Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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Chapter 17, Problem 8CRCT
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Few companies tend to make cash dividend to the shareholders and the rest on the distribution of stock dividends.
To discuss: The reason for not choosing cash dividends
Introduction:
A company distributes its earning to the shareholders in the mode of cash is termed as cash dividend. The board of directors decides on the distribution of cash dividends.
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1. A firm has common stock with a prevailing market price of P100 per share. New issue of stock is expected to be sold for P98, with P2 per share representing the under-pricing necessary in the competitive capital market. Flotation costs are expected to total P1 per share. The dividends paid on the outstanding stock over the past five years are as follows:
Year Dividend1 P4.002 4.283 4.584 4.905 5.24
The cost of the firm’s new common stock equity is?
tock Dividends [LO3] The market value balance sheet for Vena Sera Manufacturing is shown here. Vena Sera has declared a 25 percent stock dividend. The stock goes ex dividend tomorrow (the chronology for a stock dividend is similar to that for a cash dividend). There are 12,000 shares of stock outstanding. What will the ex-dividend price be?
Market Value Balance Sheet
CashFixed assets
Total
$ 38,500
270,000 $308,500
Equity Total
$308,500 $308,500
Market Value Balance Sheet
CashFixed assets
Total
$ 93,000
509,000 $602,000
Debt
Equity Total
$131,000
471,000 $602,000
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Makeover Inc. believes that at its current stock price of P16.00 the firm is undervalued in the market. Makeover plans to repurchase 3.4 million of its 20 million shares outstanding. The firm’s managers expect that they can repurchase the entire 2.4 million shares at the expected equilibrium price after repurchase. The firm’s current earnings are $44 million. If management’s assumptions hold, what is the expected per-share market price after repurchase?
Group of answer choices
P24.40
P18.18
P19.28
P17.26
P19.27
P20.00
P16.00
P20.02
Chapter 17 Solutions
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 17.1ACQCh. 17.1 - What are the mechanics of the cash dividend...Ch. 17.1 - How should the price of a stock change when it...Ch. 17.2 - How can an investor create a homemade dividend?Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 17.2BCQCh. 17.3 - Prob. 17.3ACQCh. 17.3 - Why do flotation costs favor a low payout?Ch. 17.4 - Why might some individual investors favor a high...Ch. 17.4 - Prob. 17.4BCQCh. 17.5 - How does the market react to unexpected dividend...
Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 17.5BCQCh. 17.6 - Prob. 17.6ACQCh. 17.6 - Prob. 17.6BCQCh. 17.8 - Prob. 17.8ACQCh. 17.8 - How does the accounting treatment of a stock split...Ch. 17 - Dividends are paid to the parties listed as...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.3CTFCh. 17 - Prob. 17.4CTFCh. 17 - Prob. 17.8CTFCh. 17 - Dividend Policy Irrelevance [LO2] How is it...Ch. 17 - Prob. 2CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 3CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 4CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 5CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 6CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 7CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 8CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 9CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 10CRCTCh. 17 - Prob. 1QPCh. 17 - Prob. 2QPCh. 17 - Prob. 3QPCh. 17 - Prob. 4QPCh. 17 - Regular Dividends [LO1] The balance sheet for...Ch. 17 - Prob. 6QPCh. 17 - Prob. 7QPCh. 17 - Stock Dividends [LO3] The company with the common...Ch. 17 - Stock Splits [LO3] In the previous problem,...Ch. 17 - Homemade Dividends [LO2] You own 1,000 shares of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 11QPCh. 17 - Stock Repurchase [LO4] Galles Corporation is...Ch. 17 - Expected Return, Dividends, and Taxes [LO2] The...Ch. 17 - Dividends and Taxes [LO2] As discussed in the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 15QPCh. 17 - Dividends versus Reinvestment [LO2] After...Ch. 17 - Prob. 1MCh. 17 - Prob. 2MCh. 17 - Prob. 3MCh. 17 - Prob. 4MCh. 17 - Prob. 5MCh. 17 - Prob. 6M
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