Managerial Finance – Problem Review Set – Dividends Policy 1) If a firm adopts a residual distribution policy‚ distributions are determined as a residual after funding the capital budget. Therefore‚ the better the firm’s investment opportunities‚ the lower its payout ratio should be. a. True b. False 2) Even if a stock split has no information content‚ and even if the dividend per share adjusted for the split is not increased‚ there can still be a real benefit (i.e.‚ a higher value
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4) UST Inc. has paid uninterrupted dividends since 1912. Will the recapitalization hamper future dividend payments? UST Inc. has paid uninterrupted dividends since 1912. Assess the impact of the plan on UST’s $ dividend and dividend per share‚ assuming it continues to payout 64% of its earnings as dividends. Exhibit TN-6: Impact of Recapitalization on DividendsDebt = $1 BillionActual 1998Pro-forma 1999 No debtPro-forma 1999 Rd = 7.82Net Income467.9491442.56Shares185.5185.5158.42Earnings per Share2
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concerning an alteration of the current dividend rate. The current EPS of the company is now $14-$15. Historically‚ the dividend payout ratio mounts to an average 50%. So‚ the company expects payout the payout in 1959 to be $7/share. In the previous year the dividend rate was cut from $1.3 to $1.2 per share. But after the new deal‚ the CEO proposed a hike in the quarterly payout to $1.6 per share from the $1.2 given at present. The CEO even suggested the dividend rate to be propped up to $1.80 in 1960
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ratio.It may mislead some of investors to buy the stock . Apart from PE ratio‚ Dividend Discount Model (DDM) will be a better way to value the stock price. The DDM model seeks to value a stock by using predicted dividends and discounting them back to their present value. The Formula of DDM is Dividend per share over discount rate minus dividend growth rate. Value of Stock = D1 R- G Where‚ • DPS (1) = Dividends per
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The Gordon growth model‚ developed by Gordon and Shapiro‚ assumes that dividends grow indefinitely at a constant rate. Here‚ Vo = Value of the share r = Required rate of Return g = Dividend growth rate For our calculation we have taken‚ * Required Rate of return as Cost of Capital * Dividend growth rate as CAGR of last 8 yrs dividend rate * CAGR of Dividend (last 8 yrs) = 20.49 * Last dividend distributed = 110 Valuation as per Gordon’s Model = 1015.385 1015
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assumed market risk premium is assumed at being 7.5%. Information gathered from the XYZ Stock Information page (downloaded via IP assignment) reveals the following values: * XYZ’s beta (β) = 1.64 * XYZ’s current annual dividend = $0.80 * XYZ’s 3-year dividend growth rate (g) = 8.2% * Industry Price/Earnings (P/E) = 23.2 * XYZ’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) = $4.87 * U.S. 10-year Treasury bond (risk free rate) = 2.6% * Market Risk Premium = 7.5% 1. Using CAPM (Brooks
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a marketing guy who understood the Ukrainian markets and had previous experience of marketing beer for a major Ukrainian beer producer. In the following report‚ we aim to evaluate the past and prospective financial performance of the company‚ dividend policy and to critique its liberal credit and inventory policies. An appropriate compensation scheme will also be recommended. Adoption of a Compensation Scheme for Oleg Pinchuk It is our belief that Oleg Pinchuk does deserve an increase in his
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whether Wal-Mart is a good investment. Tools such as the dividend discount model‚ Price-earnings Model‚ and the application of the capital asset pricing model will be used to determine if Wal-Mart would be a smart investment at the given time. Using the Dividend Discount Model‚ or DDM‚ is one way to evaluate the worth of Wal-Marts stock. This model states that the current stock price represents the present value of all the expected future dividends discounted at the investors required rate of return
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Another Look at Allison Corporation This case is based on the statement of cash flows for Allison Corporation‚ illustrated in Exhibit 13-1 of the textbook. Use this statement to evaluate the company’s ability to continue paying the current level of dividends—$40‚000 per year. The following information also is available: a. The net cash flows from operating activities shown in the statement are relatively normal for Allison Corporation. Net cash flows from operating activities have not varied by more
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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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