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Our Space is a social media site that is growing in popularity. The firm has been around for a few years and has created a nice market niche for itself. In fact, it actually turned a profit last year, albeit a fairly small one. After doing some basic research on the company, you've decided to take a closer look. You plan to use the price-to-sales ratio to value the stock, and you have collected P/S multiples on the following social media companies: Company Facebook Snap Twitter P/S Multiples 13.51 18.29 13.27 Find the average P/S ratio for these three firms. Given that Our Space is expected to generate $46 million in sales next year and will have 13 million shares of stock outstanding, use the average P/S ratio you computed above to put a value on Our Space's stock. Question content area bottom Part 1 The average P/S ratio for the 3 firms is?

A financial services company is considering investing in a new fintech startup that has developed a new technology platform for investment management. The company is concerned about the risks associated with the investment and wants to evaluate the potential return on investment. You have been hired as a consultant to help the company make an informed decision. Which of the following financial ratios would be most appropriate for the financial services company to evaluate the financial health and performance of the fintech startup?    Gross profit margin    Debt-to-equity ratio    Return on investment (ROI)    Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio

Gulzar Ahmed (GA) is a mid-size company involved in textile business. The firm hasbeen successful and has enjoyed a positive growth trend. Now the firm is planning to gopublic with an issue of common stock, and it faces the problem of setting an appropriateprice for the stock. The company and its investment banks believe that the properprocedure is to conduct a valuation and select several similar firms with publicly tradedcommon stock and to make relevant comparisons.Several textile manufacturers are reasonably similar to Gulzar Ahmed with respect toproduct mix, asset composition, and debt/equity proportions. Of these companies,Appolo Textiles and Hunter Fashions are most similar. When analyzing the followingdata, assume that the most recent year has been reasonably “normal” in the sense that itwas neither especially good nor especially bad in terms of sales, earnings, and free cashflows.COMPANY DATA APOLLO HUNTER GULZARSHARES OUTSTANDING 5,000,000 10,000,000 500,000MKT. PRICE PER…

Gulzar Ahmed (GA) is a mid-size company involved in textile business. The firm has been successful and has enjoyed a positive growth trend. Now the firm is planning to gopublic with an issue of common stock, and it faces the problem of setting an appropriate price for the stock. The company and its investment banks believe that the properprocedure is to conduct a valuation and select several similar firms with publicly traded common stock and to make relevant comparisons. Several textile manufacturers are reasonably similar to Gulzar Ahmed with respect toproduct mix, asset composition, and debt/equity proportions. Of these companies,Appolo Textiles and Hunter Fashions are most similar. When analyzing the followingdata, assume that the most recent year has been reasonably “normal” in the sense that itwas neither especially good nor especially bad in terms of sales, earnings, and free cashflows.COMPANY DATA APOLLO HUNTER GULZARSHARES OUTSTANDING5,000,00010,000,000500,000MKT. PRICE PER…

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Assume that you have an opportunity to buy the stock of​ CoolTech, Inc., an IPO being offered for ​$10.78 per share. Although you are very much interested in owning the​ company, you are concerned about whether it is fairly priced. To determine the value of the​ shares, you have decided to apply the free cash flow valuation model to the​ firm's financial data that​ you've accumulated from a variety of data sources. The key values you have compiled are summarized in the following​ table, a. Use the free cash flow valuation model to estimate​ CoolTech's common stock value per share. b.  Judging by your finding in part a and the​ stock's offering​ price, should you buy the​ stock? c. On further​ analysis, you find that the growth rate in FCF beyond year 4will be 5​% rather than 4​%. What effect would this finding have on your responses in parts a and b​?

Please see below. Do you agree with this opinion?  Why or why not? Please include an explanation. All of the financial ratios are important to determine a company's stability and to gage how well the company is doing or not. With that being said, if I were a financial user and wanted to know if I should invest in a company or not the profitability ratio would be the most important to me. There are many different profitability ratios such as earnings per share, price earnings, gross profit rate, asset turnover etc. Each of these can be used to determine a company's income or lack of income and can be used to gage its ability to obtain its debt, which can help a financial user make the choice of whether to invest or not.

Gulzar Ahmed (GA) is a mid-size company involved in textile business. The firm hasbeen successful and has enjoyed a positive growth trend. Now the firm is planning to gopublic with an issue of common stock, and it faces the problem of setting an appropriateprice for the stock. The company and its investment banks believe that the proper procedure is to conduct a valuation and select several similar firms with publicly traded common stock and to make relevant comparisons.Several textile manufacturers are reasonably similar to Gulzar Ahmed with respect to product mix, asset composition, and debt/equity proportions. Of these companies, Appolo Textiles and Hunter Fashions are most similar. When analyzing the following data, assume that the most recent year has been reasonably “normal” in the sense that itwas neither especially good nor especially bad in terms of sales, earnings, and free cashflows.COMPANY DATA APOLLO HUNTER GULZARSHARES OUTSTANDING 5,000,000 10,000,000 500,000MKT. PRICE…

In a few sentences, answer the following question as completely as you can. Imagine you are the treasurer of a small manufacturing firm. Your firm is planning to go public (i.e., sell stock to investors for the first time). One unresolved question concerns the market’s required return on the stock. Given what you have learned, how do you think the required return will affect the market value of your firm’s stock? How would you go about estimating this rate?

The publicly-traded company that you will use for your research paper is Apple Inc. You will research and monitor this company during the course. Your research should include all of the following : Corporate Governance Analysis Stockholder Analysis Capital Structure Choices Valuation – This is qualitative in nature. Research the previous annual reports to assist you with valuation. Sites, such as Yahoo Finance are also useful for these valuations. Suggestions for Improving the Company in the Future

Choose one publicly-traded company that you will use for your research paper. You will research and monitor this company during the course. Your research should include all of the following : Corporate Governance Analysis Stockholder Analysis Capital Structure Choices Valuation – This is qualitative in nature. Research the previous annual reports to assist you with valuation. Sites, such as Yahoo Finance are also useful for these valuations. Suggestions for Improving the Company in the Future

You are a researcher and an investment advisor with an investment bank. Your company is planning to develop its own financial statement analysis to track the performance of its portfolios in a particular listed company in the Ghana Stock exchange. So far, the company has portfolios which consist of the equities of companies in the following sectors of the economy ⚫ Financial - Manufacturing The manufacturing category includes all companies that are non- financial. You have been asked to calculate financial ratios for a five-year period of the chosen company based on the following: Profitability ratios > Efficiency/Activity Ratios Liquidity Ratio Financial Leverage/Debt Rations > Investment/Market Ratios You are required to prepare a report for the company. The report should have the following features: (a) Beautiful back-page with appropriate title (b) Executive Summary (c) Table of Content (d) Introduction in terms of what the document is about The introduction should talk about the…

You read a story in the newspaper announcing the proposed merger of Dell Computer and Gateway. The merger is expected to greatly increase Gateway’s profitability. If you decide to invest in Gateway stock, you can expect to earn (a) above-average returns since you will share in the higher profits. (b) above-average returns since your stock price will definitely appreciate as higher profits are earned. (c) below average returns since computer makers have low-profit rates. (d) a normal return since stock prices adjusts to reflect expected changes in profitability almost immediately.

Analysts and investors often use return on equity (ROE) to compare profitability of a company with other firms in the industry. ROE is considered a very important measure, and managers strive to make the company’s ROE numbers look good. If a firm takes steps that increase its expected future ROE, its stock price will    increase.   Based on your understanding of the uses and limitations of ROE, a rational investor is likely to prefer an investment option that has: High ROE and high risk   High ROE and low risk

1. Calculate Computron’s market value ratios—that is, its price/earnings ratio and its market/book ratio. What do these ratios tell you about investors’ opinions of the company? 2. Use the DuPont equation to provide a summary and overview of Computron’s financial condition. What are the firm’s major strengths and weaknesses?

Hincapie Co. (a specialty bike-accessory manufacturer) is expecting growth in sales of some products targeted to the low-price market. Hincapie is contemplating a preference share issue to help finance this expansion in operations. The company is leaning toward preference shares because ownership will not be diluted, but the investors will get an extra dividend ifthe company does well. The company management wants to be certain that its reporting of this transaction is transparent to its current shareholders and wants you to research the disclosure requirements related to its capital structure.InstructionsAccess the IFRS authoritative literature at the IASB website (http://eifrs.iasb.org/). (Click on the IFRS tab and then register for freeeIFRS access if necessary.) When you have accessed the documents, you can use the search tool in your Internet browser to respond to the following questions. (Provide paragraph citations.) (a) Identify the authoritative literature that addresses…

Hincapie Co. (a specialty bike-accessory manufacturer) is expecting growth in sales of some products targeted to the low-price market. Hincapie is contemplating a preference share issue to help finance this expansion in operations. The company is leaning toward preference shares because ownership will not be diluted, but the investors will get an extra dividend if the company does well. The company management wants to be certain that its reporting of this transaction is transparent to its current shareholders and wants you to research the disclosure requirements related to its capital structure. Instructions Access the IFRS authoritative literature at the IASB website. (Click on the IFRS tab and then register for free eIFRS access if necessary.) When you have accessed the documents, you can use the search tool in your Internet browser to respond to the following questions. (Provide paragraph citations.) a.    Identify the authoritative literature that addresses disclosure of…

Hincapie Co. (a specialty bike-accessory manufacturer) is expecting growth in sales of some products targeted to the low-price market. Hincapie is contemplating a preferred stock issue to help finance this expansion in operations. The company is leaning toward participating preferred stock because ownership will not be diluted, but the investors will get an extra dividend if the company does well. The company management wants to be certain that its reporting of this transaction is transparent to its current shareholders and wants you to research the disclosure requirements related to its capital structure. Instructions If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, log in and prepare responses to the following. Provide Codification references for your responses. a.    Identify the authoritative literature that addresses disclosure of information about capital structure. b.    Find definitions of the following: 1.   Securities. 2.   Participation rights. 3.   Preferred…

Could you help me figure out the cost of equity and WACC for a company based on the information below? This is for a scenario where Kelvin, who’s just been appointed as the financial manager of MetaGreen, wants to apply his understanding of the cost of capital from his finance course to make sound financial decisions. Here’s the company information: Company Listing and Stock Info: Listed on the stock exchange Common stock market value: $2,080,000 Beta: 2 Market risk premium: 4% Risk-free rate: 3% Cost of Capital Components: Cost of debt: 7% Cost of preferred stock: 8% Tax rate: 34% Preferred Stock Details: 40,000 preferred shares outstanding Market price of preferred stock: $34 per share Bond Info: Bonds' total market value: $560,000 Could you show me how to use CAPM to find the cost of equity and then calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company?

Beagle Beauties engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of a line of cosmetics designed to make your dog look glamorous. Below you will find selected information necessary to compute some valuation estimates for the firm. Assume the values provided are from year-end 2015. Also assume that the firm's equity beta is 1.40, the risk-free rate is 2.05 percent, and the market risk premium is 6.1 percent. Dividends per share Return on equity Book value per share 2015 value per share Average price multiple Forecasted growth rate Using P/E ratio Using P/CF ratio Using P/S ratio $ 2.28 8.50% $17.15 Share price Earnings Cash Flow $ 5.20 $6.70 13.30 9.48 13.52 11.518 Using the P/E, P/CF, and P/S ratios, estimate the 2016 share price for Beagle Beauties. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Sales $25.75 2.44 7.461

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You heard about a company that is producing a product that you really believe in.  You think you can scrape together some money to buy a couple of shares when you get paid next.  First, you would like to make sure that the price seems fair so you will calculate its value.  Analysts estimate that the price of the stock is likely to be $82.7 in one year.  It is a young company, so they do not pay dividends yet.  You estimated that the fair return on the stock is 11.2%.  What is your best guess at the fair value of the stock given this information?   Answer:

The publicly-traded company that you will use for your research paper is Apple Inc. write an abstract and introduction on the following :     Corporate Governance Analysis    Stockholder Analysis    Capital Structure Choices    Valuation – This is qualitative in nature. Research the previous annual reports to assist you with valuation. Sites, such as Yahoo Finance are also useful for these valuations.    Suggestions for Improving the Company in the Future

Read the article. Whats the author point of view? How does this relate to financing a business? What would be a solution for this pronblem?  The role of finance is undergoing a significant shift. As businesses strive for growth and competitiveness in an increasingly complex and dynamic market, finance leaders are being challenged to add more value beyond their traditional responsibilities.Insights from Microsoft’s Economic Guardians of the Future report show finance teams are going through an evolution and must strike the right balance between strategic innovation and protecting the long-term health of their company. Eighty percent of finance leaders believe that they and their teams are being challenged more than ever to add value beyond their standard roles and responsibilities. This shift has been driven in part by the uncertain economic climate, marked by factors such as inflation, recession, and international conflicts.Finance teams are being asked to provide insight into the…

You are a management trainee in one of the Manufacturing companies based in Johor, Malaysia. The company was established in 2003 and recently has been listed in Bursa Malaysia. Currently, the debt-equity ratio of the company is 0.30. Your CFO's role demands him to maximize the value of the firm. Your CFO asked you that is there an easily identifiable debt-equity ratio that will maximize the value of a firm? Why or why not? He gave you a couple of days to answer this question. You need to support your answers with examples.