• Q : Earnings per share of tiny diet supplements....
    Finance Basics :

    Tiny's Diet Supplements had earnings after taxes of $800,000 in the year 2008 with 200,000 shares of stock outstanding. On January 1, 2009, the firm issued 50,000 new shares

  • Q : Pure play company to estimate the cost of capital....
    Finance Basics :

    You used Dell as a pure play company to estimate the cost of capital for HCI. Are there potential problems with this approach in this situation?

  • Q : Calculating the dividends and taxes....
    Finance Basics :

    So Much, Inc., has declared a $4.60 per share dividend. Suppose capital gains are not taxed, but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the

  • Q : Estimation of confidence interval....
    Finance Basics :

    Compute a 90% confidence interval for the population mean, based on the sample 25, 27, 23, 24, 25, 24, and 59. Change the number from 59 to 24 and recalculate the confidence interval.

  • Q : Breakeven index price for a strategy of longing....
    Finance Basics :

    At the 6-month point, what is the breakeven index price for a strategy of longing the market index at a price of 830? Interest rates are 0.5% per month.

  • Q : What is the break-even point....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the break-even point that an investor can obtain from a 6-month strategy employing a long 830 call and a short 850 call? Interest rates are 0.5% per month.

  • Q : Expected return-dividends and taxes....
    Finance Basics :

    The Gecko Company and the Gordon Company are two firms whose business risk is the same but that have different dividend policies. Gecko pays no dividend, whereas Gordon has an expected dividend yiel

  • Q : Determining the homemade dividends....
    Finance Basics :

    You own 1,000 shares of stock in Avondale Corporation. You will receive a $2.30 per share dividend in one year. In two years, Avondale will pay a liquidating dividend of $53 per share.

  • Q : Equivalent annual annuity for the project....
    Finance Basics :

    Mack's Mild Lemonade has taken a five year project with an NPV of $4,500. If the discount rate on the project is 12 percent, then what is the equivalent annual annuity for the project?

  • Q : Recent changes in the banking industry....
    Finance Basics :

    How might management practices speed up or slow down the collection of receivables? How have recent changes in the banking industry influenced the collection process? Provide examples.

  • Q : Determining the amount of last dividend paid....
    Finance Basics :

    Weisbro and Sons common stock sells for $21 a share and pays an annual dividend that increases by 5% annually. The market rate of return on this stock is 9%. What is the amount of the last dividend

  • Q : Calculating the expected portfolio return....
    Finance Basics :

    A portfolio consists of stocks A and B. Stock A is valued at $3,240 and has an expected return of 10.5 percent. Stock B has an expected return of 14.7 percent. What is the expected portfolio return

  • Q : After-tax cash flow from sale of machinery....
    Finance Basics :

    Your firm purchased machinery with a 7 year MACRS life for $15 million. The project will end after 5 years. If the equipment can be sold for $3 million at the completion of the project, and your fir

  • Q : Calculating the constant growth model....
    Finance Basics :

    Medtrans is a profitable firm that is not paying a dividend on its common stock. James Weber, an analyst for A. G. Edwards, believes that Medtrans will begin paying a $1.00 per share dividend in two

  • Q : Terminal cash flow at the conclusion of the project....
    Finance Basics :

    Ironwood Boats, Inc. has taken a project that has reduced working capital needs of $12,000 last year as well as $23,000 this year. What should be the terminal cash flow at the conclusion of the proj

  • Q : After-tax expected return on the common stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Preferred stock is normally expected to provide steadier, more reliable income to investors than the same firm's common stock, and, as a result, the expected after-tax yield on the preferred is low

  • Q : Calculate the sustainable growth rate....
    Finance Basics :

    Based on the following information, calculate the sustainable growth rate for Hendrix Guitars, Inc.:

  • Q : Determining the fundamentals of derivatives markets....
    Finance Basics :

    The spot price of the market index is $900. A 3-month forward contract on this index is priced at $930. The market index rises to $920 by the expiration date.

  • Q : Accounting rate of return of the project....
    Finance Basics :

    The machine is expected to have a residual value of $150,000 and is depreciated on a straight line basis. The firm's cost of capital is 8%. What is the Accounting Rate of Return of the project?

  • Q : Calculating total dollar annual cost of the revolver....
    Finance Basics :

    If the firm borrowed $6,000,000 immediately after the agreement was signed and repaid the loan at the end of one year, what was the total dollar annual cost of the revolver?

  • Q : Projected operating cash flow....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the initial cash flow at year 0 of this project if the relevant discount rate is 16 percent and the tax rate is 34 percent?

  • Q : Calculating change in the price of bond....
    Finance Basics :

    A 12- year, 5% coupon bond pays interst annually. The bond has a face value of $1,000. What is the change in the price of this bond if the market yield rises to 6% from the current yield of 4.5%? &

  • Q : Compute the accounts receivable balance....
    Finance Basics :

    Compute the accounts receivable balance before and after the change in the cash discount policy. Use the net sales (total sales - cash discounts) to determine the average daily sales and the account

  • Q : Net cash outflow for the new machine....
    Finance Basics :

    The current market value of the old machine is $25,000 but the book value is $32,000. The firm's tax rate for ordinary income is 30%. What is the net cash outflow for the new machine after consider

  • Q : Calculating depreciation and amortization expense....
    Finance Basics :

    Swan's Bicycle Boats had a degree of accounting operating leverage equal to 1.50 during the most recent period. If the firm's EBITDA was $5,000 and its fixed costs were equal to $1,750, then what wa

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