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FIN 515 Final Exam 1
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1. (TCO A) Which of the following does NOT always increase a company 's market value? (Points : 5)
2. (TCO F) Which of the following statements is correct? (Points : 5)
3. (TCO D) Church Inc. is presently enjoying relatively high growth because of a surge in the demand for its new product. Management expects earnings and dividends to grow at a rate of 25% for the next 4 years, after which competition will probably reduce the growth rate in earnings and dividends to zero, i.e., g = 0. The company 's last dividend, D0, was $1.25, its beta is 1.20, the market risk premium is 5.50%, and the risk-free rate is 3.00%. What is the current price of the common stock? 4. (TCO G) Singal
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The remaining 60% pay in the month following the sale and don 't receive a discount.
ABC 's bad debts are very small and are excluded from this analysis.
Purchases for next month 's sales are constant each month at $2,000. Other payments for wages, rent, and taxes are constant at $500 per month.
Construct a single month 's cash budget with the information given. What is the average cash gain or (loss) during a typical month for the ABC Corporation? (Points : 20)
5. (TCO G) Howton & Howton Worldwide (HHW) is planning its operations for the coming year, and the CEO wants you to forecast the firm 's additional funds needed (AFN). The firm is operating at full capacity. Data for use in the forecast are shown below. However, the CEO is concerned about the impact of a change in the payout ratio from the 10% that was used in the past to 50%, which the firm 's investment bankers have recommended. Based on the AFN equation, by how much would the AFN for the coming year change if HHW increased the payout from 10% to the new and higher level? All dollars are in millions.
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1. (TCO H) Your consulting firm was recently hired to improve the performance of Shin-Soenen Inc, which is highly profitable but has been experiencing cash shortages due to its high growth rate. As one part of your analysis, you want to determine the firm 's cash conversion cycle. Using the following information and a 365-day year, what is the firm 's
According to the conditions above, what should their monthly payment be? If Kelsey and Cody do not send their payment in on time, what will the following month’s payment be?
b.What are the amounts and timing of the acquisition investment’s free cash flow from 2013 through 2022?
9. What is the Cost of Debt, before and after taxes? Using the interest rate for the largest debt…cannot use the weighted interest rate for the debt since it includes capital lease obligations with no stated rate and could not find in the notes to the financials. 5.4% After tax cost is .054 x (1-.36) = 3.5%
In April of 1979, a U.S. court finds the Beatle 's former manager _________ guilty of tax evasion and he is sentenced to serve two months of a two-year sentence in prison.
1. If Middlesex increases its cash dividends in 2012 at the same rate of growth as its Net Income rate, what will be the total 2012 dividend payout in Dollars?
6. Calculate the total cost of each system over a five-year period (cash flow), by year.
An amount equal to 90% of the tax for the taxable year calculated by annualizing the taxable income received for the months in the taxable year ending before the month which the installment is required
9. You want to purchase a business with the following cash flows. How much would you pay for this business today assuming you needed a 14% return to make this deal?
-Martin Industries just paid an annual dividend of $1.30 a share. The market price of the stock is $36.80 and the growth rate is 6.0 percent. What is the firm's cost of equity?
Using the Internet or Strayer databases, choose two (2) different companies, and research the components of their respective working capital structures.
iii. Prepare a basic discounted cash flow analysis; i.e. compute incremental cash flows and a terminal value, and discount them at a weighted average cost of capital. Can you do a multiples-type analysis here as well?
a. What risk-free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity?
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In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of capital investment techniques by evaluating the following three case studies.
3. Using the data provided by the simulation model presented in the case and your personal assessment, what capital structure would you recommend to Diageo?