Chapter 10 Discussion Questions |10-1. |How is valuation of any financial asset related to future cash flows? | | | | | |The valuation of a financial asset is equal to the present value of future cash flows. | | |
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A-10 (Dividend adjustment model) Regional Software has made a bundle selling spreadsheet software and has begun paying cash dividends. The firm’s chief financial officer would like the firm to distribute 25% of its annual earnings (POR = 0.25) and adjust the dividend rate to changes in earnings per share at the rate ADJ = 0.75. Regional paid $1.00 per share in dividends last year. It will earn at least $8.00 per share this year and each year in the foreseeable future. Use the dividend adjustment
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compare and contrast the financial performance of both ANZ and NAB banks and to come up with a consolidated view of which bank is better from a investor point of view. Price-to-Earnings ratios (P/E)‚ Return on Equity (ROE)‚ Capital Adequacy Ratio‚ Dividend Yield ratio and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) were calculated in this report as indicators as they are deemed as the most relevant ratios in this context. The P/E ratio gives an indication of the number of
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Company wants to raise financing using preferred shares‚ it could use Po = D/K KPS=D/Pn . so‚ 17% annual dividend rate times $60 (stated value) which is Dt is 10.2. After that 10.2 divided by $57 which gives us 0.1789.After tax cost of preferred shares. The Cost of Common Equity If the company needs to make the cost of common equity it has to use Po = D/(k-g) or K = D1/(Pn+g) so‚ the dividends per share in 2009 is 1.76. After tax cost of equity externally generated is Kex = (D1/Pn) +g . D1 is
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restraints facing business and the expansion of business. Cash flow currently exceeds dividend payments‚ but has failed to grow over the last ten years. Earnings for PBI peaked in 2006 with a $4.21 cash flow per share‚ but the dividends have also continued to climb‚ which has also caused the payout ratio to rise. Therein lays the problem for ownership of PBI for long term investors seeking stability and dividend growth. The current payout ratio from EPS is 65% based on 2011 actual earnings‚ and
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Debt Policy at UST Inc. 1. What are the primary business risks associated with UST Inc.? What are the attributes of UST Inc.? Evaluate from the viewpoint of a bondholder. (Your answer should be more qualitative than quantitative!) The following factors weave into the risks and attributes of the company from the creditors’ point of view: A. UST had seven pending health related lawsuits at the end of 1998. The outcomes of these suits are uncertain. Despite the major Medicaid state settlements
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possesses. They are potentially investigating‚ if it is good to recapitalize is it right to repurchase the shares with the debt or to pay dividends with the entire debt. There are major changes that take place in the following list of questions given to us and the following answers are answered according to the questions order. The answers are tabulated below. | Dividends | Repurchase of stock | Outstanding shares | 232‚440‚000 | 183‚686‚000 | Book value of equity | $(1724) | $(1724) | Price per
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-Martin Industries just paid an annual dividend of $1.30 a share. The market price of the stock is $36.80 and the growth rate is 6.0 percent. What is the firm’s cost of equity? RE = [$1.30 × (1 + 0.060)] / $36.80 + 0.060 = 0.097446 = 9.74 percent (3) - The Bet-r-Bilt Company has a 5-year bond outstanding with a 4.30 percent coupon. Interest payments are paid semi-annually. The face amount of the bond is $1‚000. This bond is currently selling for 93 percent of its face value. What is the company’s
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balance between current dividends and capital gains that maximizes the firm’s stock price. Correct Answer: True Question 2 3 out of 3 points The dividend irrelevance theory‚ proposed by Miller and Modigliani‚ says that provided a firm pays at least some dividends‚ how much it pays does not affect either its cost of capital or its stock price. Correct Answer: False Question 3 3 out of 3 points MM’s dividend irrelevance theory says that while dividend policy does not affect a
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Introduction Anglo American Plc is a mining conglomerate and is one of the largest companies within the mining industry. It originally started in 1917 as a gold mining company going by the name of Anglo American Corp; the name was created when the initial starting capital of £1million was raised from U.K. and U.S. sources (Forbes 2006). In 1999‚ following a major strategic review‚ Anglo American merged with Luxembourg headquartered Minorco to form Anglo American Plc‚ with its primary stock exchange
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