Siva, Inc., imposes a payback cutoff of three years for its international investment projects. Year 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Cash Flow (A) -$68,000, $27,000, $36,000, $25,000, $12,000 Cash Flow (B) –$ 78,000, $19,000, $22,000, $34,000, $238,000. What is the pay..
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A 10-year bond of a firm in severe financial distress has a coupon rate of 11% and sells for $915. The firm is currently renegotiating the debt, and it appears that the lenders will allow the firm to reduce coupon payments on the bond to one-half the..
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Weir Incorporated has sales of $200,000 and accounts receivable of $18,500. You can easily show that its DSO is well over the industry average of 27 days. Suppose that it speeds up collection, matches the industry average, and manages to earn 8% inte..
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A fund manager has a well-diversified portfolio that mirrors the performance of the S&P 500 and is worth $510 million. The value of the S&P 500 is 1,700, and the portfolio manager would like to buy insurance against a reduction of more than 5% in the..
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Catfish, Inc. just paid $1.27 to its shareholders as the annual dividend. Simultaneously, the company announced that future dividends will be increasing by 4.37 percent. If you require a rate of return of 7.35 percent, how much are you willing to pay..
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Marcel Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a 22 percent rate for the next 3 years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 6 percent thereafter. Required: If the required return is 14 percent and the company just paid a $..
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Julia Price Wants to Drive a BMW It has been almost 15 years since Julia graduated with a major in aeronautical engineering, and now she makes “buckets of money” working as a project manager for a large defence contracting company. While she is not v..
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The Diversified Growth Co. has three different divisions. Its low-risk division accounts for $5 million of its assets and has a beta of 0.8. Its middle-risk division accounts for $10 million of its assets and has a beta of 1.1, while its high-risk di..
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One year ago, Alpha Supply issued 15-year bonds at par. The bonds have a coupon rate of 6.5 percent and pay interest annually. Today, the market rate of interest on these bonds is 7.2 percent. How does the price of these bonds today compare to the is..
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A company's 7% coupon rate, semiannual payment, $1,000 par value bond that matures in 20 years sells at a price of $589.43. The company's federal-plus-state tax rate is 30%. What is the firm's after-tax component cost of debt for purposes of calculat..
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WACC and Optimal Capital Structure F. Pierce Products Inc. is considering changing its capital structure. F. Pierce currently has no debt and no preferred stock, but would like to add some debt to take advantage of low interest rates and the tax shie..
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What condition is necessary for the warrants to be exercised? How much total money will the company raise as a result of this security issue, if all warrants are exercised?
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