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Analysis for Financial Management 12th edition Robert C. Higgins - Solutions
Procureps, Inc. (P) is considering two possible acquisitions, neither of which promises any enhancements or synergistic benefits. V1 is a poorly performing firm in a declining industry with a price-to-earnings ratio of 8 times. V2 is a high-growth technology company with a price-to-earnings ratio
Flatbush Shipyards is a no-growth company expected to pay a $12-per-share annual dividend into the distant future. Its cost of equity capital is 15 percent. The new president abhors the no-growth image and proposes to halve next year's dividend to $6 per share and use the savings to acquire
In July 2007, News Corp. entered into an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Dow Jones and Company for $60 per share. Immediately prior to the News Corp. bid, the shares of Dow Jones traded at $33 per share. The number of outstanding shares at the time of the announcement was 82
Is each of the following statements true or false? Explain your answers briefly.a. On average, acquisitions destroy shareholder value.b. A discounted cash flow valuation of a target company discounts the target's estimated free cash flows at the acquirer's cost of capital.c. An acquirer should be
You are valuing a project for Gila Corp. using the APV method. You already found the net present value of free cash flows from the project (discounted at the appropriate cost of equity) to be $500,000. The only important side effect of financing is the present value of interest tax shields. The
The chapter discusses General Design’s option to expand its diamond film project.a. Is the option a call or a put?b. In qualitative terms, what is the option’s strike price?
An all-equity financed company has a cost of capital of 10 percent. It owns one asset: a mine capable of generating $100 million in free cash flow every year for five years, at which time it will be abandoned. A buyout firm proposes to purchase the company for $400 million financed with $350
You are a commercial real estate broker eager to sell an office building. An investor is interested but demands a 20 percent return on her equity investment. The building’s selling price is $25 million, and it promises free cash flows of $3 million annually in perpetuity. Interest-only financing
How will an increase in financial leverage affect a company’s cost of equity capital, if at all? How will it affect a company’s equity beta?
ABC Corporation and XYZ Corporation are both bidding for an existing food processing plant located in Monterrey, Mexico. Both firms are highly profitable and have similar debt ratios and costs of debt, but XYZ operates in a more volatile industry than ABC and thus has a higher beta. As ABC and XYZ
An entrepreneur wants to purchase a particular small business. The asking price is $5 million. He expects to improve the business’s operations over a period of five years and sell it at a handsome profit. To help him achieve this goal, a wealthy aunt is willing to loan the entrepreneur $5 million
Is each of the following statements true or false? Explain your answers briefly.a. Using the same risk-adjusted discount rate to discount all future cash flows ignores the fact that the more distant cash flows are often riskier than cash flows occurring sooner.b. The cost of capital, or WACC, is
One year ago, Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting Co. purchased three small-batch coffee roasters for $3.3 million. Now in 2018, the company finds that new roasters that offer significant advantages are available. The new roasters can be purchased for $4.5 million, and have no salvage value. Both the new
In recent years, Haverhill Corporation has averaged net income of $10 million per year on net sales of $100 million per year. It currently has no long-term debt, but is considering a debt issue of $5 million. The interest rate on the debt would be 6 percent. Haverhill currently faces an effective
Explain how each of the following changes will affect a company?s range of earnings chart such as that shown in Figure 6.2. How would each of the changes affect the attractiveness of increased debt financing relative to increased equity financing? a. An increase in the interest rate on the new debt
As the chief financial officer of Adirondack Designs, you have the following information:Next year’s expected net income after tax but before new financing .............................................................................................. $42 millionSinking-fund payments
Looking at Table 6.4, why do public utilities have such a low times-interest earned ratio? Why is the ratio for information technology companies so high? ?Table 6.4 Nonfinancial companies in the Standard and Poor's 500 index and industry components. (Numbers in parentheses are the number of
Yosemite Corp. has an outstanding debt of $10 million on which it pays a 5 percent fixed interest rate annually. Yosemite just made its annual interest payment and has three years remaining until maturity. Yosemite believes that interest rates will fall over the next three years and that
What is most important to investors: the number of a company’s shares they own, the price of the company’s stock, or the value of their shareholdings in the company? Why?
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. is a direct marketer of men?s clothing, with over 800 retail stores in 42 states, that was acquired by Men?s Wearhouse in 2014. The following are selected financial data for the company for the period 2006?2010. a. Calculate Jos. A. Bank?s annual sustainable growth
Medifast, Inc. is a producer and marketer of weight-loss meals and other health and weight-loss products. The following are selected financial data for the company for the period 2006?2010. a. Calculate Medifast?s annual sustainable growth rate for the years 2006 through 2010. b. Comparing the
Looking at Figure 4.5, describe the trend in net equity financing in the United States during the last 35 years. What does this say about the use of equity financing in U.S. corporations? Figure 4.5 100 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 -100 + -200 -300 -400 -500 -600 -700 -800 Dollars in
Are the following statements true or false? Please explain why.a. The only way a company can grow at a rate above its current sustainable growth rate is by issuing new stock.b. The stock market is a ready source of new capital when a company is incurring heavy losses.c. Share repurchases usually
Toys-4-Kids manufactures plastic toys. Sales and production are highly seasonal. The following is a quarterly pro forma forecast indicating external financing needs for 2018. Assumptions are in parentheses. a. How do you interpret the negative numbers for income taxes in the first two
Continuing problem 10, Westmark Industrial’s annual income statement and balance sheet for December 31, 2017, are shown next. Additional information about the company’s accounting methods and the treasurer’s expectations for the first quarter of 2018 appear in the footnotes.
Table 3.3 shows the December 31, 2018 pro forma balance sheet and income statements for R&E Supplies, Inc. The pro-forma balance sheet shows that R&E Supplies will need external funding from the bank of $1.4 million. However, they show almost $1.3 million in cash and short term
Universal Products Co. has almost finished its pro forma financial statements for 2018, as shown next. a. Assume that Universal plans to purchase $500,000 in fixed assets during 2018 and to dispose of no fixed assets during 2018. What would be its forecast for net fixed assets in 2018? b. Assume
The following table presents selected 2016 annual income statement items and balance sheet items for Toyota Motor and Apple. All dollars are in millions. Use the information to answer the questions that follow. a. Calculate and interpret the length of the operating cycle for Toyota and Apple. b.
Answer the following questions based on the information in the table. The tax rate is 40 percent and all dollars are in millions. For simplicity, assume that the companies have no other liabilities other than the debt shown next.a. Calculate each company’s ROE, ROA, and ROIC.b. Why is Pacific’s
Selected financial data for Amberjack Corporation follows. a. Calculate the current and quick ratio at the end of each year. How has the company's short-term liquidity changed over this period? b. Assuming a 365-day year for all calculations, compute the following: i. The collection period each
Answer true or false to each of the following. Briefly explain your reasoning for each answer.a. A company's assets-to-equity ratio always equals one plus its liabilities to equity ratio.b. A company's return on equity will always equal or exceed its return on assets.c. A company's collection
Starbucks Corporation recently had a market value of equity of $90 billion with 1.5 billion shares outstanding. The book value of its equity is $6 billion.a. What is Starbucks’ stock price per share? What is its book value per share?b. If the company repurchases 25 million shares in the stock
Selected information for Blake?s Restaurant Supply follows. a. During 2017, how much cash did Blake?s collect from sales? b. During 2017, what was the cost of goods produced by the company? c. Assuming the company neither sold nor salvaged any assets during the year, what were the company?s
Please ignore taxes for this problem. During 2016, Acadia, Inc. earned net income of $500,000. The firm increased its accounts receivable during the year by $150,000. The book value of its assets declined by an amount equal to the year’s depreciation charge, or $130,000, and the market value of
Answer true or false to each of the following. Briefly explain your reasoning for each answer.a. If a company gets into financial difficulty, it can use some of its shareholders’ equity to pay its bills for a time.b. It is impossible for a firm to have a negative book value of equity without the
The treasurer of Westmark Industrial, Inc ., a wholesale distributor of household appliances, wants to estimate his company's cash balances for the first three months of 2018. Using the following information, construct a monthly cash budget for Westmark for January through March 2018. Westmark's
This problem asks you to prepare one-and five-year financial forecasts and conduct some sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis for Aquatic Supplies Company. A spreadsheet containing the company's 2017 financial statements and management's projections is available for download from
Table 3.1 in the last chapter presents R&E Supplies’ financial statements for the period 2014 through 2017, and Table 3.5 presents a pro forma financial forecast for 2018. Use the information in these tables to answer the following questions.a. Calculate R&E’s sustainable growth rate
Looking at Figure 4.6, describe the trend in gross public equity issues and IPOs in the United States during the last 35 years. How do you explain this trend given what we observe in Figure 4.5? Explain.Figure 4.5Figure 4.6 100 1985 1995 2000 2005 2015 1990 1980 2010 -100 + -200 -300 -400 -500 -600
Under Armour, Inc. is an American supplier of sportswear and casual apparel. Following are selected financial data for the company for the period 2009–2013.a. Calculate Under Armour’s annual sustainable growth rate for the years 2009 through 2013.b. Did Under Armour face a growth management
Stryker Corporation is a leading medical technology company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Following are selected financial data for Stryker for the period 2009–2013.a. Calculate Stryker’s annual sustainable growth rate from 2009 through
Kansas Corp., an American company, has a payment of €5 million due to Tuscany Corp. one year from today. At the prevailing spot rate of 0.90 €/$, this would cost Kansas $5,555,556, but Kansas faces the risk that the €/$ rate will fall in the coming year, so that it will end up paying a higher
The common shares of Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) recently traded on the NYSE for $18.50 per share. You have employee stock options to purchase 1,000 TWTR shares for $16 per share. The options expire in three years. Assume that the annualized volatility of TWTR stock is 85.4 percent and that the interest
FARO Technologies, whose products include portable 3D measurement equipment, recently had 17 million shares outstanding trading at $35 a share. Suppose the company announces its intention to raise $200 million by selling new shares.a. What do market signaling studies suggest will happen to FARO’s
This problem asks you to evaluate a major increase in financial leverage on the part of Nova Products, Inc. The company’s financial statements for 2015–2017 and specific questions are available for download through McGraw-Hill’s Connect or your course instructor.Using the financial
Problem 15, part f in Chapter 3 asks you to construct a five-year financial projection for Aquatic Supplies beginning in 2018. Based on your forecast or the suggested answer available through McGraw-Hill’s Connect, answer the following questions. AQUATIC SUPPLIES CO. INCOME STATEMENT ($
Microsoft Corp. reported earnings per share of $1.20 in 2006 and $2.10 in 2016. At what annual rate did earnings per share grow over this period?
You are looking to purchase a Tesla Model X sport utility vehicle. The price of the vehicle is $93,500. You negotiate a six-year loan, with no money down and no monthly payments during the first year. After the first year, you will pay $1,300 per month for the following five years, with a balloon
Waldo Entertainment Products, Inc. is negotiating with Disney for the rights to manufacture and sell superhero-themed toys for a three-year period. At the end of year 3, Waldo plans to liquidate the assets from the project. Additional information is available for download from McGraw-Hill's Connect
A security analyst has regressed the monthly returns on Exxon Mobil equity shares over the past five years against those on the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index over the same period. The resulting regression equation is rEM = 0.02 + 0.65rSP. Use this equation and any other information you
The following information is available about an investment opportunity. Investment will occur at year 0 and sales will occur from year 1 to year 8. Use a nominal discount rate, calculated as in = (1 + ir)(1 + p) – 1, where ir is the real discount rate, and p is expected inflation.Initial cost
The spreadsheet for this problem contains information about Kroger Company and four industry competitors in 2017. It is available for download from McGraw-Hill's Connect or your course instructor (see the Preface for more information). Using this information: CompanyEquity betaInterest-bearing
Calculate free cash flow for 2017 for Monarch Textiles, Inc., based on the financial information that follows. Assume that all current liabilities are non-interest-bearing liabilities and that no fixed assets were sold or disposed of during 2017. Monarch Textiles, Inc. ($ thousands) Income
Sinaloa Appliance, Inc., a private firm that manufactures home appliances, has hired you to estimate the company’s beta. You have obtained the following equity betas for publicly traded firms that also manufacture home appliances.a. Estimate an asset beta for Sinaloa Appliance.b. What concerns,
Stryker Corporation is a leading medical technology company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Use the following information on Stryker and seven other similar companies (indicated by their ticker symbols) to value Stryker’s common stock as of
Answer true or false to each of the following. Briefly explain your reasoning for each answer.a. All else equal, increasing the projected amount of accounts receivable in a financial forecast will increase external funding required.b. Estimates of external funding required based on cash flow
To answer the following questions, use Boeing Company’s financial statements available for download from McGraw-Hill’s Connect or your course instructor (see the Preface for more information).a. For the years 2005–2009, calculate the following for Boeing:i. Debt-to-equity ratioii.
A spreadsheet containing financial statements for Men’s Wearhouse, Inc., for fiscal years 2006–2010 is available for download from McGraw-Hill’s Connect or your course instructor. MEN'S WEARHOUSE INC.BALANCE SHEET ($ millions)20062007200820092010ASSETSCash & Short-Term
The following data present key ratios for six well-known U.S. corporations: Apple, Boeing, Citigroup, Facebook, McDonald’s, and Walmart. However, the companies are not listed in order, and their names have been removed from the column headings. Using only your understanding of the ratios and the
In 2016, Natural Selection, a nationwide computer dating service, had $500 million of assets and $200 million of liabilities. Earnings before interest and taxes were $120 million, interest expense was $28 million, the tax rate was 40 percent, principal repayment requirements were $24 million, and
Table 3.1 in Chapter 3 presents financial statements over the period 2014 through 2017 for R&E Supplies, Inc.a. Use these statements to calculate as many of the ratios in Table 2.2 as you can.b. What insights do these ratios provide about R&E’s financial performance? What problems, if
A spreadsheet containing Whistler Corporation’s financial statements is available for download from McGraw-Hill’s Connect or your course instructorWHISTLER CORP.BALANCE SHEET20162017Cash$47,500$76,700Accounts receivable043,100Inventories49,00036,500Total current
Table 3.1 in Chapter 3 presents financial statements over the period 2014–2017 for R&E Supplies, Inc.a. Construct a sources and uses statement for the company over this period (one statement for all three years).b. What insights, if any, does the sources and uses statement give you about the
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