this growth internally? How much would working capital need to be reduced and/or profit margin increased? What step do you recommend the company take? 4. How would your answer to question 3 changes if Dell also purchased $ 500 million of common stock in 1997 and repaid its long term debt? Dell’ s Working Capital Assignment 1 Questions to assignment 1. How Dell was’s working capital policy a competitive advantage? 2. How did Dell fund its 52% growth in 1996? 3. Assume Dell’s sales
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investor with A=0.75‚ will the investor prefer this coin game to an instant risk-free rate of 1%? Part II. Construction of Feasible Investment Opportunity Set and the Efficient Frontier (Lecture 3) 1. Consider two securities for the potential portfolio inclusion: E(r1)=25%‚E(r2)=10%‚ 1=75%‚ 2=25%‚ 12 Draw all feasible investment combinations given these two risky assets in a plane of P‚ E(rp)} in Excel for four cases: (1) 12 =1‚ (2) 12 = 0.2‚ (3) 12 = - 0.2‚ (4) 12 = -1. What does the Efficient
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COMPANY Team 14 Constantine Brocoum Courtney Delia Stephanie Doherty David Dubois Radu Oprea November 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 2 Active Investor Strategy 2 Effects of $3 Billion in New Debt for Dividend or Stock Repurchase 2 a. Outstanding Shares 2 b. Book Value of Equity 2 c. Price per Share 2 d. Earnings per Share 3 e. Debt Interest Coverage Rations and Financial Flexibility 3 f. Outstanding Shares 3 Wrigley’s Current Weighted Average
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Financing thru Stocks Stocks are the owned capital of a business and that it is considered a permanent investment. Stockholders are people who invest in stocks and their ownership in the corporation is evidenced by a stock certificate. Stocks may be obtained thru: * Subscription * Purchase * Issuance of stock dividends Almost all of the initial capital of the corporation including a large segment of the future capital comes from the sale of stock. Stock Financing * Refers
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Compare your valuation (stand-alone basis) with market price. What makes the difference between two prices? Target Price: $26.48 to 29.41 Market Price: $ 48.88 to 55.50 Market Price Multiples: Multiples imply the current stock price is overvalued. PER 33.46 X‚ PBR 1.61 X‚ EV/EBITDA 13.7X There is a big difference in our Target Price and Market Price. This may come from 1) Market expectation that the company will generate more Free Cash Flow growth in the next few
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Physical stock count - Checklist Source: Handout of Audit Orientation from HKICPA Assets verification– Three important elemetns Ownership: Place / Location of the stock (Other than held by third party) Existence: Physical count – In good condition and quantity Valuation: Purchase invoice – unit cost and subsequent sale to verify the NRV Stock take issue 1. Before stocktaking – Review last year working paper (if any) and discuss with management a. any high value
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The purpose of this case study is to discuss the issues related to stock options and how they should be accounted for. Introduction In the early 1990s‚ FASB proposed an accounting rule calling for corporations to recognize compensation expense for certain stock options when they were granted to executives and employees. This proposal was met with strong opposition from many different sources including: Congress who passed a resolution by vote urging FASB to drop the proposed standard‚ business
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Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) This section consists of Multiple choice questions & Short Answer type questions. Answer all the questions. Part One questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple choices: 1. Beta is useful for comparing the relative _____________ of different stocks. a. Business risk b. Systematic risk c. Liquidity risk d. Country
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to describe the benefits of foreign portfolio Investment‚ the advantages in investing internationally and lowering overall risk by diversifying in these markets. Secondly‚ we will take a look at the returns in investing in Brazilian securities and Brazil’s competitive and comparative advantages as the country of choice for our international venture. Finally‚ we will analyze Brazil’s cultural convergence and diversity. The recent surge in international portfolio investments reflects the globalization
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Joint Stock Company Company A company is an artificial person created by law‚ having a separate legal entity‚ with a perpetual succession and a common seal. It is an association of individuals for the purpose of earning profit. It has a capital divided into a number of shares‚ of which each member possesses one or more shares and which are transferable by its owners. Joint Stock Company has been defined by many eminent authors‚ jurists and institutions. Some of these definitions are
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