Clint Wade owns 70 percent of the stock of Knock-Down Inc., a demolition and gravel supply company. The remaining 30 percent of the stock is owned in equal shares by three of the key managers of the business. The agreement gives all the shareholders ..
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Simpkins Corporation does not pay any dividends because it is expanding rapidly and needs to retain all of its earnings. However, investors expect Simpkins to begin paying dividends, with the first dividend of $1.75 coming 3 years from today. The div..
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Tangshan Mining Company, with a cost of capital of 10 percent, is considering investing in project A, with an initial investment of $1,000,000. Project A is expected to provide equal cash inflows over its 5 year useful life. Based on this information..
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Reliable Gearing currently is all-equity-financed. It has 28,000 shares of equity outstanding, selling at $100 a share. The firm is considering a capital restructuring. The low-debt plan calls for a debt issue of $380,000 with the proceeds used to bu..
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You are examining balance sheets for 2012 and 2013 and you observe that a company's net fixed assets increased from $45 million to $50 million. The income statement states that depreciation was $2 million. If it's the case that the company purchased ..
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A stock had returns of 6 percent, -22 percent, 18 percent, 12 percent, and -2 percent over the past five years. what is the standard deviation of these returns?
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Winston Inc. is trying to determine the effect of its inventory turnover ratio and days sales outstanding on its cash conversion cycle. Winston's 2013 sales (all on credit) were $152,000 and its cost of goods sold was 75% of sales. It turned over its..
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You are given the following information for Smashville, Inc. Cost of goods sold: $ 259,000 , Investment income: $ 3,100 , Net sales: $ 402,000 , Operating expense: $ 94,000, Long-term debt: $ 7,000 ,Other assets: $ 39,000 ,Fixed assets: $ 134,000 ,Ot..
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Happy Cleaners needs a new steam machine that costs $100,000. The company is evaluating whether it should lease or purchase the machine. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be used for 3 years and then sold, because the firm..
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Suppose your firm is considering investing in a project with the cash flows shown below, that the required rate of return on projects of this risk class is 13 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistic for the pr..
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Trent receives a check for $20,000 from his parents for his 20th birthday. He decides to deposit this money into an account earning a 9% interest rate compounded monthly, forever.
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Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 70 percent common stock, 15 percent preferred stock, and 15 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 12 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 4 percent, and the pretax cost of debt is 5 percent. W..
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