1) Adventure Outfitter Corp. can sell common stock for $27 per share and its investors require a 17% return. However, the administrative or flotation costs associated with selling the stock amount to $2.70 per share. What is the cost of capital for Adventure Outfitter if the corporation raises money by selling common stock?
A) 27.00%
B) 18.89%
C) 18.33%
D) 17.00%
2) A company has preferred stock that can be sold for $21 per share. The preferred stock pays an annual dividend of 3.5% based on a par value of $100. Flotation costs associated with the sale of preferred stock equal $1.25 per share. The company's marginal tax rate is 35%. Therefore, the cost of preferred stock is
A) 18.87%.
B) 17.72%.
C) 14.26%.
D) 12.94%.
3) Sentry Manufacturing paid a dividend yesterday of $5 per share (D0 = $5). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8% per year. The price of Sentry Manufacturing's stock today is $29 per share. If Sentry Manufacturing decides to issue new common stock, flotation costs will equal $2.50 per share. Sentry Manufacturing's marginal tax rate is 35%. Based on the above information, the cost of retained earnings is
A) 28.38%.
B) 24.12%.
C) 26.62%.
D) 31.40%.
4) The risk free rate of return is 2.5% and the market risk premium is 8%. Rogue Transport has a beta of 2.2 and a standard deviation of returns of 28%. Rogue Transport's marginal tax rate is 35%. Analysts expect Rogue Transport's dividends to grow by 6% per year for the foreseeable future. Using the capital asset pricing model, what is Rogue Transport's cost of retained earnings?
A) 16.4%
B) 17.7%
C) 19.6%
D) 20.1%
5) The DEF Company is planning a $64 million expansion. The expansion is to be financed by selling $25.6 million in new debt and $38.4 million in new common stock. The before-tax required rate of return on debt is 9 percent and the required rate of return on equity is 14 percent. If the company is in the 35 percent tax bracket, what is the firm's cost of capital?
A) 8.92%
B) 9.89%
C) 11.50%
D) 10.74%
6) Texas Transport has five possible investment projects for the coming year. Each project is indivisible. They are:
Project Investment (million) IRR
A $ 6 18%
B $10 15%
C $ 9 20%
D $ 4 12%
E $ 3 24%
The firm's weighted marginal cost of capital schedule is 12 percent for up to $6 million of investment; 16 percent for between $6 million and $18 million of investment; and above $18 million the weighted cost of capital is 18 percent. If Texas Transport is only using IRR to choose their projects, they will decide that their optimal capital budget is
A) $12 million.
B) $18 million.
C) $23 million.
D) $28 million.
7) Given the following information on S & G Inc.'s capital structure, compute the company's weighted average cost of capital.
Type of Percent of Before-Tax
Capital Capital Structure Component Cost
Bonds 40% 7.5%
Preferred Stock 5% 11%
Common Stock (Internal Only) 55% 15%
The company's marginal tax rate is 40%.
A) 13.3%
B) 7.1%
C) 10.6%
D) 10%
8) Project W requires a net investment of $1,000,000 and has a payback period of 5.6 years. You analyze Project W and decide that Year 1 free cash flow is $100,000 too low, and Year 3 free cash flow is $100,000 too high. After making the necessary adjustments
A) the payback period for Project W will be longer than 5.6 years.
B) the payback period for Project W will be shorter than 5.6 years.
C) the IRR of Project W will increase.
D) the NPV of Project W will decrease.
9) Project Alpha has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 15 percent. Project Beta has an IRR of 14 percent. Both projects have a required return of 12 percent. Which of the following statements is MOST correct?
A) Both projects have a positive net present value (NPV).
B) Project Alpha must have a higher NPV than Project Beta.
C) If the required return were less than 12 percent, Project Beta would have a higher IRR than Project Alpha.
D) Project Beta has a higher profitability index than Project Alpha.
10) DYI Construction Co. is considering a new inventory system that will cost $750,000. The system is expected to generate positive cash flows over the next four years in the amounts of $350,000 in year one, $325,000 in year two, $150,000 in year three, and $180,000 in year four. DYI's required rate of return is 8%. What is the payback period of this project?
A) 4.00 years
B) 3.09 years
C) 2.91 years
D) 2.50 years