1. An investor is contemplating the purchase of common stock at the beginning of this year and to hold the stock for one year. The investor expects the year-end dividend to be P2.00 and expects a year-end price for the stock of P40. If this investor’s required rate of return is 10%, then the value of the stock to this investor is: P33.06. P34.88. P36.36. P38.18.

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1. An investor is contemplating the purchase of common stock at the beginning of this year and to hold the stock for one year. The investor expects the year-end dividend to be P2.00 and expects a year-end price for the stock of P40. If this investor’s required rate of return is 10%, then the value of the stock to  this investor is:

P33.06.
P34.88.
P36.36.
P38.18.
 
2. If the return on the market portfolio is 10% and the risk-free rate is 5%, what is the effect on a company's required rate of return on its stock of an increase in the beta coefficient from 1.2 to 1.5?

3% increase
1.5% decrease
No change
1.5% increase
 
3. ABC Company’s cost of equity is 18%, its before-tax cost of debt is 8%, and its corporate tax rate is 40%.  Given the following balance sheet, calculate the after-tax weighted-average cost of capital.

Assets

 

Liabilities

Cash

P   100

 

Accounts payable

P    200

Accounts Receivable

400

 

Accrued taxes due

200

Inventories

200

 

Long-term debt

400

Plant & equipment

1,300

 

Equity

1,200

 

P2,000

 

 

P2,000

 

10.3%
14.7%
9.7%
16.8%
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