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    Stocks price

    Suppose a firm used a debt to leverage up its ROE, and in the process its EPS also was boosted. Would this lead to an increase in the price of the firm's stock?

    Break Even Analysis for a Lighting Company

    Ensco Lighting Company has fixed costs of $100,000, sells its units for $28, and has variable costs of $15.50 per unit. a. Compute the break-even point. b. Ms. Watts comes up with a new plan to cut fixed costs to $75,000. However, more labor will now be required, which will increase variable costs per unit to $17. The sales

    A Plan For Growth

    Andy Rexford had started his custom embroidery shop in his garage with just one two-head machine and an old computer. From this humble beginning, Custom Stitches had grown into a full-time family business with sales of more than $750,000 a year and supplied the local college and businesses of all sizes with embroidered caps, shi

    Ratios Return on Equity

    80. Crasler Company's net income last year was $100,000. The company paid preferred dividends of $20,000 and its average common stockholders' equity was $580,000. The company's return on common stockholders' equity for the year was closest to: A) 13.8%. C) 20.7%. B) 3.4%. D) 17.2%. 83. Grave Company had $150,000

    Rate of return & net operating income

    60. (Ignore income taxes in this problem.) In order to receive $12,000 at the end of three years and $10,000 at the end of five years, how much must be invested now if you can earn 14% rate of return? A) $12,978. C) $13,290. B) $8,100. D) $32,054. 61.Lusk Company produces and sells 15,000 units of Product A each mont

    bond's price if comparable debt yields

    1. A bond has the following terms: Principal amount $1,000 Semi-annual interest $50 Maturity 10 years A. What is the bond's price if comparable debt yields 12%? B. What is the current yields and yields to maturity? C. What would be the bond's price if interest rates declined to 8% D. What two generalizations may be dra

    11664 Q ACC

    But what is our liability? Ditka engineering company has signed a third party loan guarantee for liberty company . The loan is fro the national bank of illinois for $500,000. Liberty has recnetly filed for bankruptcy , and it is estimated by the companys auditors that creditors can expect to receive no more than 40% of their c

    Corporate Finance-Multiple Choice

    I need help with the attached questions. Work does not need to be shown. --- 10. You will receive a $100,000 inheritance in 20 years. You can invest that money today at 6% compounded annually. What is the present value of your inheritance? a. $27,491.25 b. $29,767.15 c. $31,180.47 d. $35,492.34 e. $100,000 11.

    Finance questions: Procter Micro-Computers, Inc. & Modern Tombstones

    Chapter 6 5. Procter Micro-Computers, Inc., requires $1,200,000 in financing over the next two years. The firm can borrow the funds for two years at 9.5 percent interest per year. Mr. Procter decides to do economic forecasting and determines that if he utilizes short-term financing instead, he will pay 6.55 percent interest i

    A plan for growth

    Andy Rexford had started his custom embroidery shop in his garage with just one two-head machine and an old computer. From this humble beginning, Custom Stitches had grown into a full-time family business with sales of more than $750,000 a year and supplied the local college and businesses of all sizes with embroidered caps, shi

    Proving you don't need it - Bankers

    "Who can figure bankers?" Pehr Weisengraf mumbled as he returned to the office of his small candy manufacturing business, Professional Confectioners. "They're willing to lend money only to those business owners who don't really need it. If you can prove you don't need it, they'll throw it at your feet. Unfortunately, we need it,

    Expected return and standard deviation of portfolio

    Suppose the ecpected returns and standard deviations of stocks A and B are E(R)=0.15, E(R)=0.25, deviation is A=0.1,B=0.2 respectively. A. Calucate the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio that is composed of 40% A and 60% B when the correlation between the returns on A and B =-0.15 B. Calculate the stan

    Income Statement: Find Retained Earnings

    The problem is that I need to see sample income statements. I need to figure out the statement of retained earnings. I have earnings end of year, 12,979 revenues 25,329, net interest expense, 453 income taxes 853 other income net 137 dividends paid. What I need guidance on is finding retained earnings beginning of year 12,171, o

    Three finance problems: Gomez, Bruce and Brenda retirement, FV of payments

    1. Gomez Electrics needs to arrange financing for its expansion program. Bank A offers to lend Gomez the required funds on a loan in which interest must be paid monthly, and the quoted rate is 8%. Bank B will charge 9%, with interest due at the end of the year. What is the difference in the effective annual rates charged by

    What is the IRR of Each Project

    NPV versus IRR. Here are the cash flows for two mutually exclusive projects: Project C0 C1 C2 C3 A -$20,000 +8,000 +8,000 +8,000 B -$20,000 0 0 +$25,000 a. At what interest rates would you pr

    Finance analysis II

    What factors would cause a difference in the use of financial leverage for a utlility companyand an automobile company? Explain how the break-even point and operating leverage are affected by the choice of manufacturing facilitites (labor intensive versus capital intensive)? What does risk taking have to do with the use of

    Zero Balance

    True/False A zero balance account is used by firms as an effective tool of cash management to reduce the amount of idle cash a firm might otherwise keep.

    Ordering Cost

    True/False Generally, ordering costs are the single most important cost elements in inventory management, because they are greater in magnitude than the carrying costs?

    One statement is correct or all are false

    One statement is correct or all are false When financial leverage is used, the graphical probability distribution of net income would tend to be more peaked than a destribution where no leverage is present, other things held constant From an operational standpoint the goal of maintaining financial flexibility translates i

    Long term financing

    A company's total assets fluctuate between 320K and 410K, while its fixed assets remain constant a 260K. If the firm follow a maturity matching or moderate working capital financing policy, what is the likely level of its long-term financing 90K 260K 350K 410K 320K

    Retained earnings break point

    A company is consturcting its MCC schedule. Its target capital structure is 20% debt, 20% preferred stock, and 60% common equity. Its bonds have a 12% coupon, paid semiannually, a current maturity of 20 years and sell for $1K. The firm could sell, at par, $100 preferred stock that pays a 12% annual dividend, but flotation cos

    Present value of preference share

    Assume that you would like to purchase 100 shares of preferred stock that pays an annual dividend of $6 per share. You have limited resources now, so you cannot afford the purchase price. The best that you can do now is to invest your money in a bank account earning a simple interest rate of 6%, but where interest is compounde

    Managerial Finance

    Describe the schematic structure/relationships of a firm from its sources of capital to sales and fiscal and monetary policies. Do the firms actions feedback or interact with government economic policy?

    Time Value of Money: Present Value, Compound interest

    A small business expects an income stream of $5000 per year for a four-year period. a) Find the present value of the business if the annual interest rate compounded continuously is: (1) 3% (2) 10% b) in each case, find the value of the business at the end of the four-year period.