A Mini Case of Little Stone Comapny Question-1 Big Rock Corporation (BRC) announces a tender offer for all the shares of Little Stone Company (LSC) for $16 per share. The pre-announcement (one month before) price of LSC was $12. LSC stock quickly rose to $15.50. Previous similar acquisitions by peers paid an average premium of 20%. Financial information on Little Stone Company: Beta 1.5 Stock market risk premium 11% Risk free rate 3% Current interest rate on debt 15%
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PV = C / (r – g) PV = $175‚000 / (.10 – .035) PV = $2‚692‚307.69 It is important to recognize that when dealing with annuities or perpetuities‚ the present value equation calculates the present value one period before the first payment. In this case‚ since the first payment is in two years‚ we have calculated the present value one year from now. To find the value today‚ we simply discount this value as a lump sum. Doing so‚ we find the value of
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TUFS. The system had turned into a nightmare in its first few months of operation. Now his job was on the line. What was supposed to have brought efficiency to the underwriting process and new opportunities for top-line growth had become a major corporate money pit. TUFS was still eating up the vast majority of Northern’s IT budget and resources to fix the underwriting errors that kept appearing‚ and resistance to the system had grown from sniping and grumbling into calls for Martin’s head. "No wonder
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to purchase a new BMW immediately. The car costs about €21‚000. The bank quotes an interest rate of 15 percent APR for a 72-month loan with a 10 percent down payment. What will your monthly payment be? What is the effective interest rate on the loan? 6. A bond has a 10 percent coupon rate and a €1‚000 face value. Interest is paid semiannually‚ and the bond has 20 years to maturity. If investors require a 12 percent yield‚ what is the bond’s value? What is the effective annual yield on the bond? 7.
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currently traded at $20. The next year’s dividend will be $0.20. The dividend growth rate is forecasted to be 6% forever. Risk-free rate is 3%‚ and market risk premium is 4%. Assume that Constant Dividend Growth Model and CAPM give you the same estimate of the cost of capital for equity‚ what is the beta of its stock? By the Constant Dividend Growth Model: Cost of Equity = D/P+g = 0.2/20+6%=7% By CAPM‚ cost of equity = R(f)+ beta * market risk premium = 3% + beta* 4%‚ Set this to be equal to 7%
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Real rate of return = 1 + nominal rate of return −1 1 + inflation rate Asset class Treasury bills Treasury bonds Common stocks Nominal rate of return 4.0% 5.3% 11.7% Inflation rate 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% Real rate of return 0.97% 2.23% 8.45% 6. The nominal
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1. Tom believes the company should use the extra cash to pay a special one-time dividend. How will this proposal affect the stock price? How will it affect the value of the company? Electronic Timing‚ Inc. (ETI) needs to be careful on how it dispenses the extra cash as a dividend. Issuing the extra cash as a dividend would mean that the shareholders collectively will probably drop by the same amount because of the transfer of wealth from the company to the shareholders individually. Hence‚ the
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Applications of option pricing in corporate finance Option pricing is used in four major areas of corporate finance: • Real Options Suppose a company has a 1-year proprietary license to develop a software application for use in a new generation of wireless cellular telephones. Hiring programmers and marketing consultants to complete the project will cost $30 million. The good news is that if consumers love the new cell phones‚ there will be a tremendous demand for the software. The bad news
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List and briefly describe the three basic questions addressed by a financial manager. What should be the goal of the financial manager of a corporation? Why? What advantages does the corporate form of organization have over sole proprietorships or partnerships? If the corporate form of business organization has so many advantages over the sole proprietorship‚ why is it so common for small businesses to initially be formed as sole proprietorships? The three areas are: 1. Capital budgeting: The
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Sunny Beach Hotel Evaluation Report Regarding Various Scenarios for Adding a Karaoke Pub in the Sunny Beach Hotel . Dear Sir‚ I have considered the scenarios you suggested to be evaluated from economic point of view regarding the opportunity of accepting the offer of Planet Karaoke Pub to install one of its facilities inside the free space from 2nd floor of Sunny Beach Hotel or to extend the activities of our company with a Karaoke pub located on the beach area administrated by our
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