently has earnings per share of $8.20. The company has no growth and pays out all earnings as dividends. It has a new project that will require an investment of $1.95
Burklin, Inc., has earnings of $21 million and is projected to grow at a constant rate of 5 percent forever because of the benefits gained from the learning curve. Currently, all earnings are paid
The newspaper reported last week that Bennington Enterprises earned $29 million this year. The report also stated that the firm's return on equity is 17 percent. Bennington retains 80 percent of its
In practice, the use of the dividend discount model is refined from the method we presented in the textbook. Many analysts will estimate the dividend for the next five years and then estimate a
Antiques R Us is a mature manufacturing firm. The company just paid a dividend of $13, but management expects to reduce the payout by 4 percent per year, indefinitely. If you require a return of 10
Mau Corporation stock currently sells for $64.87 per share. The market requires a return of 10.5 percent on the firm's stock. If the company maintains a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends,
The next dividend payment by ECY, Inc., will be $2.90 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 5.5 percent, forever. If the stock currently sells for $53.10 per share,
Shiller Corporation will pay a $2.75 per share dividend next year. The company pledges to increase its dividend by 5 percent per year, indefinitely. If you require a return of 11 percent on your
Siblings, Inc., is expected to maintain a constant 5.7 percent growth rate in its dividends, indefinitely. If the company has a dividend yield of 4.6 percent, what is the required return on the
Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $67 per share and the required return on the stock is 10.8 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided
Gruber Corp. pays a constant $9 dividend on its stock. The company will maintain this dividend for the next 13 years and will then cease paying dividends forever. If the required return on this stock
Ayden, Inc., has an issue of preferred stock outstanding that pays a $4.50 dividend every year, in perpetuity. If this issue currently sells for $87 per share, what is the required return?
A stock has had returns of 14.38 percent, 8.43 percent, 11.97 percent, 25.83 percent, and − 9.17 percent over the past five years, respectively. What was the holding period return for the stock?
You purchased a zero coupon bond one year ago for $160.53. The market interest rate is now 7.5 percent. If the bond had 25 years to maturity when you originally purchased it, what was your total
You bought a share of 3.5 percent preferred stock for $92.07 last year. The market price for your stock is now $96.12. What was your total return for last year?
You bought a stock three months ago for $62.18 per share. The stock paid no dividends. The current share price is $65.37. What is the APR of your investment? The EAR?
You find a certain stock that had returns of 12 percent, - 15 percent, 13 percent, and 27 percent for four of the last five years. If the average return of the stock over this period was 10.5
A stock has had returns of 24 percent, 12 percent, 38 percent, - 2 percent, 21 percent, and - 16 percent over the last six years. What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock?
A stock has had the following year-end prices and dividends:Year Price Dividend1.................$73.18...........................-2.................77.98........................$
You bought one of Bergen Manufacturing Co.'s 6.4 percent coupon bonds one year ago for $1,032.50. These bonds make annual payments and mature six years from now. Suppose you decide to sell your bonds
Rework Problems 1 and 2 assuming the ending share price is $57.Suppose a stock had an initial price of $64 per share, paid a dividend of $1.20 per share during the year, and had an ending share price
Suppose you bought a bond with a 5.8 percent coupon rate one year ago for $1,030. The bond sells for $1,059 today.a. Assuming a $1,000 face value, what was your total dollar return on this investment
Using the following returns, calculate the average returns, the variances, and the standard deviations for X and Y:ReturnsYear X
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