Bubba's Steakhouse has budgeted the following costs for a month in which 1,600 steak dinners will be produced and sold: Materials, $4,080; hourly labor (variable), $5,200; rent (fixed), $1,700; depreciation, $780; and other fixed costs, $420. Each st..
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A stock has a beta of 1.2 and an expected return of 11.8 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 3.8 percent. (SHOW YOUR WORK) What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets? If a portfolio of the two assets ..
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Depreciation (of existing machinery): $10,000. Calculate the relevant cash flow for this firm for the year 2014.
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A stock has a beta of 1.28 and an expected return of 12.6 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 4.2 percent. What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets? (Do not round intermediate calculations.
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Present Worth Method and annual Worth Method - Suppose that a manufacturer is going to produce a part which is a component of a number of his assembled products.
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Describe the dividend theories: dividend irrelevance, dividend preference, tax effect theory, clientele effect, and signaling hypothesis.
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Beginning three months from now, you want to be able to withdraw $1,800 each quarter from your bank account to cover college expenses over the next three years. If the account pays 0.40 percent interest per quarter, how much do you need to have in yo..
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As a general rule, the optimal capital structure. Company A and Company B have the same tax rate, the same total assets, and the same basic earning power. Both companies have a basic earning power that exceeds their before-tax costs of debt, rd. Howe..
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Nicorex Inc., a US corporation, expects to receive cash dividends from an Italian joint venture over the next four years. Suppose that today is January 1st, 2016. The first dividend, to be paid on December 31, 2016, is expected to be €1,000,000. Comp..
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On its most recent annual financial statements, Wilmington Casket Company reported total assets of $750,000, total equity of $519,000, sales of $475,000, net income of $98,000 and interest expense of $12,400. What is the common-size statement value o..
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Weir Inc. has a target capital structure of 35% debt, 20% preferred, and 45% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of retained earnings is 9.0%, and the tax rate is 40%. The weighted aver..
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A lathe costs $30,000 and is expected to have a 7 year life. The lathe will be depreciated straight line over 7 years to an estimated salvage value of $2,000. This machine is expected to reduce the firm’s cash operating costs by $5,500 per year. If t..
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