Homework Assignment: Week 1 Mini-Case a. Why is corporate finance important to all managers? Corporate finance is important to all managers because you need to be aware of the tools needed to evaluate the firm’s value and be able to accurately make decisions to maximize wealth. b. Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form. A business may start as a sole proprietorship‚ or
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10 July 2012 Managerial Finance FIN515 Professor David Felsberg DellaTorre Mini Case Corporate finance is important to all managers regardless of the industry they are in due to the fact that it deals with the strategic financial issues associated with achieving goals such as how the corporations should raise and manage its capital ‚ what investments the firm should make‚ what portion of profits should be returned to shareholders in the form of dividends‚ and whether it makes sense to make
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FIN515 Homework 5 Problem 10-8: NPVs‚ IRRs‚ and MIRRs for Independent Projects Edelman Engineering is considering including two pieces of equipment‚ a truck and an overhead pulley system‚ in this year’s capital budget. The projects are independent. The cash outlay for the truck is $17‚100 and that for the pulley system is $22‚430. The firm’s cost of capital is 14%. After-tax cash flows‚ including depreciation‚ are as follows: Year | Truck | Pulley | 1 | $5‚100 | $7‚500 | 2 | 5‚100 |
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bought a stock one year ago for $50 per share and sold it today for $55 per share. It paid a $1 per share dividend today. a. What was your realized return? b. How much of the return came from dividend yield and how much came from capital gain? Compute the realized return and dividend yield on this equity investment. a. b. 10-20. Consider two local banks. Bank A has 100 loans outstanding‚ each for $1 million‚ that it expects will be repaid today. Each loan has a 5% probability of default‚ in which
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29. In fiscal year 2011‚ Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) had revenue of $11.70 billion‚ gross profit of $6.75 billion‚ and net income of $1.25 billion. Peet’s Coffee and Tea (PEET) had revenue of $372 million‚ gross profit of $72.7 million‚ and net income of $17.8 million. a. Compare the gross margins for Starbucks and Peet’s. Gross Marin = Gross Profit/Sales (Page 35) Starbucks: ($6.75 gross profit / $11.70 sales) = 0.57692 x 100 = 58% GM Peet’s: ($72.7 gross profit / $ 372 sales) = 0.19543 x
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1. (TCO D) A stock just paid a dividend of D0 = $1.50. The required rate of return is rs = 10.1%‚ and the constant growth rate is g = 4.0%. What is the current stock price? (Points : 10) $23.11 $23.70 $24.31 $24.93 $25.57 2. (TCO D) If D0 = $2.25‚ g (which is constant) = 3.5%‚ and P0 = $50‚ what is the stock’s expected dividend yield for the coming year? (Points : 10) 4.42% 4.66% 4.89% 5.13% 5.39% 3. (TCO D) Rebello’s
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FIN 515 Week 4 : Business Valuation and Stock Valuation - Exam Top of Form Exam 1. (TCO A) Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (Points : 10) It is generally more expensive to form a proprietorship than a corporation because‚ with a proprietorship‚ extensive legal documents are required. Corporations face fewer regulations than sole proprietorships. One disadvantage of operating a business as a sole proprietorship is that the firm is subject to double taxation
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3-1 Days Sales Outstanding Greene Sisters has a DSO of 20 days. The company’s average daily sales are $20‚000. What is the level of its accounts receivable? Assume there are 365 days in a year. Formula for DSO = Receivables/ Ave sales per day = Receivables/( Annual sales/365) = 20 days x $20‚000= $400‚000 Solution: AR = $400‚000 3-2 Debt Ratio Vigo Vacations has an equity multiplier of 2.5. The company’s assets are financed with some combination of long-term debt and common equity. What is
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for the Ambassador China project. This calculation uses the following assumptions: 1. Calculations are done on a nominal basis‚ converting the salvage value estimate from a real to a nominal value (638 = 500(1.05)5) using the 5% inflation estimate; salvage = book value so no taxes are incurred on salvage. 2. Depreciation is calculated at [4‚000 – 638 (salvage) ]/ 5 = 672.4 per year. 3. Cars sales occur in year 1
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evidence gathering‚ void of professional judgment. From the point of view of both the profession and the users of auditing services‚ there is probably a greater harm from defining authoritative guidelines too specifically than too broadly. 2-16 a. (1) b. (2) c. (3) d. (3) 2-20 a. Rossi and Montgomery’s primary ethical consideration is their professional competence to perform all of the audit work for filing with the SEC. In addition‚ if Rossi and Montgomery have performed bookkeeping services
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