• Q : Calculate operating, financial and combined leverage....
    Finance Basics :

    Albatross Airline's fixed operating costs are 5.8 million dollar, and its variable cost ratio .20. The firm has $2 million in bonds outstanding with a coupon interest rate of 8 percent.

  • Q : Objective questions on leverage analysis....
    Finance Basics :

    Ames Drilling Corp. reported that its sales and EBIT increased by 10%, but its EPS increased by 30%. The much larger change in earnings per share could be the result of

  • Q : Objective questions based on leverage analysis....
    Finance Basics :

    A corporation with very high growth prospects and many positive NPV projects to fund may want to increase its dividend based on

  • Q : Dividend decisions objective questions....
    Finance Basics :

    JBC Corp. declared a dividend of dollar 2 per share, which was an increase of 25% from the prior year, yet JBC Corp. stock declined by 3 percent the day of the announcement. RBG Corp.

  • Q : Objective questions based on dividend decisions....
    Finance Basics :

    High dividends increase stock value because capital markets are inefficient and dividends are the only sure way to get money from an equity investment

  • Q : Determione the dividend decisions....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose that a firm has a regular record of paying high dividends for years. A new management team decided to cut the current year's dividend in half without disclosing the reason.

  • Q : Finding the stock market reaction....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose that a firm has a steady record of paying stable dividends for years. Market analysts had expected management to increase the dividend by 7.5 percent in the latest quarter.

  • Q : Calculate the equipment npv....
    Finance Basics :

    Creighton Industries is considering the buy of new strapping equipment, which will rate $120,000, plus an additional $7,500 to ship & install. The new equipment will have a five year useful life a

  • Q : Ddecision making questions on dividends....
    Finance Basics :

    Elton and Future (1970) test for the existence of dividend clienteles by measuring the average decline in stock value when the stock goes ex-dividend.

  • Q : Calculate expected stock price and required rate of return....
    Finance Basics :

    Regular growth valuation Harrison Clothiers' stock currently sells for dollar 20 a share. It just paid a dividend of $1.00 a share [that is, Do=$1.00]. The dividend is expected to rise at a constant r

  • Q : Determination of earnings per share....
    Finance Basics :

    Mc Frugal, Inc. has expected sales of 20 million dollar. Fixed operating costs are 2.5 million dollar, & the variable cost ratio is 65 percent. Mc Frugal has outstanding a $12 million, 8% bank loa

  • Q : Calculate dividend payout ratio....
    Finance Basics :

    Ronaldo Inc. has a capital budget of $1,000,000, but it wants to maintain a target capital structure of 60 percent debt and 40 percent equity.

  • Q : Calculate the securities market price....
    Finance Basics :

    If the expected cash flow from this security in one year is 60 dollar with nothing afterwards, calculate the security's market price?

  • Q : Calculate weighted average cost of capital....
    Finance Basics :

    ake's Sound Systems has 210,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $36 a share. Last month, Jake's paid yearly dividend in the amount of $1.593 per share.

  • Q : Make a table to amortize the premium....
    Finance Basics :

    Stacy Company issued 5 year, 10 percent bonds with a face value of $10,000 on January 1, 2007. Interest is paid yearly on December 31.

  • Q : Compute the price of forward contract....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose that current spot price of brent oil is $82 and nine month risk free rate of return is 4%. The continuous storage cost of oil is 3 percent per year.

  • Q : Calculate the estimated yield on treasury securities....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the estimated yield on Treasury securities?

  • Q : Comparing borrowing costs....
    Finance Basics :

    Stephens Security has two financing options: (A) A publicly placed $50 million bond issue. Issuance costs are $1 million, the bond has a 9 percent coupon paid semiannually, and the bond has a twenty y

  • Q : Calculate the bonds price....
    Finance Basics :

    A bond with face value $1,000 has a current yield of 7% & a coupon rate of 8%. Calculate the bond's price?

  • Q : Calculate the best expected return....
    Finance Basics :

    Assume you own a portfolio of T-Bills and 2 stocks: Motorola & Nokia. The share of the portfolio invested in T-Bills is worth 20,000 dollar, while the share invested in Motorola is worth 30,000 do

  • Q : Questions based on cost of capital and capital budgeting....
    Finance Basics :

    The common stock of Eddie's Engines, Inc. sells for $25.71 a share. The stock is expected to pay 1.80 dollar per share next month when the year dividend is distributed.

  • Q : Calculate the price of share....
    Finance Basics :

    Angelina's made two statements concerning its common stock today. 1st, the company announced that its next year dividend has been set at $2.16 a share.

  • Q : Compute the yield to maturity....
    Finance Basics :

    A Co. bond has an 8% coupon & pays interest yearly. The face value is $1,000 and the current market price is $1,020.50. The bond matures in twenty years.

  • Q : Calculate the present value of tax shields....
    Finance Basics :

    Doubles Company is issuing 10 million dollar debt [$1,000 par per bond] with ten year bonds with 16% yearly coupon rate, even though its [pretax] cost of debt is only 8 percent.

  • Q : Calculate the total implicit interests....
    Finance Basics :

    Assume your firm needs to increase 10 million dollar by issuing 10 year zero coupon bonds. Your firm's cost of debt is 8%.

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