Cost of Common Equity with Flotation Ballack Co.’s common stock currently sells for $35.75 per share. The growth rate is a constant 11.2%, and the company has an expected dividend yield of 2%. The expected long-run dividend payout ratio is 30%, and t..
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You are planning your retirement in 10 years. You currently have $161,000 in a bond account and $601,000 in a stock account. You plan to add $7,900 per year at the end of each of the next 10 years to your bond account. How much can you withdraw each ..
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You work for a nuclear research laboratory that is contemplating leasing a diagnostic scanner (leasing is a very common practice with expensive, high-tech equipment). The scanner costs $6,300,000, and it would be depreciated straight-line to zero ove..
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The most important insight regarding capital structure goes back to Modigliani and Miller: With perfect capital markets, a firm's security choice alters the risk of the firm’s equity, but it does not change its value or the amount it can raise from o..
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Axil Corp. has not tapped the Deutsche mark public debt market because of concern about a likely appreciation of that currency and only wishes to be a floating-rate dollar borrower, which it can be at LIBOR + 1%. What is the maximum possible cost sav..
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The Duo Growth Company just paid a dividend of $4.4 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 20% per year for the next 3 years and then to level off to 10% per year forever. What is your estimate of the intrinsic value of a share of t..
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Quad Enterprises is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $3 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its three-year tax life.
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A few years ago Spider Web Inc issued bonds with a 12.03 percent annual coupon rate, paid semiannually. The bonds have a par value of 1,000, a current price of 1079, and will mature in 20 years. What will the annual yield to maturity be on the bond i..
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To buy a new house you must borrow $150,000. To do this, you take out a $150,000, 20-year, 9% mortgage. Your mortgage payments, which are made at the end of each year (one payment each year), include both principle and 9% interest on the declining ba..
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CPM Construction plans to buy a truck for $150,000 and expects $100,00/year as an income. The company plans to sell it fro $15,000 at the end of Year 5. The annual operating cost of the vehicle is $60,000. 1) What is the IRR of this investment? 2) If..
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Assume Calvin invests in a mutual fund that earns about 10% annually from dividend income and capital gains. Given that Calvin wants to receive $1,000 to $1,500 a month from his mutual fund, what would be the size of his investment account 5 years fr..
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Use the following information for Taco Swell, Inc., (assume the tax rate is 30 percent): 2010 2011 Sales $ 21,073 $ 18,636 Depreciation 1,851 1,926 Cost of goods sold 4,929 4,897 Other expenses 1,041 919 Interest 890 1,021 Cash 6,352 7,036 Accounts r..
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