What are the issues involve in implementing the divident growth model approach and the security market line approach in computing the cost of equity of a firm

Q: a) Determine the market value proportions of debt, preference shares and ordinary equity comprising…

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Q: Discuss the effects of increasing the leverage of a firm to pay generous dividends to stockholders…

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Q: The minimum rate of return a firm must earn on its assets to maintain the current value of its…

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Q: weighted average cost of capital (WACC) equation. Which of the following factors are outside a…

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Q: How had dividend policy been used by firms as a “signal”. Why is it necessary for firms to send such…

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Q: A. Why is the goal of financial management to maximize the current share price of the company's…

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Q: What is the financial system. And what the markets that the financial system likely includes.…

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Q: How do firms use planning models to help set dividend policy?

A: It is the rules and regulations or protocol which a company sets to share its earning with its…

Q: Explain the relationship between a company’s growth possibilities and its dividend policy

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Q: Capital market research relies on the underlying assumptions that equity market is efficient. would…

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Q: What is the blend of long-term financial sources used to finance the firm which may include debt,…

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Q: How does the return on common equity show the relationship between net income and the common…

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Q: 1. Dividend is a financing decision as well as distribution of earnings.  Do you agree with the…

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Q: A firm's overall cost of capital that is a blend of the costs of the different sources of capital is…

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Q: Explain how ratio analysis in general and theDuPont equation in particular can be used bymanagers to…

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Q: According to the bird-in-the-hand-theory, how do high dividends impact company value and why?

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Q: Show the relationship between the cost of capital and the intrinsic value of a firm.

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Q: How does a company utilize stocks and bonds in financing growth? Identify the major sources of…

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Q: value of a firm is influenced by three types of financial decisions, including

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Q: easier to calculate directly, the expected rate of return on the assets of a firm or the expected…

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Q: What are some considerations a company should take into account when establishing dividend policy?

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Q: Discuss how financial leverage or trading on equity is advantageous to the firm.

A: Trading on equity/ financial leverage is the process to earn higher returns on the debt of the…

Q: What is the blend of long-term financial sources used to finance the firm which may include debt,…

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Q: What is meant by catering theory, and how might it impact a firm’s dividend policy?

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Q: A firm’s value depends on its expected free cash flow and its cost of capital. Distributions made in…

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Q: Identify and analyze the factors that can affect the reliability of a firm’s beta. Do you think the…

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Q: How do a company’s investment opportunities, capital structure,and working capital policies affect…

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Q: What is the Equity Multiplier for the firm in the picture?

A: Equity multiplier shows the proportion of assets which is financed by equity. When equity multiplier…

Q: alculation of which if the following metrics require knowledge of the company’s share price? Choose…

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Q: According to the theories, companies opt their capital structures to maximize the value of firm.…

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Q: Modigliani and Miller on the one hand, and Gordon and Linter on the other hand, have expressed…

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Q: How do firms use long-run planning models to help set dividend policy?

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Q: Briefly discuss the pros and cons of the three (3) approaches used by analysts to value a company’s…

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Q: What are the real-world factors that would encourage firms to follow a high dividend policy

A: Dividend is the amount of share which the shareholders receive out of the remaining net profits. It…

Q: Compare Dividend Valuation Model with Capital Asset Pricing Model in the context of calculating cost…

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Q: The dividend policy of a company is a key focus for potential investors. This is because dividends…

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Q: Why doesn’t total stockholders’ equity equal the market value of the firm?

A: Stockholders’ equity:   Stockholders' equity means the net claim of owners of corporation on the…

Q: Some practicing financial analysts focus on Earning Per share as major determinant of a firm's share…

A: Earning per share depicts the earnings of equity shareholders against the amount of capital invested…